Archive for the ‘Fluffy’ Category

Fluffy Links – Tuesday 23rd of December 2008

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Government Minister threatens to politically punish David Norris. Wow.

Collision Course. When bloggers and PR and Marketing peeps smash their heads together.

Win a few hundred euros worth of prizes by getting your readers to recycle mobile phones.

Irish SeedCampers will gladly share their experiences. Nice one Robin and David!

I didn’t realise Liv had a blog too. Now I do!

WiFi in hospitals? Hell yes.

Colm talks about how delighted eircom are these days.

How to start an allotment in Ireland.

New blog. Thomas Brunkard.

Twitter ahead of the news media in Greek riots. So fucking what! “Mobile phones ahead of news media”. “Voice ahead of news media”.

This is the example our pols should be following. Oh hang on, it is.

Via Album.ie Ra Ra Riot – “Ghost Under Rocks”

Fluffy Links – Monday December 22nd 2008

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

Great new Irish foodie site. CheapEats.ie Cheap good food in Ireland.

Well done Keith and dbTwang on their Angel Round.

Last chance to win that $1500 phone.

Cork Tweetup tonight.

Kittens or danger?

Rollerblading dwarves, how to lifehack Getty Images.

Keith is super, thanks for asking.

Via Steve Quinlan, so this school is more like a cult?

Marketing to the Youff. Hmmm. Not sure is this sinister or not.

I’m Courier. Not to happy with that.

The Yahoo! Query Language.

George and Mrs Bush wish everyone a WTF Christmas:

Via Fabulist Angus and Julia Stone – Just a Boy

Fluffy Links – Friday December 19th 2008

Friday, December 19th, 2008

Me and Libertas go head to head. Ganley is only jealous of my hair. Mullettastic.

Niamh is working for herself now too. Welcome to the free world!

Another cool prize from Pat Phelan. LCD Screen this time. Leave a comment and you’re in the draw.

The blogger dinner in Cork rocked. Well done Joe. Well done Dell for sponsoring a laptop too. And PuddleDucks for sponsoring some gear. The Dublin Blogger dinner rocked too and the saintly, godly and goodly Niall busted his things that shouldn’t bust by cooking for everyone. Someone got fun badges too.

Nialler’s 50 best tunes of 2008.

Michele has another rant about the IEDR and ComReg. Complete lack of transparency with this lot.

Via Michele too is a post from Hugh Durkin showing how when he wasn’t super-positive about ScreenClick, they removed him from their affiliate scheme.

Oh and eircom have a new broadband website. Very slick and quite useful.

Via Bernie. Got a new spare MacBook for Seán?

Sepultura (without Max) – Bullet the Blue Sky (U2 Cover)

Fluffy Links – Monday December 15th 2008

Monday, December 15th, 2008

200 have now regged for the 2009 Blog Awards. Not that many places left now.

Alexia has done a makeover for the Examiner’s gawful website. Looks way better now.

Online PR in Ireland. Do they get it at all in Ireland?

If you’re looking for a copywriter, chat to Nick.

Stephen is blogging for the EU. Well done dude.

Microsoft can go fuck themselves after one unannounced Vista reboot too much. The house of Mulley in business and personal will be going Mac only in 2009. Meanwhile thanks to Seamus here’s a stopgap to prevent those reboots.

Bernie points out the lie of the week in the Irish media. Downloaders hampering music sales. Do they even believe it themselves now? Shame the Sunday Times didn’t balance that fluff.

Said the Gramophone’s Top 50 songs of 2008.

Arcade Fire docu.

So the top three touchscreen phones of 2008 are…

Via Monster Munch
: Fujiya & Miyagi – Ankle Injuries (Extended Version)

Fluffy Links – Friday December 12th 2008

Friday, December 12th, 2008

If you want to come along to the Blog Awards, you best register now, 1/3 of places already reserved.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 review.

Go iFoods.tv, they’re expanding. New staff!

Alexia talks about the one year anniversary of Paddy’s Valley. Being in the Valley and meeting so many great minds there was an amazing experience. Surprised there hasn’t been a repeat journey.

Boards.ie are hiring.

Jim is offering a free download of Adrian Crowley’s brilliant album “Long Distance Swimmer”, go get it and appreciate some native Irish talent. Then go see Mr. Croley live. Or buy the album for friends. Or both.

Clever clever clever. The Irish Cancer Society shop in Rathmines has been building a new collection of vintage threads and had a launch night for it.

If those dickheads in Komplett.ie did ads for Fianna Fáil…

Logo evolutions. Nice.

Impressive. Live DVD commentary on the Bluray of the Dark Knight.

Ok so. Hmmm.

Adrian Crowley – The Wishing Seat

Fluffy Links – Thursday 11th December 2008

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

SuperGorm is blogging from Poland. After flying with RyanAir too! No Fás style packages for our John. See, I can blog about you without mentioning the you-know-whats.

TeenCampIreland is a go, register here.

Green Ink versus the recession. Bring it!

Pimp your Twitter profile pic with Twixenate.

Another Pol Cor is a-blogging. Welcome to the ‘sphere Catherine Halloran, the political correspondent with the Irish Daily Star.

No Nonsense want the public to design their next tax disc holder. Here’s my suggestion: Here’s my tax disc, now fuck off back to leaking case details to Paul Williams.

Feck.

Via Monster Munch – Lots of signs.

Stephen Fry tears the Blackberry Storm to bits.

Benjamin Zander is an amazing presenter. Watch and want to play music.

Via The Times Tech blog, a vid made from 45k photographs. Not as impressive as it sounded:

Via Nialler: Little Joy – No One’s Better Sake

Fluffy Links – Wednesday 10th December 2008

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

Anymore takes for the Bloggers Lunch in Cork?

Website by Patrick documenting restoration of a boat. Warning, website might hurt your designer eyes.

A review of the future. Today.

James Foley does his CV using Powerpoint and it’s 1 Better than a normal CV 2 Better than a normal Powerpoint. I like.

Another view from another Twitter Mad Men persona.

Walk this way.

Via Johnny Beirne. Love this tax disc holder.

This is where Lost got their idea. Given all the cross-overs, most shows are in fact fictions in the mind of one child.

Want. Wine holder, case, lamp.

A real night at a real museum.

Fuck The Recession, cute campaign from a Hotel Group.

Fluffy Links – Tuesday December 9th 2008

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

BarCamp, then 3DCamp, then BizCamp and now TeenCamp? A barcamp style event for teenagers in Ireland. Run by them, for themselves. Know any teens who would go or contribute? Sponsors and all the rest wanted too.

Want to go to a free movie viewing in Dublin on the 18th?

Movies.ie Movie Awards/Poll. Get voting.

Meanwhile, vote for Jen!

The Polish are leaving Ireland quickly.

Steve makes Ars Technica. Well done.

Someone tries to get sued by Declan Ganley. A rare event.

o2 being gobshites, say it ain’t so!

Presentation Zen webcast on Thursday.

Cunt is news. So says RTE.

Nazi Gnomes. Nanana.

WikiScanner Version 2.0 is out.

A building. A mile high.

Department of Eagles – No One Does It Like You (Live)

Fluffy Links – Monday December 8th 2008

Monday, December 8th, 2008

Not a sausage… Rashers though!

Liveblogging the Apprentice tonight?

Michele responds to the article in the Business Post that business blogs ain’t all that. Brendan also has his say.

Five things. Olympic boxing.

Blog I missed. Cork Silver.

New Cork-based Sports blog that’s been email us all about being about: Jump the Fence Baby.

Rewatch Vincent Browne go from nought to jugular in about one second as he interviews Eamon Ryan. Why doesn’t he do that to all those in the Government though or even the limp opposition?

Powerpoint.

Irish book banned in the UK cos Tom Cruise don’t like it.

State’s best 25 albums of 2008.

Police and thieves and bouncers in Dublin.

Mad Men go 30 Rock for a while. Don Draper as someone else? No. Oh hang on.

Look who took the pic as well as the pic.

Congrats to Eoin et all in Slattery Communications for their new Facebook App.

Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal

Fluffy Links – Friday December 5th 2008

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Sweary is back.

Best Wedding Photos and Wedding evar!

Sabrina did a great blogging masterclass the other day and her slides are online. I’ve certainly learned a lot from the slides alone. I shoulda been there, shoulda woulda…

HPV vigil happening in Cork and Dublin on December 10th.

Via David The blog of Hackett|Flynn Publishers Agency.

New blog: Assistant to the Brand Manager.

Paul Dervan found this absolute gem of a service for finding and seeing photos on Flickr called
Rowan points out a great presenter.

Via Chris. It’s the fact they rectangled out the horse’s eyes for the photo that’s hilarious.

Very handy tips for PR companies
that want to get digital but these guides apply to ALL businesses that want to keep up to speed with the world.

Synch your Facebook with your mac address book.

T-shirt?

Via Fabulist: Washington – Clementine

Via YANP: Magic Weapon: “Charles (The Red One)”