CronanMcNamara.com2010-07-31T22:13:13ZCronan McNamaraCopyright 2010, Cronan McNamaraSPHPBLOGYour Country Your Call The website is yourcountryyourcall.com. ]]>http://www.cronanmcnamara.com/index.php?entry=entry100218-1530572010-02-18T00:00:00Z2010-02-18T00:00:00ZOld Tree Falls in the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin
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.]]>http://www.cronanmcnamara.com/index.php?entry=entry091027-2143592009-10-27T00:00:00Z2009-10-27T00:00:00ZThe Art of Coffee The owner is an award winning Barista and needless to say, the coffee is excellent. The staff are always friendly and welcoming. It's well worth a visit if you are in the area.
]]>http://www.cronanmcnamara.com/index.php?entry=entry090901-2246502009-09-01T00:00:00Z2009-09-01T00:00:00ZIreland - a great place to start a businessseventh 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 "registering a property".
]]>http://www.cronanmcnamara.com/index.php?entry=entry090814-2131182009-08-14T00:00:00Z2009-08-14T00:00:00ZFalling maths and science performance in the Leaving Cert in Ireland really doesn't matteroutraged 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.
Universities in Ireland can recruit students for their Maths, Science and Engineering courses from all over the world. Companies in Ireland can recruit talented staff without any limitations from 29 EU and EAA Member States. That's a labour market of more than 490 Million people. Ireland is only a small, small country.
Ireland has to strive to create a world class environment in which technology companies can thrive. This includes providing world class third level education and research organisations to provide skilled staff. If we can do this, we will have no shortage of excellent scientists and engineers in our country. The fact that they did not come through the Irish education system doesn't matter one bit.]]>http://www.cronanmcnamara.com/index.php?entry=entry090812-2302032009-08-12T00:00:00Z2009-08-12T00:00:00ZHeathrow taxi rip-off
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Truly a frightening number when you put in context of the Universe's existence. ]]>http://www.cronanmcnamara.com/index.php?entry=entry090531-2245542009-05-31T00:00:00Z2009-05-31T00:00:00ZPrishela Row: Healing Massage Reduce stress?
Restore a state of relaxation?
Improves blood circulation?
Increases energy levels?
Speed healing?
Relieve pain?
Increase blood circulation?
Improve posture?
Prevent insomnia?
All or any of the above?
If so, and you are in the Dublin, Ireland area I can highly recommend Prishela Row. ]]>http://www.cronanmcnamara.com/index.php?entry=entry090413-2005152009-04-13T00:00:00Z2009-04-13T00:00:00ZComparison of stock's performance since Google's IPO
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 and Microsoft has been particularly poor with a negative return. How long before Apple and Google both have a larger market capitalisation than Microsoft? If things continue as they are, I would say in around 3-5 years.]]>http://www.cronanmcnamara.com/index.php?entry=entry080816-2121162008-08-16T00:00:00Z2008-08-16T00:00:00ZSan Francisco
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. ]]>http://www.cronanmcnamara.com/index.php?entry=entry080803-1437502008-08-03T00:00:00Z2008-08-03T00:00:00ZI just accidentally clicked on a Google ad So what? you ask. Well having clicked on their add - the company that sponsored that link will now have to pay Google for my click as if I actually was interested in their service.
I searched for a simple mechanism to inform Google that I the click I made was accidental - but I didn't find one. Do you know of a way of doing this?
Maybe I should just contact the company who has paid for the click and tell them? ]]>http://www.cronanmcnamara.com/index.php?entry=entry080619-1657112008-06-19T00:00:00Z2008-06-19T00:00:00ZBroadand comparison Ireland vs. Japan I was slightly embarrassed to tell them that we pay 40 Euro per month for a 3MB connection.
I took the above pictures in Tokyo in 2003.
I took them to see Newgrange in Co. Meath on Saturday and they were very impressed.
I wish they could be as impressed with our broadband infrastructure as they were with our ancestors work of 5,000 years ago.
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See Betty's page on dogsindistress.org]]>http://www.cronanmcnamara.com/index.php?entry=entry080606-2203492008-06-06T00:00:00Z2008-06-06T00:00:00ZView from my office window
This was taken on my Nokia N95 camera phone to show you the view from my office window on this sunny Friday afternoon.]]>http://www.cronanmcnamara.com/index.php?entry=entry080606-1619242008-06-06T00:00:00Z2008-06-06T00:00:00ZPopular Vote 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)!]]>http://www.cronanmcnamara.com/index.php?entry=entry080529-2256142008-05-29T00:00:00Z2008-05-29T00:00:00Z
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