Monthly Archives: May 2011

Bird lovers at the Latvian weekly magazine, Ir covered a keyboard with unsalted fat and left it out for the birds at the village of Sarnate on the west coast. As well as helping the birds survive the harsh Latvian winter, it hooks them up to a Twitter account.

As they peck, they tweet.

Nothing about Jedward yet.

Hungry Birds on Twitter

via

Professor Kieran Byrne.

Or is he?

Our man in downtown Academia writes:

“But by what authority does the Professor call himself Professor? Dr Byrne was once appointed to the position of Associate Professor by University of Limerick. This position is know as a half-chair. However, he was never appointed a full professor (a full chair). Institutes of Technology do not have professors. Thus, it would seem as if he carried his title from UL to WIT. If this is so, however, he should be known by the lesser title of Associate Professor.”

Half chair or full chair you just know it would be antique Regency.

College Professor Loses Bid To Keep Job In Wake Of Expenses Row (Katherine Donnelly, Irish Independent)