Archive for July 2006
Darwin Awards Candidate sticks arm into Tiger Enclosure
A firm candidate for the the Darwin Awards climbed over two fences and worked her way through dense foliage in order to stick her hand through a link fence into the Amur Tiger enclosure at Dublin zoo. The tiger then did what Tiger’s do and tried to eat her.
The 16 year old girl somehow escaped the Tiger’s clutches and is in a stable condition in hospital.
O'Neills Pub on Pearse St.
Despite being on one of the most polluted streets on Dublin, O’Neills Pub continues to put on a amazing flower display each year.
More photos in the flickr set.
Bebo Shuns $550 Million Acquisition Offer
Is this greed or lunacy? $550 million clams! Is social networking the next dutch tulip craze?
Road Deaths In Ireland
Chilling Map of Road Deaths in Ireland in 2006.
Self-Healing Minefields
These Self healing Minefields are just plain freaky. How the hell are you ever expected to clear them? Even if you wanted to keep a map, any intrusion would totally stuff up the map.
O'Reilly Radar > A Week in Chicago with Rails, Perl, and Django
Nat Torkington gives the low on some developments in Ruby on Rails. He also has some words with Mr. Django.
IrishEyes: Rules for Start-ups
IrishEyes has this great set of rules for startups courtesy of Kleiner Perkins, I’ve been meaning to link this for a while, apologies for the delay folks.
One Weeks paper goods
Why we’re running out of landfill in Ireland…


