September 2014 – Page 3

Die Datenkraken

September 12, 2014September 12, 2014 No Comments

In Germany, they have a term for silicon valley companies like Google, Amazon and Facebook, the big beasts of the internet that have come to dominate our online lives. They are known as the datenkraken. The word means data octopuses, and it is intended to frighten – in Norse myth, the Kraken was a murderous […]

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Arts Photography

“I’m a photographer. No, let me rephrase that: I would like to be a photographer.”

September 10, 2014September 13, 2014 No Comments

I’m a photographer. No, let me rephrase that: I would like to be a photographer. In reality I’m merely an obsessive who takes lots of photographs in the hope that some day, just once, he will produce an image that is really, truly memorable. Like the images that Henri Cartier-Bresson captured, apparently effortlessly, in their […]

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Delorean Moments Equality History Politics

“I assure you it could, and it will”

September 10, 2014 No Comments

This is a fascinating letter from a Dr. Meehan to then Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald on the upcoming 8th amendment referendum – Would Savita be alive today if Galway doctor’s advice had been taken 30 years ago?. There is something especially powerful about a prophetic voice speaking from beyond the grave. Amid the large volume of […]

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Cycling Environment

A dated and flawed approach…

September 10, 2014 No Comments

“Even Minister Donohoe appears to be toeing the RSA line of victimising pedestrians rather than suggesting that drivers slow down. He should know better,” said Cuffe. “Instead of victimising children the RSA should also be seeking more low speed zones and pedestrian crossings. According to the RSA’s own research such zones have been successfully implemented in […]

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Oddities Politics The Funny Papers

Russia visit you!

September 8, 2014 No Comments

Two Odessa girls are sitting in a café. One says “Sara, can you believe it? Abraham absolutely refuses to speak Russian.” “Why?” “He’s afraid the Russians will come to Odessa to defend him.” via Russia Is Pregnant with Ukraine by Vladimir Sorokin | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books.

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Europe Jesus Wept

Daily Mail – Rage against the EU!

September 3, 2014September 3, 2014 No Comments

EU Ban! Outlawed! Never mind that Sir James Dyson, a great British inventor if there ever was one, is pro-ban, claiming that “It’s a myth that bigger is better. Dyson has never made a vacuum cleaner of more than 1,400 watts because it is intelligent engineering that leads to high cleaning performance, not energy-thirsty motors. […]

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Bits & Bobs Privacy Society

Privacy vs Prudery

September 3, 2014September 3, 2014 No Comments

A very visual representation of what two different societies value. Both newspapers are tabloids (although Blick now pusblishes in a broadsheet format), the Swiss Blick has preserved the privacy of the woman in question, while the NY Daily News has preserved her modesty instead. The difference between the swiss and american press. quite striking. pic.twitter.com/FJCb82IH5o […]

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Life People Politics

Jason ‘Political Blogger’ O’Mahony on the Inspireland Podcast

September 2, 2014 No Comments

This is a very listen-able interview with Jason O’Mahoney. Sample: The thing that attracted me to the PDs [Progressive Democrats] was that they were the first non-socialist party to talk about a secular Ireland, the idea that you didn’t have to be Catholic to be Irish. I’m old enough to remember the Guards raiding the […]

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Cycling Environment Films Science!

London air pollution: which mode of transport has the highest exposure? – video | Environment | The Guardian

September 2, 2014March 25, 2015 No Comments

The answer surprised me, anyway. Worth a look – London air pollution: which mode of transport has the highest exposure? – video | Environment | The Guardian.

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Music Sounds

Music Monday (Delayed): Zeptember!

September 2, 2014March 25, 2015 No Comments

So, it’s September again, and that’s Led Zeppelin month in my calendar. Here’s ‘Bring it on home’ from Led Zeppelin II, Live at the Albert Hall, 1970.

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Die Datenkraken

“I’m a photographer. No, let me rephrase that: I would like to be a photographer.”

“I assure you it could, and it will”

A dated and flawed approach…

Russia visit you!

Daily Mail – Rage against the EU!

Privacy vs Prudery

Jason ‘Political Blogger’ O’Mahony on the Inspireland Podcast

London air pollution: which mode of transport has the highest exposure? – video | Environment | The Guardian

Music Monday (Delayed): Zeptember!

Month: September 2014