Czajkowski

I spent some time over the summer in Lahinch, nothing new there! As you know with Irish weather we can’t always get a perfect summer. You and I both know this, kids don’t and they don’t like to be kept indoors. TC has twins, they are cheeky monkies, adorable wee things, but like any two and a half year old have bundles of energy and like to play outdoors.

Kids play and mess in sand pits, along the prom jumping and splashing in puddlings, if they are wearing their clothes, they will be soaked and well it’s back to wherever to get changed again. So TC  found this clothing range for kids called Puddleducks, they are a life saver.

On they go over the kids clothes and off they go and play  and don’t get wet, or pass out with the heat. The kids can still play away and are kept dry.  They are cute and designed well, waterproof, light and and look pretty on the kids. If you have kids, or have any nieces or newphews, buy one, they are well worth it to keep the kids happy and out playing.

Twins in Puddleducks

Summer in the rain in Lahinch

Every now and then I like to try something new and see what all the fuss is about, I am also more inclined to use something that is Irish as I do like to support my own. So when I see Irish companies offering new products and services I jump at the chance.

The guys over at Echolibre and Webstrong have come up with short.ie, which shorts long winded and annoying URL’s into something more pleasant to view. The main feature that I like though is that I can personalise the shortened URL like following link I can see or have an idea what I am linking to http://short.ie/echolibre-blog, because I’ve also created an account within the site I can also see my top 30 previously sho rted links which is called a public timeline

Why not give it a try and the lads are great for taking suggestions, it started off having the http:// in the shortening bar and they removed it once it was pointed out that was confusing, they are looking to intergrate it into twitter, so you can shorted and post direcly when you are logged in to your twitter account. Lots of great ideas and it’s great to see these kind of things happening.

I read about this a few weeks back and I’d never heard of such an event. So what is a Bug Jam ? basically, you get together and log bugs online and have some fun doing so. It’s an international event and will be taking place on the weekend of the 20th – 22nd February. At DIT Kevin Street Campus. With that in mind I’m helping folks over at Ubuntu-ie to organise one here in Dublin.  It’s a great opportunity to give back to the community and also a way to become more active.  You don’t have to be a coder.  We are hoping to run a trial/demo session on the 31st of January at the Market bar. More information can be found by joining the mailing list.

I was taged by the Aussie Jamie Hemmett, (the cheeky git) to share 7 things with folks:

1. I’m Irish, but don’t have the typical Irish surname. I was born in England and moved over here when I was 18 months old. My mother is Irish and my dad is English, and I get the unusual surname from my gradad on my dads side. I’ve not a word of Polish, for this I’m I do apologise.
2. I don’t like heights, but don’t mind getting on aeroplanes. I was in Rome recently and in the Vatican chapel and didn’t enjoy being up so high in it, so much so I was clinging to the wall.
3. The best thing at college I ever did was join Ents Crew and Skynet. I made my closest and best friends here. Love them to pieces, even if some of them drive me slightly crazy.
4. Every evening before I leave work I tidy my desk and put things away in the right places and put pens in holder. I like a neat desk to work at. Yes I know this is somewhat crazy!
5. My favourite place to be is Lahinch. I’m the happiest and most relaxed here. I miss it when I’m in Dublin
6. It was Niall Merrigan (nm), and Hugh McGauran (cantona) to introduce to me Skynet and the world of open source.
7. My favourite colour is Yellow, then purple, it varies on my mood

Eh…  Rugby is a given   You all know that

Tagging Others:

• Link your original tagger(s), and list these rules on your blog.
• Share seven facts about yourself in the post – some random, some weird.
• Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names and the links to their blogs
• Let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their blogs and/or Twitter

So the following following people:

1. Martha Rotter
2. Michele Neylon
3. Eamon Leonard
4. David Collier
5. Niall Merrigan
6. Grannymar
7. Tommy Collison