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    Girl Geek Dinner - Dublin

    Posted on: Friday, February 29th, 2008 in: Personal, events, new sites/links

    This week saw the first ever Irish Girl Geek Dinner take place at the Odessa in Dublin. The night was organised by Martha Rotter, and for that alone I’m thankful of, as I know how hard organising large scale events can be.
    To be honest I didn’t know what to expect from the night. […]

    Twitter

    Posted on: Friday, February 29th, 2008 in: Personal, new sites/links

    so after hearing all about this over the last few weeks, and then being shown it the other night. I said I’d try it out for a bit and see what all the fuss was about. So now I’ve facebook, bebo, a blog, Skynet, GTalk, MSN and IRC ways of finding me. So if you […]

    Words fail me ….

    Posted on: Thursday, February 28th, 2008 in: Personal, events, new sites/links

    My sodding laptop eventually left me Monday. After numerous phone calls and unanswered emails. Since Monday it’s been sitting in a warehouse in Dublin. Nobody seems to know why this is the case, though nothing surprises me at this stage from having had to deal with Laptopsdirect.
    But this morning, dealing with my slightly sore head […]

    Blog Roll - Updated

    Posted on: Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 in: Personal, new sites/links

    Just got around to updating my Blog Roll. These Mainly consist of blogs I read on a daily basis or have had articles I enjoy. I stumbled upon Stephen Fry’s Blog and dear lordie it’s hilarious! If you think I’d enjoy your raving/ranting/pointing out/information/anything useful let me know and I’ll take a peak!

    POTD - 28th February

    Posted on: Monday, February 25th, 2008 in: ILUG, Personal, events, new sites/links

    If anyone is about, POTD (pint of the day) - Food/Drinks in The Longstone on Thursday 28th February from 18:30. Come along. Have a good look around but the last few times, we’ve been on the top floor of the pub. If this doesn’t suit, just call another POTD and mail folks […]

    The saga continues

    Posted on: Friday, February 22nd, 2008 in: Personal, events, new sites/links

    SO it seems to collect a laptop is actually a lot of hassle! Go Figure! It was meant to be collected this morning by courier MS Logistics  (I shall add a site link when I get the correct one). Was then meant to be after lunch. Few phone calls hours later, it was meant to […]

    Laptop shopping a word to the wise

    Posted on: Thursday, February 21st, 2008 in: Personal, events, new sites/links

    I’d been looking for a new laptop for a while as my last one a Sony Vaio decided that it liked to blank screen but remain on most of the time, I rang Sony about this and was told I’d have to pay €850 for this to be repaired as the connection had gone and […]

    Trying out something new - Bujinkan Jiyu Dojo

    Posted on: Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 in: Personal, events, new sites/links

     
    So I’m up in Dublin now just over a month and looking for new things to do and try out. One of the lads at work Alex is setting up a new club for Bujinkan Jiyu Dojo which is an Authentic Japanese martial art. I was only here a week and Alex was off to […]

    Dinner - But just for the girls

    Posted on: Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 in: Personal, events, new sites/links

    So I was browsing though facebook today and stumbled upon a message that one somebody I knew was attending Ireland Geek Dinner. Seeing as the title caught my eye I decided to have a gander and see what it was all about.
    Turns out, it’s dinner with a twist. It’s just for ladies, and ladies who […]

    What I’ve been up to

    Posted on: Saturday, February 9th, 2008 in: Personal, events, new sites/links

    So I’m now up in Dublin over a month and still liking it, so it can’t be all that bad. I’m working in Quest Computing as a Software Tester.
    On the Saturday I was lucky enough to have tickets for the Ireland V Italy match in Croke Park. Not the most exciting of matches I know, […]