Ireland

Privacy? How quaint!

February 26, 2008

Bernard Goldbach has a good post up on his blog about one of the dangers in traveling with a laptop. As someone who regularly travels internationally with my laptop, this has been a big, and growing, concern to me. The United States’ Transportation Security Administration can be truly draconian in their approach to travelers. Those [...]

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A Good Play for Web Traffic

February 20, 2008

This Irish getaway spot has launched an interesting competition to build their web traffic. Glengarriff Lodge in County Cork is giving away a one weekend Luxury Self Catering stay at their beautiful lodge. In addition to being a beautiful, historic lodge, the folks at Glengarriff are also working to make their business eco-friendly and sustainable. [...]

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Malta, baby!

February 6, 2008

Well I guess I can admit it publicly – I celebrated my 40th birthday recently. Since this is supposed to be one of life’s big milestones (hasn’t felt like it!), we decided to celebrate in grand style. Kathleen planned a long-weekend trip to Malta for us. Kathleen had brought a group of students to Malta [...]

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A New Association?

February 4, 2008

Last week I had the pleasure of attending a dinner put together by Paul Walsh to discuss the need for a new non-profit organization representing the digital or interactive media industries in Ireland. The dinner, sponsored by Microsoft and Blacknight, was held at a restaurant co-owned by Walsh, Jaipur. The evening was off to a [...]

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Thanksgiving Ceilidh at Dalkeith House

November 27, 2007
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Thanksgiving in a Scottish Palace!

November 27, 2007

Our good friend Kat Lui is spending the fall semester teaching at the Wisconsin in Scotland program in Dalkeith, Scotland. This gave us the perfect chance to not only spend a second Thanksgiving in a row with Kat, but also to spend a few days and have Thanskgiving dinner in a palace. We flew from [...]

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Dublin Festival of Lights 2007

November 27, 2007

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Big News from Ireland

July 13, 2007

Just wanted to let everyone know that Kathleen and I have decided to stay in Ireland for another year. We’re still working out some of the details on where we’ll be living and such. Will post more here when I know more. In the meantime, if anybody needs a house to rent in Menomonie, we’ve [...]

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It’s not just coffee – it’s OpenCoffee!

July 13, 2007

I made my way to Limerick yesterday for the biweekly geek gathering that is OpenCoffee Limerick. OpenCoffee is a worldwide movement that encourages entrepreneurs, tech people and investors to gather in an informal manner for networking. There are a couple of vibrant groups here in Ireland, in Limerick and Cork. I’ve been following some of [...]

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Head ‘Em Up, Move ‘Em Out!

July 10, 2007

After nearly a year driving on Ireland’s roads, we’ve learned that you have to pay close attention all the time because you never know what you might see. It’s not at all unusual to see herds of various types of animals being herded down the middle of the road between fields. So, you plan extra [...]

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