Hello world!

Posted by Ronan on Oct 1, 2009 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

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New Office

Posted by Ronan on Jul 11, 2009 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

We’ve taken up a desk in the EAC out in LIT.. here is a picture of said desk -

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow…

omg sweet 16 part 2

Posted by Ronan on Jul 11, 2009 in Uncategorized, comment | 2 comments

So after a dinner conversation out in the EAC earlier in the week where we moaned about the state of nation and the youth of today I ‘accidentally’ caught sweet sixteen today on mtv. I gave it another go just to see if perhaps my previous rant was out of kilter. In a word – no.

A brittany wannabe got a porsche (Cayenne), threw a hissy fit at west coast customs when she ‘really needed’ pink diamonds on black paint, a logo of her name on the headrests, a cool stereo for 100K. Then omg the perfect dress arrived omg its too long. Omg. Disaster. Her party could be ruined.

For fub sake.

Then only one helicopter was ordered to bring her and her friends to party. There should have been 3. Cue another hissy fit of omg’s. But the whole day is ‘about me’ she states and makes her entrance via the only helicopter, her friends make their own way. Cue hysteria froml other ‘friends’ who are awaiting her entrance.

At this point I switched over to the Kerry game and cried. Not because the game is dire but because sweet 16 is far worse than I remembered! Doing a few sums in my head suggests that at least a million dollars were wasted – sorry spent – on stuff and one night. Today’s generation are obsessed with celebrities and living the celebrity lifestyle. I really hope that some of them can see past this madness, understand the value of one dollar/euro and get in touch with reality.

Call me old fashioned but hey that’s just me.

1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9

Posted by Ronan on Jul 8, 2009 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

For our American friends today at 12:34 and 56 seconds it will be July (7) the 8th in the year 09

1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 !

5-Hours (or so)

Posted by Ronan on May 9, 2009 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

Over the summer I was thinking I should get in the car and go for a drive. I like driving and would not mind  driving for a couple of hours.. to be more precise 5 hours or so and visit the Giants Causeway.

Anyone been there before? Recommendations please..

the new reality?

Posted by Ronan on Feb 1, 2009 in Uncategorized, phone, software, technology | 0 comments

Over at engadget an article quotes the co-CEO of RIM saying something astonishing..

Buggy smartphone software is the “new reality”

I know the iPhone had it’s problems.. and the latest RIM smartphone ‘Storm’ has had major issues but saying that buggy software is the new reality for smartphones is a step too far. Hasn’t RIM etc learnt anything from pc operating systems – no one can deny the backlash vista received – so why should we accept bad software on our phones??  In a business where we work and develop on smartphones this doesn’t sit well with me.