After promising her followers visions and miracles, it looks like the Virgin Mary played a cruel trick on the gullible faithful. A local eye surgeon has reported a significant increase in solar retinopathy cases this year. The most likely cause -...

The sunset happening in Kista right now. Sunset in Kista. Kodak Zi8, SK. Actually it is Kista (a tech hub outside the city) but who is going to complain. It’s a shame I don’t have my SLR, the Kodak is a video camera and just can’t do justice to the...

Once upon a time I used to enjoy hanging out on various forums, discussing engineering, politics, history or current affairs. I have reached the stage though where I have pretty much given up any sort of debating with people on the Internet. I am sick...

My parents live outside Limerick off the Mountshannon road, in Lisnagry, near Castleconnell. The area has been hit badly by flooding, though it would take a Roland Emmerich scale tsunami for flood waters to reach my parents house. My Dad was up flying...

These are all PC games. Some go waaaaaaaaaay back. In no particular order, but with generally increasing age as you go down the list. Civilization IV Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon - 3 in 1, has the desert siege, island thunder, and jungle storm packs. Sid...