As I still haven't got my ADSL installed yet (tomorrow I hope - the modem's "in the post") I haven't been on since I left work on Friday, so here's what happened in Ulster while I was playing Resident Evil 4 (GameCube)*, buying Mortal Kombat Deception**… more »

Again, courtesy of my Value Cabs calendar on my desk. "There's no point in burying a hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site." Perhaps this suggestion should be made to those responsible for the proposed Hunger Strikers' Memorial at… more »

Yes, that's one expensive wombat... OK it's not a real Wombat. Invest Northern Ireland have awarded Wombat, a high-tech company operating in the Financial Software market, $700k (US) to help them expand their Belfast workforce to 45 over the next coup… more »

A rather fitting thought for the day given my earlier post on "1 in 10 Ulster Residents Disabled". This comes courtesy of Value Cabs' complimentary calendar. "When there's a single thief, it's robbery. When there are a thousand thieves, it's taxation… more »

Almost as if they heard me talking about it yesterday, the other EU's Council of Ministers, in a blatant act of self-indulgant waste, yesterday endorsed Irish calls for Gaelige to be made an official language of the union. What this means is that legisl… more »

The Times reports yesterday that the "first official language" of the Irish Republic is disappearing, even from the gaeltacht (the area of the Republic where supposedly Irish is the majority language). Gaeltacht teachers get an annual bonus of €1… more »

As a huge Simpsons fan I was delighted to hear that, according to Digital Spy, there is going to be a Simpsons movie! Lets just hope they still have enough ideas left after umpteen seasons and about 15 years of shows to get some good writing into it. It'… more »

This is probably old news to most of you by now, being reported on the BBC last night, but yesterday MoD computers were brought down by the mass circulation of a 52MB video clip of soldiers in Iraq performing a spoof of Tony Christie's "Amarillo" around… more »

"A Republican and a Democrat? You're one confused guy..." George W Bush (to Gerry Adams) on 'Folks on the Hill' more »