Anthony McG

Heading for London in the morning to compete for the ultimate Sydney-bound blogger award. Really looking forward to it. Myself and Lottie will be in direct competition but we’ll try and keep it civil. Darren (It’s his birthday) Byrne and my bro will complete the traveling party so expect photos and video come next week.

In other news, my laptop is knackered. Looks like a heat issue which is frustrating as it’s only 18 months old. Playing football tonight for the first time in weeks so will probably be in ribbons come tomorrow morning. A long one though so enjoy your weekends.

Like

Unlike

Took a trip down memory lane this morning via @dhuntrods tweet linking to Wired.com’s 100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About. My favourites included: 23. Using jumpers to set IRQs, 33. Having to delete something to make room on your hard drive and 100. When a ‘geek’ and a ‘nerd’ were one and the same.

Like

Unlike

“Where’s the cat? Ah, he’s gone to get the bus”. Wtf?! A cat in Devon has become a well known user of the local bus service. He sits in the queue and then boards the bus curling up on a seat. The bus company have even gone so far as to put up a notice to drivers asking them to look after him if he boards their bus. The BBC have the full story here.

Like

Unlike

“No, Mc then Guinness, it’s spelt like the drink.”
“Oh, now I get ya honey.”

So went a telephone conversation with a New York deli waitress last September. Guinness is probably the most Irish product in existence. This year marks the 250th anniversary of Guinness and as part of the celebrations on 24th September, there are a number of gigs on in Dublin. When I saw a number, I actually mean a shedload cos there’s gigs in four studio venues (priced €17.59) and 28 different pubs (priced €9) across the capital. Proceeds from all ticket sales will be donated to the Arthur Guinness Fund.

At the launch of Arthur’s Day last week, myself and a few other culch.ie punters were invited along to Oliver St John Gogarty’s in Temple Bar. The launch featured live performances by The Chapters (whose album I’ve since bought and is very good) and Noah and the Whale. We also got a chance to interview the Blizzards which is featured here. Tickets went on sale for the gigs this morning on Ticketmaster. I’ve yet to make my mind up on what I’m going to see but definite highlights would include: David Holmes, The Kooks, The Blizzards, The Chapters, Jamie Callum and Republic of Loose. You can catch more updates over on culch.ie or on guinness.com
Read the rest of this entry »

Like

Unlike

I’m sitting at my desk last Wednesday when I notice a new mail arrive. I was expecting a new follower notification from Twitter or an email from a friend about pints or whatever. What I got was something entirely different. This was an invitation to take part in a competition called the Awesome Tour of Sydney. 20 participants are travelling to London on the first of August to compete to win a trip for themselves and a friend plus a pair of tickets for your community (the visitors to their site). I’m going to be in that group of 20. The competition itself will last for 6 weeks and involve a number of challenges. How did they find me? I’d written a blog meme in May and mentioned how I’d like to travel more. Next stop London I suppose.

Like

Unlike