My own motivation for working out is mostly to postpone my death at least until my wife is old enough that she can’t remarry anyone that would sexually threaten me when I watch them fucking from Heaven.

- Josh Friedman - This quote is from the irreverently titled but imminently hilarious blog post Sledgehammer & Whore!  

Last night I spent some time playing around with PingTags which was put together by the guys at SquarePush.  They have developed a nice little interstitial app that links a QR code on your business card with your Linkedin profile.  

The service is still in beta but I think it has some neat potential.  Especially around analytics.  Geolocation is already there but it would be cool to add in features such as tagging, reverse lookups, event information & actions.

Go ahead and try it now with your iPhone/Android/WinMo/etc.

ShareSquare is doing something similar and in some ways has better options & analytics but I don’t think it caters very well to the professional audience.  I’m going to continue playing around with PingTag…while hoping it will pickup some steam so the guys can continue iterating on the concept. 

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Who Wants to be a Tech Star!

Absolutely brilliant video put together by Terry Kawaja from GCA Savvian

Everytime I think I’m getting close to figuring out this place it throws me for a loop!

I passed my Irish Drivers test on April 1st (no kidding!) and finally got around to heading to the motor vehicle department on May 3rd to submit the application for my full license.  As expected they took my money and told me it would be mailed out before the end of the week. Great!

Two weeks ago I realised I hadn’t received my license yet so I called the local Ballymun office and was told it was mailed out on May 10th and I should have received it by now.  They went on to explain that I would have to go into a Garda station and file a form D800 to report a Lost or Stolen license, prior to them replacing mine.

Ok fine!  Work has been busy lately so I haven’t had a chance to stop at the Garda station yet. 

Now wouldn’t you know it…I get home today and there is a rectagular envolope from the motor vehicle office postmarked May 10th and inside was a freshly issued Irish drivers license.  The envelope was in pristine condition with a perfectly typed address.  

Why it took a full five weeks for my drivers license to travel a mere 12km is beyond me…I’ve come to accept that Ireland really is a mysterious and magical place beyond mere mortal comprehension.  The best I can do is just sit back and marvel at this amazing place I call home!