The Mysteries Of Google Search Engine Optimisation
A few weeks ago I had a brief reminder of why Google remains the king of internet search engines, eclipsingContinue Reading
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The Questionable Culture Of Irish Online Influencers
The old maxim about power corrupting, and absolute power corrupting absolutely, springs to mind whenever I look at the “influencer”Continue Reading
Drones, A Dry Summer And A Wealth Of Archaeological Discoveries In Ireland
One unexpected result of the exceptionally dry summer in Ireland has been a plethora of archaeological discoveries around the country.Continue Reading
The Atari VCS Crowdfunding Controversy
Like most gamers I have a great deal of fondness for Atari, the former American technology company which pretty muchContinue Reading
The EU Copyright Directive Article 13 Threatens Internet Diversity
With all the focus on the implementation of the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR, very fewContinue Reading
The UK Offers Border Tracking Apps Instead Of A Border Poll To Ireland
One of the more caustic social media responses to the United Kingdom’s chaotic Brexit negotiations with the European Union hasContinue Reading
Inside Yiwu International Trade City, The World’s Largest Shopping Market
The Yiwu International Trade City is a sprawling wholesale market in China which has developed since the early 2000s into anContinue Reading
Anti-Choice Campaigners Use Same Tech As The Trump, Brexit And NRA Campaigns
As Ireland moves towards a plebiscite on revoking the restrictive 8th Amendment of Bunreacht na hÉireann, some observers have notedContinue Reading
AggregateIQ, The Brexit Mystery Behind The Vote Leave Campaign And The DUP
As expected, the scandal involving the UK data-mining company, Cambridge Analytica, has moved on to its unofficial Canadian affiliate, AggregateIQ.Continue Reading
Cambridge Analytics: Donald Trump And The 2016 Presidential Election
Channel 4 News in Britain has released another piece from its undercover investigation into the clandestine activities of the well-connectedContinue Reading
Cambridge Analytica Uncovered: Propaganda, Bribery And Prostitutes
A fantastic investigation by Channel 4 News in the United Kingdom, exposing the clandestine activities of Cambridge Analytica, the controversialContinue Reading
Cambridge Analytica, Using Facebook Data For Brexit, Donald Trump And The DUP
Cambridge Analytica, the secretive British data-harvesting company linked to 2016’s twin shocks of the Brexit vote in the United KingdomContinue Reading
Akilah Hughes Versus Carl Benjamin, The YouTuber Known As Sargon Of Akkad
As I wrote in a previous article, while I follow a number of channels on YouTube offering commentary on politicalContinue Reading
Modelling, Miniatures, Dioramas And Photography
Like most Gen X men, in my early childhood I spent a lot of time playing with physical toy soldiers beforeContinue Reading
A Tour Of Adam Savage’s Workshop, Home Office And Props Collection
Most hardcore fanboys and -girls with a taste for collecting genre memorabilia – or creating their own – will haveContinue Reading
The Atlantic Magazine Ends Online Comments In A Retrograde Step
On the 2nd of February the American current affairs website, The Atlantic, announced that it was closing down its Disqus-basedContinue Reading
Adam Savage Builds Replica Binoculars From Blade Runner 2049
For all its flaws, I greatly admired last year’s cinematic release, Blade Runner 2049, Denis Villeneuve’s sequel to the 1982Continue Reading
Dude, You Broke The Future! Charles Stross On The 21st Century
The British science-fiction author Charles Stross gives a rambling, discursive and angry analysis of what is wrong with the 21stContinue Reading
The Improvised Drone Attacks On Khmeimim And Tartus, Russian Military Bases In Syria
If one accepts the official statement by the Kremlin – and a great deal of online speculation – the 5th-6thContinue Reading
An Sionnach Fionn New Year’s Eve Review 2017
One of the satisfactions I have derived from writing An Sionnach Fionn over the last few years has been watching itsContinue Reading
Tony Northrup And Jared Polin, JPEG Versus RAW Photography
Okay, so I’m probably going to seem a wee bit hypocritical after my recent complaint about people jumping down YouTubeContinue Reading
The Stars Of YouTube: A Mischief Of Cannibalistic Rats
I’ve referred on a few occasions to the surprisingly insular world of political commentary on YouTube, where opposing networks ofContinue Reading
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