I went along to my first Coder Dojo last Saturday. These are weekly events in Dublin, Cork and now Limerick where people aged 8-30 can learn to code. I especially loved how it was taught — James, Adrian, Mark and co. are trying to instill that instinctive curiosity that makes a good programmer. They’re teaching [...]
I mentioned singing “Losing My Religion” for Junior Cert. music in a previous blogpost, and it got me thinking of that experience, and how much I enjoyed it. For Junior Cert. music, about a quarter of your overall grade goes for performance. For that, four pieces have to be performed. Because I play two “instruments” [...]
As the weekend rolls in, I finish another two weeks as an intern in the Sunday Business Post. I really enjoyed my time there and I’m hugely grateful to Adrian, Dick, Emma, Cliff and Siobhán for being so kind and helpful to me during my time there. I think the best way of summing up [...]
Like the hugely organized person I am, I’m only getting to this post now, the weekend after the event. I’ve been working in the Sunday Business Post, which involves a lot of computer-screens, looking up phone numbers, making notes or e-mailing people. As I’m fast learning, when you use a computer all day, it’s the [...]
Just a quick update. Am in Palo Alto, California, now. This is where Stripe, my brothers’ startup is based, so my parents and me are visiting them for a few days. As much as I loved New York City, I’m glad to get out of the 35°C weather. As an experiment, I’ve decided to stop [...]
Am in New York for a week with my parents. Full, gushing report about how my crush has turned into a full-blown love affair to come. In the meantime, check out my twitter or my flickr photos
As counter-intuitive as it seems to mix water with iPods, I took the plunge (sorry) and bought a set of underwater headphones this week in Dublin. As part of recuperation after surgery, swimming is my primary way of keeping fit and building muscles. The problem is that swimming is awfully boring. I mean, it’s repetitive [...]
Needless to say, my Dad’s epic, and I love him :) This pic was taken back in 2008, the day before I started secondary school. He was teaching me how to tie a tie :)
I gave a talk to a group of people in Limerick today, talking about what it’s like for online media to be such a part of my life. It was a very interesting experience, because I was talking to people who were very new to Twitter, blogging, etc. One of the most interesting parts of [...]
Last Friday, I took part in CentreStage Youth Theatre’s latest variety show. Our director told us to pick songs from more obscure musicals. I’ll admit I was apprehensive about it but in hindsight, it made a generic ‘night-at-the-musicals’ more interesting because the usual songs were nowhere to be found. I’m certain I speak for a [...]