geoTrad - Google My Maps
Well, this is a rather wonderful mashup made with data from thesession.org:
The distribution of Irish traditional tunes which reference place names in Ireland
Link tags: ireland
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How Ireland became Europe’s data watchdog - BBC News
The coming GDPR storm:
Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner, Helen Dixon, is expected to circulate her decisions on some cases by July or August, with final rulings made by the end of the year.
(That’s my sister-in-law, that is.)
New Privacy Rules Could Make This Woman One of Tech’s Most Important Regulators - The New York Times
It’s kind of surreal to see a profile in the New York Times of my sister-in-law. Then again, she is Ireland’s data protection commissioner, and what with Facebook, Twitter, and Google all being based in Ireland, and with GDPR looming, her work is more important than ever.
By the way, this article has 26 tracking scripts. I don’t recall providing consent for any of them.
Hack for the craic: David McKeown on making hackathons fun for everyone
A great write-up of Science Hack Day Dublin—the 6th iteration is coming up next month.
What struck me about this hackathon is that the only end goal is for people to have a bit of fun and make stuff. There’s no flashy big-ticket prize and no commercial agenda. They’re not looking for start-up pitches or scalable business plans, and there’s no Dragons’ Den interrogation. Just good old-fashioned, high-tech making and mingling.
Now and Then Cobh
Time-shifted photographs of my hometown in Ireland.
Two Irish Girls Who Made It to New York - The New York Times
Maeve Higgins must’ve been back in Cobh (our hometown) at the same time this Christmas. Here she tells the story of Annie Moore, the first person to enter the doors at Ellis Island.
I stood on the darkening quay side in Cobh on Christmas Eve, and looked at a statue of Annie there. She seems small and capable, her hands lightly resting on her little brothers’ shoulders, gazing back at a country she would never see again. An Irish naval ship had returned to the harbor earlier that week from its mission off the Mediterranean coast, a mission that has rescued 15,000 people from the sea since May 2015, though 2016 was still the deadliest one for migrants crossing the Mediterranean since World War II.
Profile: Helen Dixon - Europe’s most powerful regulator has her toughest job yet - Independent.ie
My sister-in-law is causing quite a stir. Go Helen!
EIRE signs of WW II | GPS of the past
A fascinating project to document markings from 1939—designed to be visible from the air—placed all around the Irish coast.
In The Name of Willie Clancy « Arbutus Yarns
A really nice short film about the Willie Clancy Summer School. It makes me want to get back to Miltown Malbay this July.
Ten Sexy Ladies
I think that I too will begin rating all my experiences on a scale from one to ten sexy ladies.
This is genuinely hilarious stuff from the genius behind Fireland.
Atheist Ireland Publishes 25 Blasphemous Quotes | blasphemy.ie
I can't believe how forehead-slappingly stupid my home country can be sometimes.
Wiretap Follies
The latest project from by Joshua Green Allen aka Fireland.
Session.Org session SSWC'07 - a photoset on Flickr
This is simply marvelous! A meatspace gathering of musicians that know each other threw the Irish music website I run, The Session. I wish I could have been there.
help.net : Invitation to AJAX Presentation - Dublin - The Clarence Hotel - May 8th
If you're in Dublin on the evening of the 8th of May, come 'round to Bono's hotel to hear me natter on about Ajax.
Cá Bhfuil Na Gaeilgeoirí? | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited
Can you really get by in Ireland by just speaking Irish? Not in Dublin, it seems. I'd love to see the TV show that this article is based on.
MacNN | Dublin man plans Apple "walk of shame"
He has decided to prove that he can walk to Cork -- the location of the nearest Apple repair center -- faster than Apple can arrange for the pickup of his broken Mac.
BuyIreland.com - buy and own a piece of rural Ireland forever for just $49.99
Buy a one square foot piece of land (and the Brooklyn Bridge while you're at it). Cute Kerry hoors.
How to cheer up a nursing home? Install a bar
Only in Ireland.