mackenab
2023
Twitter / mackenab: Last visit to Sandymount Strand? ...
Last visit to Sandymount Strand? Maybe so.
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10 hours ago
Press Release - Communications Office - Trinity College Dublin
RT : Trinity welcomes US First Lady, Michelle Obama and daughters, Sasha and Malia for visit
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yesterday
ISPs to include porn filters as standard in UK by 2014 (Wired UK)
RT : Surveillance is nothing compared to unregulated, no-oversight, mission-creeping censorship. In the UK from next year
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yesterday
Twitter / mackenab: I did take this photo last ...
I did take this photo last week while "crossing Stephen's, that is, my green."
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2 days ago
G8 leaders to meet in Co Fermanagh - RTÉ News
Taking a business trip to Northern Ireland this week. I'm kindof a big deal.
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2 days ago
Details released of Michelle Obama's visit - RTÉ News
RT : White House confirms Michelle, Sasha and Malia Obama will visit Trinity College next week
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4 days ago
Twitter / mackenab: @ANNELAMOTT I don't mean to ...
I don't mean to alarm you, but I took this picture last weekend in Ireland. In an elementary school!
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4 days ago
How NSA spooks spaffed my DAD'S DATA ALL OVER THE WEB • The Register
RT : The actually stole a copyrighted image for it's logo, hah. NICELY DONE.
PRISM  derp  NSA  from twitter
5 days ago
Rapid Response: The NSA Prism Leak - with Una Mullally | Science Gallery
RT : Rapid Response Alert: leads lunchtime panel discussion tomorrow about the NSA PRISM leak
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6 days ago
Coursera Condescension | Posthegemony
RT : MOOCs as colonialism
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6 days ago
Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the jar 1973 - YouTube
RT : There’s some Irish in that style, too.
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7 days ago
Inside the United States | GlobalPost
RT : Fascinating demonstration: What if reporters wrote about the US the way the wrote about other countries.
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7 days ago
Study on mothers with worries seeks participants | Virginia Tech News | Virginia Tech
Study seeks mothers who "sometimes [worry] or [have] fears." Um. Are there humans who don't?
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8 days ago
Edward Snowden in Hong Kong - James Fallows - The Atlantic
RT : On Snowden choosing Hong Kong for refuge:
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8 days ago
Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations | World news | guardian.co.uk
Whoa. RT BREAKING NSA WHISTLEBLOWER BREAKS COVER IN GUARDIAN
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9 days ago
Twitter / christineburns: Powerful graphic, putting ...
Horrifying. MT Over 11,000 US women killed by husband or boyfriend since 9/11/2001.
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9 days ago
Twitter / mackenab: School fun fair. All they have ...
School fun fair. All they have is Heineken, my least favorite beer. But on a warm day in the sun? Not so bad!
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10 days ago
nsf.gov - National Science Foundation (NSF) News - GSA Announces New Lease for National Science Foundation Headquarters - US National Science Foundation (NSF)
Now that VT has opened a multi-million dollar facility across the street from NSF, NSF is moving.
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10 days ago
Uk To Brit Hacks: Shut Up - AND Magazine
RT : So a defence advisory notice has gone out from the UK on ? More details of UK involvement to come?
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10 days ago
What We Don't Know About Spying on Citizens: Scarier Than What We Know - Bruce Schneier - The Atlantic
RT : Bruce Schneier on the events of the week:
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11 days ago
99% Invisible • Episode 81- Rebar and the Alvord Lake Bridge
Paging . The new 99% Invisible is about rebar. Already anticipating your critique.
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11 days ago
The Setup / Brian Kernighan
Thought about dropping The Setup from my RSS feeds. And then they did Brian Kerninghan.
bam  oldskool  from twitter
11 days ago
What do we know about microsocial network apps? Not enough! Help! | Social Media Collective
Paging you to this announcement:
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13 days ago
David MacKay: A reality check on renewables | Video on TED.com
I was going to recommend David MacKay's amazing book on sustainable energy, but here's his TEDx talk, instead.
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13 days ago
Untitled (http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1591)
RT : "When life gives you lemons, squeeze them until you get publishable results."
ProfessorProverbs  from twitter
13 days ago
Twitter / DublinBusGroan: Bet they were clapping eachother ...
RT : I guess it's been raining a lot in Dublin lately
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14 days ago
101 best written TV shows
You won’t like this, then. And how do you compare The Daily Show to a scripted drama, anyway?
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14 days ago
Twitter / mackenab: Currently riding to Myrtle ...
Currently riding to Myrtle Beach in a Jeep with no leg room. Long ride, I suspect. And an underage driver.
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15 days ago
Twitter / mackenab: More death-defying Irish ...
More death-defying Irish playground equipment!
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15 days ago
Schneier on Security: Congressional Testimony on the TSA
RT : One more disgrace for Congress. Bruce Schneier is disinvited to testify about full body scanners at request of TSA!
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15 days ago
Refrigerator Water Filters, Water Filters, Air Filters, Pool Filters, HVAC Filters, Filters Fast
recommended  filters 
15 days ago
The Wirecutter
reviews  electronics  consumerreports 
16 days ago
The Sweethome
reviews  home  consumerreports 
16 days ago
Is there a Social-Media Fueled Protest Style? An Analysis From #jan25 to #geziparki | technosociology
Interesting:
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17 days ago
Access to the Internet Is a Human Right | June 2013 | Communications of the ACM
In which my Ph.D. advisor argues that internet access is a human right:
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17 days ago
Garner’s Usage Tip of the Day: Superstitions (1) | LawProse Blog
You should check out this whole series (8 posts) by .
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18 days ago
Twitter / mackenab: Oulu. 3:45a. http://t.co/o1vuTJBC8q
Oulu. 3:45a.
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19 days ago
Twitter / mackenab: Oulu. Nearly 10p. ...
Oulu. Nearly 10p.
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19 days ago
The Bouqs Company
flowers  giftideas 
20 days ago
Twitter / mackenab: This major-chain hotel room ...
This major-chain hotel room has a strip of red neon over the bed. Hmm…. Mmmkay…
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21 days ago
Twitter / mackenab: Two big cruise ships in Dublin ...
Two big cruise ships in Dublin Port this morning. Sadly, photo op was directly into the sun. In front is the Braemar.
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21 days ago
The Facebook experiment has failed. Let’s go back. — A Programmer’s Tale — Medium
RT : »Facebook is godsent for people who love to talk, but have nothing to say.« Great article, I totally agree.
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22 days ago
Twitter / mackenab: My favorite present that Megan ...
My favorite present that Megan received. I had no idea. The Cats of Copenhagen by James Joyce.
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23 days ago
Twitter / mackenab: @PhilthePill Hmm… ...
Hmm…
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24 days ago
The Myth and the Millennialism of "Disruptive Innovation"
RT : The Myth and the Millennialism of "Disruptive Innovation"
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24 days ago
Twitter / GooglePoetics: why does he stare at me why ...
RT : why does he stare at me
why does he stare into my eyes
why does he stare at me all the time
why does he stay with her
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24 days ago
The MacKenzies Go Adventuring: What I'm Looking Forward To...
And, the sequel… RT Yep, I'm looking forward to going home, too.
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25 days ago
Rethinking Service
This essay is terrific. Highly recommended.
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25 days ago
The MacKenzies Go Adventuring: What I'll miss
Go read this (by my lovely wife)! Better than I could say it! RT What I'll miss about Ireland.
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26 days ago
Twitter / mackenab: Wish I'd eaten my afternoon ...
Wish I'd eaten my afternoon snack before the usually-never-stops-moving two-year-old decided to occupy my lap.
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26 days ago
A Whole Lotta Nothing: CNN's always breaking news
That revelation was courtesy of . Details of those four alerts in the comments of his post:
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27 days ago
Propylene glycol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
She's right, Dan. That's also an application of Propylene Glycol.
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27 days ago
Untitled (http://i.imgur.com/rxTZDXo.gif)
RT : Any time you think an awesome new feature is ready for release and so let someone beta test it for you:
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27 days ago
Twitter / n3pb: It's fine with me if you don't ...
RT : It's fine with me if you don't support , but please use one of these stickers to explain the situation.
IPv6  from twitter
28 days ago
BBC News - Eurovision: Azerbaijan probes Russian 'nul points'
RT : Eurovision: Azerbaijan president orders probe of Russian 'nul points'
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28 days ago
Unknown Mathematician Proves Elusive Property of Prime Numbers | Wired Science | Wired.com
RT : Yay: Unknown Mathematician Proves Elusive Property of Prime Numbers - via
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28 days ago
Neil Gaiman
That reminds me of this:
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29 days ago
Luke F. Lester named head of Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Virginia Tech News | Virginia Tech
My new department head finally announced:
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29 days ago
Twitter / phdcomics: A Professor's Prayer ...
RT : A Professor's Prayer
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29 days ago
MS Silver Explorer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The expedition cruise ship MS Silver Explorer is tied up further down the Quays. (I wasn't close enough for a photo.)
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4 weeks ago
Twitter / mackenab: Cruise ship MV Silver Whisper ...
Cruise ship MV Silver Whisper tied up beside the East Link Bridge this morning.
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4 weeks ago
2013 Eurovision Song Contest (Grand Final) | Web TV | Eurovision Song Contest - Malmö 2013
RT : Those of us outside Europe can watch the kitchfest that is Eurovision 2013 here:
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4 weeks ago
Twitter / mackenab: This afternoon's activity? ...
This afternoon's activity? Watching the fans arrive for the Heineken Cup Rugby Final. Sometimes we wave at them.
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4 weeks ago
Twitpic - Share photos and videos on Twitter
I tweeted this picture four years ago, when she turned one. Quite a difference.
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4 weeks ago
Twitter / mackenab: Birthday girl. She's pretty ...
Birthday girl. She's pretty great. I think we're going to keep her.
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4 weeks ago
Banknotes of Northern Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
If you don't know about Northern Ireland banknotes, here. It's kindof confusing, actually, with so many designs.
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4 weeks ago
(500) http://oeis.org
This is amazing: The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS). Related: I am a *gigantic* nerd.
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4 weeks ago
Charges dropped against Florida teen over amateur science experiment — MSNBC
RT : Good news Thursday: charges dropped in Teen Science Experiment case.
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4 weeks ago
Twitter / jasonpkennedy: Slightly better pic of the ...
RT : Slightly better pic of the world's largest ocean liner in Dún Laoghaire here.
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4 weeks ago
Twitter / mackenab: Stout sampler, in progress. ...
Stout sampler, in progress. Tweeted just for .
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5 weeks ago
Oregon Man Acquitted After Arrest For Stripping Before TSA . . . TSA Responds By Bringing Its Own Charge | JONATHAN TURLEY
The TSA has their very own kangaroo courts. In case they don't like the outcome in a regular court. Seriously.
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5 weeks ago
Residential Evil - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 05/07/13 - Video Clip | Comedy Central
Jon Stewart explains the mortgage paperwork debacle, and the crappy settlement:
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5 weeks ago
Twitter / NatGeopix: You're drunk, rainbow. ...
RT : You're drunk, rainbow.
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5 weeks ago
Welcome to Online Tickets!
Mike Daisey is coming to the new performing arts center at VT.
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5 weeks ago
Hyperbole and a Half: This is Why I'll Never be an Adult
RT : And if you are unfamiliar, here’s “clean ALL the things”: “Internet! Forever!”
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5 weeks ago
Hyperbole and a Half: Depression Part Two
RT : AFAIC won the whole internet yrs ago with “clean ALL the things.” I’m glad she’s writing in public again:
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5 weeks ago
Untitled (http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/what-group-projects-are-supposed-to-teach-you-graph.jpg)
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5 weeks ago
Bryan Haggerty (bhaggs) on Twitter
RT : Amazing graph: in *every one* of the 50 US states, the highest-paid public employee works at a university. …
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5 weeks ago
Twitter / mackenab: On the big screen at Pearse ...
On the big screen at Pearse Station. Nice.
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5 weeks ago
Clipper Faith Belize City Docked In Dublin | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Also, the Clipper Faith has been tied up beside the East Link Bridge for nearly a week. Odd.
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5 weeks ago
Current position M/S Caribbean Princess Ship's position
Cruise ships have returned to Dublin Port. Saw the Caribbean Princess, just before she left for Cork, apparently.
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5 weeks ago
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