Inside View

Where are we getting nails in tyres

WE PLAN to deal with a flat tyre every two weeks. What can I do to figure out where the nails are coming from?

Another Maker Using Micro.blog

by Bernie Goldbach in Clonmel.

I'M IMPRESSED by the people using Micro.blog infrastructure because a wide cross-section of them are makers and thinkers. I plan to use a recent github repo to enhance my own presence at topgold.micro.blog with the Paper theme. I've copied the installation steps below.

Going Local with Young Voices

by Bernie Goldbach in Clonmel

DYLAN IS REFINING his podcasting skills by seeking out people in places he enjoys. He's using our Rode Wireless Go microphones when interviewing people he has met in various local venues, such as Sylvia in Martin's Fruit and Veg.

Listen to "Finding Martin's Fruit and Veg in Clonmel" on Spreaker.

Happy Axolotls

By Bernie Goldbach in Clonmel

I NEVER EXPECTED to experience serenity with a fish tank but something about the slow and plodding Mexican walking fish in our kitchen takes me to a quiet place. I'm enthralled by our two Axolotls.

[Bernie Goldbach teaches creative leadership at the Technological University of the Shannon.]

Seeking Just Transition with Climate Change

By Bernie Goldbach in Clonmel.

ALTHOUGH IT IS THE SILLY SEASON in Ireland, a time when items worth discussing wait until September, strong opinions are being aired about whether Ireland can achieve any of its meaningful climate change goals.

Any initiatives proposed by the Irish government will collapse if back benchers resist approving government plans. Many of the initiatives will affect constituents in their pockets, at supermarket cash tills, or in terms of lifestyles.

Summer Clear-out with Minimalism

FOLLOWING A 90 MINUTE conversation with Larry Maguire, author of Sunday Letters, I've reset my goal of executing a meaningful clear-out of digital services this summer. I'm afraid to admit the extent of my usage of digital services. Fortunately, there are several proven strategies to help me dial down digital services.

This socialist agenda needs to be reeled in

BECAUSE I TRY to understand people who have political viewpoints very different from mine, I let myself fall into rabbit holes where some of my family get their political values. I remember my grandfather at the kitchen table in the 1960s telling me that "some people want to have a government that gives them everything" and once that happens those people keep voting to keep the socialists in office. But as all gun-carrying Americans know, socialism runs counter to American values. In the minds of some people, an armed citizenry needs to rise up to protect American values.

So that's why military garb and assault rifles are in the crowd with veterans who defend the American constitution. That's why Open Carry is being normalised across a wide stretch of America. The backwoods training has moved to on-the-streets activism.

Time to Cull Streaming Services

Bernie Goldbach in Clonmel. Now logo from our Samsung TV app.

NOW IS THE TIME to reduce the number of streaming services in our home. I'm asking Mia (14) to edit this blog post as we run through and justify the services we currently use.

First Week of Microblogging

By Bernie Goldbach in Clonmel. Screenshot by @topgold.

I've finished my first week of microblogging after setting up clonmeldigital.micro.blog as a space we will develop with creative students on the Clonmel Digital Campus next semester. Using the microblog structure feels like blogging was in early 2000.