John Keyes

For once there is an Irish Public Sector “social media” encounter that might just work. An Garda Síochána have a Flickr account that provides function as well as fluff.

The first thing that strikes me is that person looking after the account knows what they are doing. There are no IMG00234.jpg titles and they have the photos neatly organised in sets.

Their lost and found photosets are divided in two, one for bicycles, and one for other lost property.

Each item is clearly photographed, with a reference, and contact information for the Garda Station where the item is located. Who knows if this will scale well country wide, but it’s a good place to start.

We all hear about the deaths of UK and US troops, it’s great fodder for News networks and war mongers. This map though pinpoints where 65,649 Iraqi civilians have died and allows you to visualize the results in context of some major US cities (New York, Washington, LA).

The goal of this project is to give you a better perspective on the toll that war has taken on the civilian population of Iraq. By clicking on one of the cities below, the map of a place you are familiar with will be overlaid with data representing civilian deaths in Iraq over a five year period.

This idea allows people to apply context to the data, and eliminates some of the ambiguity introduced by geographical awareness.

What would you do with an unwanted penis?

What a disgusting thing to do to a ‘mate’!

My fingers press keys
My eyes see each one
My ears hear each one
My brain feels each one
All to the rhythm of the flesh drum

Every AIB credit card customer received a letter detailing changes in how AIB charge interest (i.e. you pay AIB more interest if you don’t clear your card each month).

It’s a two page letter on two pages of A4 paper. Here’s a tip AIB, double sided printing will halve your paper costs.