WordPressing in Cork
Had a wonderful day today. Hung out with Tom Raftery, Donncha O Caoimh and his fiance Jacinta. Now, who is Donncha? One of the developers who works on WordPress!
It’s funny, but he’s never met Matt Mullenweg. Jacinta asked “is it true that Matt’s only 21?”
We kissed the Blarney Stone. Donncha took pictures during the day.
After that we visited Heineken’s brewery in Cork and got a tour. It’s run on Windows. Since Tom’s a Mac guy and Donncha is a Linux guy it was nice to meet an IT guy who uses Windows.
Think IT doesn’t matter? Well, it matters to the beer in Ireland. The whole plant is run by computers. More later tonight.
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November 29th, 2005 at 5:46 pm
Did you get any free samples at the brewery?
November 29th, 2005 at 6:12 pm
Wait until tomorrow Robert - at the Geek Dinner, I’ll serve you up a pint of Bulmers (cider - brewed in my hometown Clonmel). Hope you’ll like it!
November 29th, 2005 at 7:03 pm
psst, it’s Heineken (and that is originally a Dutch company).
November 29th, 2005 at 7:39 pm
Just in passing did you ask about the editor problem you mentioned in an earlier post? I have the same issues both in IE and FF but put it down to me.
Charlie
November 29th, 2005 at 7:41 pm
Heineken in Cork?
What’s next, sake in Belfast?
I hear they run the Powers Distillery entirely on CE, a cell phone, and 4′ x 8′ solar panel…
November 29th, 2005 at 9:08 pm
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November 29th, 2005 at 9:33 pm
Getting the gift of the gab!
Isn’t that like carrying coals to Newcastle. ;-)
November 29th, 2005 at 9:54 pm
Robert: yeah, we made sure to do some quality accessment of the product before we left! :-)
November 29th, 2005 at 10:47 pm
Hi Robert - Welcome to Ireland!
If you need any Wi-Fi access while you are here - drop me a line at the email address above. I work (and blog) with BITBUZZ - a hotspot provider ( one of the largest here in ireland) and we’d be delighted for you to blog over our Wi-Fi network :-). We are in Cork and Dublin and all over ( see locations here: http://www.bitbuzz.com/pages/hotspots.htm). Enjoy your Trip! steve
November 29th, 2005 at 10:58 pm
Hey Rob, will you be at the VS2005 launch event on thursday?
November 30th, 2005 at 2:42 am
Scoble, I’m so jealous! Have a great time over there. I’m posting this because I created a blog just to share an idea with you (don’t you feel special), and I couldn’t find your email address. Take care and enjoy the Xbox launch!
November 30th, 2005 at 4:40 am
This is a weird blog… But I think I am going to have to join, it is interesting…
Here
November 30th, 2005 at 6:16 am
Travel to Cork, and do Heineken? Dude! Maybe you were at the Murphy’s brewery Heineken bought? I just hope you weren’t drinking lager when good stout was available…. ;-)
November 30th, 2005 at 9:23 am
It’s nice to hear you’re enjoying the scenery and the refreshments. Note to self: Scoble comes to Ireland and the spammers follow close behind.
November 30th, 2005 at 9:54 am
John: yeah, it was Murphy’s brewery. And, yes, we had a pint of Murphy’s.
October 4th, 2006 at 9:33 am
Getting the gift of the gab!