http://www.thenetflow.com Excited? You shouldn't be... A blog about everything. Technology Travel Life Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:20:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I havn't been around for a while because of a number of reasons. Number 1 on this list was the trip to Munich last weekend for Oktoberfest. What a trip! 5 days, 9 lads, and acres of beer tents. I could lie and say I was very restrained and tasted ... http://www.thenetflow.com/2008/oktoberfest-and-munich/ I'm just back from Edinburgh, Scotland, where I was invited to a nice wedding. While over there I did a bit of shopping and wandered into a Game store on the main street. Seing that Spore was out, I hastilly picked up a copy and for a little bit cheaper ... http://www.thenetflow.com/2008/losing-time-to-spore/ To use an old adage... the Internet is huge. Millions of people use it as a place to get their thoughts out to the world, show off their ideas and generally try to help everyone else. However great this is when you have a few hours of down time to ... http://www.thenetflow.com/2008/10-places-to-get-design-inspiration/ I recently came across a post by Jens Meiert in which he spoke out about web professionals and specifically about how “Valid CSS and Similar Claims Are Unprofessional". I know its an oldie but that's how the internet works, and in this case I really can't agree with him. I believe from reading his further ... http://www.thenetflow.com/2008/web-standards-and-badges-valid-this-and-valid-that/ Contrary to popular belief, this is not something that happened in 1976. It is an ongoing phenomenon that Irish Rail users put up with every single day. Commuters are a badly treated group of people, especially in the Dublin outer suburbs, because there is no alternative and they know it. Yes, ... http://www.thenetflow.com/2008/the-great-irish-train-robbery/ Us Irish users are getting a bit of a raw deal when it comes to the iPhone AppStore (not to mention data charges and limits...). Not only did we not get a games section until very recently, but there are also a number of applications that are off limits to ... http://www.thenetflow.com/2008/5-best-iphone-applications-for-irish-users/ As is I am the eternal tweaker, I'd like to apologise for the state of the site at the minute. I doing some work so show a number of categories on the front page but having a little trouble. I have it displaying my travel posts in a small area ... http://www.thenetflow.com/2008/slight-redesign-efforts/ I woke with a start. All I could hear was barking, all around. Dogs, moving around in the streets and roads and constantly barking. It took a long time for me to get back to sleep. I read later on that dogs are a huge problem in Nairobi, especially at ... http://www.thenetflow.com/2008/first-night-african-journey-pt-3/ View part 1 here if you haven't already... The flight went well - I love flying, and its even more enjoyable with BA - and with the banter and a good book and some in flight entertainment, the nine hours seemed quite short... well as short as they could be. With the ... http://www.thenetflow.com/2008/arriving-in-kenya-african-journey-pt-2/ During the summer of 2006, due to my beautiful girlfriend working in a hospital in Nairobi, I had the chance to head out to East Africa when she was finished working so we could go on safari and do some travelling around in the region. The trip to Kenya started in ... http://www.thenetflow.com/2008/heading-out-to-kenya/