Archive for January, 2007
An bhfuil Gaeilge agat? (Do you speak Irish?)
Many Irish folks claim to speak Irish, but a TG4 (Teilifís Gaeilge — Irish language TV station) broadcaster is gathering evidence to the contrary. Manchán Magan is touring Ireland, speaking only Irish, and finding that most people haven’t a clue what he’s saying. He is documenting his travels in a program called No Béarla (No [...]
Posted: January 5th, 2007 under current affairs, ireland.
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NYT Video of Microsoft Windows OS X…er, I mean Vista
I first saw a demo of Microsoft’s new OS, Windows Vista, on a big screen in one of the MS campus cafeterias. I remember being surprised — and somewhat bemused — at how similar some of the features were to those of Mac OS X. I realize this has been the talk of many forums [...]
Posted: January 3rd, 2007 under tech.
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Wii Sports is number one!
Time has named Wii Sports the top game of 2006.
There is no possible way to say this enough times: great graphics don’t make great games. Perfect Dark Zero looked like a Titian, but it was a snooze. Wii Sports—a mini-sports anthology that includes golf, boxing, tennis, baseball and bowling—looks like Colecovision. The little guys on [...]
Posted: January 2nd, 2007 under games / gaming.
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