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Thursday 27 February 2003
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Whatever about the strength of anti-Americanism here, and despite what Mary Harney's critics say, it does exist, it doesn't appear to hold a candle to anti-Europeanism in the US, as Karlin Lillington describes in her 'blog
4:36:05 PM  Google It!
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Do you, uh, Google&trade. For many, Google has become synonymous with Web search, resulting in such phrases as, "I Googled your address on the Net." The Word Spy, a site devoted to such newly coined words, made note of the linguistic trend. Rather than being flattered, however, Google called in the lawyers. [Lockergnome's Bits and Bytes]
4:25:49 PM Google It!
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With electronic voting on the way here, this story from Wired News should start alarm bells ringing. According to Wired, an engineer is suing his former employer, a voting machine software company, for wrongful termination. He claims management ignored his claims that vote-counting software contained defects. [Wired News]
4:20:50 PM Google It!
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I love catalogues. I don't know what it is but I just love flicking through them looking at the products on offer, thinking what I could do with this and that and is it worth the money. One catalogue I get regularly is the Viking Direct office supplies teaser catalogue. Basically, it's extracts from the main catalogue sent out to prospective customers. I used to get it while I was living in Belgium, the only difference being that there was a different guy on the cover. And the catalogue was in French.
Anyway, I needed some office supplies and since the Viking warehouse is nearby I decided to take the plunge. I ordered the supplies on Thursday for pickup on Friday. However, due to car problems (see below) and the trip to Galway I wasn't able to get round until yesterday. The material was of quite good quality as was the free gift of a briefcase. I had been expecting some cheap nylon carrying bag but what I got was a leatherette type thing with lots of pockets. But the star of the package was the collection of catalogues. Not only did they give me their full spring catalogue, but they threw in a special paper catalogue (with sale prices), an office furniture catalogue and a computer supplies catalogue. Ah, bliss. I still haven't finished perusing them yet.
12:04:24 PM Google It!
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Ah, I love table quizzes. Especially when I win. Fresh from victory as a member of the Intel team at last weeks ComputerScope Channels event, I took part in Padráig Ó'Méalóid's table quiz to raise funds for Phoenix Con (aka P-Con) taking place in September of this year. Suffice to say that once again it was a team effort and despite the fact we lost ground early, we made it up by the end and took home the prizes. The prize pack consisted of a copy of Popes and Phantoms, donated by Dandelion Books, a voucher from Dandelion Books, a copy of Garth Ennis and John Higgins' comic D-Day Dodgers and other sundry items. Ironically, Rory Lennon, owner of Dandelion Books was a team member. The others were James White Award winner Julian West and Catriona Ó'Méalóid.
11:29:13 AM Google It!
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