Interesting predictions about the tech industry

Tech industry predictions from Roger McNamee, incl the future of Google, Facebook, Microsoft etc.
HTML5 is the silver bullet apparently...

Dublin Zoo

Dublin Zoo

A few shots from a trip to Dublin Zoo in the Phoenix Park, Dublin. Highlights were the gorillas and the friendly squirrel that crossed our path.

Vikings and Falcons in Clontarf

St. Annes Park Rose Festival 2011

A few shots from the St. Anne's Park Rose Festival 2011 in Clontarf, which featured a Viking Village and a Falconry display.

Glendalough Lake & Monastic City

Glendalough, Wicklow

A few shots from the upper lake and monastic city ruins in Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. It took a while to get a space in the car park but it was worth it.

National Sealife Bray & Bray Beach

Bray Sealife & Beach

A few shots from the Sealife Aquarium in Bray & Bray Beach. Sealife is well worth a visit, I really enjoyed it. Try to get there at feeding time, the staff feeding the Octopus told some very good stories. I never knew that an Octopus is as smart as a dog, and as strong as 2 men when fully grown to ~3 meters in length.

EU cookie directive in Ireland

Good article on The Social about the the Irish Government bringing the EU cookie Directive into law. At the very least, it will probably mean putting a disclaimer on sites, if not more.

SOURCE
http://sociable.co/2011/07/03/eu-cookie-directive-guidance-issued-bad-news-for-google-analytics-users/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thesociable+%28The+Sociable%29

SQL Join Venn Diagrams

There's a great article on coding horror showing the visual represenatation of SQL Joins using Venn Diagrams.

SOURCE:
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/10/a-visual-explanation-of-sql-joins.html

Sunny Sunday in St.Anne's Park

St. Anne's Park, Clontarf

A few shots from St.Anne's Park on a sunny Sunday in July.
If you go there, check out the very informative storyboard towards the end of the concrete runway, it contains some very interesting facts about the park.