Browsers...

I'd been finding the internet experience a bit slow recently, or rather, choppy - occational stalls where nothing would happen for a moment or two. Used as I am to a smooth internet connection, I was wondering what it could have be. I tried Internet Explorer (gasp!) and found that it actually was working better than the newly updated Firefox browser (3.0.12), so I downloaded Google Chrome to see how it works. And boy does it work, it's quick, smooth, uncomplicated and nice. I'm going to stick with this for a while, at least until I can figure out how to fix Firefox (I did have some nice extensions, you know...)

Other than that, I await reports from Croke Park this evening, as I am looking forward to seeing "the claw" myself soon!

2 Tuesday lessons

The google car thingy does exist (I saw it in Co. Kildare today!) and, whilst turkey sausage is at the right time, not the worst - tasting thing in the world, at 0800 in the morning it really shouldn't be tasted (because you definitely won't put it in your sandwiches then!).

Spaten, as the third lesson, is a very nice refreshing uncomplicated tasty lager, isn't it?

Engineers - again.

Engineer's Eye this evening was all about the Boyne Bridge, that impressive cable-stayed bridge (viaduct) which carries the M1 motorway over the Boyne river on the way up from Dublin to Belfast and environs. Another interesting programme after last weeks, but I felt that the engineer discussing his work this week didn't have the same common language, if you like, that his counterpart did last week. That's not to criticize the programme, only that, well, he was inclined to use technical terms and jargon which might not have been known to a non-engineer. Uh oh, I'm going to get in trouble for being patronising, amn't I?

Here's a very informative paper on the bridge. It's a pdf file, so might take a while to load up.

I have forgotten what else I wanted to mention this evening....

I must upload some piccies of the recent Italian excursion - more later. I have just remembered something.

This blog made it to no.1 on a google search! What for, I hear you ask. Well, nch, rugby and typeface. Here's the proof!