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Institutional incompetence? - Paul O'Flaherty

I’m constantly amazed by how often the left hand doesn’t know what the right is doing especially with respect to educational institutions.This fact was never highlighted so clearly as it was in a...

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Weekly Round Up – Incompetent Edition! - Paul O'Flaherty

Selling Seagate a national security risk? Grow up!The xenophobes are at it again. This time they’re freaking out because a Chinese technology company has expressed an interest in purchasing hard drive...

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Vidcast – Bacon Rant - Paul O'Flaherty

This video has nothing to do with technology as much as it does with the user experience of opening packaging.I know I shouldn’t have but I couldn’t avoid a rant today about opening packets of bacon...

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Vidcast: Morning rant – privacy and social networks - Paul O'Flaherty

I’m not supposed to be working today but while on BlogTV this morning I did manage to fire off this rant about peoples expectations of privacy when they publish pictures and information onto the web...

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Give an inch. They’ll take a mile - Paul O'Flaherty

Why do so many people feel an unwarranted sense of entitlement in life?People get something for nothing once and then feel like they are entitled to it forever!I’ve seen this happen with bloggers and...

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Grammar Police: They have me wound up again - Paul O'Flaherty

Yeah, the Grammar Nazi’s have been at it again lately and I’m sure you all know that they really chaff my ass (almost as much as the PC crowd), so I felt the need to have a little rant about them.Sorry...

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Ignorance Does Not Equal Bliss - Paul O'Flaherty

If you haven’t got something intelligent to say, then shut the hell up.That’s the kind of day I’m having, where puerile fanboy bullshit is driving me crazy.It’s the release of new software that that...

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America – I Can’t Wait For You To Wake Up And Be Great Again - Paul O'Flaherty

Anybody who’s been following my twitter stream probably knows that I’m disturbed by recent events here in the U.S, such as the introduction of the E-PARASITES / PROTECT-IP act and the Stop Online...

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Am I “Old Skool” Or Just Old? (Revisited) - Paul O'Flaherty

http://scrwmedia.com/podcasts/old_skool_or_old_revisited_18092012.mp3|titles=OldIt’s been eight years, 2 months and 18 days since I first wrote the words below, and it’s either a sad commentary on...

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O’Flaherty Episode #08 – The OFlaherty Doctrine! - Paul O'Flaherty

The O’Flaherty Doctrine! Tim O’Reilly’s proposed Bloggers Code of Conduct provokes a rant from me. One or two minor audio jumps. Sorry folks! Great music by The Joules! Links Tim O’Reilly – Call for a...

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O’Flaherty Episode #09 – Spaten München - Paul O'Flaherty

Spaten München I’m pissed of at Apple iTunes. Microsoft makes good with Firefox. Facebook may yet grant my wish. You too can own a social network  and my podcasting glass is revealed. My voice decides...

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Ostracize the Xenophobes – AmericaNet - Paul O'Flaherty

Note: April 4th 2017 – The problems outlined in this post become even more of an issue since the introduction of more top level domains such as .audio, .blog, .biz. Also, rather depressingly, 10 years...

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O’Flaherty Episode #12 – Blizzard bashing! - Paul O'Flaherty

Blizzard Bashing! I’m in a ranting mood today bashing everything within reach. Great music from The Joules. Links Blizzard World of Warcraft O’Flaherty Vidcast Ostracize the Xenophobes: AmericaNet...

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Blogging to Infamy - Paul O'Flaherty

You may have noticed some of the negative blog posts which have been floating around the web today with regards to Blogging to Fame, a project run by Indian blogger Divya Uttam! It all came to my...

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O’Flaherty Episode #08 – The OFlaherty Doctrine!

The O’Flaherty Doctrine! Tim O’Reilly’s proposed Bloggers Code of Conduct provokes a rant from me. One or two minor audio jumps. Sorry folks! Great music by The Joules! Links Tim O’Reilly – Call for a...

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O’Flaherty Episode #09 – Spaten München

Spaten München I’m pissed of at Apple iTunes. Microsoft makes good with Firefox. Facebook may yet grant my wish. You too can own a social network  and my podcasting glass is revealed. My voice decides...

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Ostracize the Xenophobes – AmericaNet

Note: April 4th 2017 – The problems outlined in this post become even more of an issue since the introduction of more top level domains such as .audio, .blog, .biz. Also, rather depressingly, 10 years...

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O’Flaherty Episode #12 – Blizzard bashing!

Blizzard Bashing! I’m in a ranting mood today bashing everything within reach. Great music from The Joules. Links Blizzard World of Warcraft O’Flaherty Vidcast Ostracize the Xenophobes: AmericaNet...

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Blogging to Infamy

You may have noticed some of the negative blog posts which have been floating around the web today with regards to Blogging to Fame, a project run by Indian blogger Divya Uttam! It all came to my...

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Grammar Police: They have me wound up again

Yeah, the Grammar Nazi’s have been at it again lately and I’m sure you all know that they really chaff my ass (almost as much as the PC crowd), so I felt the need to have a little rant about them....

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