Society/Culture category archive
Should you send that email?
Courtesy of the Discovery Channel
Santorum’s *other* Google problem
Repugnant homophobe and presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has been relentlessly targeted online for his anti-gay views. Here are two of my new favourites: a mock magazine cover, and an image of Santorum made up of a composite of nude male … Continue reading
A history of Ireland in 100 excuses
Frank McNally’s inspired Irishman’s Diary from today’s Irish Times.
This is what we look like after 8 years of Facebook…
…Declan likes this. LOL.
Social networks as superheroes
Courtesy of freestyleinteractive
Steve Jobs, 1955 – 2011
Apple’s brief statement on the death of Steve Jobs President Barack Obama’s statement. Watch Jobs’ famous Stanford Commencement Address. Stay hungry, stay foolish. The Guardian’s obituary. Wired’s list of Jobs’ greatest achievements
Love, don’t like
Jonathan Franzen had a great piece in the New York Times last week about how modern technology is encouraging us all to like rather than love. Well worth a read.
Nose to the Grindstone
With a hetero version in the works, Vanity Fair covers the rise of gay “socialising” app Grindr.
Too much information
Rhodri Marsden had a great piece in yesterday’s London Independent about how to deal with information overload today. Barring a grisly accident or the invention of some kind of immortality serum, I’ve probably got another 30 years or so left … Continue reading
True Grace
My feature marking the 50th anniversary of the state visit of Princess Grace of Monaco to Ireland in today’s Weekend magazine in the Irish Independent The state visit of Prince Albert of Monaco, who arrives in Ireland on Monday, will … Continue reading
Coffee Come Home
My feature on post-boom coffee culture in Ireland in today’s Irish Examiner The logic that typically prevails during an economic downturn is: when money is tight, the luxuries fall by the wayside. Until recently that was certainly the fate predicted … Continue reading
Do you need a social media detox?
Courtesy of Column Five Media.
All about my mother
For those who missed it last weekend, my beautiful and supremely talented pal Tanya Sweeney wrote an extraordinarily moving piece for the Irish Independent Weekend magazine about her relationship with her mum Gaye who is dying from cancer. Read the … Continue reading
The Google Helmet
(from GetSatisfaction.com)
The day the movies died
The great Mark Harris has an interesting essay in the new American GQ about the decline in quality of Hollywood movies. Read here.
Flair game
My piece on the Finlandia Vodka World Cup in Lapland, Finland this week in today’s Irish Examiner. Where’s the oddest place you’ve ever drank a cocktail? In a pool? On a Ferris wheel? In a toilet cubicle at work? How … Continue reading
Why is it wrong to protect gay children?
The peerless Johann Hari has a great piece in today’s Indy responding to the disgraceful rubbish spouted by ignorant homophobes like Melanie Phillips this week in response to the good suggestion that mild gay lessons be incorporated into the school … Continue reading
Sister act
Arrested Development teaser poster
Ho-ho-home alone
Zero to hero
No cause to be miserable