Some time ago I gave a few examples of practical, everyday benefits of being a part of the United Kingdom as distinct from the Republic of Ireland. I've stumbled across further examples on a semi-regular basis since then, but I couldn't believe that the… more »

There's plenty wrong with copyright laws in this country. Instead of fixing those things though, the government want ISPs to do their dirty work, monitor everything you download and ban users from the internet if they download copyrighted material. There… more »

I've been following a discussion on the Ulster Nation group about a supposed 'Ulster national anthem'. I thought it was interesting (not to mention quite ironic in that it ended with the words "a nation once again"). Not overly fussed on the God refere… more »

On my post on Getting Women Into Politics on Thursday I made reference to "some doll from the women's coalition." It seems my sense of humour may have been out of sync with some of my readers on this one so for the sake of clarity I began hunting the we… more »

... or so we're told, but what is piracy exactly? When people are profiting by selling bootleg DVDs at Nutt's Corner that's blatantly wrong. When someone downloads a track from a file-sharing network before taking the plunge to by an album, that's ma… more »

IPod Observer reports that the RIAA believe people who buy music shouldn't be allowed to listen to that music how, when and where they choose. During the forumulation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the RIAA argued that copying music from a CD t… more »

That Irish bloke from the X-Factor, or Louis Walsh as he is occasionally known, has branded Big Brother winner Anthony talentless amidst rumours of the geordie attempting to land a part in a musical and/or releasing a single off the back of his new found… more »

You really can get a free iPod, even colour iPods You may have read the post I made at EverythingUlster.com a few weeks back called "Free Colour/Photo iPods Hit UK" where I explained how you could get a free iPod by signing up to a free trial. If you ha… more »

Sorry I didn't get a chance to post yesterday, some of the students in work were having their leaving do (hopefully me and a couple of the other students will get a separate one in a couple of weeks time but we'll see). Anyway, I wasn't in the house long… more »

From one extreme to the other today. Following yesterday's Danny Boy is something (a little) more modern from the Stiff Little fingers. I mentioned their "Alternative Ulster" in my introduction to this series of posts on Sunday but didn't include it beca… more »