This looks like it was created with a copy of Powerpoint ‘97 and a (poorly spent) budget of 70 Euro. I really hope they’re not going to run this on TV. This is brand suicide. Set your faces to stun:
Via Creative Ireland forums…
Filed under: advertising, business, media by Paul McClean
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Not sure if this is some kind of a joke or just a really poor metaphor, but apparently Ryanair’s new transatlantic service will offer “beds and blowjobs”. That Michael O’Leary is just *so* outrageous, isn’t he?
According to the Indo article:
“We confirmed at the press conference yesterday that the proposed Transatlantic Service will have a [...]
Filed under: business, music by Paul McClean
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Jeremy Paxman interviews Paul E. Dennison, inventor of quack science educational program Brain Gym. Hilarity ensues.
Via the Bad Science blog
Filed under: business, humour, media, science by Paul McClean
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No doubt in response to the horrific act of cyberterrorism inflicted on this unfortunate soul, Barclays Bank have introduced a super new security feature, the PINsentry.
Essentially, having negotiated the Babylonian bureaucracy of Barclays’ offshore telephone banking service, they post out a reader, into which you - the hapless drone of your corporate overlords - [...]
Filed under: business, technology by Robin Lynch
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This is a really clever and well done ad. You have to watch it.
Filed under: art, business by Paul McClean
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Apparently Micheál Martin met with Facebook last October and they are considering using Ireland as their European base. Of course, this can only be a good (if not totally awesome) thing for IT in Ireland, but does anyone have more information about it?
Filed under: business, technology by Paul McClean
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There is no need for reducing the set of platforms or languages. It only makes sense for us to continue to support defacto Web development standards like LAMP, as well as emerging ones like Ruby and Eclipse. This deal is about addition, not subtraction.
Hopefully it will be. Gotta say I am delighted for MySQL AB, [...]
Filed under: business, programming, technology by Paul McClean
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“Suitable as Ordination Gift or general Presentation”
Everything the modern Catholic needs for those impromptu exorcisms and such. Get ‘em while they’re hot!
Filed under: business, weird by Paul McClean
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The machine is a microwave emitter that extracts the petroleum and gas hidden inside everyday objects—or at least anything made with hydrocarbons, which, it turns out, is most of what’s around you. Every hour, the first commercial version will turn 10 tons of auto waste—tires, plastic, vinyl—into enough natural gas to produce 17 million BTUs [...]
Filed under: business, science, technology by Paul McClean
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