A few weeks ago Patrick Logue, an Irish Times Motoring journalist, wrote an article about lawless cyclists. The majority of the comments dismiss his rant. He was also mocked in a thread of over 200 posts on the boards.ie Cycling forum. On Mountview Road in Dublin 15, Fingal County Council seem to be facilitating cyclists […]
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24 hour clock eliminates ambiguity
One problem with the 12 hour clock is that if AM or PM is omitted or unreadable, you are could be very early or very late for your appointment. The 24 hour clock eliminates any ambiguity and does so without making the number of characters used any longer. In fact it makes it shorter (01:00 […]
Red cold, blue hot
I joined my former college classmates for the early portion of the Jim Finn Stag pub crawl, before everyone got incoherent. In the third pub, The Hut in Phibsborough, the bathroom had a sign about the incorrectly coloured taps. The blue tap gives hot water, the red tap is for cold water. That reversal must […]
Buying in a foreign language
Irish Rail have installed automated ticket machines throughout the network. The interface can be displayed in multiple languages. One day, while sheltering from the rain at the station, I decided to look at the translated interface. Early in my career I worked in localisation and we checked the translated software displayed and worked correctly when […]
Bulmers is a super premium cider
When I am in my local Tesco I like to take a quick browse through the beer aisle to see if there are any bargains. I am a big fan of Bulmers cider, even having a ‘Bulmers’ custom license plate while I lived in California and custom ‘Bulmers’ t-shirts made. I have always felt that […]
Eating KFC affects your spelling
When I worked in East Point Business Park I noticed that Smoking impacts dexterity, for Oracle employees anyway. From a recent visit to the Blanchardstown Centre I saw an embarrassing attempt at a “green stance” by KFC. There are a few bins outside the restaurant with a brutal spelling error on them. The bins say: […]