Ireland

Hill of Tara

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I saw this on RTE’s News website about the M3 motorway to be build near the Hill of Tara:
http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0430/m3.html

The Minister for Transport, Martin Cullen, has turned the first sod for the M3 motorway just outside Navan, Co Meath. Organisers kept the event low key to avoid opponents to the project turning up.

View from the Hill of Tara

The Hill of Tara was the seat of the High Kings of Ireland and is a world Heritage site. People opposing the motorway (highway for us here in North Amerika) claim the surrounding valley should be preserved as it probably contains aritifacts from ancient times. There has been a lot of protest against the motorway, both in Ireland & from abroad, and with different Government Departments fighting over it. The day after they turned the first sod this happens:

Prehistoric site discovery halts M3 work
http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0501/meath.html

The Minister for the Environment, Dick Roche, has ordered that work be stopped on the M3 motorway near Tara, Co Meath, because of the discovery of a substantial national monument. The archaeological site was discovered in Lismullen beside the Hill of Tara, and is said to be the size of three football fields.

And just so typical of Ireland, ignore the experts and the concerned public and destroy our heritage.
View from the Hill of Tara

Update: More here from National Geographic:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/05/070515-ireland-tara.html


Boston, Cambridge, Food, Music

Cantab & Burgers

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Went to The Cantab Lounge in Central Sq in Cambridge on Friday night. Frank the chef (or one of the chefs?) from Tim’s Tavern, long closed, on Columbus Ave in Boston now cooks at The Cantab. Tim’s did a really good burger and that’s what we had at the Cantab, a really good big tasty burger for $5.95. The chips (fries for all your Amerikans) were kinda lame, but the burger was really tasty and big!

Ended up staying for the music, Shirley Lewis and the Fatback Band.
The Cantab

Shirly is 70 and she does rock the house. She’s a good singer and really knows how to pump the audience, might go back next weekend and hear her sing again!
Shirley Lewis & The Fat Back Band @ The Cantab

I think the band are a bunch of regulars who play most weekends with different singers, they’re good too. And worth hearing by themeselves. If you go, look for the mini-rubber chicken hanging off the bass drum!

Debian, e17, Linux, Ubuntu

Enlightement e17 on Ubuntu Screenshots

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E17 Darkness Theme on Ubuntu:

E17 Darkness Theme on Ubuntu with the menu highlighted:

E17 Darkness theme with a wallpaper from vladstudio.com:

Themes are available from get-e.org. The packages for Ubuntu come with Darkness and other themes, the Debian package appears to only come with the default theme.

Look for my latest posting on E17 as this information could be out-of-date:

http://timony.com/mickzblog/category/e17/

Linux, Python, Boston, Donegal.