Bernie Goldbach

“Kids today (mine included) don’t know the feeling of watching shows you didn’t like until you did”. – Danielle dew60110648 on Twitter

November Moon

Bernie Goldbach posted a video: Just after Blood Moon      Related StoriesGuest Lecturer Paul AndersonCalling odd.blogWaiting to graduate in Moylish 

Elon Musk is Bad at This

Bernie Goldbach posted a photo: When a distracted billionaire thinks he knows the values of The Commons.      Related StoriesThe Birds EscapedGood Old DaysAmazon has figured out flywheels of commerce 

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Letting our Bedlington Terrier call home.

Found a simple http-based pub sub notification service at https://ntfy.sh/

Buy the €32 t-shirt to honour the self-made millionaire

Seeing my purpose through the eyes of others

So many of my embedded memories flow from family moments around a creaky kitchen table where my grandfather would light up a cigarette and share his wisdom. I remember one of those smoke-filled moments as he sucked on a Marlboro and asked, “What’s the purpose of collecting all those index cards, …

The Birds Escaped

Bernie Goldbach posted a photo: Let that sink in.      Related StoriesElon Musk is Bad at ThisGood Old DaysAmazon has figured out flywheels of commerce 

The birds escaped. Let that sink in. -- Anne Handler

Wondering if @runcertain@mastodon.ie can see an image of my Rode Wireless updating.

Hoping we can take @eolai@mastodon.social for tea at Creed in Celbridge before Christmas. Dylan is the official hot chocolate tester there.

It’s hard for me to tell if our Axolotls can see me smile.

Talking to clever creatives in Clonmel about establishing a presence on Mastodon. First up @designerofmotions@metalhead.club

‘Mastodon’ didn’t make the Top 20 Google searches on 7 November. @klillington@mastodon.ie

From @klillington@mastodon.ie The Irish instance now approaching 9k users when fewer than 500 at start of last week.

Saving dozen of Old Skool methods of reading without trackers: rsapkf.org/weblog/q2…

Quick Sketch of ET

Bernie Goldbach posted a photo: Inspired by Marshall O'Connor during a Zoom session with Kathryn Cormican.       

Good Old Days

Bernie Goldbach posted a photo: When billionaires contributed to the social good.      Related StoriesElon Musk is Bad at ThisThe Birds EscapedGood Old Days 

I think there were more benevolent billionaires last century.

Loving the colorful image of the fediverse I spotted on Esther Schindler’s timeline.

Prepping my course notes for UX students. Planning to discuss accessible water fountains with contributions from tedothedo

Irish employment law and tech sector slowdow

Ireland’s Department of Enterprise expects companies to respect legal requirements when laying off staff. Irish employment law requires a company that wishes to engage in collective redundancy to inform the Minister for Employment 30 days before any dismissals take place. There are big …

Postcard from Achill Island

When a house on Achill Island is abandoned, it isn’t demolished. It’s just left: net curtains in the windows, wooden chairs and a table in the kitchen with plates on it, and a rusting turf-fueled stove. Removing anything is frowned upon. It’s as if the lost soul might return at any …

I really like Tara’s well-written list of Fediverse resources