So, in the wake of the local and European elections, I've seen the shape of election coverage to come: it's people on the ground in the count centres twittering, uploading pictures and streaming live video from their camera phones all to a central, automatically updating liveblog. It was brilliant to see breaking news and tallies appearing online long before TV and radio broadcast them.
On a side note, there's nothing so delightfully nerdy as PR-STV. This breakdown of the Ireland East constituency battle in the Euro election is from Jas.
Next general election is going to be so much fun :)
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This is LeSinge.org v3.0. It's on its sixth* server since I registered the domain name in November of 2000 and it has gone through several drastic facelifts in that time, usually prompted by some cataclysmic event like someone deleting a load of files they shouldn't, or a server being shut down. This is the maddest layout yet; I'm trying to fit the entire weblog (apart from diary archives and the gallery) into a single loading page using all sorts of PHP-generated DHTML jiggery-pokery. The idea is to make it more inviting to look around since there's no loading between "pages". It's still a work in progress (more a proof of concept than anything), so be patient!
I'm Klingybert Humpertron! Dave Whyte, an Irish CS graduate, German speaker,
linguist and incredibly talented web developer. I'm originally from
Fermoy but I now live in Newbridge with my
wife Beth and our son. I'm currently working for these fine folks and enjoying it
greatly.
"The Monkey"? Eh?
My nom de guerre comes from an old Eddie Izzard comedy sketch. I also like Calvin & Hobbes. I've cobbled together a searchable archive of the strips.
Contact me!
- Email - me @ this domain name (I had the catch-all disabled, with instant results)
- Gmail - dwhyte
- MSN - lamerthanjesuschrist at hotmail.com
- ICQ - 230670372
- AIM - lamerthanjchrist
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Loving
- Mental Health Break: The Alkali Metals Show Their Personalities
04/03/2010 via http://feedproxy.google.com/ - Let’s get logical on the euro
21/02/2010 via David McWilliams - Dishes
28/02/2010 via Cheezburger Network - Dishes
28/02/2010 via Cheezburger Network - Sex Dice
01/03/2010 via http://xkcd.com/ - shitmydadsays: "A parent's only as good as their dumbest kid. If one wins a Nobel Prize but the other gets robbed by a hooker, you failed."
23/02/2010 via http://twitter.com/ - New England Road Sign Win
23/02/2010 via Cheezburger Network
Listening
- Watch the Tapes - LCD Soundsystem
- A Alikes - Jean Grae
- Dead Star - Muse
- Phantom Limb - The Shins
- The District Sleeps Alone Tonight - The Postal Service
- Halo - Bloc Party
- Hang Me Up to Dry - Cold War Kids
- Remind Me Someone Else's Radio Remix - Röyksopp
- Binary Finary - 1998 (Matt Darey Mix) - Gatecrasher Classics
- Rabbitweed - Sasha