I have just received a printed copy of the fares for the new light rail service in Dublin, the Luas. It’s very strange – it costs more to buy a ticket from a machine at a station than it costs to buy the same ticket from a shop.
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House for Rent
UPDATE: This house was rented shortly after I posted this.
I have a house to rent in Dublin on a short-let. It’s a nice, three-bedroom house between Ranelagh and the city. There’s plenty of parking space, and it’s very convenient to the city centre.
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Fine Gael supports Software Patents
According to an email I received today from Gay Mitchell, the Fine Gael candidate in the European elections, he supports the government’s position on advocating software patents. So that’s another person you shouldn’t bother voting for tomorrow.
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More efficient junctions
My mum always used to say that when lights were introduced to any junction, things always got slower and more messed up than before. According to this article from Salon, she was right. They propose a solution to avoid needing the lights – you slow down the traffic to 20 mph, and then the junctions operate more efficiently.
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Bank of Ireland boss in porno shock
Get this: the chief executive of the second-biggest bank in Ireland has decided to resign, apparently because the IT department found ‘adult’ links on his computer hard drive.
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Public transport in Curitiba
The public transport system in Curitiba is said to be very efficient, and uses mainly regular buses. It’s interesting to ponder how the same principles can be applied in other cities.
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Have you got what it takes?
This video of the Garda (Irish police) physical competency test provides a unique insight into the job of a professional police officer.
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Robert McNamara tells all (well, most)
I went to see The Fog of War tonight in the IFI in Dublin. It’s a great portrait of the years from the 40’s to the 90’s.
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‘Communities’ and webites
The LGCSB is getting into the community website business with Mobhaile. At the same time, there are other related ideas kicking around for developing a sense of place on the Internet. It looks simple, but as myself and Gerry McGovern found out in the late 90’s, it’s actually pretty difficult.
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Electronic voting: new report expected
A new report on electronic voting is expected from the Commission on Electronic Voting in the next few days. We can expect it to be a lot more detailed and explicit than the previous damning report.
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