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Friday, May 12, 2006

Six Days at Harts Corner in 24 Seconds

I created this AVI movie which shows the view from a traffic camera at Hart's Corner near where I grew up in Dublin. The action is speeded up 20,000 times.

posted by Eamonn | 6:10 PM | 0 comments

Thursday, May 11, 2006

Blood sacrifice, the left and the 1916 insurrection in Ireland - Ireland / Britain History

This anarchist analysis of the 1916 rising and the Irish War of Independence has some interesting points of view that I had not heard before. The author claims for example that the reason that the British agreed to come to terms with Sinn Fein is that they were terrified of much more radical left-wing movements in Ireland and Britain.

posted by Eamonn | 8:05 PM | 1 comments

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Google Trends: irish

This is the Google Trends graph for the search term "irish". Note the big peak every year on St. Patrick's day.

posted by Eamonn | 6:47 PM | 0 comments

Monday, May 08, 2006

In Memory of David

In memory of a friend, David, who died of cancer last year at a tragic young age I am helping to raise money for the Cancer Society. If you can, please donate.

posted by Eamonn | 4:27 PM | 0 comments