Favourite song at the moment definitely comes from Alyssa Reid - Alone Again.  Sampled of course on the 80's classic.  

Enjoy!

Just because...it's a nifty little tune...

Came across this on YouTube earlier - so true!  These are all so true!

This really has been an awful weekend in the course of world affairs - first we lost Whitney Houston on the 11th, and now tonight (February 12th) we lose an Irish legend - David Kelly, aged 82. 

A consummate professional, gentleman, actor of stage and screen with an instantly identifiable voice, David Kelly will forever have changed the way we perceive and appreciate acting in Ireland, and abroad.

He starred in many many many films throughout his long career but I think, for me the one that will always stand out is that of playing Granpa George in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  Of course, he also starred in a wide range of roles, from Beckett to Shakespeare, along with his now infamous appearance in Fawlty Towers as The O'Reilly man. 

I've included a few of his better known performances below.

May he rest in peace. 

Featured at 7.28

The new one from Birdy - British sensation is below.  It's really quiet, simple music.  Highly recommended.  She also had that song "Skinny Love" (also below) from the start of this year.  Enjoy!

Recently Google launched their online search queries for 2011 - of the many facts and figures released was their fastest rising Food and Drink search results.  I'm delighted to say that the company I work with - Just-Eat was ranked number two globally.  This is....excellent!  I said I'd share the stats below!

The entire listings are available here

Is this not the greatest YouTube video ever?

The secret to my success is quite simple.  Throw a ball at a wall - while thinking.  You'll be sorted.  

Here is said ball.  It has had its fair share of abuse. 

Last Summer, Director Rick Meriki took on the challenge of developing a 3 part series of short subjects on the concepts of Movement, Learning and Food.  This is the Movement one - commissioned by STA Travel Australia.

Amazing.

MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

Enjoy.

2012 is here.  What does that mean? A new Facebook like mug for tea of course!

I like it...what do ye think?

I came across this video yesterday while cleaning out a few cupboards.  Popped it into the VCR (remember those?) and found this little gem!  I knew it was somewhere, but assumed it had gone missing.  Delighted to have found it again!

Have a look anyway - and let me know your thoughts!

And yes, I'm sure there are a lot of one liners from this that are going to follow me for many years to come!

So far I've got some very positive comments on it - I guess this is proof that I always wanted to work in media!

The first comes from the amazing Miriam O'Callaghan!

Oh and today it made it onto the Irish Independent's website:

Quite interesting - the first RTE News Bulletin of the Millenium - January 1st, 2000.  Interesting to see how we've changed (or haven't as the case may be).  In particular, remember the Y2K Bug?

Credit:  RTE News

If you haven't seen this yet, it's well worth the watch.  London is of course hosting the 2012 Olympics this year, and they chose to start the year with a real bang!  Normally their fireworks display is amazing to ring in the New Year, but this year was something special.  Have a look below! 

So it's St. Stephen's Day and I'm doing some random Twitter musing.  I saw a retweet by a mate of mine linking to photos taken in London on Christmas Day by Ian Mansfield on Flickr. 

They are very interesting to view - the city is totally deserted for one day.  There is an almost eerie feeling going on too.

A direct link to the photos is available here: http://davidod.net/sYPhki

I've included some of the photos below (all credit to Ian Mansfield)

Image Credit - IanVisit

Image Credit - IanVisit

Image Credit - IanVisit

So I've been following this girl on YouTube for the past couple of months - her name is Katie Sky (links below) and she's from the UK.  She released her first EP this year called "Sweet Sweet Melody" - if you search under the Music category on my site you'll see it.  

I've decided to keep posting videos/covers/songs this girl does, as I really do think she's got a fantastic future ahead of her - reminds me of a young Ellie Goulding. 

Her newest post went up earlier tonight - it's a cover of "Oh Land - White Nights."

Have a listen, and feel free to leave comments.  Details of how to follow/like and/or subscribe to Katie are below also.

iTunes: http://labrecs.com/paradise

Amazon: http://labrecs.com/ParadiseAmazon

Or in a variety of physical packages at: http://KatieSky.com

www.twitter.com/katieskymusic

www.facebook.com/katieskymusic

So you may, or may not have heard about a tweet sent by @BrendaDrumm on twitter on the 19th November 2011.  Brenda tweeted to see if anyone would be interested in recording a song for charity in aid of the Neonatal Unit of Holles Street Hospital in Dublin.

Within days the project was not only off the ground, but 100% going ahead.  I've attached the making of the Twitterxmassingle below - this is why I love social media.  

A proper happy Christmas story.  

Enjoy.

For the next time you get stressed, consider visiting this website: www.devastatingexplosions.com

If you're following me on Twitter, or know me personally, you'll know that I have a huge thing for Diana Vickers.  Ever since she was on the X Factor in 2008, I thought she was amazing.  She has that whole Ingrid Michelson voice - husky, sultry, sexy and awesome.  Plus, you know...she's gorgeous.

I digress.....I've attached her new single below.  Let me know your thoughts!  I think this girl can do no wrong personally.........

Enjoy!

Music To Make The Boys Cry by mdstmgmt

A yodeling cat you say?   Why not I say...

Came across this wonderful infographic on unbounce.com - direct link below - but well worth a view.  Especially if you're new to Online Marketing.

Unbounce – The DIY Landing Page Platform

As it's the 1st of December........

I'm not sure about you, but I loved the film "The Social Network" - despite some artistic licence, it was a terrific storyline.

Came across this parody video for a 2nd Social Network Video earlier today.  Quite funny I must say! And, in a way - rather true.  How would we "stalk" or follow folks if Facebook failed! ; - )

Enjoy :)  Coming to a newsfeed near you soon...

I'm bringin' fluffy back....

Oh and while we're at it....we might as well have a gander at this...

So I'm writing this on a cold November night - the 23rd to be exact.  I've decided to start blogging a bit more, now that I've finally fixed an issue with my blog - which was causing a few seo issues (yes I know I'm rambling...) but yeah - it was stopping me for a while.  Turned out to be a simple Joomla menu assignment issue. 

Anyway - to the purpose of this blog - Christmas 2011. I was coming home from work earlier tonight and I heard my first Christmas song on the radio.  I got home, turned on the TV and saw the Coca Cola Christmas ad, followed by an ad for Sainsbury's in the UK - again with tinsel and mistletoe scattered throughout. 

While I'm usually a massive fan of Christmas - buy the new big bright red jumper every year, I'm wondering if, like Halloween, Valentines Day, Easter and many many other holiday periods, are we starting this whole "Celebration" too early.

A truly wonderful video.  

Address Is Approximate from The Theory on Vimeo.

Got this earlier today.  Well worth it - for a great cause.  In all good bookshops now.

www.kpfa.ie for more information.

As many regular readers will know, I'm a big fan of infographics.  I find them fascinating.  

I came across this one earlier by Lab42 - titled - "The Political Agenda"

The overall inforgraphic is available by clicking the image below.  

All credits to http://lab42.com

A friend of mine sent this to me earlier today.  Current temperature in San Antonio, Texas 20/11/11.  

Let me just say...I want to go back.

Now, I'm off to make a hot water bottle and find my gloves considering this is the temperature in Tralee.

Today just seems to be a day of posting music videos...don't worry, normal service of interesting tech links will resume soon.

This one is Katy Perry's "The One That Got Away" - normally these videos are just attempts for pop stars to look amazing...but in this case, the video actually tells quite a good story.

Have a look sure!

So a few months ago, I stumbled across this girl on YouTube.  Her name is Katie Sky and she's from the UK.  Recently signed to LABRecords in the UK.

Her first single was launched today (November 20th) and I've included both the original and the single version too below.

Lovely voice - I can see this song appearing on some medium like a Vodafone ad or something - similar to Regina Spektor's track from a few years ago. 

Enjoy!

This is the Original:

This is her Single with LabRecords

You can follow her on Twitter: @katieskymusic

And on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/#!/katieskymusic

Normally I wouldn't publish songs like this on here, but I can't get this one out of my head.  

Selena Gomez & the Scene - "Love You Like A Love Song"

Tune.  

Right, so this is what we're landed with (thanks to BBC News for the graphic....credit here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15748696)

And Michael Noonan wants to introduce a 2% VAT increase - to....KEEP JOBS?? 

Seriously.  

Think I've found what I want for Christmas........

Via @mashable on Twitter

So I came into work today and got a present of a new iPhone case from a friend.  Think it captures my essence?? Hehe.

This is absolutely fantastic...

02 Ireland's Christmas Ad 2011

Well done guys!

Winter Song by Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson.

Space....the final frontier....

Powered by Apple!

Siri does not understand "Furbish"... or does it?!?

Video by: awarehead on YouTube

The subject of Irish data plans has been a bone of contention with me for a while now.  In Ireland today, one would hope that we would pride ourselves as a 21st century, forward thinking, internet based and driven economy.  

While years ago everything was seen on the internet via a 56kbps modem, which took ages to download even a single image, nowadays broadband speeds allow us to view material in a fraction of a second.  This, of course eats up data.  

Personally I'm with Eircom - on an 8mb line, with a download allowance of 50GB per month.  I also have an internet stick with 02 with a 5GB allowance per month, and my main iPhone is with Meteor - again with a 5GB allowance.  

Nine times out of ten, I go over my allowance with these companies - not because I choose to, or download copious amounts of material etc. - just through regular usage.  I watch things on the RTE Player, the BBC iPlayer, use the likes of Spotify, listen to online radio, watch videos on YouTube, download updates for my computer, and use it for business.  Its nothing amazing, and certainly nothing over the top. 

Which brings me to the purpose of this blog - the iPhone 4S, and more specifically, 02 Ireland's data plans with the 4S.  In my opinion 02′s pricing isn’t reflective of the digital Ireland of today at all.  On the day the Dublin Web Summit opens they release their price plans and give a measly 150mb’s + calls and texts for €40 per month? 150mb’s? Seriously?

It amazes me as 02UK, granted a bigger carrier are offering a basic package of 100 minutes and 500 texts for £15.50 with a 1gb add on for £10. £25.50 is just under €29!   Does anyone else think this is strange??

As I said above, I am with Meteor – 400 minutes, 400 texts and 5GB’s of internet which can be tethered….free of charge….for €60 p/month. With 250 free texts online.  Notice the difference?

Three Ireland offers unlimited data, while Vodafone offers 500 minutes, 500 texts and 1GB of data for €65 per month.  

Why 02 offer a 1GB allowance with their legacy iPhone plans from some years ago and now take it down to 150mb's is beyond me.   We haven't stopped using data - its gone through the roof!

I'll put a caveat on this blog too - I'm not giving out specifically to 02 - I was with them for years and was quite happy with the service - I'm genuinely wondering what made them reduce their data allowance.  

In the mean time, I found this quite interesting infographic on Twitter - and thanks to @smemon for this.  I've included the data allowance section of it below, but to view the entire infographic, click here

Saw an interesting infographic earlier today (yes I love my infographics...) on the takeup of Twitter following its integration with ios5 on the iPhone.  Some of the stats are amazing.  Especially in terms of the amount of signups following the option to tweet everything being available for all iPhone users.

Credit:  http://blog.bufferapp.com/infographic-twitter-tips-tools-and-news-you-may-have-missed?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

I'm an avid reader of Gizmodo. On Friday they published an article titled "Facebook is better than sex".

That's a catchy enough title isn't it? Certainly I tweeted the article and within 10 minutes it had gotten rather a large number of clicks for 10.20pm at night!

Quite an interesting read really. Despite the title, it delves into the psychology behind Facebook and how it makes you feel - how interactions with your peers, lost acquaintances and so forth make you feel etc. etc.

The actual article is available at:

http://davidod.net/oPzHtA

Reminds me of that film...Minority Report? Same idea. Virtually (no pun intended).  

Amazing.  Holographic environment created with Microsoft Holodesk.  

Fantastic video - this is why I love Social Media!

Possibly the best video I have seen in ages! -

"Criminal Penguins" on BBC One - YouTube 

My good friend @unakavanagh stumbled across this on Twitter earlier...thought it was worth sharing.  Its an interesting breakdown of who actually owns what in Facebook.

In particular, the likes of Eduardo Severin, infamous because of his portrayl in The Social Network are mentioned.  

Saw this online earlier on Twitter

"Dear Blackberry.

We are gathered here today to pay tribute to a failure of a mobile.

Sincerely, world."

Fantastic!

Credit to @ibethevans

Direct link: https://twitter.com/#!/ibethevans/status/124174567387308032/photo/1

<rant>

Okay, bit of a rant for today.........on people playing music off their phones in buses, trains and along the streets.

Why?  Buy a pair of headphones.  I don't want to hear whatever you're listening to coming out of a tinny phone speaker, ruining the song.

Apparently, according to Urban Dictionary, this is known as "Sodcasting" - "The act of playing music through the speaker on a mobile phone, usually on public transport. Commonly practised by young people wearing polyester, branded sportswear with dubious musical taste."

BBC News published an interesting article about it a few months ago - link is at the end of this - in which they referenced that in 2006, "the Piped Music and Showing of Television Programmes Bill was presented to Parliament, calling for "the wearing of headphones by persons listening to music in the public areas of hospitals and on public transport" to be made compulsory, although it never made it into law."

I was walking through town the other day and I heard someone playing Eminem via, I think their HTC phone.  Just holding it in their hands while walking with their friends.  The friends were all talking, so how the girl could actually hear the lyrics is beyond me.

And, do I have to be the one to point out that playing it on full volume via your speaker ruins your battery life?

Then again, that might not be such a bad thing really....

</rant>

Article used: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13749313

If you were born before 1990, you might remember this useful piece of technology.  If you're reading this and its 2020, this was a cassette tape!  A rudamentary version of the hard drive.

A man who truly changed the world.  I'm typing this on an Apple MacBook, having seen a tweet about the passing of Steve Jobs on my iPhone.  I'm using my iPad to monitor the reaction to his death, and I'm listening to an online radio stream through my iPod touch.  

None of this would be possible without the creative genius that is Steve Jobs.

I only remarked to a friend earlier today about the keynote Apple put on yesterday - 6pm Irish time.  I was sitting at my desk, in sheer glee - with a cup of tea - waiting for the announcements.  It just goes to show what sort of a product and a brand they have created - driven of course by Steve himself.  

No more will we be able to email our questions to steve@apple.com and get back those quirky one liner answers.  

A lovely tribute was put on the Apple website following his death.  

"You can do multi finger gestures - and boy have we patented it"

I'm really looking forward to reading Walter Isaacs biography of Steve Jobs - out in November - it will be a true tribute to this creative visionary.  

RIP Steve.  RIP Steve Jobs - died October 6th, 2011 - age 56. 

From an Irish fan. 

So I just discovered Spotify last night.  A little late to the table perhaps, but here now nonetheless.  I absolutely adore discovering new and electic music

Now a fully signed up premium member, I came across this little gem below in the What's New section.   

It's by Maria Mena, real name Maria Viktoria Mena, a 25 year old singer from Norway.  

The song below is from her 5th studio album - "Viktoria" released on September 23rd 2011.  It reached number 5 in the Norway charts and number 17 in the Netherlands MegaCharts.

Have a listen and let me know what you think!

What does it say about me that I think that this is one of the songs of the year?

One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful

So, right now I'm on a train from Tralee to Dublin.  Well, sort of - we had to do the usual Irish thing of changing at Mallow (pronounced Meall-a like).   Why the transport system in this country can't actually put on more than one direct train to Dublin from Tralee is beyond me.   

But anyway we'll get over that.  This blog or rant really started last night when I had to book my train ticket.  

I usually prefer to fly up from Kerry Airport to Dublin and take a bus in - its cheaper if its just for the day, and I'm up in 30 minutes.  So…off I went last night to the Ryanair site to see if I could book a flight up - only to find out that of course they stopped flying there a few weeks ago.  The new PSO providers - Aer Arann aren't due to take up the contract until the 1st of November - grr indeed.  

So, my only other means of getting up (bar bus…and not even go there) was by train.  

How much would you think a train ticket for 4 hours should cost?  Rough cost of a regular trip to Dublin by car?  Right, double it and add on 12 Euro for posterity. 

That's right - 72 Euro (return) to Dublin.  Scandalous!! I can go to the UK and take a journey of the equivalent distance and pay half that.  This on foot of a planned (or possibly already implemented) price hike by the good folks in Bus Eireann.  Which, while we're on the subject has an incredibly poor website - the journey planner - I'm sorry - what?  Its built by people who understand technology - fair enough, but did they ever think of doing some user testing on it? Instead of actually just putting up confusing messages for people on screen.  

ANYWAY…moving on - I went through all of the rigmarole of logging in, booking my ticket, picking my seats (which we'll come to later)…..and what do I get when I click Purchase Tickets?  "We are unable to process your ticket claim right now due to…" some error or something.  Great.  Second attempt.  Same thing.  (At this point I was getting more and more annoyed).  

Oh forgot to say that I tried the first time to book it using a Laser card - which doesn't incur an extra cost (for what I don't know) - Lets try with a credit card instead - extra Euro - now that works - what a surprise! 

We run forward to the next day now - I'm going down, in plenty time for my train.  What do I find?  I park my car, and the ticket machines are out of order.  Great.   It was 3pm so I figured my chances of getting a ticket are pretty slim - and the car is going to be picked up later tonight anyway.  So I leave it and write a note (and take a photo of the offending ticket machine) saying that it was out of order).  If I get a text this evening saying there was a lovely slip of paper on it, Joe Duffy will be getting a phonecall!  

Get on the train (which is 10 minutes late) and off we go.   First journey from Tralee to Mallow is pretty uneventful - I actually get quite a lot of work done (and amazingly the 3G holds up).  Get into Mallow…and we wait for the train to Dublin, which is fine - no problem with that. 

Whenever I book a train ticket, as its "free" I always make to book my seats as well.  I know some people prefer to have seats on there own - in other words the 2 seater ones, but I like to have a table - even if I have to share it with someone else.  So that's what I do - book 4 seats (2 x up/down to Mallow/Tralee and 2 x up/down to Dublin/Mallow).  

So isn't it absolutely wonderful then when you get on the train and someone is sitting in your seat?  In my case it was a whole load of friends who wouldn't move  - seriously - every time the train stops a message comes on saying "Please do not occupy pre-booked seats" - why would you?!  The train was pretty empty anyway - so why would you sit somewhere where there is a name?  

At this point I've gone past Charleville and haven't been asked for my ticket once….

We'll get over all of that….I found a seat behind and am now quite happy typing this…next we move onto the wonderful wifi.  

Every day its tweeted which trains have wifi and which ones don't.  Now, these are supposed to be amazing new coaches, which cost millions (and which we were told about many many many times in amazing adverts on TV).  So why oh why can't the wifi be enabled throughout the entire fleet (or at least on every single train traveling between Cork and Dublin?).  The 3G signal doesn't just disappear during the 3.15pm service and re-appear on the 7pm service - the signal is always there - why can't it be turned on?  

Also…I should also point out at this point something I find curious - anytime a train is said to have wifi, there are no plugs - I know, I'm probably getting a bit paranoid about it but still.  Next time you're on a train with wifi (if you're lucky enough to find one) see if it has plugs.  

All I can say is massive kudos to Apple and their personal hotspot (and to Meteor, whom I must say are providing pretty good internet access the whole way up…).  

One last thing - I love being cold - I really do - but….why are all trains absolutely freezing?  Surely there are climate control measures on board - keep it at a nice 19-21 degrees - not 15 or whatever setting is currently on board this train!!

Right, rant over.  Still a little while from Dublin, but I had a few minutes spare and said I'd get this off my chest.  Let me know your thoughts below if you'd like. 

I'm off to buy some overpriced Lyons tea.  Why can't I get Barry's? :-(

D

P.S. - Someone on this train either loves wedges or else needs to rethink their aftershave. 

Love it!  The Death March returns!

Found this earlier...from former Tánaiste Dick Spring :) 

Excellent doodle by Google today...based on Jim Henson's birthday! 

Want to see them do something else?  Click the green guy, then hit any arrow key 15 times......see what happens! 

Right, I'm sure many of you reading this were, like me, absolutely appalled by the sheer lack of compassion and unbelievable stupidity that describes the members of the Westboro Baptist Church. 

Journalist Louis Theraux did a series of documentaries during which he visited the Church to report on their ways, and to seek out the truth behind their rather "different" views.  

But, the Foo Fighters this week decided to take on the Church during one of its protests - I've posted the video below - nice to see them shout down the Westboro folks for a change!  The video is below...take a look.  

Make way Prada.......make way Armani....look who's on the market now!

A recent survey from Thomas Cook and the Association of British Travel Agents revealed 20 of the most ridiculous complaints by holiday-makers made to their travel agent.

1. “I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local store does not sell proper biscuits like custard creams or ginger nuts.”

2. “It’s lazy of the local shopkeepers to close in the afternoons. I often needed to buy things during ‘siesta’ time — this should be banned.”

3. “On my holiday to Goa in India, I was disgusted to find that almost every restaurant served curry. I don’t like spicy food at all.”

4. “We booked an excursion to a water park but no-one told us we had to bring our swimming costumes and towels.”

5. A tourist at a top African Game Lodge overlooking a water hole, who spotted a visibly aroused elephant, complained that the sight of this rampant beast ruined his honeymoon by making him feel “inadequate.”

6. A woman threatened to call police after claiming that she’d been locked in her hotel room by staff. In fact, she had mistaken the “do not disturb” sign on the back of the door as a warning to remain in the room.

7. “The beach was too sandy.”

8. “We found the sand was not like the sand in the brochure.Your brochure shows the sand as yellow but it was white.”

9. A guest at a Novotel in Australia complained his soup was too thick and strong. He was inadvertently slurping the gravy at the time.

10. “Topless sunbathing on the beach should be banned. The holiday was ruined as my husband spent all day looking at other women.”

11. “We bought ‘Ray-Ban’ sunglasses for five euros from a street trader, only to find out they were fake.”

12. “No one told us there would be fish in the sea. The children were startled.”

13. “It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England, it only took the Americans three hours to get home.”

14. “I compared the size of our one-bedroom apartment to our friends’ three-bedroom apartment and ours was significantly smaller.”

15. “The brochure stated: ‘No hairdressers at the accommodation.’ We’re trainee hairdressers — will we be OK staying there?”

16. “There are too many Spanish people. The receptionist speaks Spanish. The food is Spanish. Too many foreigners now live abroad.”

17. “We had to queue outside with no air conditioning.”

18. “It is your duty as a tour operator to advise us of noisy or unruly guests before we travel.”

19. “I was bitten by a mosquito, no-one said they could bite.”

20. “My fiancé and I booked a twin-bedded room but we were placed in a double-bedded room. We now hold you responsible for the fact that I find myself pregnant. This would not have happened if you had put us in the room that we booked.”

via http://www.thestar.com/travel/article/1055019

Uber cool! Marty McFly is back....

So far Tinie Tempah has bought some....for all of 37K!

Found an interesting infographic (yes....I really do love them...) on the growth of social media over the past few years.   Well worth a read if you've got a few spare minutes.  

Click the image below to see the full size infographic.  

I want one of these!!!

In my random musings in various tech websites this afternoon, I came across this rather interesting article about Facial Recognition.   Bit scary really, but its the way the world is going.  

My thanks to Business Insider (direct link to this article http://davidod.net/oVQrnr ) and to the author Dylan Love (follow him on Twitter @_dtl) : 

Article:

Facebook has famously raised concerns over member privacy, but by no means is it the only offender.

As technology in the security and surveillance sector continues to improve, Alternet points out 5 everyday places where you could be tracked with facial recognition. Our sumamary appears below, but check out their report for all the details.

1. On the streets. This fall, 40 police departments will be equipped with the Mobile Offender Recognition and Information System (MORIS) device. It's an iPhone app that identifies people based on pictures of their faces.

2. The DMV. If going to the DMV wasn't unpleasant enough, now slightly less than half of the DMV branches are equipped to run someone's picture through a biometric database.

3. Las Vegas casinos, and Kraft and Adidas stores. Casinos are obviously interested in catching known card cheats. But Kraft and Adidas stores recently decided to install a targeted advertising system in their stores to serve up custom ads built around your basic personal details.

4. Bars. An app called SceneTap uses cameras installed in bars to determine a male-to-female ratio. The sole purpose is to help users guide their decision making process on which bar is best to go to for "companionship."

5. All of Japan. They're already way ahead of the curve on this. Facial recognition is already at work from vending machines that make recommendations to truck stops that gauge the tiredness of drivers.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/privacy-is-dead-here-are-5-places-where-you-can-be-identified-with-facial-recognition-technology-2011-9#ixzz1X060Yl1o

Again my thanks to Business Insider (direct link to this article http://davidod.net/oVQrnr  ) and to the author Dylan Love (follow him on Twitter @_dtl) : 
 

Love it!

I came across this infographic earlier today....quite interesting.  

Thanks to the folks at Divine Project for it - a direct link to this article is: http://davidod.net/r4SJeG 

Download the PDF here

Excellent commentary during the Irish Open, held once again this year in Killarney.

Oh yeah, someone's gonna be fired for this....

With thanks to the folks at http://abourbonforsilvia.wordpress.com for this:

1. They are very weird people.

2. There are billions of them in the world, like colors on the screen of your computer.

3. They will analyse conversations in layers.

4. You will spend the day assembling furniture from IKEA.

5. They drink and eat all kinds of weird shit just because they like the packaging.

6. They hate each other.

7. You’ll come out the last out of the movies because you have to see the full list of credits.

8. They cant change a light bulb or without making a sketch.

9. They fuck up all the tables with their cutters.

10. They rather study the paisley pattern on your outfit than listen to what you have tosay.

11. They will fill your house with magazines and whatever is out there that has drawings.

12. You never know if it is really an original or a copy.

13. They make collages with your photos.

14. They do not know how to add and subtract, they just understand letters.

15. They idolize people who nobody knows and speak of them as if they were his colleagues.

16. They take pictures almost daily and all are cut in weird shapes.

17. They ask your opinion about everything but  they do whatever they want.

18. Everything is left justified, right or center unless they arrive late.

19. They hate Comic Sans with the same passion they love Helvetica.

20. They use iPhone for everything, because everyone has one.

21. You can not decorate the house without consulting them.

22. They steal street signs.

23. Always carry their hands painted with something.

24. They buy dolls unfinished for them to paint.

25. Everything becomes something other than what it really is: cards as tickets, cards as …

26. When arguing, you will be nicknamed like the OSX spinning wheel (not affectionately)

27. Do not know how to dress without consulting the Pantone book.

28. They hate Excel.

29. They read comics.

30. They want to save the world only with a poster.

31. You will spend the day brainstorming.

32. On vacation they will take you to countries that you do not know exist and have no beach.

33. Museums are their second home.

34. They know more positions than the Kamasutra.

35. They can’t go to a restaurant without secretly critiquing the menu design.

36. They listen to music you have never heard of.

37. They can´t cook a normal dish, they always have to experiment with new ingredients.

38. They read rare books: stories of children, Semiotics …

39. When you are going to tell you something, everyone has read it in their facebook and twitter.

40. They have own iPods before you knew they existed.

41. The orgasm they remember is when they heard that Adobe was acquiring Macromedia.

42. They have their own shops just for them and there are the most expensive in the city.

43. They want to spend all the money in the Apple Store.

44. You will never understand their gifts.

45. They see ordinary objects and laugh.

46. You wake up in the middle of the night hearim them screaming “When is the deadline?”

47. They see CMYK and RGB like Neo sees the Matrix.

48. They dream of the day nobody will make a single change to their designs.

49. They rather pay for a font than for a special birthday gift.

50. They are always sleepy because they work 24/7.

TEXTING for over 40s

The kids have all their little SMS codes, like BFF, WTF, LOL etc. So here are some codes for the more matured.....

ATD - At the Doctor's
BFF - Best Friends Funeral
BTW - Bring the Wheelchair
FWIW - Forgot Where I Was
GGPBL - Gotta Go, Pacemaker Battery Low
GHA - Got Heartburn Again
HGBM - Had Good Bowel Movement
IMHO - Is My Hearing-Aid On?
WAITT - Who Am I Talking To?
GGLKI - Gotta Go, Laxative Kickin In!