Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category
Saturday, March 19th, 2005
I'd got quite good (I think) at posting at least daily over the last few months, so even though I've only missed two days it feels like a great lapse. It's not that there haven't been important things to post - we've got the craziness of Wolfowitz's nomination as head ...
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Wednesday, February 9th, 2005
I've got a letter in tomorrow's Irish Times, but somehow I feel little satisfaction. It's one of many written in response to this column by Kevin Myers. So strong has the general response been that the Irish Times has had to turn over its entire page to the issue - ...
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Wednesday, February 2nd, 2005
Yesterday being the first of February I was prompted to check just when Pancake Tuesday was falling this year (some of you may know it as Shrove Tuesday, 'Fat' Tuesday, or Mardi Gras). It's next Tuesday, 8th February - guess I'd better go and buy more eggs and butter. mmmm... ...
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Saturday, December 18th, 2004
I was interviewed on MediaGeek yesterday, talking about Irish community radio and the background of Flirt FM. The link is to the show's page on the mediageek weblog, where you can find audio files in varying formats and quality.
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Tuesday, November 30th, 2004
I've been asked to suggest some useful points for those applying for the job of Flirt FM station manager. I'm posting them here, so that they can be available to any interested party. I would be available for further discussion, by email, IM, etc., if anyone wanted to contact me.
I've ...
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Wednesday, August 11th, 2004
Amazing to see the NYT actually pay attention to the class bias implicit in unpaid internships, especially in politics. I must say that I was very lucky to be living at home while I was an undergrad - it allowed me to, for example, work with Flirt FM without being ...
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Thursday, July 29th, 2004
There has been little activity on my weblog recently, mainly because I was in Ireland for over a month, and found it difficult to establish a rhythm to get reading, and thence writing, done. When I did get time to work with my weblog - especially after my return - ...
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Monday, June 14th, 2004
It's been a busy week here in Galway, despite my ostensibly empty calendar. On Friday there were elections for local government and the European parliament, and a constitutional referendum thrown in for good measure. This meant that my evenings last week were largely spent canvassing, and I spent most of ...
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2004
My sister Heather's bid for Olympic qualification comes to a head this weekend when she attends the qualifying regatta in Lucerne. There are two spots left in the Lightweight Women's Double, and results so far this season would give herself and Sinead at least a reasonable chance of succeeding.
I recently ...
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2004
On 2 April I attended a conference at the American University in Paris titled 'the Other Internet: Exploring Digital Resistance.' Sabryna and I were presenting a version of our work on MoveOn, which examines how MoveOn compares to previous manifestations of mass political action.
Posted in International Affairs, Online communication, Personal | 7 Comments »
