Fionna O'SullivanFacebook and meToday I was reading this article on the Guardian about why social media bosses don’t use social media. It made me think about my own small…Jan 26, 2018Jan 26, 2018
Fionna O'SullivanBrexit and the Irish ConstitutionA couple of discussions on Facebook yesterday prompted me to collect together some thoughts on the Irish Constitution, its reform, and how…Mar 12, 2017Mar 12, 2017
Fionna O'SullivanDoubt and the software testerI’m reading up for an essay on the role of doubt in Descartes’ philosophical method. Like (I would guess) everybody else who has read him…Mar 5, 2017Mar 5, 2017
Fionna O'SullivanLouis XIVLouis XIV was the ruler of France from the death of his father in 1643, when he was just four, until his death in 1715, and he became the…Feb 27, 2017Feb 27, 2017
Fionna O'SullivanAnd the media isn’t reporting it!I guess about a year ago, a friend of mine shared an image of a huge crowd of people marching past Big Ben in London — it was a share of…Feb 20, 2017Feb 20, 2017
Fionna O'SullivanLittle boxesThere is a really good article here about someone (in the US, of course) from the medical community comparing the way the he works and the…Feb 12, 2017Feb 12, 2017
Fionna O'SullivanThe Problem With CountingI wrote at the start of 2016 that I was not going to do the Goodreads (or any) yearly book challenge, as I felt that instead of reading to…Feb 5, 2017Feb 5, 2017
Fionna O'SullivanHijacking RhetoricWhen in 2001 the Bush Administration in the US drew up the simplistic battle line dividing terrorists from the good guys, I was concerned…Jan 29, 2017Jan 29, 2017
Fionna O'SullivanGlenmore HouseThere are a lot of abandoned farm buildings in the area I walk with the dog, in addition to the ruined abbeys that the Boyne Valley is…Jan 23, 2017Jan 23, 2017
Fionna O'SullivanA Close ShaveWe were staying with good friends before Christmas in Co. Tipperary, not far from Lough Derg. Apart from their older son, the whole family…Jan 14, 2017Jan 14, 2017