Dave’s Rants

Donncha made a post last night about a ‘competition’ that Today FM are having. The basic idea is a bit like the Day in the Life stuff on Flickr.
So you just take photos of your day tomorrow and send them to us [at] todayfm.ie
You can read more about it on the Today FM website […]

ThinkGeek :: LED Light Bulbs
This is the future of lightbulbs. One Year for 80c!
(tags: LED light bulb lightbulb thinkgeek wishlist cool gadget save cheap money)

World’s Tallest Skyscrapers
I’ve seen the 6th tallest. Pretty impressive that the Empire State Building is still up there. It’s around 40 years older than anything else near the top
(tags: building tall […]

Last Summer I came across Change This. Since I came across it I’ve been a regular visitor to the site. I regularly find fascinating articles (’manifestos’) these are among the most interesting things I find online. In the most recent update two in particular caught my eye.
The first was ‘The Personal MBA’. I had seen […]

Tom has been talking about Web 2.0 and has even compiled a list of useful AJAX applications. The reason I’m posting though is that he missed out the coolest thing I’ve seen in a long long while. Meebo is a web-app that takes the place of your IM client.
Basically it’s Trillian in a browser […]

Philips 7FF1AW Digital Photo Display
This is definitely the best Digital Picture frame I’ve seen yet.
(tags: wishlist via:engadget digital photo photography picture cool gadget)

Roku SoundBridge Radio
The world’s best Alarm Clock!
(tags: radio via:engadget alarm clock mp3 wifi cool snooze)

How-To: Download music videos from iTunes
Pretty cool!
(tags: itunes video music cool download media via:waxy)

Flickr Backup
I already have all my […]

Placeopedia.com
Connecting Wikipedia articles with their locations
(tags: via:irisheyes community education geography gmaps google googlemaps internet reference wikipedia)

Web Design Cheat Sheets: Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.
(tags: advice cheatsheet code css graphics javascript php programming reference software webdesign via:digg)

Yahoo! Unveils New Webmail Beta
Looks nice, still though I’m not going to change to haveing dave1273@yahoo.com when I have davidoneill [at] gmail.com […]

iPod nano Destruction
Seems pretty durable
(tags: apple computer design hardware ipod mac mp3 music nano review technology test via:engadget)

Garmin GPS Edge
Looks pretty good, if I ever get around to taking up cycling I’ll get one.
(tags: gps cycling wishlist gadget fitness cool)

We Need To Go Nuclear
David McWilliams argues for Nuclear Power in Ireland
(tags: nuclear power globalwarming energy ireland irishblogs via:gubu)

Don’t dumb me down
Meant to link to this last week, but read this if you […]

So despite starting work a few weeks ago I graduated on Friday. It was a good day out and we made sure to make it into a good night out on Friday night and after a bit of sleep we made sure to make a second day out of it yesterday. So now I’m trying […]

The Simpsons — with “Audio Description”
Really interesting to see/hear this!
(tags: animation comics fun funny tv video via:waxy)

Bush Needs Toilet Break
Just funny, not a reason to impeach him but I’m sure people will run with that angle! On a serious note isn’t it worrying that a photographer can get what are supposed to be private notes?
(tags: […]