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I have been interested in ham radio since, well, I was about 13. I didn’t know what it was called then, but thats what I found out. I eventually got my license (EI8FDB) with SEARG in Waterford, and then moved to Dublin for work, and went silent. Not the way its […]

[UPDATE:] When I went to have a look at the Pat Kenny page just now, I see:
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With my upcoming trip to Guatemala and Belize fast approaching, the thoughts of being an American citizen and thus requiring a RFID “enabled” (or should that be disabled) passport would really scare me.
The idea of “chip enabled” passports is not a bad idea, per se. But the idea of your *essentially private* data being readable, […]

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Moore street, in Dublin’s city centre is a melting pot for lots of different cultures now.
I don’t know the number of different nationalities that are represented there.
Phonecards, unlocking telephones, and everything related goes on there.
If these people were living in the US, they would now be branded as terrorists.
The Washington Post […]

I am travelling to Central America in September (no, not to “teach English”, or anything like that!), and I am flying with Iberia.
Normally I like dealing with Iberia because, well they are not RyanAir or any American airline.
For the past week I have been trying to get a hotel room booked via Iberia’s Madrid Amigo […]

No, I’m not as big as Elvis (physically or reputation-wise!), but I am leaving IrishJobs, to take up a new position with another company. I was made an offer that I couldn’t refuse (as the saying goes).
I have managed to learn an absolute mountain of new skills while I was here, and I will be […]

Tomorrow morning (Wednesday morning 2nd August) TJ McIntyre, the Chairman of Digital Rights Ireland will be involved in a radio discussion, on The Today Show on RTE Radio 1 with Noel Dempsey, Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, and Karlin Lillington, Irish Times journalist on the topic of Data Retention.
The radio show will be […]