The last week was the busiest yet as I was speaking in Belgium about the work I have been doing at the Centre, returning late Wednesday night to launch our first user centred design workshop with the college all day Thursday. I had the best of intentions to blog in Belgium but spent what little [...]

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Maureen already arrived in Ireland a Guinness lover, but my father wasn’t taken by the bitter, black stuff. That all changed with the perfect pint. “That’s all I’m going to drink here from now on.” So trust me, it’s not hooey that the pints are better here. The perfect pint requires some know-how and skill, [...]

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Art is much more integrated into life here. There are strange examples like the Stuart Davis prints hanging in the McDonald’s on O’Connell Street in Sligo. And then there are the examples of me having a single phone conversation with filmmaker Johnny Gogan regarding the Leitrim Mobile Cinema. “We’re screening the rough cut of my [...]

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I never knew why the nickel and penny were larger than the dime, and still don’t, even after reading this FAQ. Oddly, the 5 cent Euro is also larger than the 10 cent. Couldn’t someone have addressed this? It could have been a perfect system, as even the smaller bills increase in size by denomination [...]

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Parking is an issue in Sligo. There simply isn’t enough. My least favorite place to find parking is in the Tesco parking lot. Irish drivers do not set a good example and cars appear strewn everywhere on curbs. I haven’t learned what you can get away with and dutifully buy my parking discs. … parking [...]

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