Yearly Archives: 2013

il_570xN.355314312_lhyp il_570xN.355319973_syzy il_570xN.355314866_i3wpThe Frame Handle, originally launched on Kickstarter and now available to buy for €27.72, is a simple, nifty and ergonomic way to heft your bike. Etsy seller Walnut Studio sez:

Most riders pick up their bike by the top tube, which requires you to bend your elbow at an uncomfortable angle. This causes strain on your elbow and shoulder and makes carrying your bike any distance feel awkward. Because it’s easier to lift a bike with the Frame Handle, you’re more in control when walking up stairs or in a crowded setting. The Frame Handle has two adjustable buckles. One that wraps around the down-tube and one around the seat-tube. It can be mounted above the derailleur and below most water bottle cages.

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Liberty v. UK: European Court of Human Rights finds mass surveillance system violates the right to privacy (Digital Rights Ireland)

BM6G03PCIAAHgFPFurther revelations from documents supplied by Edward Snowden in tomorrow’s Guardian.

British intelligence used what one document calls “ground-breaking intelligence capabilities” to intercept the communications of visiting delegations.

• Setting up internet cafes where they used an email interception programme and key-logging software to spy on delegates’ use of computers;

• Penetrating the security on delegates’ BlackBerrys to monitor their email messages and phone calls;

• Supplying 45 analysts with a live round-the-clock summary of who was phoning who at the summit;

• Targeting the Turkish finance minister and possibly 15 others in his party;

•  Receiving reports from an NSA attempt to eavesdrop on the Russian leader, Dmitry Medvedev, as his phone calls passed through satellite links to Moscow.

 

GCHQ intercepted foreign politicians’ communications at G20 summits (Guardian)

Via James Bell

1010661_637897602906485_1148480646_nBroadhaven Bay within the past 30 minutes.

Shell to Sea sez:

Shell are laying the umbilical for pipeline – Six kayaks just gone out to show them they are not welcome in Broadhaven Bay [Co Mayo]. Shell security acting without lawful authority and have sunk one kayak so far…

Thanks Mark Malone

nelsonsnelsonpillarkids1Donal from Come Here To Me! sez:

Wondering if you can help us with this. I recently bought a
well-thumbed second hand book on Nelson’s Pillar. Opening second hand books you never know what will fall out, but this was a surprise.

A great picture of three kids on top of the Pillar in ’59, along with their first names and a rather rare view – the viewing platform itself.

I’m curious to know where they are today? Are they Dubs or visitors? Whoever wrote the details in pen called it ‘Nelson’s Column’, very unusual here and making me suspect they may be English visitors?