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Posted on December 3, 2008 - by John

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Posted on December 3, 2008 - by John

If you get mobile Broadband what will you miss?

With the current structure of broadband in Ireland, you may well need to use mobile broadband.If you subscribe to the mobile service, be prepared to wait a few years for a reliable fast service.

The truth - at the end of the day is mobile broadband is currently actually the old dial up service cleverly disguised behind a fancy white dongle with failed promises of fast speeds.

By the way  - you do remember the squawking SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh while connecting to the net, that sound that was (and is) dial up, you should remember it - its all Ireland had for an age (and still does have in the country)

Words like HSDPA and 3G are thrown around the place when you get this fancy mobile broadband but for most of the time and in a majority of cases, you will get very slow speeds, particularly at peek times.

Here is some of the evidence.

First they have Damien pissed off - National Dialup Tender - 2 year wait before some will get shit Internet

Three Broadband is awful - there is 377 pages of proof on boards.ie

Broadband slow on O2, there’s a number of threads here on O2’s own support site, it could be something to do with the fact that they are selling cheap broadband to students, meaning too many people trying to get on the O2 network bringing the whole thing to a halt.

Until they sort things out get DSL (if you can), and only expect basic webpages and basic e-mail with mobile broadband.

Posted on December 1, 2008 - by John

The truth about the Late Late Show revealed by grandad?

The blogging Grandad is just funny —> Find out the truth about the Late Late Toy Show - I’m still laughing.

Because this is such a short post, I would like to jump on the band waggon and say I trust Tommy

Posted on November 28, 2008 - by John

Less Networking More Loving

Got seven minutes to spare? An interesting little video, sees Stewart Kershaw bring his ‘on the go’ social networking device (aka his phone) to a standstill by not using his Blackberry for a week, I wonder how many people, there’s one high profile Irish Blogger ’star’ I can think of, could do without social networking/phone for a week? Myself included there!

Ooooopss…Here is a  link to the video, I can’t seem to post it here.

Posted on November 27, 2008 - by John

VIDEO: Let’s Fly Ryanair

This video is doing the Internet rounds, its a hit apparently, can’t think why.

Posted on November 15, 2008 - by John

James Kirk has had a makeover!

Posted on November 13, 2008 - by John

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil

Posted on November 7, 2008 - by John

The Wife is Cheating?

I really need some advice on what could be one of the most dramatic decisions I’ve ever made in my life. I suspect that my wife has been cheating on me for some time now…

So far it’s the usual warning flags… the caller hangs up if I answer the phone when it rings.

My woman has been “going out with the girls” much more lately but when I ask their names she just says, “Some friends from work you don’t know yet.”

I stay up late to look for the taxi bringing her home, but she always walks down the drive as if she has gotten out of the car round the corner, since I can hear a car somewhere. I really think she’s isn’t arriving by taxi…

Once I picked up her cell phone to see what time it was and she went crazy and told me that I should never touch her phone again and got all defensive about “why was I checking up on her?”

You can see I’m nervous to bring up the subject with my wife because I think deep down I’m not sure I want to admit truth, but last night she went out again and I decided to get to the bottom of things.

I decided to hide out near the bushes in the front yard so I could get a good view of the whole street when she came home. It was at that moment, sitting in the bushes with my wireless laptop, that I decided my PC is too damn slow and needs an update.

So should I finally start using Windows Vista or do you think I should keep using XP?

Ok, so I saw someone on the net had reposted this old email joke, and I had to post it

Posted on November 7, 2008 - by John

Luas is now a light rail advert

Did anyone see the Luas redline in Dublin - it is now literally a light rail advert - currently featuring a  vodafone ad- looks awful to see an advert zipping around our city - or am I moaning again for no reason?

Anyone got a picture?

Posted on November 6, 2008 - by John

Back to the grind

Been crazy busy since I came back from holidays but the photos are up on flickr so check them out.

Posted on September 28, 2008 - by John

How wordpress has changed my life - Video

This is a pretty amazing video.

Posted on September 27, 2008 - by John

Something to cheer you up for the weekend

..or maybe you’re dead inside? After the jump (more…)

Posted on September 15, 2008 - by John

LinkListing Monday 15 September

The story of Eileen Flynn who lost her job because of her private life, is a sad if not brave story, it is still possible and constitutional for this to happen - Maman Poulet writes about this.

Touch screen Blackberry - get worried Apple?

New iPhone App for Blogs - Blog Press - A few things you can do include, write your blog with mixed text and photos, supporting Blogger, MSN Live Spaces, Wordpress, MovableType , TypePad

From Billions to Zero - The fourth biggest investment bank in the world, Lehman Brothers, has announced it is filing for bankruptcy after an eleventh-hour bid to bail it out failed.

Android phone coming on September 23rd? - Maybe not in Ireland, but soon?

Is no where sacred? - I’m all for making money online, but anyone think they should leave the feeds alone? - Maybe not if you allow your full content to be read this way? If your interested in feed advertising, Pro Blogger suggests some positioning strategies

Posted on September 11, 2008 - by John

LinkListing Thursday - 9/11 Special

The 9/11 Faker - On Channel 4 tonight:

No one questioned Tania, even when there seemed to be small inconsistencies in her version of events. Was the man she lost her fiancé or her husband? Why did a man in a red bandana – known to have saved the lives of many others that day – only appear in later versions of her story?

9/11 Resources And Links — A Complete List
McCain, Obama unite briefly for 9/11