Over the years I have recorded many different conferences ranging in focus from the Arts and Public Policy to Technology and Medicine. Often there are civil servants invited to speak at these events, yet all of the civil servants decline to have the speeches filmed, where as pretty much everybody else seem only glad to participate. Does that not seem wrong? Surely as civil servants what they say is in the public domain simply due to the fact that it is that very public that (over) pays their salary and expenses incurred to attend said event?
What are they afraid of?

Local Galway company Seevl have debuted 'ContexTube' , a new extension for Google's Chrome brings context to your music videos on YouTube. You can download it from here. Very useful little app, providing band bios, fact sheets, other related artists and suggestions for other YouTube videos to watch. Definitely a must have for your Chrome ....

It was absolutely fantastic to see so many young inquiring minds at the Galway Science & Technology Exhibition at NUI Galway. They came in their droves, over 30,000 kids and their parents. The buzz around the place was unlike anything I have ever experienced in my long career of managing events in Ireland, the UK and the States.

Want to create your own newspaper from your Twitter or Facebook feeds? Check this out from paper.li

In a brief (and completely unscientific) Staunton Media survey its seems that GalMac are the better of the two Apple Approved Service Providers in Galway, according to Mac users in Galway.

According to the Guardian,Apple are getting a run for their money from Google & HTC.

http://bit.ly/9UZoDI

Will Apple make the same mistake they made in the 1980s in the PC market by not licensing their iPhone software? Let's hope so, monopolies are not good things, and Apple have become as smug and arrogant as Microsoft were late last century.

Been surprised recently by the number of people who don't know about Accu Weather web site. My sister-in-law put me on to this site well over a year ago, and I have been blown away (is that an attempt at a weather joke? Weak - Ed.) by it accuracy. It even works for the most unpredictable climate in the world - the West of Ireland.

Useful short and medium term forecasts, and some damn good weather satellite photos.

You will be impressed, especially if you've been depending on the Irish Met Office for your forecasts.

Thinking of buying a smart phone soon? Well maybe you should hang on for a bit as two new phone are about to debut in the next few months, the Apple iPhone 4G and Google's Droid Incredible. Check out this review from our friends at Yahoo. Personally I would recommend the Android. I've been using the HTC Hero for 4 months now and absolutely love it. I could go on about its apps and its technology, but the best thing about the HTC/Android phone is, you're not just another poseur with an iPhone! But seriously, the HTC range of phones are impressive and a lot less expensive than the iPhone.

Tune in t Flirt FM tonight for Hip-Hop & World Night from 8pm - Midnight.

Brendan 8 -9pm
Soundtrack to da Streets - 9 - 10.30
Cormac - 10.30 - 00:00

We'll be playin' shit like this yo ...

Le Peuple de l'Herbe – Mr Nice - http://www.last.fm/music/Le+Peuple+de+l%27Herbe [Last.FM]

That's Cormac Staunton M.A., muthafukkah!

Got the results of my Masters yesterday, and I am now officially a Master of Bullshit.

Peace.