Olympics London 2012 Construction

I have not published a blog lately but here is a website that I have found very interesting on the construction of the various structures for the London Olympics in 2012. Their progress is coming along nicely.The aim of these games was sustainability. The designers are reaching this aim by the use of various sustainable building practices,...

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TV with IKEA Dioder

I promised I would upload some photos of my desk setup with the addition of the IKEA Dioder lights, so here they are... Apologies about the poor quality images all I have at the moment is my phone to take photos. Here is a video of how the IKEA Dioder lights alternate between colours. For further information on the IKEA Dioder lights check...

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Trading Stock

I have been practice trading using my virtual portfolio on kaching.com for over a month now. When I wrote this post I was $170,000 up on my starting position of 10 million. I have invested in vast array of stocks in the past month, testing the waters.One stock which I held on to for a significant amount of time was the AAPL stock. Unfortunately...

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Wave of the Future

I have gotten an invite to Google Wave and have started my account. I have only played with it for a while and still am getting use to it. It is still rough around the edges, of course it is only a preview of the finished article so this is to be expected. Google Wave was first introduced by Google in May 2009, where they presented for...

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Lighting with Ikea & buy stocks online

DIODER lights. Last week I bought LED multi-colour lights (DIODER lights from IKEA - €59.00) for the back of my 32" mounted LCD TV. I wished to create the appearance of the Philips Ambilight TVs without breaking my budget. It was my first purchase from the IKEA in Dublin and I was quite pleased with the service. The store itself seems to...

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Structural Engineer jobs

Grand Canal Dock Theatre. Interesting news this week as it was announced that the Grand Canal Theatre in the Dublin Docklands will open on Paddy's day next year. This development was designed by ARUP and will be a landmark in the docklands redevelopment along with the large Conference Centre on the other side of the river with its cantilevering...

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