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Irish Blog Awards 2010

Hurrah, its that time of the year again. The Irish Blog Awards are taking place in Galway on March 27th. The longlists of nominations in each category have just been announced. There are a huge number of interesting, informative and entertaining blogs on these lists. A brilliant range with something for everyone. Get thee over [...]

5 minute Interview with Richard Dawkins

via Tommy: A 5 minute interview with Richard Dawkins. Despite being raised a Catholic, I have never been convinced by the whole bible tale and religious fundamentalist beliefs in anything just scare me. Up until now, despite agreeing with much of what Richard Dawkins has to say, I really disliked the way he said it. [...]

Where would you go?

Paul’s mention of of wine tours in his blogpost and Ryanair commencing direct flights from Cork to Bordeaux recently got me thinking.  Which wine regions are on my wishlist to visit and tour? photo credit: mescon Gaining an interest in wine mainly in my 30s which coincided with my pregnancy, infant and young children years, [...]

Love it, love it, love it

via @conoro: Lego Mindstorms NXT, Nokia N95 mobile phone and a 4x4x4 Rubik’s cube to solve. Brilliant. How cool a project would something similar to this have been in school or college?

Outstanding Organ Donation Documentary

The Gift of Life, TV3 This is by far the best television documentary series that I’ve seen in ages. It follows 14 different people from the 600 or so who are awaiting organ transplants in Ireland. In the first episode a lady awaiting and eventually receiving a heart transplant, a spouse to spouse kidney transplant, [...]

Mince Pie Magic

One of the many reasons why my mother in law, Rose, rocks. Top notch mince pies. Tastastic.

Happy Christmas

Wishing you all and your families a very merry Christmas and a wonderfully brilliant 2010. Huge thanks for all the comments and views this year, its been great fun.

Stunning shorebreak art

Clark Little Photography I really love these photographs. Having grown up in Wicklow for most of my childhood and adolescence, I love living near the sea. Its definitely my ambition to live adjacent to a beach someday. For my birthday this year, my family got together and bought me a print of  one of Clark [...]

Personalised Santa message from Portable North Pole

via @famron: My kids are loving this: Portable North Pole – PNP. Take a few minutes to upload some information and a photo of them and watch Santa tell the story and their reactions. Class!

Wine, wine, wine and some spirits

WSET Advanced Course photo credit: Matt Biddulph This summer I completed the WSET (Wine and Spirit Education Trust) Advanced course in Cork. It was run by the Wineboard of Ireland. The lectures and tastings were carried out mainly by Gary O’Donovan. His experience and tales from working in the wine industry for many years  made [...]

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