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Category Archives: Waiting

Knowledge in the night

17-Sep-09

I’ve been experiencing a lack of sleep recently, due to a recent illness. I’d like to think that I’m one of those people who, upon confronting a sleepless night, gets up and starts to write rather profound ideas or poetry, inspired by the stillness of the moment or the rare opportunity to delve undisturbed into [...]

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Towards the Eternal Conversation

30-Jan-09

Well, if 2008 was the Year of Facebook, it looks like 2009, judging by what everyone’s been talking about during the first few weeks, will become the Year of Twitter. As much as I like new technology, however, there are certain limits to what I consider to be the sort of useful applications which actually [...]

Also filed in Conversation, Experiences, Flapjack, Friends, Futility, Gadgets, More than meets the eye, Networking, Questions, Relationships, Relatives, Sarcasm, Status, Staying In, Thoughts, Train stations, Trivia, Twitter, Update, Words, boredom, habits, lunatics, personality, practical use, privacy, reality, risks, social networking, weather | | Comments (3) »

The energy generation

12-Jan-09

I’ve got an idea. First, though, I thought I’d set the scene.
According to a recent article in the Observer, there are lots of new graduates, fresh from university with good degrees and strong CVs, and yet due to the recent economic turmoil, this new generation of bright young things are all failing to find those [...]

Also filed in Arguments, Authority, Community, EU, Electricity, Enthusiasm, Environment, Government, Independence, Newspaper articles, Newspapers, People, Society, Technology, Things I like, Things to do, Timing, employment, energy, graduates, recruitment, renewable energy, roofs | | Comments (0) »

Flapjack challenge

14-Jan-08

So far it’s been a eventful start to the new year. Last week involved a press conference with Martin McGuiness and Ian Paisley and an interview with Hungarian MEP Pàl Schmitt, who happens to be a keep a piano in his office, as you do. Schmitt also happens to be a former Olympic gold medallist, [...]

Also filed in European parliament, Flapjack, Hungary, Ian Paisley, Lateness, Luxembourg, Martin McGuiness, Missing The Train, New Year, Northern Ireland, Panic, Plenary session, Risk, Strasbourg, Tea, Timing, Train stations, Uncategorized, Work, bakery, paned | | Comments (2) »