through lastfm (again) I found some rather excellent music.

it is Malian Contemporary Music, and the track I heard “Kele Mandi” blew me away, so I’m going to have to get that album!

I have been vaguely following the intelligent design vs darwin’s theory of evolution debacle, and these two articles, Churches celebrate Darwin`s birthday, and Thank God for Darwin and evolution (slashdot) make for good reading.

… and today is

Darwin Day

this is interesting, the Ian Dempsey Breakfast show now has a podcast available. looks good.

it would be great if they also created podcasts for either the Tom Dunne, Pet Sounds show, or again even better for the Donal Dineen, Small Hours show. this last one at least now has playlists available

Santa – I’ve been really good this year (cough cough,,,)

TVisto Series 3.5” Multimedia External Hard Drive Enclosure Metal Gear 3500TVIS

LaCie – Brick Desktop Hard Drive – Hi-Speed USB 2.0
I like it…

(via cynical)

Gotta say, this rocks! dog powered scooter Reckon it would be a great training aid for our own mutts!

…a USB Cup Warmer & 4 Port Hub

You know how it goes. You make that cup of hot goodness and sit down at your computer. Time passes by and you finally remember your cuppa and don’t you know it, it’s stone cold. Don’t resort to making another cup. Be less wasteful. This great gadget will ensure your drinks don’t go cold to start with.

Drifting through the infamous and wonderful internet, came across this glow brick. It looks well cool, and will hopefully acquire one of them sometime in future…