Author Archives: Aaron McAllorum

So do we.

Which is why we’re heading to the The Leitrim Laughs Comedy Club (in The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon) tomorrow night for a full-length “The Emergency Live”

Maybe we’ll learn how political satire should be done. And nick some stuff for Broadsheet.

In the meantime, anyone know why these guys aren’t on the radio?

It was always too good to be true.

if somebody puts a slider case on their iPhone 4, there’s a possibility the next time they pull the phone out of the case, the back is totally busted.

The potential issue’s dire enough that Apple has blocked all third-party cases from Apple Stores until this week, even ones certified “made for iPhone.” The engineering team has built a lab and test program just to examine this problem.

Pulling cases from the shelves screws manufacturers who designed and built slide-on cases, and who pay Apple a cut—long rumored to be 10-15 percent—to get the Made for iPhone badge, which allows the cases to be sold in Apple Stores (a hotly desired retail channel, for obvious reasons).

The cases are now “all but dead in the water,” and it’s possible they might not see their product back in Apple Stores at all. Apple’s not telling the manufacturers when or if it’ll happen. In the meantime, slide-on cases are still sold elsewhere, and people are still buying them, meaning we could be seeing a lot of cracked iPhone 4s.

(Via Gizmondo)

In aid of Killing Bono, the soon-to-be-released movie, starring Ben Barnes, about rock journalist Neil McCormick and his life in the shadow of old schoolmate Bono. (Fantastically literal Niall Stokes editorial, out of picture).

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcWYlRe8cOs&feature=player_embedded

A short sequence from the movie. U2 are in the crowd. Adam’s the one with the white afro.

Killing Bono Blog

CountMeOut.ie, a site for people wishing to formally leave the Catholic Church has suspended its services.

Up to 12,000 have downloaded details from the site, set up in the wake of the Ryan Report.

However, as guests of Hotel California, discovered: “You can check out but you can never leave.”

Changes in Canon Law mean there is no formal process to excommunicate oneself from the Vatican’s grip.

A church spokesman told RTE: “The Holy See confirmed at the end of August that it was introducing changes to Canon Law and as a result it will no longer be possible to formally defect from the Catholic Church.”

A note on the site advises: “For those who have applied to defect but have not yet received confirmation: the only course of action is to wait and see what changes are to be implemented. A representative from the Catholic Church may contact you to explain the delay.”

As the Godfather says: “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.”

CountMeOut.ie Suspends Service (Irish Times)