Not Watching TV
I don’t really watch much television these days. This week, I watched maybe five hours, an unusually high total, and one consisting solely of live football and rugby matches. Most nights I don't watch any.
The Future of Newspapers
(This article recaps and expands on my discussion on Newstalk's The Right Hook)Newspapers around the world are shrinking. In fact, with a few niche exceptions like the Economist, all print media are having troubles. The culprit, as usual, is the internet.
Ireland’s News Search Engine
Inspired by the Chipwrapper website, I've built a custom Google search engine which searchs though the websites of all the Irish news sources I can find online.
Wikiscanner: Department of Justice gets busy
Special bonus gold star to TJ McIntyre, who thought to look up the Wikipedia edits of computers in the IP range of the Irish Department of Justice. IP addresses within the Department of Justice have made some interesting edits:http://wikiscanner. virgil.
Newsbox: Automatic layout software already in development
Jeff Jarvis gets Proto-Newsboxed Originally uploaded by Editor_Tupp Well, there was a great reaction to my Newsbox idea(s) on a personalised newspaper complete with context and location specific advertising. One of the issues raised in the comments was the feasibility of automatic layout for articles of varying length, along with their headlines etc.
NewsBox: A Future for Newspapers
Ever since I read Ireland's newspapers with a critical eye while working on the Paper Round Project, I've been thinking about the significance of what I found. Newspapers are mostly not delivering anything like the news I'd like to read. That's true of Irish Newspapers, but also of other papers around the world.
Paper Round: WikiScanner and Missing an Open Goal
Now look, I like a good old fun-up as much as the next moderately fun person. So don't get me wrong- the story of the someone in the CIA adding "Wahhhhhh. " as a preface to Wikipedia's description of the Iranian President's presidential plans is a good one.
Open Coffee Dublin
I'll be popping my head into the Open Coffee meeting in the Morrison Hotel this morning. If you're there, I'll see you. If you wish you were there, why not just turn up too.
Premium SMS providers
If you were setting up a premium SMS text service, what company would you use? Answers in the comments please, for the education and illumination of the author (who may be in the early stages of being up to something).
Manky Toy Monday: Super Shot Ball
Say Aah. Originally uploaded by Editor_TuppA few weeks ago, I decided to encourage Fustar in his life-affirming journey through China's finest playthings, Manky Toy Monday. I bought a few likely lads myself intending to remind him of the joys of a Manky Toy.
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