Matt Said, Jay Said: 904.33

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Matt mutters, Jay mumbles, You struggle to hear what was said ....</div><br />Matt: You’re phone bill is going to be enormous! <br />Jay: Parts of me already are. <br />Matt: Ewwwwwwww! <br />Jay: Don’t pretend that you’re not excited. <br />Matt: That’s what bothers me. <br />Jay: Stop fighting it and just accept it. <br />Matt: I will eventually, but I have to do these things at my own pace. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiHJ_GeT9cwUMzDlWNJ1qdOv8BI3Pv7ywXMKwWnXXlYXJSwiBVW_vKYeVZ0M6O0GVuo_rOw62e9nHRmKfFLLrObr2tChcwD8TrLd9_39LGZJpYlTbDcpMNyLSpUe1N_vMkkiPwUmJ8fT8/s1600/Edita-in-a-vintage-couture-dress-Louboutin-shoes-and-a-Chanel-clutch-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiHJ_GeT9cwUMzDlWNJ1qdOv8BI3Pv7ywXMKwWnXXlYXJSwiBVW_vKYeVZ0M6O0GVuo_rOw62e9nHRmKfFLLrObr2tChcwD8TrLd9_39LGZJpYlTbDcpMNyLSpUe1N_vMkkiPwUmJ8fT8/s400/Edita-in-a-vintage-couture-dress-Louboutin-shoes-and-a-Chanel-clutch-5.jpg" width="226" /></a></div>Matt: Where have you been tonight? <br />Jay: On Twitter. <br />Matt: Doing what? <br />Jay: Conversing with someone.<br />Matt: Oh really? Do I know him/her?<br />Jay: Oh yeah! <a href="http://www.pret-a-reporter.co.uk/blog" target="_blank">Ms. Edita</a>! <br />Matt: That’s hot! <br />Jay: Damn right. She listened to our Wed show and Tweeted it! <br />Matt: I think I’m in love. <br />Jay: Totally. I’m trying to get her to call in sometime. <br />Matt: Did she say she would? <br />Jay: She said she might “surprise” us. <br />Matt: I love surprises. <br />Jay: Maybe we’ll do a fashion show and feature her.<br />Matt: That’s a brilliant idea. <br /><br />Jay: Who’s gonna win on Tuesday?<br />Matt: Well, I saw 973 pundits on TV today and they couldn’t agree. <br />Jay: Morons <br />Matt: I can’t believe how low the bar is to get a gig as a “pundit.” <br />Jay: We should make fun of them on the show. <br />Matt: We can do it! <br />Jay: And make our own predictions. <br />Matt: About the election and what will happen afterwards. <br />Jay: And things we would do if we were president. <br />Matt: And we just have to make fun of Dick Morris. <br />Jay: What a tool! <br />Matt: He’s a fucking moron. <br />Jay: Maybe we’ll come up with other great predictions he has made over the years. <br />Matt: Perfect. <br />Jay: And people can call with their predictions. <br />Matt: Phone lines are always open! <br />Jay: Just like our hearts! <br />Matt: And minds! <br />Jay: And legs! <br />Matt: Exac … what? <br />Jay: Sorry, I got carried away. <br />Matt: You need to learn some self-control. <br />Jay: I’ll work on it. <br />Matt: That’s all I can ask. <br /><br />Okay kids, there’s another behind the scenes look at the making of the NUMBER ONE comedy show on Blog Talk Radio! Be sure to join us for “Pundits and Pinheads” on Sunday at 12 Noon ET (and don’t forget to fall back an hour). It’s gonna be another classic! <br /><br />And, while you’re waiting for that show, check out Wednesday’s fun and games when we talked about Halloween, Hurricane Sandy and took a call from our favorite Canadian babe Jamie! It was a good time. <br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.adobe.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" height="105" id="143577" name="143577" width="210"><param name="movie" value="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/btrplayer.swf?file=http://www.blogtalkradio.com%2Fplaylist.aspx%3Fshow_id%3D3957691&autostart=false&bufferlength=5&volume=80&corner=rounded&callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/flashplayercallback.aspx" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/btrplayer.swf" flashvars="file=http://www.blogtalkradio.com%2Fplaylist.aspx%3Fshow_id%3D3957691&autostart=false&shuffle=false&callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/FlashPlayerCallback.aspx&width=210&height=105&volume=80&corner=rounded" width="210" height="105" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" wmode="transparent" menu="false" name="143577" id="143577" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed></object><br /><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: center; width: 220px;">Listen to <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/">internet radio</a> with <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid">Im With Stupid</a> on Blog Talk Radio</div><br /></div>

Matt Said, Jay Said: 904.33

Matt mutters, Jay mumbles, You struggle to hear what was said ....Matt: You’re phone bill is going to be enormous! Jay: Parts of me already are. Matt: Ewwwwwwww! Jay: Don’t pretend that you’re not excited. Matt: That’s what bothers me. Jay: Stop figh…

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Today's archidose #591, Take 2

After a slight hiccup with some photos back in June, here again are shots of "Book Mountain" (<a href="http://www.tijdelijkebibliotheek.nl/">Boekenberg Bibliotheek Spijkenisse</a>) in Spijkenisse, The Netherlands by <a href="http://www.mvrdv.nl/">MVRDV</a> (2012). Photographs are by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klock/">Jonas Klock</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klock/8058071592/" title="MVRDV Boekenberg by JONAS KLOCK, on Flickr"><img alt="MVRDV Boekenberg" height="425" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8172/8058071592_1747ea0a36_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klock/8058078228/" title="MVRDV Boekenberg by JONAS KLOCK, on Flickr"><img alt="MVRDV Boekenberg" height="425" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8178/8058078228_6a5345f22c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klock/8058079624/" title="MVRDV Boekenberg by JONAS KLOCK, on Flickr"><img alt="MVRDV Boekenberg" height="425" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8176/8058079624_fc5c96be91_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klock/8058082381/" title="MVRDV Boekenberg by JONAS KLOCK, on Flickr"><img alt="MVRDV Boekenberg" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8313/8058082381_bb62d10577_c.jpg" width="531" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klock/8058083594/" title="MVRDV Boekenberg by JONAS KLOCK, on Flickr"><img alt="MVRDV Boekenberg" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8316/8058083594_a0e8b6a970_c.jpg" width="531" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klock/8058086089/" title="MVRDV Boekenberg by JONAS KLOCK, on Flickr"><img alt="MVRDV Boekenberg" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8450/8058086089_883d94cb2a_c.jpg" width="531" /></a><br /><br />To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:<br /><blockquote>:: Join and add photos to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/archi-dose/">archidose pool</a>, and/or<br />:: Tag your photos <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/archidose/">archidose</a></span></blockquote>

Today's archidose #591, Take 2

After a slight hiccup with some photos back in June, here again are shots of "Book Mountain" (Boekenberg Bibliotheek Spijkenisse) in Spijkenisse, The Netherlands by MVRDV (2012). Photographs are by Jonas Klock.To contribute your Flickr images for co…

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Cider Lane

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiit8bEhbOPWA6OLmrSfjWMXcaNJmiVLevwsiuKGjNED-W_aYu4Y8pTu1_n56MimIc5d55TDuC_FHUXy-L6G6ntM9fYr4xGqh4vKxS9OyemcLQh9WANdOYUlC1BaS6knRLRyoo_bNwIqJg/s1600/cider+lane.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiit8bEhbOPWA6OLmrSfjWMXcaNJmiVLevwsiuKGjNED-W_aYu4Y8pTu1_n56MimIc5d55TDuC_FHUXy-L6G6ntM9fYr4xGqh4vKxS9OyemcLQh9WANdOYUlC1BaS6knRLRyoo_bNwIqJg/s320/cider+lane.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> I was chosen for the Beauty Blogger Vox Box from Influenster. Inside it was a candle from Bath and Body works called Cider Lane. I am totally in love with it! It is the perfect scent for Fall. Smells just like Apple Cider, and I love it because I would always drink it growing up and it reminds me of my child hood when we went apple picking as a family.

Cider Lane

I was chosen for the Beauty Blogger Vox Box from Influenster. Inside it was a candle from Bath and Body works called Cider Lane. I am totally in love with it! It is the perfect scent for Fall. Smells just like Apple Cider, and I love it because I wo…

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Rathmines/Ranelagh

<span style="font-size: large;">A lot of people have asked about the area I live in and what it is like.  I live in the village of Ranelagh which is in between Donnybrook and Rathmines.  I went for a walk with the dog this morning and took some pictures of some of the stores and restaurants in Rathmines and the surrounding area.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Hope you enjoy looking at the pics!</span><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">"The Farm" Organic Restaurant in Donnybrook.  Ciaran ate breakfast here the weekend that I went to Belfast, he said the food was excellent.  They give you lovely purple blankets to wrap yourself in if you are cold when eating outside.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3eo0JtIHhfSH7inL3UFhXYYUQSb6Uhtsc8y0yez9qBYiHDGaZL65OABN2vv-ezprWJpv4eO4aM0eDjQTNkVt6CSO2kLOKdlKTaOsOZTw1JAyGw9PbjshrtvURyclcP9WWUPIdqoQVpQL/s1600/IMG_2329%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3eo0JtIHhfSH7inL3UFhXYYUQSb6Uhtsc8y0yez9qBYiHDGaZL65OABN2vv-ezprWJpv4eO4aM0eDjQTNkVt6CSO2kLOKdlKTaOsOZTw1JAyGw9PbjshrtvURyclcP9WWUPIdqoQVpQL/s320/IMG_2329%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">                      Flower Shop on Mespill Road, Dublin 4</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbq91MHfaxdAbeOh2bEoiZ_m890dbZRanPuf6aoibP8vFpyatHoQRyGIrVZ7duyCAcWAnzobdb2VGFNjX5s2x7enXAsR1p9Kr2GpWwKCSDjhl66lWM-4iJwFJ-PU8KFfDNsTZx1VE-8ZtN/s1600/IMG_2327%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbq91MHfaxdAbeOh2bEoiZ_m890dbZRanPuf6aoibP8vFpyatHoQRyGIrVZ7duyCAcWAnzobdb2VGFNjX5s2x7enXAsR1p9Kr2GpWwKCSDjhl66lWM-4iJwFJ-PU8KFfDNsTZx1VE-8ZtN/s320/IMG_2327%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>                            <br /><span style="font-size: large;">               The old Rathmines Town Hall - now houses a college</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWc24XpocEOW5ZavGZPkXtOvaQcYZH5xuswfli1aOAGW7getMha-DddYhIjLpSVYrtlzZf9IVoeJXRAUnYBwZXpfk9_aJsmHenGBU02TsoMQSR86FyQZiLGdadlU7gn4SZr8Ati5RgpZl9/s1600/IMG_2326%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWc24XpocEOW5ZavGZPkXtOvaQcYZH5xuswfli1aOAGW7getMha-DddYhIjLpSVYrtlzZf9IVoeJXRAUnYBwZXpfk9_aJsmHenGBU02TsoMQSR86FyQZiLGdadlU7gn4SZr8Ati5RgpZl9/s320/IMG_2326%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Post Office in Rathmines, 1934</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tj14iWIXSduwlcdCsuVeNtZlLCpOlHzbkyrZzdTnFk1qOx3TMLUWi91b2QyQQg_peWiLhZvd47cJ8PCduBw1m9WVg6HsIhzeNJ6uXjANXhgW54XUuduZOq6E-DMJeyroyp8DxZvGRhN3/s1600/IMG_2323%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tj14iWIXSduwlcdCsuVeNtZlLCpOlHzbkyrZzdTnFk1qOx3TMLUWi91b2QyQQg_peWiLhZvd47cJ8PCduBw1m9WVg6HsIhzeNJ6uXjANXhgW54XUuduZOq6E-DMJeyroyp8DxZvGRhN3/s320/IMG_2323%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Roddy Boland Pub</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRJIvUQG_qlU16H22zuQwMOnJMkfT9a0nybFvhKgkX5qHmJ2BczLJJ7FjkSDrHagYT0o3_QE8g0yKSa_oQsfLsvgNnpOvEdjRsv55rsaCSGx0NstAbUG-3YgsmmIXoWzUYrJ0Xvq2wi8f/s1600/IMG_2322%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRJIvUQG_qlU16H22zuQwMOnJMkfT9a0nybFvhKgkX5qHmJ2BczLJJ7FjkSDrHagYT0o3_QE8g0yKSa_oQsfLsvgNnpOvEdjRsv55rsaCSGx0NstAbUG-3YgsmmIXoWzUYrJ0Xvq2wi8f/s320/IMG_2322%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Zen Chinese Restaurant</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsEy7H4WoYwElYFD_gi2Z42YVfWmSLMzU41gvNmhyzzoNrcBYncUsAtik1_8L_pypqeVlx2Ws0wh9TOdTviXVda2ZDtaWsubSnb4fDSWIxwyhMA_W5w79WqyvEy8FIq5FIw1P-FEDx8fO/s1600/IMG_2319%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsEy7H4WoYwElYFD_gi2Z42YVfWmSLMzU41gvNmhyzzoNrcBYncUsAtik1_8L_pypqeVlx2Ws0wh9TOdTviXVda2ZDtaWsubSnb4fDSWIxwyhMA_W5w79WqyvEy8FIq5FIw1P-FEDx8fO/s320/IMG_2319%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>                         <span style="font-size: large;">Connollys Fish - they sell scallops! Yum!  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I also like their sign on the street "Do you get it twice a week?" </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqx-TfnmdSnnoSCD_MrbA64OS7p9ptNBsxaXEhJfXvUCpgIYybxa6zkF72Dvlp_8WjrqbiWSlXItahjXruUjaBS0cL884a-5ejYlEw08rS-logy15R56nOZOIj07Rnwx3uiqHIkb-UIEy/s1600/IMG_2318%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqx-TfnmdSnnoSCD_MrbA64OS7p9ptNBsxaXEhJfXvUCpgIYybxa6zkF72Dvlp_8WjrqbiWSlXItahjXruUjaBS0cL884a-5ejYlEw08rS-logy15R56nOZOIj07Rnwx3uiqHIkb-UIEy/s320/IMG_2318%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokK3w0HJZk4r2CvF8YKOOpz8EexMGq7X4aRrdPqUNoKdl3lrygxX6oJlxey4ybQWoWusiJXOMi65Px-6brGTeQSGXBO8fTgrLYHWKM1TB4fS3bSgPUNVFIZ-NLY668Xy29nmqCgM7KxkA/s1600/IMG_2313%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokK3w0HJZk4r2CvF8YKOOpz8EexMGq7X4aRrdPqUNoKdl3lrygxX6oJlxey4ybQWoWusiJXOMi65Px-6brGTeQSGXBO8fTgrLYHWKM1TB4fS3bSgPUNVFIZ-NLY668Xy29nmqCgM7KxkA/s320/IMG_2313%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlvMVeUM1Hm62DewZQgbHwdoRiUJ6ldxPngckGfrNuMEySLIDzHCLVTr4QHrnjF_2ojENlOLBIHv29K9f7yDVYI8JhjWgTfi9E9vEEmAiVQ5Eoz4vkcIXKxn6RScuJrarNv4VmbEPT6hC/s1600/IMG_2315%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlvMVeUM1Hm62DewZQgbHwdoRiUJ6ldxPngckGfrNuMEySLIDzHCLVTr4QHrnjF_2ojENlOLBIHv29K9f7yDVYI8JhjWgTfi9E9vEEmAiVQ5Eoz4vkcIXKxn6RScuJrarNv4VmbEPT6hC/s320/IMG_2315%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJ8jbN38UGbJNhvetlV-BzKLkJQPoKOqYMHV2pyEsC3mkkXVL216PC8Rz7gCJRZEWu_rCrtq1PiicPrlhgm7Du3JoJ7BW5SNxr_tCX2j3nFdtdswpU5qEf5hbElAM6BoB6yB0IvJb3Udl/s1600/IMG_2314%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJ8jbN38UGbJNhvetlV-BzKLkJQPoKOqYMHV2pyEsC3mkkXVL216PC8Rz7gCJRZEWu_rCrtq1PiicPrlhgm7Du3JoJ7BW5SNxr_tCX2j3nFdtdswpU5qEf5hbElAM6BoB6yB0IvJb3Udl/s320/IMG_2314%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <span style="font-size: large;">Rathmines & Rathgar Musical Society (est. 1913) - in an old National School that has a girl's entrance to the left and a boy's entrance to the right.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjah3IiGyY9RdUin3Cg0SO-adMlhoYK8ReDrNGhQjdjzPvIb_dZ8j9_5jQC3GLK_-yVr6GjEP43gAuGRLR8zQn_ilMx-uM6J_ANLRV4SvAWBjK8amrH0dD2vx1DPIEzXJhc8hocQXrootoO/s1600/IMG_2320%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjah3IiGyY9RdUin3Cg0SO-adMlhoYK8ReDrNGhQjdjzPvIb_dZ8j9_5jQC3GLK_-yVr6GjEP43gAuGRLR8zQn_ilMx-uM6J_ANLRV4SvAWBjK8amrH0dD2vx1DPIEzXJhc8hocQXrootoO/s320/IMG_2320%255B1%255D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Swan Shopping Centre (or Mall if you are from USA!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is possibly the tiniest shopping centre I have ever been in.  It has a small 3 screen cinema, a Dunnes Stores, a Kylemore Cafe, House of Tea and a few little gift shops - and that is it!!!  Well maybe it has a hairdressers and a few boutiques also. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUfYwvavtF76yiHHXyO8uKWixrN9UJPJ-i-50ASr4lHEZZTfG76Y5pDR5g-sqOQtN14aOfI0bvudUZQJGCWec-9rEfSENvGSS3CJUSk0stPiBQa-QxMOluesHNLwTQcZkoO3ZTUJIBR07h/s1600/IMG_2325%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUfYwvavtF76yiHHXyO8uKWixrN9UJPJ-i-50ASr4lHEZZTfG76Y5pDR5g-sqOQtN14aOfI0bvudUZQJGCWec-9rEfSENvGSS3CJUSk0stPiBQa-QxMOluesHNLwTQcZkoO3ZTUJIBR07h/s320/IMG_2325%5B1%5D.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">I also found a "Fothergills" Deli up at the top of Rathmines (but I forgot to take a photo).  There was one of these close to our last house and I loved to buy their home made desserts and fresh pate and hummus.  I need to pay a visit there and see what lovely stock they have over this side of the city.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>

Rathmines/Ranelagh

A lot of people have asked about the area I live in and what it is like.  I live in the village of Ranelagh which is in between Donnybrook and Rathmines.  I went for a walk with the dog this morning and took some pictures of some of the stores and re…

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WeMo: a Wonderful Way to add Visual Cues to Organize Your Life #Wemotivate

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PGpFyV4PwqRVJK-uCBVJvm_xA8jcK4jhWv2ejq5Tl-m4Wx4ifIHh86h9OQR93qMLaCm8egClQI3HAY061gt1M0E4OpGjuTscUCIAb2nJ18n-QNoQTqdW7kM3XVn0-YXRvk5fPL8LxzCi/s1600/belkin-wemo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PGpFyV4PwqRVJK-uCBVJvm_xA8jcK4jhWv2ejq5Tl-m4Wx4ifIHh86h9OQR93qMLaCm8egClQI3HAY061gt1M0E4OpGjuTscUCIAb2nJ18n-QNoQTqdW7kM3XVn0-YXRvk5fPL8LxzCi/s320/belkin-wemo.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Wemo is a smart phone enabled motion sensor <br />and/or switch to help you manage your life that can be<br />controlled by iphone or some very cool ways using <br /><a href="http://www.ifttt.com/" target="_blank">if this then that</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table><b id="internal-source-marker_0.7650824589654803" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Visual organizing and visual cues are becoming a powerful part of my own self-organization. When I was perusing </span><a href="http://www.ifttt.com/"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If This Then That</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (ifttt.com) and saw something called the WeMo, I wanted one and tweeted about the coolness of this app.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b><br /><h1 dir="ltr"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.7650824589654803" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What is a WeMo?</span></b></h1><b id="internal-source-marker_0.7650824589654803" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are two “flavors” of WeMo which can work together or separately. One looks like an outlet and can provide power or turn off power to whatever is hooked into the device. Another looks like a white burrito with a purple center cut in half and senses motion. Both have added cool new enhancements to my life in different ways.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b><br /><h2 dir="ltr"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.7650824589654803" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My WeMo story</span></b></h2><b id="internal-source-marker_0.7650824589654803" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I struggle with balance. Getting up at 5 am each day is important to me, but I often trip over things including the cats and whatever was left out the night before. I’ve set up my WeMo plug into the light in the den and have it do the following using if this then that:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><ul style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday - Friday the light is turned on in the Den at 5am</span></li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday - the den light is turned on at 7am</span></li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Any day I go to school (as seen on my Google calendar by the event marked school), the WeMo is turned off when I leave for school. It uses an interface with my Google calendar so that otherwise, the light stays on until the sun comes up.</span></li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Every night, the WeMo turns on the light at sunset. This uses a channel on If-This-Then-That which keeps up with sunrise and sunset. I’m usually in the den and I can keep working without getting up.</span></li><li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Every night, the WeMo turns the den light off at 9pm so I’ll have a cue to STOP working. One of my biggest problems is that once I start I don’t stop. When the light goes off, I have set my limit and say - OK, now I’m going to decompress before crashing.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some people hook these devices into the family tv to turn off the TV at a certain time and establish other limits. It can also log when it is turned on and off so if you use the plug to turn things off and on, you can track this activity. You can have it log to a google spreadsheet when the WeMo switch comes off or on.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><h3 dir="ltr"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Long distance light switch.</span></h3><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As a funny story, when I first got it and used the remote control on my iphone to turn it off and on, I called it a “daughter control” - when I’d turn the light off and on, my daughter would groan from the den and say “Mom, stop.” Now, when I’m on the road and know everyone is in the den, I’ll actually flick the light and they know I’m thinking about them. I don’t do it a lot, but it is kind of fun to be in New Jersey, Dallas, and Chicago and control the light in my den. ;-)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><h2 dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WeMo Motion.</span></h2><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_detector" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Motion detector">motion detector</a> is in the kitchen. I have teenagers that I love dearly. My big problem is that I’m a heavy sleeper but I do want to know when my kids are up and about and not sleeping so I can help guide their schedules, etc. I have the WeMo Motion log the motion in the kitchen after there has been one hour of inactivity -- it writes it to a google spreadsheet so I can check up on things.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b><br /><div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have it by the kitchen door, so it is a handy way of keeping up who is coming and going and when. I sleep better at night knowing it is there. ;-)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><i>Note: In this post, I share how I use Wemo, but please, scroll to the bottom and apply to GET YOUR OWN from two students of mine who are working with Belkin to put Wemo's in the hands of at least 10 USA students to test them. This is part of their 20% project for me and I'd appreciate any retweets and spreading the word to help West and Matthew talk about the Wemo! Their google form is embedded below.</i></b><br /><h2 dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Think about visual cues to help you manage your life</span></b></h2><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m a visual person. I know I need to stop working at 9pm but time means nothing to me. I have no internal clock that tells me what time it is and have been known to work until I collapse with exhaustion. Visual cues are perfect for me. I wish I had a dozen WeMos and am asking for another one for Christmas! I also like the fact that I’m usually on my ipad and can just hit a button to turn off the light when I’m done if I want to finish before 9pm.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are so many ways we’re going to be able to automate our homes and schools and this is just one of them. The fact that you can control via social media and all kinds of triggers is very cool.</span><br /><h1 dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WeMo Wonder Contest: Can your students invent cool uses for the WeMo?</span></h1><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Belkin had reached out to me through my initial tweet and I have 2 students who wanted to do something innovative and cool. So we discussed and pitched the idea to Belkin who was eager to do something innovative and different to get the ideas going for their WeMo line of products.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Because these switches can interact with social media - tweets can turn on lights. Football scores can automatically trigger alarms -- so many things can be done with these devices.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, I’ll let the students share information on the contest in their own words below, but you have until November 1st to apply to be a WeMo Wonder and get your free wemo. </span></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students must have a mentoring teacher although the devices can be tested at home or school. We want you to share what you’re doing on Social media. </span></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Belkin decided to have a contest to name the best of the WeMo Wonder competition (see terms and conditions) and will be tweeting out to the hashtag #WeMotivate This is going to be a lot of fun and I hope you’ll apply with a student or two..  </span></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(See what my students are doing on </span><a href="http://wemowonders.tumblr.com/"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">tumblr blog</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span><a href="http://wemowonders.tumblr.com/"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://wemowonders.tumblr.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">/ or their twitter </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/#/wemowonders"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@wemowonders</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Note that my students are not affiliated with Belkin in any way but I appreciate Belkin’s willingness to do something cool and different and let my students have a fantastic project to learn about social media and a very cool new gadget. 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WeMo: a Wonderful Way to add Visual Cues to Organize Your Life #Wemotivate

The Wemo is a smart phone enabled motion sensor and/or switch to help you manage your life that can becontrolled by iphone or some very cool ways using if this then that.Visual organizing and visual cues are becoming a powerful part of my own self-or…

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 11/02/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://dianeravitch.net/2012/11/01/the-future-of-teaching/">The Future of Teaching? « Diane Ravitch's blog</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Diane Ravitch has a very balanced interesting article on the state of education in the nation based upon some current research. Half of the nation's teachers have now been teaching less than 10 years. "But a matter that should concern us all: Current “reform” policies are driving experienced teachers out of the nation’s classrooms. This cannot be good for anyone. It is certainly not good for the young teachers, who need senior teachers to help them improve. How can a profession become “great” by demoralizing and ousting those who know the most? Who would go to a hospital in an emergency and insist on being treated by an intern, not a senior physician? Who would want their legal affairs to be handled by a lawyer who just graduated law school if they could get a senior partner instead? When will President Obama, Secretary Duncan, Bill Gates, Eli Broad, and all the other people driving current policy realize that they are inflicting harm on the nation’s education system?"</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edreform">edreform</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2012/11/tony-baldasaro-just-unfollowed-5000-people-on-twitter.html/comment-page-1#comment-319613">Tony Baldasaro just unfollowed 5,000 people on Twitter | Dangerously Irrelevant</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Lots of discussion about how people follow on Twitter.  My reply to Scott McLeod's post: "I follow real educators and tend to stay away from foundations and PR junk sites who aren’t real. I like real teachers no matter how many followers they have because I’d like to be able to message them and them message me back. I also like to follow people who are engaging in conversation and have interesting things to say. Sometimes if people don’t follow me back and I know I won’t need to message them or them me, I’ll unfollow and put them on a list instead. " My list is half happenstance and half just who says something online. </p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/twitter">twitter</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/socialmedia">socialmedia</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 11/02/2012

The Future of Teaching? « Diane Ravitch's blog Diane Ravitch has a very balanced interesting article on the state of education in the nation based upon some current research. Half of the nation's teachers have n…

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