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May 23 2009

Tours of Dublin in Spanish

Tours of Dublin in SpanishAll 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 the kind of service that we should see more of. Spanish is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world and providing services to Spanish speakers in their native tongue makes sense.

The company offers a variety of tours of Dublin city in Spanish (thence the name!)

More details on their site

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Written by Michele Neylon · Categorized: cool, tourism, useful · Tagged: cool, dublin, languages, multilingual, spanish, tourism, tourists, useful

Apr 23 2009

KidareStreet – Bringing Access To Government A Step Further

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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, access to Dail (parliament) transcripts, but also allows to pass comments, get alerts and so much more.

Kildare Street is the brainchild of John Handelaar and is based on similar project in the UK.

John’s announcement explains it all:

Since 20th January 2004, the Dáil has been in session for 493 days (including today).

Up until this morning TDs made 249,489 speeches, and asked 160,503 questions which received written responses.

On average, TDs are producing 507 speeches and 326 written answers per sitting day.

And Handelaar’s site has now made all of that content accessible and searchable.

Now that is cool!

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Written by Michele Neylon · Categorized: cool, politics, reviews, useful · Tagged: cool, Dáil, Dáil Éireann, Ireland, Kildare Street, parliament, politics, reviews, Society and Culture, useful

Apr 13 2009

Get Some Gift Inspiration

peoplelovepresentsThe 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 many respects.

Basically the site editors trawl online shops for new, exciting and quirky goods and then recommend them to readers based on gender, age, price etc.,

One little detail impressed me – they clearly state whether an item is available for delivery to Ireland or not – that alone saves time!

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Written by Michele Neylon · Categorized: reviews, shopping, useful · Tagged: ecommerce, gifts, ideas, inspiration, reviews, suggestions

Apr 05 2009

MacHeist Combines Great Software With Philanthropy

macheist 3 software bundleAs 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 run an offer a couple of times a year where you can get several hundred dollars worth of software for less than $50 (the latest bundle is $39).

What makes the deal even more interesting is that 25% of all sales revenue goes to a number of charities

The latest “heist” has so far sold over 43 thousand bundles and raised over $403 thousand for charity!

If you’re a Mac user or know someone who is then this makes for a wonderful gift

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Written by Michele Neylon · Categorized: cool, shopping, software, useful · Tagged: apple, charity, cool, mac, macheist, osx, philanthropy, software, useful

Feb 08 2009

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

savethewords

Is it going to improve your life? Probably not.

Is it fun? Definitely

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Written by Michele Neylon · Categorized: cool · Tagged: cool, dictionary, language, vocabulary, words

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