I’m having great fun this afternoon searching through the newly available online index of the GRO’s civil registers of births, marriages, civil partnerships and deaths on IrishGenealogy.ie, and finding a few things that I never quite managed to pin down on familysearch.org.
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Osmos
Latest favourite app chez nous is Osmos by Hemisphere games, a desperately pretty game with chillout sounds, available for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iThings.
dublin.ie
Dublin-based folks may find some of the resources on dublin.ie useful/interesting.
The range of information available is broad, covering everything from where to find amenities like recycling centres, libraries, leisure centres and polling stations, to an online library of free publications on topics such as community gardens, green living and childcare.
The How can I? section lets you filter for FAQs based on theme, such as health, politics, entertainment and learning.
There’s also an events calendar, if you’re looking for something to do. It’s filterable by category and sorted by date. Events are both free and paid, but that’s not a filterable option. You can even add your own events, or other events you know of that aren’t already listed.
Definitely worth a poke around, whether you’re a resident or a visitor.
Lego Digital Designer
If you’re the Lego type (and we are in spades in this house), then this is a nifty tool that might appeal, although it has a lot of bells and whistles and takes some patience, so not ideally suited to the younger or less patient aficionados out there. Continue reading “Lego Digital Designer”
How to walk across Dublin without passing…
The conundrum of crossing Dublin without passing a pub was solved in recent years, and described in some detail here.
For the modern age, surely the equivalent question must be whether it’s possible to cross Dublin without passing a Starbucks? Anyone solved that one yet? Do let me know!