DjMagra’s stuff ‘n’ stuff

CNN reported Miles O’ Brien is blogging live from New Orleans as Katrina approaches

BBC News also have something similar

In anticipation of the arrival of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, I have been reading the weather forecast courtesy of NOAA and to be honest, from the below warning, it looks pretty bleak:

DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED

AT LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL
FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL…LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL.
PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. MANY WOOD
FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE
BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE…INCLUDING SOME
WALL AND ROOF FAILURE.

HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY…A
FEW POSSIBLY TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. MANY WINDOWS WILL BLOW
OUT.

AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD…AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH
AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY
VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE
ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS…PETS…AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE
WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.

POWER OUTAGES MAY LAST FOR WEEKS…AS MANY POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN
AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING
INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY
THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING…BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED.

Just for you Caoimhe!! See, photo’s do appear here every now and then!

Grrr, thanks Caoimhe!!

Seven Things I Plan To Do Before I Die

Retire
Become a Millionaire
Learn to speak French fluently
Find my soulmate and have children with her
Live in at least three other countries
Own a boat
Be my own boss in my own company

Seven things I can do:
Drink coffee (lots)
Computers
Be a shoulder to friends
Stand my ground in an argument
Be content
Be confident
Drive

Seven things I can not do:
Tolerate uncomprimising opinionated people
Play guitar solo’s
Play computer games
Say Ireland is a wonderful country
Drink Guinness
Play rugby
Count!

Seven things that I find really attractive about the opposite sex:
Intelligence
Independance
Uniqueness
Sarcasm
Humour
Accents
Toned tummy’s

Seven things I say the most:
Oh my God
Fuck
Shit
Bollox
Hey
Drinks?
Ah go on then

Seven books I love:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Rohal Dahl
The Red Pony - John Steinbeck
Thirty Days - Peter Stothard
Zulu Time - Mark Little
Bono on Bono - Michka Assayas
Unix SysAdmin Handbook - Nemeth, Snyder et. all
Life at the Limit - Sid Watkins

Seven people I would like to see take this quiz:
Kit
Matt
Mike
Donncha
Dunno where they’re going to post it, but, Tom, Dervla and Conor are it too!

Ah, wow, just flicked over to the coverage of the V Festival on Channel 4, and realised that Cat Deely and Edith Bowman are co-hosting, mmmmm, niiiiiice!

Most people who read this site regularly know that I’m a huge Google fan, both of their actual products themselves, and how they conduct their business. In yet another example of their coolness, in outlining plans to offload a batch of new shares, they’ve come up with the following gem:

The exact number of shares to be sold 14,159,265 happens to be the eight digits beyond the decimal point in the mathematical value Pi.

You about EP tomorrow?!

I’ve been trying to work through my personal to-do list (entirely seperate to the crazy work one) of late, and some long-standing entries on it were: > get Sky installed; > set up proper wireless lan in the house; > sit on sofa watching some decent telly and being on the net at the same time.

Well, I’m glad to say, that tonight, all that can be wiped off. I had my sky installed two weeks ago (can I just say how much Sky plus rocks!!!) and tonight, finally got around to sorting the wireless network and connectivity out. Now, all I need is something a little bit more decent than my poxy dialup connection here in the house (how cool would it be to work for a Telco, or an ISP, eh!?!)

Well, given it’s my birthday in just a few days time, and people keep asking me if there is anything I would like as a birthday present, I have finally come up with an answer

I am still alive!!