Conor Pope recommends home-saver.ie and bonkers.ie for insurance and utilities price comparison. I've used the latter, with great results

Thinking of the winter commute again. This page has a load of fantastic info on winter tyres

“If the price manipulation allegations were true, we would have expected to see price discrepancies in the results between Firefox and Chrome on day two. What we actually saw were exactly the same prices on both browsers.”

finalist for a RealEx Web Award, free next-day delivery and returns throughout Ireland, and some excellent prices here. hmm

another PC component vendor in Ireland, recently came up on ILUG

a new outdoor weekend market for Dublin, at the O2 on the north quays. good farmer's market selection, and plans to do free-for-all stalls for random members of the public to sell "yard sale" type stuff, a la the Dublin Flea Market

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new Apple reseller on Dublin's Grafton Street, sounds like a good deal

600 euros all-in for an entry-level DLP home cinema projector capable of 720p HD. tempted, but stil a bit pricey

so many! Saw a Hero last night, it looked pretty swish -- although not quite as pretty as the iPhone ;)

quite a few excellent teeshirts, along with tea-related items -- and again they have a great kids' range. based in Northern Ireland! (via Ruth)

Dublin shop selling fairly-traded and cool kids clothes and accessories; they also do stalls at various local markets now and again. think Mae and Bea have a few of their goods already ;)

'Become a virtual beef farmer. Control your personal food chain.' also deliver prime beef. mmmm

a slightly cheaper option

lots of stuff about one of Boards' best topics, handily arranged by company (via Eoin)

recommended by JB. 3 switches, USB, $120. Linux support seems tricky; requires running Windows apps to reprogram the pedal's firmware. ugh

comes with dictation transcription software and headphones, USB, UKP93.15. there's a blog post indicating that it's Linux-compatible, emulating a generic USB keyboard

from Kinesis Ergo, claims to do mouse or keyboard actions, $129, USB. Linux support unclear