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A new government inquiry

Published on 2007/09/16 at 20:03 by Toby, tags internet.pornography, tanya.byron, technology, violent.computer.games

When Theo and I went to Ireland for the wedding we decided to spend a night experiencing Dublin before traveling on to Galway. Davin, the bride’s brother gave us a text message guide of Dublin’s bars which avoids the tourist-filled awfulness that is Temple Bar. We had a wicked time, so here is The Tour!

We were staying at the Jury’s Inn on Parnell Street so the tour starts there:

Exit and turn left, walk 5mins down Parnell Street to Capel Street. Turn left and walk south towards the River. Nealons on your right is just before The Liffey, lovely Guinness.

Next cross the river to Parliament Street, passing Zaytoon (great kebabs). Thomas Read’s is on the corner of Parliament & Dame.

Turn left out of Thomas Read’s down Dame Street. Eventually on the right is a small back street that runs parallel to Dame Street called Dame Lane. Here is hidden, on the right, a place called The Stags Head. Just after that is 4 Dame Lane with flames above the door which stays open late.

We enjoyed every single one of the bars, and Zaytoon fed us with, frankly, the best kebabs I have had.

Published on 2007/09/14 at 10:53 by Toby, tags 4.dame.lane, dublin, gastronomy, nealons, the.stags.head, thomas.reads, zaytoon

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TCSOTD 2007-09-14

NZ surveillance target attempts to flog tracking kit

Researchers say they’ve hacked electronic car door locks

Published on 2007/09/14 at 07:20 by Toby, tags detective.sergeant.derek.shaw, electronic.car.door.locks, government.covert.surveillance.tracking, keeloq, new.zealand, ralph.williams, tcsotd

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TCSOTD 2007-10-13

Italy urged to go on pasta strike

comp.risks Volume 24: Issue 82

Search the Labour Party 2005 election expenses for 2005
… so you can see where your money would go if parties were state funded

Stealth sharks to patrol the high seas

Published on 2007/09/13 at 09:17 by Toby, tags 2005.election, comp.risks, italy, labour.party, national.service, pasta, stealth.sharks, tcsotd

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TCSOTD 2007-08-24

Antigua request right to ignore US copyright

Arm-wrestling game recalled for breaking arms

Writer suing reviewer

Shots fired at police car on M5

Monkey misery for Kenyan women villagers

Brace yourself for the insolvency crunch

The Personal MBA

US customs bust coke-smuggling ‘submarine’

Reports that playing music on Vista seriously degrades network performance

Celebrity Big Brother 2008 Axed

Published on 2007/08/24 at 08:12 by Toby, tags antigua, arm.wrestling, big.brother, cocaine, copyright, finance, kenya, m5, mba, monkeys, personalmba, police, shootings, submarine, tcsotd, vista

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Iraq != Vietnam?

I’m sure that comparisons between Iraq and Vietnam were, at one point, considered bad by the Republicans.

Wasn’t the war president buzzword bingo that Bush regaled us with yesterday odd, then?

The Boston Globe mentions this oddity too.

Published on 2007/08/23 at 16:25 by Toby, tags bush, iraq, politics, vietnam

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Schadenfreude

A few excerpts from an article in this morning’s City AM (shame about the flash site):

Patientline, the company which offers hospital-bedside premium rater phone and television services has announced plans to cut the cost of calls, after admitting that a recent 160 per cent increase was “a mistake”.