Trying to Get a Mobile Phone & Plan

The day started off with a crash - of carrot/peach juice in my grocery tote, leaking onto my trench. I should have known to crawl back into bed right then and guard myself against the fates. But when my husband and I decided that three years was long enough and it was time to upgrade mobile phones to the iPhone 4, I was willing to wait outside the 3 store on Patrick’s Street to make it happen. Or at least try. We arrived a couple minutes before 10:00 p.m. for the midnight launch. The roped off section in front of the store was empty. We started the queue. After two hours, there were about 50 people there. The turning point came when the 3 staff asked the crowd ‘who has reference numbers?’ What’s that? Though it was poorly publicized, reference numbers were given to certain interested consumers allowing them to essentially skip the queue to reserve an iPhone. Half of the waiting crowd... READ MORE

Cathair Chorcaí

On the news, they announced a new website, Placenames Database of Ireland, now offers the true Irish names for places in the Republic. Of course, while the news was airing, the site was very slow and probably a bit overwhelmed. But after a wee bit, I checked back and found out that the true full …

Moving to Cork

After about seven weeks of preparations, I will soon be in Cork City, Ireland. The move has been anything but simple and it is difficult to leave our friends and jobs in California, but now I look forward to getting to know Cork and making new friends. I know I will miss certain people and …