…well infact I do! Approximately two weeks ago, I was interviewed alongside other leaving cert bloggers to give my opinion on a number of leaving cert study-help related websites and services. I was contacted and interviewed by Gráinne Faller, a journalist for the Irish Times. Below is a scan (a bad one, my copy of the Times was passed around…alot!) of my ‘piece’. The name is slightly misspelt - a common mistake with the many variations of Donohoe, Donohue, Donahue, Donoghue, etc…

As well as myself, other bloggers were interviewed such as our good friend Mark Walsh and Kevin Holler.

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We’ve treated ourselves to a new theme, which was modified by a friend of ours (I was owed a favour :razz: )- with the code itself modified by myself and brought upto a Widget friendly stance. The header was also designed (albeit badly) by myself using some new brushes I got for Photoshop - made it somewhat technology come WEB 2.0 looking. I like it…opinions please!

We ditched our other theme, as we found a few errors in it and as it wasn’t mine I didn’t want to touch the structure and f**k it up even further!

*EDIT*: Found a problem with IE…trying to fix it!

I’m way to bust lately to be blogging, I just had a spare half hour to throw up a post - not even on the computer neither. I’m blogging on the laptop whilst doing a history essay and renewing a few domains at the same time - who says men can’t multi-task?

Between school, and other online work I haven’t the time to blog, I’ve three websites to get up in the next few weeks - I’ve a habit of starting (designing) and not finishing them, the arduous task of making the content! I also want to get a portfolio online to showcase my work (what little there is!).

In the time since I’ve last blogged I’ve gotten on the road to nowhere, I’ve ‘acquired’ my first car - and two days later acquired my second car :-D . Both Fiat Punto’s, I know you’ll be gritting your teeth at the unreliability and cheap feel of them, but I got both for free - one a 1999 1.2 60S from ‘Payne in the Arse‘, which needs a new camshaft and some other minor work, and the other a 1997 55SX from my uncle - he bought it for my cousin to start driving and she had other ideas. It was a wreck when he got it, but as he’s a mechanic he put a new engine into it, 5 new tyres and a fresh NCT.

So now I’ve motivation to get my Full License, which I hope to get come June. I would have done more driving lessons - if Irish School of Motoring hadn’t ‘lost’ my file after I paid for 5 hours of lessons and only partook of one! For shame ISM!

And on another note - we’ve painted the bus! My uncle (same one who gave me the Punto), gave his time to paint and buff the bus, a big job. We’ve only got it white so far, and we’re awaiting a sign writer to apply blue and navy striping and logos. The pic below is of it in Greystones on Saturday 5th of April 2008, still requiring completion - needed corner trim, wheel trims, a good waxing and striping.

For those who are interested, we’re organising a run upto Belfast in the above bus for a show held up there annually. It’s not an anorak event, but a gathering of vintage cars, buses, trucks and anything else with Irish heritage. Click here for more info.

This is a popular topic for Irish bloggers - the resignation of An Taoisach Bertie Ahern. Many of the non-Irish readers will be oblivious to this news, that our equivalent to a Prime Minister announced that he will be stepping down from his post in the coming weeks. This is the outcome of a recent tribunal involving himself, and unaccountable funds stowed away under his mattress…!

In my opinion, he was simply living upto his politician front - corruption. But he for the most of it was fairly honest and open about it. I won’t go too into detail about it, as the media has already blown the story wide open - for more details about the tribunal and its outcome see here.

I like Bertie, he’s an honest (for the most part), genuine man. The sort of bloke you could walk into a pub and have a pint with. I really admire him for the way he stepped down with dignity and pride, whether he was taking back handers or not, many Irish people adore him as Taoisach (myself included).

The below song is a very apt song IMO, Bye Bye Baby - Bay City Rollers