Last night (Irish time) Disney announced that they were acquiring Lucas Film. They also announced plans for another instalment of the Star Wars franchise. George Lucas spoke about the acquisition yesterday: [youtube]http://youtu.be/YyqlTi7lkhY[/youtube] So how did people react? Sure, there’s been thousands of articles written in just about every mainstream media outlet and film aficionado site […]
Archive | October, 2012
Sick Of Politics? Remove Them From Your Streams Easily
If you’re active on Twitter or Facebook (or both) then your streams probably fill up with a lot of talk of politics – especially when there’s an election going on.. At the moment the big one is obviously the US Presidential Election, but there’s plenty of others.. So what do you do if you’re not […]
Lego Halloween
It’s not geeky, but it’s cute and quite amusing – it’s the Lego Halloween video [youtube]http://youtu.be/ULVqXgTKecM[/youtube]
Are You A Social Media Zombie?
A lot of us use social media, but maybe some of us are using the social sphere more for interactions than real life.. The infographic below, from Confused.com, goes into some of this – it’s quite amusing, but it also has a very strong ring of truth!
Crossover Office Free Today Only
If you’re a Mac or Linux user then you might have heard of “Crossover Office”. Basically it’s a bit of software that allows you to run Windows applications on your Mac or Linux desktop. So, for example, using it you can play games that are only available for windows, run Internet Explorer or Microsoft Office […]
Cloud Computing Legal Conference In UCC
UCC’s Faculty of Law is holding a half-day conference on “regulation” of cloud computing. The event will be held on Friday November 16th 2012 from 2pm to 5.15pm On the agenda: What legal issues need to be considered by businesses in contracting for the provision or use of cloud computing services? • Can an appropriate […]
Natural Disaster? Silly Photos To The Rescue
With hurricane Sandy wreaking havoc along the eastern seaboard of the United States both traditional and social media has been swamped with coverage of the situation in New York and other cities. While nobody is making “light” of the seriousness of the situation it’s 2012, so, naturally, there’s been a LOT of funny and fake […]
IPhone Protection Takes On New Meaning
One of the first things many iPhone users do is get a protective case for their phone. Protection, however, has taken on a whole new meaning with the Spraytect case. Yes, it’s a case that will protect your iPhone, but it will also protect you. It doubles as a pepper spray (mace) dispenser (gun?)! It […]
Explaining Social Media – With Coffee!
If you work in IT you probably have an affinity for coffee.. if you don’t, then your colleagues probably do .. So using coffee to explain social media isn’t really that surprising .. Which social network should be used for what is always one of those questions .. And now you have a coffee analogy […]
Joss Whedon Endorses Romney
Joss Whedon, the man behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Serenity and most recently The Avengers, has posted a video where he “endorses” Romney. Here it is: [youtube]http://youtu.be/6TiXUF9xbTo[/youtube]