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  • 2010
    • February
      • Your Country Your Call
        02/18/10
        A new competition called Your Country Your Call has been set up. There is a 200,000 Euro prize fund.

        The website is yourcountryyourcall.com.

  • 2009
    • December
    • October
      • Istanbul
        10/27/09


        We spent the weekend in Istanbul in Turkey. I got to practice my negotiation skills in the Grand Bazaar. We took a boat from Europe to Asia and we walked for miles exploring the sites. It is a very interesting city. Well worth a visit.

    • September
      • The Art of Coffee
        09/01/09
        A new coffee shop called the Art of Coffee has opened up in the tall glass building on the corner of Grand Canal Quay and Pearse Street in Dublin 2.

        The owner is an award winning Barista and needless to say, the coffee is excellent. The staff are always friendly and welcoming. It's

    • August
      • Ireland - a great place to start a business
        08/14/09
        In a strong vote of confidence for the Irish economy the World Bank has rated Ireland seventh out of 181 economies in terms of "ease of doing business".

        One simple way to move Ireland even higher is to get rid of commercial stamp duty as we rank a woeful 82nd out of 181 for &quo

      • Falling maths and science performance in the Leaving Cert in Ireland really doesn't matter
        08/12/09
        Apparently industry is outraged at the falling maths and science results in today's leaving cert. Actually, it doesn't really matter.

        Ireland is an open economy in a globalised world and is a member of the EU benefiting from the free movement of labour and capital.

        U

    • July
      • Heathrow taxi rip-off
        07/23/09
        £34 sterling is the fixed rate taxi fare for a 10 minute taxi ride from Heathrow Airport to Egham (7 miles). Makes Dublin taxis look like bargain.

    • May
      • From the Big Bang to Anglo Irish Bank
        05/31/09
        According to the Big Bang theory, the universe is around 13.73 billion years old. That is, the whole Universe was generated from the Big Bank to what exists today in that time.

        Think about this now for a minute: Anglo Irish Bank will hit the Irish tax payers with a bill of around half tha

    • April
      • Prishela Row: Healing Massage
        04/13/09
        Need to:

        Reduce stress?

        Restore a state of relaxation?

        Improves blood circulation?

        Increases energy levels?

        Speed healing?

        Relieve pain?

        Increase blood circulation?

        Improve posture?

        Prevent i

  • 2008
    • August
      • Comparison of stock's performance since Google's IPO
        08/16/08


        Apple's market capitalisation matched Google's at around 160 BN dollars this week.

        It is interesting to compare the performance of Apple, Microsoft, IBM and Google since Google's IPO on the 19th of August 2004.

        Apple has by far outperformed the others

      • San Francisco
        08/03/08


        I just got back from San Francisco. It was cloudy in the city all the time but not in Marin County. I took this picture of the Golden Gate Bridge.

    • June
      • I just accidentally clicked on a Google ad
        06/19/08
        I use Gmail and I just accidentally clicked on one of their sponsored links. These are the links which are positioned on the right hand side of the page. As I clicked on the link - Google launched the sponsoring company's website on a new page.

        So what? you ask. Well having clicked o

      • Broadand comparison Ireland vs. Japan
        06/07/08
        We had Japanese clients visit us at work last week. The discussion moved on to broadband quality and price in Japan. They told me that they pay around 8 Euro per month for a 100MB fibre connection to their homes.

        I was slightly embarrassed to tell them that we pay 40 Euro per month for a

      • Betty Recovery - Dogs in Distress
        06/06/08
        We have temporarily fostered Betty from the Ashtown pound in Dublin. She has a home in the UK to go to next week.








        See Betty's page on dogsindistress.org

      • View from my office window
        06/06/08


        This was taken on my Nokia N95 camera phone to show you the view from my office window on this sunny Friday afternoon.

    • May
      • Popular Vote
        05/29/08
        Claiming that you are the nominee because you won the popular vote is like losing the Wimbledon final

        6-4 1-6 6-4 2-6 6-4

        and claiming you should be the winner because you won more games (24 verses 21)!

      • Dublin and Galway Habitat Stores Close Suddenly
        05/10/08
        I was surprised to hear that the Habitat stores in Ireland have been closed suddenly and without prior warning. The stores, located in Dublin and Galway, were closed on Friday and a note was posted on their doors. See the notice on their website here.

        Rent issues?

        Previously, t

    • February
  • 2007
    • December
    • November
      • Facebook has to be careful not to become the new AOL
        11/04/07
        The web is an exciting place, things move at breakneck speed and the competitive landscape shifts on a daily basis. Billions dollar companies are grown from multi million dollar investments, good ideas and reasonably good technologies.

        By the way, I think most people realise that the equi

    • October
      • Revenue Sharing?
        10/28/07
        Since Linkedin are making money from advertising on my Linkedin page.

        And Facebook have signed a 240 million dollar deal with Microsoft for exclusive advertising on my Facebook page (and all other Facebook pages).

        These sites rely on user generated content. Will people get tire

      • Overheard in Dublin
        10/26/07
        I read these recently and thought they were funny...

        Request

        In the local the other day there were two lads playing guitar. After they finished a song someone shouted to them;

        "here do ye's do requests"

        They said they did

        "We

      • Telco Luddites in Ireland
        10/22/07
        Great article from Silicon Valley Watcher regarding the Telecoms Luddites in the US.

        In his piece, he states that "The cable and telco companies are anti-competitive and their actions will make sure that the US becomes uncompetitive". I cant help but feel that this is just as r

      • Look Who's Talking
        10/09/07




        I learned that you can understand exactly what a baby is trying to say by the sound it makes when it cries. Listen to the sound the baby makes just before it starts crying or at the start of the crying noise before it gets hysterical. The following are the 5 key sounds and wh

      • Is Democracy a Basic Human Right?
        10/08/07
        Thinking about the recent events in Burma, the question: is democracy a basic human right occurred to me.

        I would say that it is. If so, what are the implications of this?

        What do you think?

    • August
      • The Back to the Future Delorean
        08/05/07
        These are pictures of the actual Delorean from Back to the Future. I took these in Universal Studios in Los Angeles in 2003 but am only getting around to posting them now.





    • June
      • Bloom Garden Fesitval in the Phoenix Park in Dublin
        06/04/07
        This was one of my favorites



        This was one of the award winning ones. I don't know if Ireland quite has the weather for these outdoor living room type gardens.



        I have a lot more Bloom photos in the photo album (pw required)

    • May
      • New York
        05/08/07
        I was in NY for work and as always took a number of photos. Here are some of the more interesting ones:

        The Apple store in NY, wonderful flagship store, great bold architecture and some great products and technology inside:



        Central park, of course:


  • 2006
    • November
    • August
      • Keelin's Karmann Ghia
        08/27/06
        Keelin's Karmann Ghia website is now freely accessible to all who are interested in VW Karmann Ghias. Click on the link below to browse the site: pictures on the site include the original colour of the car when imported into Ireland, pictures of performing the paint job and pictures of the car

    • July
      • The Joys of House Hunting in Dublin
        07/28/06
        Listen to this post

        There are serious issues with the way that Estate Agents are allowed to operate in Dublin.

        We were recently interested in purchasing a house which was on the market to be sold by private treaty - note not Auction. So we offered to buy it at a value well abo

      • Full Photo Album
        07/16/06
        There is a brand new Photo Album (password protected) setup. For those of you who have the password, Click Here.

        Listen to this post

      • Welcome to my site
        07/15/06
        Welcome to Cronan McNamara's site. I will be sporadically posting new and old photos, some news and my thoughts here.

        I am interested in business, technology, property & architecture, travel, sport, food, motors amongst other things so be sure to come back and view the photos an

    • June
      • Wimbledon 2006
        06/29/06
        Federer v Gasquet on the Centre Court of Wimbledon and we are in the front row. Federer goes on to become Champion for the fourth straight year.



        Agassi on his last year to compete in Wimbledon on his way to a first round victory.

  • 2005
    • October
      • New York October 2005
        10/28/05
        Downtown NY:



        This is a really, really great deli in downtown NY:



        This is the lesser seen inside of the Statue of Liberty, it was interesting to see how it was made:





        Now thats what I call an eat all you like buffet!
    • March
      • Budapest
        03/17/05
        We were in holidays in Budapest, Hungary recently. We really liked it and would highly recommend a visit (far better than Prague in my opinion).



        Great wine cellar, I would like one like this in my house some day:


  • 2003