Translation Fail
Cautioning on the perils of machine translation, especially when expectations surpass achievable results, Michael Bauer on his Dear Developer blog posts a letter he has written toContinue Reading
Category: Technology
Je Suis Gael
In 1981 the “reverend” Ian Paisley MP MEP, founder and chief of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, the DemocraticContinue Reading
An Online Fenian Archive From ASF
I’ve discussed my interest in utilising online resources for researching various historical topics a number of times on ASF, as can be seenContinue Reading
Improvised Weapons Of The New IRA Modernise Old Designs
On the 16th of November 2014 an armoured jeep of the PSNI, the paramilitary police force in the British-administrated north-east of Ireland,Continue Reading
Secrets Of The NSA And GCHQ War On Internet Security
Just before Christmas the German news and current affairs magazine Der Spiegel published a detailed article examining the covert campaign by the UnitedContinue Reading
The Gaelic Union
A new website to strengthen ties between Gaelic-speaking communities in Ireland and Scotland, as well as encouraging cultural tourism byContinue Reading
Irish Language Positive And Negative
A couple of Irish-related tech stories, one good and one bad (or at least highly suspect). Firstly from the Irish Times:Continue Reading
Ireland’s Secret Spy Courts
Following on from the revelations that Britain has spent decades monitoring as a matter of routine all telecommunications traffic inContinue Reading
I Spy eSpies On The eShore
Over the last three years I’ve touched upon Britain’s mass surveillance of Ireland’s electronic communications traffic, internal and external, a number of times. SinceContinue Reading
Chronology of Irish History 1919–1923
Over the last year I’ve been contacted by a few people enquiring if I knew anything about the disappearance of the web-basedContinue Reading
iGaeilge
In response to some comments yesterday I thought this business report from the BBC on the preference-through-necessity in Irish mediumContinue Reading
The Digital Archive of Scottish Gaelic
The first phase of Dachaigh airson Stòras na Gàidhlig or the Digital Archive of Scottish Gaelic has been completed byContinue Reading
Ireland Of The Apes
Are we really so enslaved to our post-colonial neuroses, so malformed by centuries of external domination, that even after ninety years ofContinue Reading
Gamergate Or The Culture War By Other Means
If – like 99% of the planet – you have little knowledge of Western geek or gamer culture you’ll probablyContinue Reading
Tuairisc
A busy weekend behind me and an even busier week ahead so I haven’t had much time to discuss Tuairisc,Continue Reading
#VoteYes Dominates Scottish And Irish Twitterspheres
From Trends Map an incredible graphic displaying early morning tweets supporting the “Yes” and “No” sides in the Scottish referendum.Continue Reading
The Embarrassment Of Being Irish
So after eighteen years of an online presence our self-proclaimed “national public service broadcaster”, RTÉ, has finally got around toContinue Reading
A New Look For An Sionnach Fionn
You may have noticed a few changes in the layout of An Sionnach Fionn today though hopefully they are notContinue Reading
Vote An Sionnach Fionn
Nice to hear that An Sionnach Fionn has been nominated for three separate categories in the Blog Awards Ireland 2014Continue Reading
ASF Via Surface 2 Pro
So I’ve made the switch from a super-heavy Qosmio x500 laptop to a Surface Pro 2 with attached Type Cover for writing myContinue Reading
The Cló Gaelach Or Irish Typefaces
Following on from the popularity of a recent post examining some online sources for Irish literary studies I thought aContinue Reading
.éire Versus .ie
The people of Wales now have two national domain names to register their websites with, “.cymru“ and “.wales”, reflecting theirContinue Reading
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