Sciencinformatics... if there is such a thing

Master of the Masters!!!

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:21:34 -0400

Ok so the blog has been neglected for the last while but I have an excuse!!!…

I think…

Well basically the M.Sc is finished and now the hunt for a PhD or a Job will begin!

Where do we go?.. who will take us?…

These are typical questions of a graduate from any institution nowadays… But what are the options? If you dont already know then allow me to explain. In ireland at present there is a severe lack of job growth which is understandable in a time of such recession or Depression! Basically in order to secure a job that is advertised in industry in Ireland you are “Required” to have a minimum of 3 years experience.

How does this work???? so any entry level graduate is automatically eliminated from the application process because of there distinct lack of previous experience.

SO in order for the country to grow they are simply preventing the introduction of younger work force and hence restricting their own options for the future when they require a constant stream of employees. This does not make sense to me!! and I am pretty sure I am not alone on this one!

DJ-JCrow06 - Mix | TheRapidos The New Podcast.. Listen!

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:01:33 -0400

DJ-JCrow06 - Mix | TheRapidos

The New Podcast.. Listen!

Cyborg Airwaves…. AW YEAH!: Ep 2 | TheRapidos The New...

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:16:59 -0400

Cyborg Airwaves…. AW YEAH!: Ep 2 | TheRapidos

The New Podcast.. Listen!

WHERE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO VISIT ON YOUR PLANET?

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:48:46 -0400

St Maartens Island, just to watch the airplanes fly so close over head

This week in the Dáil creche

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:46:50 -0400

Ok so PiggyGate as it has been coined on twitter has finally died down (Thank god) it was quite funny how much the TD in question could actually drag it out. Apparently on the Ray D’Arcy show on TodayFm she was quoted as the matter has been resolved and Mr Mick Wallace had apologised. So when she said rectified and there was no need to discuss it further did she mean for the Ray D’Arcy show or media in general because it was then covered and the tale regaled on countless number of afternoon and evening talk & current affair shows and to top it off on the front page of all the tabloids and the broadsheets that evening and the next day. I think “GET OVER IT”, in all fairness Mick Wallace is no Prince charming either and im pretty sure if you kiss him he won’t get any better looking! But it is great to see that the everything can come to a stand still because someone called someone else a mean name. two words for the whole affair “JESUS CHRIST”

JCrow06

An actual sign from work, they are on twitter so I better not...

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:29:16 -0400

An actual sign from work, they are on twitter so I better not mention them #facingthesack (Taken with instagram)

"I have so much to write about the Dáil at the minute but just not enough time.. I shall post soon..."

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:10:54 -0400

“I have so much to write about the Dáil at the minute but just not enough time.. I shall post soon though!”

Political Polygamy

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:19:56 -0400

SO!… this is the first of my Political rants that shall be posted on Tumblr and spread through Twitter and Facebook. For this I can only apologize.

In Ireland we are in the deepest darkest corner of the recession and are not remotely near the light at the end of the tunnel. Taking this fact into consideration it would be expected that the aim and the focus of a political party at the present moment would be to try to correct the previous parties wrong doings and try to spur growth in order to try to achieve the outlandish agreement made with Fianna Fáil and the EU during the “negotiations” of the Bailout. I use inverted commas because I truly believe there was no such negotiations and currently believe Fianna Gáel are not in “Negotiations”, they simply jump to the sound of Brussels beat. Anyway apart from the filtered news of the ongoings (criminal, I may add) of The News of the World, currently there is a closure of an emergency department in County Roscommon (http://tinyurl.com/6eft68r). This closure is brought about by HIQA an agency that is setup to review standards of hospitals and determine corrective action or closure in the most extreme of cases. I assume in this case then it was extreme but I am puzzled as to why Drogheda (Lady of Lourdes) Hospital has not been closed yet too (is that a trains light I see before me).

What is truly stunning about this is that our voted leader had promised to fight tooth and nail once in power not to close units like Roscommon, but now has backed down and claimed simply that “WEll, ehhh HIQA said….”, what happened to the powerful red faced braveheart style of fighting to the end Mr Kenny displayed during the Obama-rama rally on College green not so long ago, what happened to the “Is Feider Linn” (Yes we can) attitude that was displayed to the millions of Irish home and abroad viewing him at his finest hour?….

I am by no means an expert but if the hospital was so bad why could he not encourage people to take pride in their occupation and to strive to change the hospital to a fully functioning example for other old and dilapidated hospitals to aim to be. Instead he simply backed out and used HIQA as a smoke screen, aahhhh yes avoid the spot light. As Mr Varadkar had done a couple of months previous. As the saying goes KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid).

I voted for you and I make one simple request, STAND UP & DO SOMETHING, no interviews, no bill passing, plain simple work and demonstrate to us that you are struggling but are trying because to most of the public out there… YOUR NOT!!!

JCrow06

Tasty Treat

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:22:12 -0400

Ok by this stage oh must be thinking “Will he ever just find a topic and stick to it!…”
My answer is NO, it’s incredibly hard to actually find a niche or angle to things that has not already been done so feck it!
Anyways today apart from a bad day for McLarens Jenson Button at Silverstone I have finally made a recipe for Hot Wings work that up until today has proven elusive. Thy went down a treat and the next time I make them I shall add a photo in all the excitement today I forgot to!
So there is an achievement!
What’s in store for the coming week, well the next podcast is to be recorded and posted and I have to make a dent on this thesis of mine, focus hard all week and try to get some groundbreaking scientific results however failing that gathering some nice targets and comparing them to a validate study should be a nice little result too!
Tapas on Thursday with some peeps I shall add some photos as well as more Tag Rugby on Friday this time I hope my injured thumb shall be repaired and I continue to play as well as I did in the first half of he first game last Friday!
So Good bye last week and Boom!

Jcrow06

"F1 Sunday begins! Boom"

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 07:10:25 -0400

“F1 Sunday begins! Boom”

Oxegen 2011 Brunkers Bit

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:52:28 -0400

Ok so I have seen the link of MsBrunkers Oxegen performance.
I think I must revoke some of the sarcy comments because ultimately she got up and achieved a goal that many would like to achieve. However I do feel that a 10min set and singing a truly appalling rendition of U2’s with or without you kind of proves my point! If you want to Market yourself usually you put your best foot forward and in thus case the effort was there but with the greatest respect why take up a very Valuable vodafone stage slot with a give it a go U2 karaoke.
Friends may mean a lot to Ms Brunker (credit where credit is due) but please just stop telling everyone and dropping “subtle” hints as to who ones friends are!
If you havnt seen the video check it out and leave your comments if you wish
http://t.co/AXPMfcG
Cheers
Jcrow06

The fifth podcast

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:54:48 -0400

The fifth podcast:

Ok so its the fifth Podcast and it is a cracker with Kerrie really on a roll!!!

I hope you like it and beside to hit our twitter for the next podcast for mentions and some fun!

Thanks

A lunch affair

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:48:06 -0400

Since I have started a masters in DCU my attention to my friends has dropped quite badly!
But a rectification has been made today. This blog could easily fall into the foodie blog category we did fine in the Nübar (student bar, DCU campus).I have to admit for a cheap restaurant they make a cracking chicken and cheese wrap for only €6.50 so check it out!
In other news finally the News of the World is to end printing after some serious crossing of boundaries!! Infact some criminal charges should be put forward after their interference to an active police investigation. I’m not a judge but they really took the Mick!
If you have not noticed by now you will see that I have nit found exactly what thus blog is going to be centred around and at times it may strike you as some general rambling! I can only apologise but I assure you a focus will occur in the following posts but for now…. Deal with it ;)
Cheers
Jcrow06

"I heard Coldplay’s Yellow fo rhte first time in ages… what a great album that came from!"

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:39:54 -0400

“I heard Coldplay’s Yellow fo rhte first time in ages… what a great album that came from!”

Santa in despair at a +6 par… Ooohh

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:03:52 -0400

Santa in despair at a +6 par… Ooohh

Oxegen 2011

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:10:52 -0400

Ok so its Wednesday the 6th of July… The impending wall of sound that is Oxegen 2011 is about to deafen the ears of many first time adolescents & veterans alike.

Dear lord I am jealous….

But look there is always next year. Seeing as this is the first blog post I thought why not start it with something with common ground to lure you in gently before I really go on a rant! Oh yes that means it will get political…

But anyway I was listening to Ray Foley today and to my disbelief (and no this is not a joke) Amanda Brunker is actually lined up to perform on Saturday instead of Jesse J…

I mean come on, who is she?

Ok ok we all know that she is a friend of Bono, yes thats right BONO from U2 (granted Me Brunker would never boast such an accolade, yes that was sarcasm). Personally she must be quite a nice girl in private but her media persona is a farcical really, she has written a few books and don’t get me wrong kudos for doing so but then all of her preceding title are pretty much the same and shocking they actually might have something to do with sex in them (Don’t quote me on that cause I have not actually read them). Come to think of it its quite ironic that I’m not much of a reader yet I will blog, vlog & podcast. Any way her media mogul capabilities are not cornered to authorship, no, thats right she has also sold her soul to Slimming pills and apparently selling couches butI have not seen that yet… (cant wait though).

Ok im finished i swear but in fairness we have a recording of the next podcast tonight so I am pretty sure you will hear more there tonight.

Check it out rapids.podomatic.com

Cheers

Jcrow06

New to Tumblr

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:28:41 -0400

Hey there, Thanks for following Dave! just need to find more peeps to follow, oh and i like your background!

"Im thinking a bit of Xbox, GTAIV if anyone is interested?"

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:58:33 -0400

“Im thinking a bit of Xbox, GTAIV if anyone is interested?”

"And this is the first post on tumblr! Sweet!!!"

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:38:14 -0400

“And this is the first post on tumblr!
Sweet!!!”

Thats a Picture of me believe it or not

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:07:46 -0400

Thats a Picture of me believe it or not