Category: life
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Chary y yo
Oye Chary, no sé quién eres, pero tengo novia. Lo siento.
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Marino Waltz
The Marino Waltz was written by John Sheahan, of The Dubliners.
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Spring is here!
“Spring is here, a-suh-puh-ring is here.Life is skittles and life is beer.I think the loveliest time of the year is the spring.I do, don’t you? ‘course you do.”
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Yes minister at 40
You’d have gotten a kick out of this, Dad. Tonight the BFI had a special event for the 40th birthday of Yes Minister. They of had a screening of Yes Minister episode “Party Games” – in which Jim Hacker decides to run for leader of the party and makes a European issue part of his…
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Lo-fi remote usability testing
Reviewing current work project UI implementation with the Interaction Designer (remotely in Newcastle), me in the office, and our developer (working remotely in Greece). Setup: @ipevo IP2V camera & Visualiser app, double-backed sticky tape, office wall, phone. #UserResearch#MW Large photo left: Overview of iPevo document cam, video setup. Smaller photo top-right: Phone UI close-up showing…
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London City Airport (test)
This is a test of the workflow: – take photo – upload it to Flickr via the mobile app – share the photo from the Flickr app to the WordPress app …to have it published on RunningWithBulls.com
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Ray of light
After a tumultuous week of political shenanigans, the sky provided some rays of light.
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To Dad
My Dad passed away 1 month ago today, 24th February 2019 at 16:15. In Ireland for Catholics a “Month’s mind” requiem mass is celebrated, about one month after a person’s death, in memory of the deceased. I want this post to be my Internet Month’s mind for Dad. He’d have probably thrown his eyes up…
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Vote Democrobot
The first political party run by artificial intelligence. I suppose it can’t be any worse than what’s there now.
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Spring is here, A-suh-puh-ring is here
… “Life is skittles and life is beer I think the loveliest time Of the year is the spring I do, don’t you? ‘Course you do” … (Dave Lehrer, ‘Poisoning pigeons in the park’)
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Danger! Risk of being attacked by pixel 🐍
Danger! Risk of being attacked by pixel 🐍
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Irish person’s reaction to Brexit – in video
(Wait ’til the very end…..) IPSOS-Mori carried out a survey of all Irish people, asking the question “What is you’re reaction to the word “Brexit”? After analysing the results, they commissioned stop-motion artist, Bernard Tyers to represent the results in a stop-motion short movie. Here is the result. Tyers is quoted as saying, “I feel…
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Spilt Lentil Soup – Shawraba Adas
Shawraba adas (Split lentil soup with onion, cinnamon, cumin lemon juice), a lovely Lebanese soup, with a little sumac and mint garnish.
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Is that a Hockney?
Sitting in St. Pancras Station, waiting for the Eurostar. Drinking a hot chocolate (lumps of cocoa dropped into hot milk). Woman walks passed as I dreedle the last chocolate into the milk. “Very nice, is that a Hockney”, she says.
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Me as a unicorn
Before Christmas, while we were having lunch in a lovely Greek restaurant, my nephews and niece imagined me as a 🦄. I particularly appreciate the beard and sparkles.
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Graveyard Dog
My Dad & I went to visit my Grandparents’ graves before Christmas. We found this lovely little 🐕 taking care of the graveyard grounds.
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