CAMBRIDGE COURT DIARY RINGSEND
August 17, 2010
I have been sitting here wondering what I should blog about today but cannot think of a thing. Things are quiet in Cambridge Court. Things are always quite in Cambridge Court. I would go for a cycle but I too damned tired. So here is I am…….
I have nothing in particular to read and am listened to Trapattoni talking about Robbie Keane on my little valve radio in the kitchen. It’s one of those days…….I feel I should be doing something but just can’t think what. Perhaps I’ll go on Twitter and listen in to Steve Brookstein. I usually go for a cycle up by Sandymount Strand but like I’ve said I’m just too tired today. I think I’ll have a cup of coffee and a slice of cake – then I’ll look at the four walls. But never mind , tomorrow is another day…..
TWITTER TWEET STEVE BROOKSTEIN SIMON COWELL
May 28, 2010
Just a few hours ago I put up a post about Steve Brookstein of X Factor fame/infamy. Having nothing to do I then decided to check if there was anything on his Twitter page. Just killing time ….’you know. Anyway , what did I see but a tweet from Simon Cowell. Well , it was from SimonPCowell and it looked real enought. It was actually on Steve Brookstein’s page , I think , I’m not very literate when it comes to the new communications stuff. What the tweet said was that Brookstein wanted the 5000,000 that Cowell owed him or it might have been that Simon Cowell wanted the 500,000 sterling that Brookstein ‘owed’ him – I’m not sure. Is this stuff real ?
I don’t use Twitter. I leave a tweet most times I post something on my blog but apart from that I just don’t GET the whole thing and don’t quite see the point. But I do wonder if all these people are who they say they are. I try now and again to follow some of the conversations but the text like short hand gets me quite confused – mind you , I’m easily confused. Now , let me think – is there anyone out there who ‘owes’ me a few quid….
RUDE NASTY BLOG COMMENTS
May 24, 2010
I get my fair share of comments on this blog -the good , the bad and the indifferent. Why people comment in the first place I’m not really sure as I rarely do it on other peoples blogs myself. Engadget recently closed down their own comment facility due in part to the nasty rude nature of some of the comments they were receiving. But millions of people visit the Engadget site so they can afford to ignore those readers who like to interact with their site. Some bloggers find the nasty comments intimidating and not only close down the comments but often shut down the blog itself.
When you start a blog you have to keep in mind the simple fact that you are , so to speak , starting a conversation with people who in real life you might or might not wish to know. Every time I post an article I am talking for the most part with total strangers. The reader may be a wonderful person or an out and out scumbag. Most readers are nice , pleasant who will either agree or disagree with what I write but there are always the few…..and we’ve all met them , who just insist on being unpleasant or just downright nasty. Quite a few people get in touch to let me know that I’m a fool , idiot and don’t know what I’m talking about. This is fair enough (they might even be right) but most do so in a reasonable manner. There are , at the other end of the scale , those who can be downright threatening , people who will actually make specific serious threats. But as the man said , “If you can’t stand the heat…”
I don’t moderate comments regardless of how critical they are and have only ever deleted one. I consider comments as compliments. If readers feel moved to post a comment at least I have engaged their interest. But there are always those readers that no blogger/blog reader wants. The sort of person who leaves the single word , GOBSHITE, as a comment is , for most people , little more than an irritant and a trivial one at that. But it does lower the tone ……and can be quite off-putting for the casual reader.
But as my mother used to say , “These things are sent to try us”. And they do , they do , they do…..Incidentally , it’s impossible to leave a comment on a blog without revealing your IP Address so there is no anonymity as such. In fact it’s virtually impossible to do anything on the WWW and remain entirely anonymous. If some mad man decides to track you down there’s nothing you can do about it. There are those who bend over backwards to protect their identity and then go and put their whole family up on Flicker. I’ve come across blog/websites which specialise in advice on how to remain secure on the WWW and yet the authors will invariably give you so much information about themselves that you could be knocking at their front door within hours.
I have never really understood why certaon people feel the need to make nasty comments. There’s a whole army of such folk on YOUTUBE – I’m sure you’ve come across them. I think a lot of them have some sort of sexual problems or perhaps they are just insecure……’or maby they just don’t have much of a life. It’s sad really , isn’t it ……
SILLY OLD TWIT RIDES AGAIN
May 22, 2010
I’ve been out of action for a while. My blog has been dormant. But I’m back now. And why am I back ? Well , to be honest I have nothing better to do. No big statement , no manifesto , no promise of something special to come just an excuse to fill in the vacant hours. I’ve learned one thing in the last couple of years but I suppose I already knew that it all comes down to the vulgarity of power and those who have it.
Walk softly , very softly and carry a big stick. Keep your head down. Expect nothing. Follow the money trail ( all roads lead to hell). It’s business. It’s all business and nothing more. Pearls before swine…… ‘ But I’m not dead yet so don’t laugh too soon …….bitter , bitter , bitter – Your damned right !
…..he he he ……he he he………..
The ramblings of an old fool…..he he he ……he he he….
…… “Who’s a silly old fool”? …….. he he he ……..he he he….
” Pass me the hatchet Mary” …….. he he he ………he he he ……….har har har……..
The pen is mightier than the sword…..HAR HAR HAR….HAR HAR HAR……
Oh yes , announce it to the world. Let the blogosphere know ….. I’M BACK. ……..I’M BACK………he he he ……..he he he…. You can’t keep a good man down. – am I right or am I right ? …….he he he …..
CAMBRIDGE COURT RINGSEND NEW WEB SITE (WEBSITE)
July 30, 2009
A few weeks ago I wrote a short blog post about Cambridge Court Ringsend which is a small housing complex for senior citizens run by Dublin City Council. I had been a little critical of some of the living conditions there , the small (tiny) flats and the general noise level that one is subjected to. Since I wrote that piece there have been some developements that the you may be interested in.
I had not really given any thought to what other residents might or might not think of my comments and didn’t ( and still don’t ) care one way or the other but as it has transpired I seem to have hit a raw nerve or something like that. But whatever it was I ended up getting a bit of what the British I think call ‘ribbing’. It seems that everyone here had read my blog , including those who perhaps didn’t even know that such things as blogs existed prior to all this. The next thing was that someone had gone to the trouble of printing out a hard copy version of my blog and pined it up on the community hall notice board. Well , as the man said , “There’s no such thing as bad publicity” , so I’m quite happy about that. And last but not least , a Cambridge Court Website was launched on the WWW.
So there you are. The excitement here is terrific , up to now there was little to raise the pulse. If someone lost their house keys that was a talking point for the rest of the week but now …..God only know what might happen next. When I came here first I thought there would be wild parties and fornication all over the place , after all the tenants (inmates) are all within nodding distance of the grave- but no , Bingo is about as wild as it gets. Mind you , There may be things going on behind closed doors that I don’t know about.
Before now I don’t suppose anyone knew that Cambridge Court existed and now there’s two website spreading it fame to the four corners of the world. If there was only someone here who knew a bit about video broadcasting we could turn the whole place into a reality show. ….
Cambridge Court is situated about 3 minutes walk from The O2 in Dublin’s Docklands and within 10 minutes of Sandymount Strand. It’s in the heartland of Ringsend which ( if it wasn’t for the litter/dog dirt) is rather a nice place that retains the feeling of being an old Irish fishing village. It (Ringsend) boast one of the worst pieces of public sculpture in the country ( a monument to domestic violence ) which the local yobs have unfortunately not yet defaced. Public housing and Dockland “apartment’ sit side by side but that’s as far as it goes. The pubs in the village are exclusivly WORKING CLASS. It has one charity shop , Mrs Quinn’s which is always worth a visit. The whole place is , needless to say , a hotbed of blogging….OH , and if you happen to see a chap flying down the Ringsend Road on a Brompton bike thats me…….Since this last sentence was written my Brompton has been stolen so instead you’ll have to watch out for me riding my Mezzo through Ringsend. To read more news , moans about Cambridge Court just click on the Cambridge Court Tab on the right……
TWITTER TWITS HACKED
July 26, 2009
The co-founder of Twitter , Evan Williams and his good wife have had their email details stolen or borrowed or something like that and as a result Twitter itself has been well and truly hacked. Paypal accounts have also been the subject of this hacking. I don’t really understand how this business works so you’ll have to read the story or watch the video yourself. But whatever you do be careful about giving too much of you personal information on Twitter. They say it’s all hunky- dory now ….safe as houses and all that. But only a complete Twit would put too much reliance on that.
X RATED BLOG FOR SALE ?????
April 28, 2009
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My blog is worth $2,822.70.
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INTERNET BIG FREEZE BROWNOUT
April 26, 2009
According to a new report the Internet is set to grind to a halt (or at least slow down ) by 2012. The report by Nemertes Research says that the web has reached a critical stage. Internet use they say will double in 2009. The sheer number going on line just for a video clip on YouTube alone is quite staggering. From next year we are told it will start to freeze leaving many of us out in the proverbial cold. The report is well worth a read , the summary that is , the report itself is not out yet.
Does The Internet Make People Aggressive ?
April 23, 2009
I was browsing the Internet just now and came across a blog in which a woman finished up a post by asking , ” Does the Internet make you aggressive”. Needless to say I couldn’t resist leaving an aggressive comment. Actually what she asks is if the Internet facilitates those who are rude or angry……but it’s much the same thing. Well , it’s more or less the same thing…..kind of. But either way I don’t care what you illiterate morons think……get a life , have you nothing better to do than just sit there aimlessly reading some fools blog ?
Stupid women bloggers and their stupid questions……..
Twenty Major Stole My Bike NGI Revisited
April 21, 2009
About six weeks ago Twenty Major stole my bike. I had locked it just at the bottom of Georges Street and had only left it for maybe ten minutes. The lock was still there lying on the ground , he had obviously used some kind of bolt cutters. I didn’t actually see him rob the bike and indeed have never met the man but I still believe it was him. A man who weaves bad language into the very fabric of his blog as he does is capable of just about anything.
But that’s not what I really wanted to write about. When I had my bike I used to call into The National Gallery of Ireland (NGI) once every ten days or so. I would wander about looking at the picture of course but most of the time I spent in the gallery’s bookshop. I’m one of those people who comfort buy. As I’ve said elsewhere , I live on my own and have no friends ( I’m unwanted and unloved ) so comfort buying is one of the few pleasures left to me. I have a small collection now of NGI fridge magnets , stuck of course to my fridge. ‘ Having nothing to do all day I spend a lot of time in my kitchen staring at these magnets while I listen to my old valve radio. If I still had my bike of course I could be out getting some fresh air. Be that as it may the magnets do bring me some little pleasure. I’ve also bought a small wooden puzzle , a jigsaw puzzle that is of a painting by Cranach the Elder ,”Adam and Eve , 1526″.
None of this might strike you as particularly interesting but it’s major league stuff when you live (exists) as I do. And at least I do occasionally visit an art gallery which is more than can probably be said for Twenty Major. And I doubt very much if he’s the sort of man who has a valve radio either. I bought my own valve radio ( in fact two radios ) in Bray market which is just south of Dublin and overlooks the Irish Sea. You really haven’t heard radio if you don’t have a valve operated one. On top of one of these radios I keep my mini collection of Irish Dresden ballerinas.
It’s terrible that you cant leave your bike anywhere in the city now. I thought of buying another one but this is the third in succession that I’ve had stolen and there is a limit to my wallet ( especially with all the comfort buying I do). The moral of this story by the way is that Irish bloggers are not to be trusted. They are , all in all , a bad lot, racists and bike thieves the lot of them. The world would be a better place without them.
So now I have to walk everywhere. I can be seen on a daily basis walking the city streets like some lost soul, head down and hands in pockets and going nowhere….. Unwanted , unloved and ignored….. And who cares ? No one cares.
But I’ve still got my blog. I’ve got my fridge magnets , my jigsaws , NGI coasters and best of all my NGI Mousemat….. Roderic O’Connor’s ” Reclining nude before a mirror“.
