Tag Archives: geekery

What the Numa Numa guy (Gary Brolsma) did next

  By darraghdoyle | November 26, 2009 - 7:20 pm | Random Whimsy, The Culch, The Internet
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You may not know the name Gary Brolsma or know the tune of the song Dragostea din tei by Romanian band O-zone offhand, but if I said it’s the Numa Numa video from 2004, one of the most famous internet virals out there, you’d probably get it. Have a look at his most recent outing. Geek that I am, I’m terribly impressed by his performance with the MSU Marching Band. I love seeing the online and offline merge. The way it should be. Gary’s myspace is here.

Star Wars Convention for Dublin, April 2010

  By darraghdoyle | November 12, 2009 - 11:40 am | Events, The Culch
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The information on the flyer was very sparse. Will you be there? Emerald Garrison Ireland Invasion Dublin 2010 RDS Dublin - April 3rd and 4th http://www.invasiondublin.com And the website has even less information - but does have that nifty picture that accompanies this post. They were at the RDS for Toys 4 Big Boys with this Imperial AT-ST Walker replica as well.

Why Punimoe’s photo entitled DSC09782 on Flickr is important

  By darraghdoyle | October 12, 2009 - 7:06 pm | The Culch
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A photo on Flickr has got a lot of people talking. It’s the one below by Flickr user punimoe. It was the 4 billionth - that’s photo number 4,000,000,000 - photo to be uploaded to the site. Pretty awesome, eh? Flickr which launched in 2004, was bought by Yahoo! in 2005 and only came out of beta in 2006 has over half as many photos on it as there are people on the planet. That’s a whole lot of camera snappery.

Are you Ireland’s biggest inner geek? Celebrate Geek and win!

  By darraghdoyle | September 30, 2009 - 12:16 pm | Events, The Culch, The Internet
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I feel somewhat conflicted in posting this, considering I really believe I could have won it if I hadn’t been asked to be a judge. A new competition has been announced today to search for Ireland’s “biggest inner geek”. NERDS √16 EVER! If you got that, you could be just the person Microsoft is looking for. To celebrate the launch of Windows 7 on October 22, the computer giant has begun a nationwide search for Ireland’s biggest inner geek The press release points to nominations for people who for example Know more people online than in the real world; Get their kids out of bed at an unearthly hour on Christmas morning just so they can play with their kids’ new gadgets; Prefer to instant message someone even though they are in the same room; Always have to have the latest and greatest MP3 player, mobile phone or computer game; … There’s more →

Social Media Blues by Scott Rodgers

  By darraghdoyle | August 27, 2009 - 10:22 am | Music, Random Whimsy, The Culch, The Internet
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I normally despair at all the songs about “social media” because they’re rarely good. Let’s see how I can insert “social networking” into a song, rhyme it with something and hey, maybe I’ll become popular on You Tube. Wooo. They can be awful. This one, on the other hand, is actually quite good, in a “oh that’s amusing” kinda way. Fair play to them. I’ve listened to it at least three times. Wonder what that says about me? Thanks, Lauren for posting that, I think…

One room, one month: one Experiment

  By darraghdoyle | May 14, 2009 - 6:52 pm | Events, Performance Art, The Internet
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Sweet Jesus, I’m so tempted to apply for this. Maybe you’re a blogger, a facebook fanatic, an email evangelist, a fone jacker, a tv addict, a movie buff with a story to tell or a musician looking for the inspiration to record your masterpiece. So this is the BT experiment. It’s an interesting one. It’s living on your own. For a month. In a cube. They want “to find out how much you can play, watch, listen to, gossip, enjoy, experience, laugh, share and inspire in a month.” One lucky guy or girl gets to live alone for the month of June in our purpose built cube and you will have phone, digital TV and internet access to the outside - watching - world. In return all we ask that is you be yourself. Add Your world, your presence, your personality, your love of life, your ability to entertain and … There’s more →