happy birthday clearbluecup!

May 28, 2004

In the process of doing some website twiddling tonight, I happened upon the very first post ever made on this website. Check out the datestamp! Two years ago to this very day we posted the first post on clearbluecup. What was our first tentative impression made on the world wide web? “this dustbuster busts dust! [...]

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take leaf

May 28, 2004

Here are some new photos – the first few are of us pottering about in our back garden, the next ones are from an evening walk down by the river and the rest are from our last weekend in costa del cork…

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have a nice rant

May 27, 2004

Not enough food, Wars, Corrupt politicians, There is terrible evil in this world. Repent, Repent! Repent now while you still have the chance! There is no happiness in this world apart from that found through Jesus, Fire and Brimstone and eternal punishment awaits all sinners. Repent, Repent! Repent now while you still have the chance! [...]

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sunny daze

May 25, 2004

I got my year’s dose of vitamin D last weekend. It was a whirlwind: Friday night spin down to Glengarriff, watch the sun set at 10:30pm and have a chilled out evening of wine, nachos, chilling out and DJ Shadow. Saturday was spent on Garnish island wandering around the gardens there, poking my nose into [...]

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Go or Do Not Go

May 15, 2004

5:30am. The alarm goes off. For a brief moment, everything is quiet and still. The day is blank, a fresh white sheet of paper waiting for the first mark. And then it happens. A series of neurons fire and memory awakens, consciousness kicks into gear and the awareness that this day is a monday sets [...]

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Captain Cyborg terrorises UK conferenceApparently

May 13, 2004

Captain Cyborg terrorises UK conference Apparently Dr. Kevin Warwick is running amok with his brilliant ideas again. Choice quotes from the article linked include ” ‘coffee and meditation are the best ways of improving short-term mental performance’ whereas said performance is hindered by ‘orange juice and last-minute revision’ ” and “My wife and I became [...]

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let’s fly away, baby!

May 9, 2004

There’s no place like Paris in the springtime, they say. They’re right… Photos from our May long weekend getaway are up. We tried to find the right balance between running around to the tourist attractions and relaxing in cafe’s – we ended up in more cafe’s than tourist attractions but from what I hear that’s [...]

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