Bewley’s Cafe and Tea Rooms in Grafton St. as well as a number of other locations is closing down. It’s a shame. It’s another tradition gone on a main street that is now full of foreign chain stores.
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October 2004
Buytel, a telco that doesn’t rip you off senseless
Buytel, who have recently set up in Ireland have OK rates. 2.48c/minute to landlines in Ireland, 4c/minute to many foreign countries. This isn’t too bad.
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Wikis are useful
I’ve started using a Wiki to keep track of all those little bits of information and addresses you pick up on the web. A wiki is basically a very simple, very open content system that makes it very very easy to make changes, add new pages and link to them.
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More Dumbness at Smart Telecom
Smart Telecom won’t send me a list of their tariffs. They say the list is too big to send by email. I have now made a complaint under Comreg 04/86, a regulation which requires telephone companies to publish accurate, comprehensive tariff information. – UPDATED with pricelists for Smart Telecom and Tele2
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Media as a divider
Mass media, especially television, used to bring people together and give them a common experience. Not anymore, according to a report on Tuesday on RTE. A Dutch Muslim explained how a large proportion of Muslim homes now had access to channels like Al Jazeera, which give them a completely different perspective on Middle East conflicts from their neighbours.
Not-so-Smart Telecom
It is no secret that I’m tired of incumbent Eircom and am looking for a new telco. I saw Smart’s fancy new ad campaign on the telly, and I thought they were the answer to my prayers.
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Privacy: Giving Guns to Psychopaths
Simon Davies, the founder of Privacy International is speaking in Dublin on Monday.
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