Inside View

Using my iPad Mouse

WE HAVE AN iPad Mouse (shown) that gets regular service by a three year old power user. Important apps like Angry Birds, Angelina Ballerina and the Doras Coloring Book work better when the chocolate is wiped off the screen with our iPad ...

Most-Shared Tech

AS THE 2011 Spring semester comes to a close, I want to mention three pieces of my personal technology collection that I share the most. The first is my Mifi dongle, seen snuggling next to my coffee cup. Either its open wifi service is s...

Father's Day News from Ireland

IT IS MORE THAN busy around the house this week because we've a new arrival under the roof and although I was thinking about doing a Sunday newsround, I reconsidered because I would like to know what it was like in my home during the wee...

Fathers Day News

Freefi Books

AS A YOUNG teen, I spent a lot of time in our local library. The only problem with it was its location nearly eight miles away.We can walk to the Cashel library but we don't do it often enough. Today I brought Mia in for storytelli...

Smell of Multimedia

I WISH THERE WAS A WAY to generate a multimedia smell of my back garden in the mornings. It smells like fresh grass nowadays. The grass clippings are under an overgrown hedge out front. They stay warm at night and serve as a lovely over...

Disappointment at Exit 8

FOR MORE THAN a year, we watched crews build a slip road, a petrol station and then a McDonald's restaurant at Exit 8 on Ireland's M8. Today, along with food critic Mia Goldbach (pictured), I went to the first day's service in McDo...

Disappointment at Exit 8.mp3

First Impressions of the Kindle

I NEVER EXPECTED to get a Kindle but recent events involving the creating and use interactive electronic textbooks have pushed me into a purchase. Four days after ordering the wifi version from Amazon.com ($150 all fees for the device a...

Growing Faster than Twitter

I FEEL REALLY bad for the small local newspapers because I am caught in a vortex of e-ink devoid of Tipperary accents. I carry at least 10 unread ebooks with me everywhere. Nestled into that collection are two newspaper subscriptions wi...