Yesterday I gave a talk on Multicast to the INEX members meeting. I was scheduled after Malcolm Hutty from LINX but I think I did ok.
My slides are here.
Malcolm was very impressive and congrats to the INEX team for putting together such a good day.
Scott Adams has regained his voice after 18 months. Just so amazing a story.
Read the Good News.
A quick roundup of three very nice restaurants that I have dined in recently.
Pakistani and Indian cuisine that tastes great and is served in some impressive bowls. They even passed my special test of bringing an extra spoon for the LadyFriend when only I have ordered dessert. They have never served me a bad meal in many several visits. Also earning bonus points for finding room for a last minute reservation when the need arose.
Very nice Italian in Clontarf. A little pricey but really great food. Some of the seafood specials are amazing. Despite service which was a touch below par for the price range they still get a recomendation. I am reliably informed that they also posses a selection of authentic Italian liquors and beers.
Just so as to not be all Clontarf based this fine eatery in Ballsbridge is also well worth a visit. Cuban quisine not being that common in this part of the world the whole menu is just that bit different. I will be returning soon.
Caught this on TV a few weeks ago. The Best Worst Movie Ever.
While filming a advertisment, some extreme sports enthusiasts unwittingly stop a group of terrorists.
It has everything, the misunderstood blonde olympic skier who is trying to find her passion, the tomboy, the misfit secretly in love with the tomboy, central european war criminals, dramatic chase sequences, the director who resents the olympic skier but who will come to respect her and help her find her passion, silly pranks, avalanches & helicopters.
Currently watching BMX Bandits at the minute and man is it bad. Nicole Kidman’s hair in particular.
So I have decided I need to start writing more stuff here following some gentle prodding from the Lady Friend and others.
Due to a recent spate of comment spam and a security issue in wordpress I also decided to upgrade to wordpress 2.0 to get access to features like akismet and some new plugins for doing tagging. The upgrade was painless and took only a few minutes.
So the current plan is to write two or three significant posts per week. I have a bunch of have written posts laying about which I will finish off and I am sure work will provide some inspiration.
The photo above was taken on the first day of the expedition during PEAK and is part of my experimentation with depth of field. I am impressed at how sharp the leaves are when the branch is out of focus. The photo is of a rhododendron, a plant which is slowly choking the native forest in killarney national park. If I could only get my hands on the person(s) who brought them into the country.
Only noticed over the weekend that it has been awhile since I updated.
That is going to change this week as I have a bunch of stuff lined up ready to post. Also I have a pile of work related stuff I was saving for our corporate blog which has not arrived so I will post them here as someone might be interested.
Blackball. Who would believe Bowls could make such a good movie. Digital TV sometimes delivers little nuggets.
People who smoke should have to take a salary cut. Somewhere in the region of 10 - 15 %.
