Just discovered a cool new project for Firefox: Fireftp (an ftp client), a much needed and valuable add-on. I’d recommend waiting for the 1.0 release before installing though.

As you probably know yesterday Bono (yes the U2 frontman) made a speech at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton. Being a big fan of U2 and having so much admiration for Bono for exploiting his fame and harassing political leaders over their failure to act against the problems in Africa I hunted down the [...]

Just reading about the new procedures which visitors to the US will be subjected to as of today. These prodecures apply also to us, members of the VWP (Visa Waiver Program). Under this new scheme you will be photographed and fingerprinted and your information stored. After October 2005 you should have a “smart” or “biometric” [...]

Interesting case on the tiny British-colony of Pitcairn [Pitcairn Gov | CIA Factbook] where 7 men are facing various accusations including rape even though it’s a “tradition” for women as young as 12 to have sex. Their defence is likely to include a challenge to Britains authority over the island.

Kuma Reality Games has created a Vietnam war game where you can play the role of John Kerry and lead a 3-boat team through the Meykong Delta (among other missions). The first and third-person, tactical squad-based military game for PC is based on the navy’s records of the encounter on 28 February 1969 where John [...]

Roy Keane was the target of a racist attack of sorts on Sunday. “..vandals set off industrial fireworks outside his home. The powerful rockets were ignited from a crate daubed with language of a racist and abusive nature”. Nice.

Any U2 fans out there? The new album “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb” is set for release on November 19th, and the tracklisting is now available.

Good news in the fight for child protection in Ireland. Staff numbers at the garda Central Vetting Unit for potential childcare workers are to be more than doubled which “will enable the garda vetting services to be extended to all people working with children and vulnerable adults”.

Came across this piece on war between RTÉ, TV3 and Sky News Ireland. Quite funny, worth a read.

The CBS TV network has been fined an astonishing $550,000 for Janet Jacksons quick flash at the super bowl. The FCC fined 20 CBS-owned TV stations the maximum penalty for indecency – $27,500 each. It’s gas that a tiny flash of tit can create so much fuss, and considering the size of the porn industry [...]