Someone sent me the link to Butch Bakery this morning and I simply had to give them a mention. What is it? They’re a bakery in New York What makes them special? Their product. Sure they’re just selling “cup cakes”, but they’ve managed to take a simple product and give it a new and interesting [...]
Answering A Simple Question – When Will It Be Released On DVD (or BluRay)
If, like me, you love film, then you will probably find VideoETA to be incredibly useful. No. It is not a beautiful website, but boy is it functional. VideoETA’s only purpose is to give you, the viewer, information on DVD and BluRay release dates. While the dates it uses are US only it’s still incredibly [...]
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Outvesting – Supporting Business Development
One of the problems that startups have is getting funds. So a few people came up with the idea of “outvesting“, which they describe as: “The act of committing money to a business while expecting to get nothing in return, other than the satisfaction of giving a leg up to Irish entrepreneurs.” The idea is [...]
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Deal A Day
Since everyone seems to be concerned about saving money and getting “deals” it’s inevitable that I end up looking at more “deal” sites … One that has been around for several years is iBOOD (Internet’s Best Online Offer Daily). Every day they have a different offer on a single product. What kind of products do [...]
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Bidding Can Be Fun
The idea behind BidRivals isn’t that complicated. They sell electronics, such as Sony Playstation 3, at a fraction of their normal retail price. How? By making it into an auction. When the clock stops whoever has the bid wins. Not that complicated really. You can get more details on how the process works on their [...]
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Tours of Dublin in Spanish
All too often English speakers forget that they are not the only people on the face of the planet. It’s all too easy to forget that there are other language groups out there and that they too have money to spend! So when I came across Dublin en Español I was very impressed! This is [...]
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KidareStreet – Bringing Access To Government A Step Further
Image via Wikipedia Successive Irish governments have talked about “initiatives” to encourage “egovernment”. Some of the work they’ve done has been pretty good, but a lot of it wasn’t exactly stellar. So it’s great to see that a totally independent, citizen volunteer project like Kildare Street has not only managed to give us, the people, [...]
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Get Some Gift Inspiration
The people behind People Love Presents sent me a captivating email a few weeks ago and I have to admit I found the site itself to be captivating in its own right. The idea behind it isn’t terribly original, but the presentation and execution is simple and stylish, which should make it a “winner” in [...]
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MacHeist Combines Great Software With Philanthropy
As a Mac user you get to hear about “cool software” for the Mac all the time. However not all software is as cool or as accessible as others. What the guys at MacHeist have managed to do, however, is to combine software package deals with a philanthropy to make for a winning combination. MacHeist [...]
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Saving Words From Extinction
Stephen Fry mentioned a site on Twitter that really caught my eye – savethewords.org Language is constantly evolving, with words being added all the time, while other words “fade” into obscurity. The “save the words” site highlights and promotes words that are falling out of use Is it going to improve your life? Probably not. [...]
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