http://www.daraghmcg.org The weBLOG of Daragh Mc Grath Fri, 01 May 2009 05:27:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I think it's safe to say that this blog is now officially dead. I don't really want to declare it as such, but I really don't see myself bringing it back to life any time soon, life is too busy, and I don't actually have a whole lot to say ... http://www.daraghmcg.org/2008/12/30/this-blog-is-dead/ This is just a quick test post using the wordpress plugin for my new iPhone. I'm so in love with this phone it's awesome and makes my life on the road a million times better and more productive, plus it keeps me entertained too! http://www.daraghmcg.org/2008/09/05/iphone-post/ Wow, this is pretty awesome news!! Google Australia have just announced that they are after launcing Street Views for lots of locations around Australia. I've just had a quick peek on Google Maps and I can see that they have covered the area around our apartment in Brisbane quite well, ... http://www.daraghmcg.org/2008/08/05/google-streetview-in-australia/ Oh man, I've waited for this weekend to come for a long time. The last 2 months in work have been completely hectic. Anyone who knows me knows that I am well used to exceptionally long hours and hard work, but I think that I can safely say that the ... http://www.daraghmcg.org/2008/08/01/thank-crunchie/ I wrote the other day about how much I want to get my hands on an iPhone, but, that until the day comes that I can just walk into an Optus store to buy one, without having to sign up for a contract and wait a few weeks on delivery ... http://www.daraghmcg.org/2008/07/29/glad-i-waited/ I'm really disappointed that only today, after his death at the weekend, that I got around to watching Randy Pausch's last lecture. I had heard of this before, but, given that it's an hour and 16 minutes long, I never got around to watching it. Today, I decided to set ... http://www.daraghmcg.org/2008/07/28/randy-pausch-last-lecture/ I'm starting to run out of patience. I've tried about 6 times to buy an iPhone in the Optus store in Brisbane. I've tried other stores outside of the city in what I thought would be quieter places, but, still no joy. I even tried the Apple store in Sydney ... http://www.daraghmcg.org/2008/07/24/trying-to-buy-an-iphone/ So, I guess the below image is worth a bit of shameless self promotion! Managed to make it to flickr explore yesterday, which is the first time in a while that I've been there. Woke up one morning last week and the fog was shrouding the river and the Story ... http://www.daraghmcg.org/2008/07/22/its-not-everyday-you-make-explore/ WOO!! Apple have just rolled out television to iTunes Australia! The news isn't official yet but, it's a very promising start. I'm not all that interested in TV shows myself, but, I really can't wait until the iTunes movie store comes here, it's going to make life so much easier ... http://www.daraghmcg.org/2008/06/24/television-shows-on-itunes-australia/ Ooppss, for anyone trying to access this blog, or The Dublin Community Blog for the past few hours, you would have had a problem. Unfortunately, this was out of my control, but, hopefully everything has returned to normal for you now. http://www.daraghmcg.org/2008/06/24/hiccup/