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Walking Past Marconi House

Bernie Goldbach snapped Marconi House in Rosslare. THE WIRELESS was one of the most innovative technologies in the world a century ago and I enjoy seeing its footprints, like in Marconi House of Rosslare, County Wexford, Ireland. Gugl...

Selling Papers With Dirty Laundry

Photo of Deputy John McGuinness with @conoro. THE IRISH INDEPENDENT is filling front pages with 1000 cuts of Deputy John McGuinness, an Irish politician who heads the most powerful committee in national government. From the newbites I'v...

Dirty Laundry

Fire Breathing Chase Cars

IT HAS BEEN 20 YEARS since my last traffic stop and that one happened on the A8 in Germany. The Polizei in their BMW M3 made easy work of me with their fire-breathing chase cars. I like fire-breathing police chase card like you ca...

Wheels of Personal Transport Progress

Bernie Goldbach in Urlingford | Photo from my iTouch I'M STANDING NEXT TO the big wheel (at left) that transports me to Dublin several times a month and my young daughter sees the trip as something that extends her sitting room. That'...

There Is Another Twitter Channel

Bernie Goldbach reading the Indo | Photo from my iTouch SEVERAL TOP-FLIGHT presenters, athletes, musicians and other celebrities have been targeted by snarky, rude, and often downright threatening behavior on Twitter. When this happens,...

Geocaching with a 4yo

Bernie Goldbach in Cashel | 388 words WE REBOOTED OUR ENTHUSIASM for geocaching, led by our four-year-old daughter who proved her sleuthing skills by discovering two local geocaches within an hour of walking out the front door. I tried...

Geocaching with Young Ones

For History Class: Greatest Military Commander Faced by Brits

Bernard Goldbach in Cashel | Image from Art.com | 180 words AS A STUDENT of American history, I decided to help the National Army Museum in London decide which five military leaders are represented at Enemy Commanders: Britain's Greates...

Watching Cancer through Blogging

I LEARN ABOUT CANCER by blogging because someone with cancer is only one click away from reading my blog. Eight years ago, the cancer victim was Emma Candy in her self portrait at left. Nearly nine years ago, my dad would lose to cancer...

The Little Warning from O2

A FEW YEARS AGO I spent a few days in London and got charged EUR 248 for using my mobile phone. Every day I was in London, the fee averaged out to more than $300 a day. This year, O2 spotted my data use after EUR 64 and cut me off. Tha...

The Pedagogy Behind Handheld Mobile Learning

I TEACH CREATIVE college students at LIT-Clonmel how to write for impact online and strongly believe this life skill reaches a higher level when it is part of a handheld mobile learning programme. The taskings I set for completion durin...