New podcast! Students from SETU travelled to Zadar to explore sustainable food practices in Croatia. I spoke with students Jodi Hunt, Kealan Voogt, lecturer Michael Quinn & EU-CONEXUS’ Bridget Cheasty about what they learned and why Irish seafood deserves more love. Listen here 👉 pod.fo/e/350a36

If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.

New book arrived in the post today! Podcast Studies: Practice into Theory edited by Lori Beckstead and @darioll.bsky.social The amount of high quality writing in this area is happily increasing - fair play

Now that the dust has settled on our Spraoi Siren Sisters show for Samhain 2025, I'd like to thank some people. To my fellow musicians (Fintan, Marc, Andy & Gav) - you're a pack of legends and it's always a gift to play with you! 1/n

Happy Halloween! I’m gonna dress up again tomorrow for our Siren Sisters Samhain Show in Waterford. Will compare with this pic from two years ago and see how much greyer the beard is 😉

This Saturday evening, we’ll complete a triptych of Spraoi Samhain shows in Waterford. The three Siren Sisters will rise from haunted shores and roam the ghostly streets of the ancient city, culminating in a musical finale at John Roberts Square. Put on your make-up and bring your dancing shoes!

Saw Keith Dunphy’s Word Against the Word in Garter Lane Waterford. One man’s story about being a dyslexic actor. Fabulous performance. Fabulous use of sound and visuals. So inventive in its staging! There’s still some tickets left. Go

They'll now be tracking podcasts towards an Academic's Altmetric score. This is very interesting! Blows apart some of the stuff I was talking about at #EPOD25, but it's a step in the right direction for Scholarly Podcasting IMO #podacademics #podcaststudies www.digital-science.com/blog/2025/10...

I REALLY enjoyed listening to the latest episode of The Nerve, which was all about a recent Poetry Lounge event in Waterford. It’s full of interesting voices and beautiful words podfollow.com/the-nerve

Still the greatest achievement listed on LinkedIn.

So Audacity v4 is on the way. Excellent stuff! For free beginner software, Audacity is great! Though users run out of road fairly quickly. Reading about the developments in v4, it seems they're addressing a lot of the deficiencies. www.theverge.com/news/792368/...

Yesterday in mushrooms, then today

Welcome to the slopocalypse! I don't consider myself a luddite, but I fail to hear any appeal to this music. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

I mean, there’s a rumour, and I don’t know if it’s so or not, that Antarctica , they don’t have Polar Bears. And they have virtually no Autism, OK. Tell me about that one.

Absolutely 100% on this

The new @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social album is just gorgeous. Hannon’s voice is sounding particularly beautiful. There you go now

Absolutely AMAZING stuff from Kate O’Connor!!!! To finish like that with a knee injury in the 800m is truly inspiring. G’wan ya legend!!! www.rte.ie/sport/athlet...

Definitively, unequivocally, Israel is committing genocide, according to @genocidescholars.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Using one photo already in your phone, what is the announcement tomorrow at 2?

I've been neglecting my blog for months. Anyway, just updated this article on "Tips for buying a laptop for college" with 2025 information. Might be useful for some. roboconnor.ie/tips-on-buyi...

Caught 2 bands in Bank Lane last night. #TheSleeveens were fantastic! High-energy punk songs full of kindness and positivity. Great to see Stef Murphy on stage again. Guy is brilliant! As for #TheLemonheads - oh dear. I hope Evan Dando gets the help he needs. Absolutely brutal. Wasted in every way

Out for a stroll today, getting in a bit of #geocaching. Scenery was kinda alright

Boom!!! Yesterday a copy of the book “Podcasting and Education” arrived at home, in which I’ve co-authored a chapter with Dr. Jenny O’Connor! We write about some of the podcasting work we’ve engaged in at SETU over the past few years and massive thanks to everyone who helped along the way

Thoroughly enjoyed Niamh Fennessy’s GLUE in the Theatre Royal last night. She’s an incredibly infectious performer and the 60 minutes flew by. It’s on again tonight and I thoroughly recommend getting down to see it. theatreroyal.ie/event/glue-b...

Assholes everywhere. Up is down. Black is white. Cats and dogs living together. It’s always darkest before dawn. Clichés are often true

Lads - would you say there’s ever a chance of Paul McCartney ever playing Ireland again?

Here's to Dr. Mrs. Jenny O’Connor - 18 years married today! She's still putting up with me! Celebrating by walking around Lausanne with the best people. "When we started the voyage, it was just me and you. Now gathered round us, we have our own crew" - corny as hell, but one of my favourite songs

I absolutely inhaled @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social’s The Fire Starters over the past few days. Her writing is beautiful. Every time I see a photo of one of the insane bonfires in Belfast, I think of her characters Sammy Agnew or Jonathan Murray to make some sense of it all. Highly recommended

Cracking game in the minor hurling final. But Jaysus - would no one have a bit of kitchen roll to wipe the cameras? #hurling #gaa

The hypocrisy continues about @kneecapceol.bsky.social at @glastonbury.bsky.social. Kemi Badenoch says “As a publicly funded platform, the BBC should not be rewarding extremism” - the woman who claimed not all cultures are valid and maternity pay is “excessive”

NEW PODCAST! We're talking about Women in Tech - CodeGirl, careers in tech, and what it really takes to succeed in computing. Featuring female voices from research, industry, and education - recorded live at SETU Waterford in front of an audience of 2nd level female students. pod.fo/e/2e9f56

The amount of GenAI slop I’m seeing on social meeja is very worrying. To counteract that, here’s a 100% real smartphone pic of my cat Cookie in front of a Stratocaster. YOU’RE WELCOME

Just home from watching Nine Inch Nails in Dublin. I wasn’t paying attention when I bought the tickets and thought it was Nine Inch Nialls, a pop cabaret act featuring hilarious short people (called Niall). The sound was harsh and loud and the singer didn’t even crack any jokes or smile.

I think I’ve seen @supergrasshq.bsky.social 7 or 8 times - always brilliant. What a collection of songs and such a joy to hear ‘I Should Coco” played live from start to finish.

This should be a horrendous embarrassment, but I bet nothing happens. Don’t you worry child …

That Tango game on LinkedIn is pure crack cocaine

Just learned that Peter David died. His run on the Hulk comics was absolutely legendary. Loved his X-Force where he made Jamie Madrox one of the coolest mutants around. I’ve a special fondness for his Sir Apropos of Nothing novels. Hopefully, Joe Fixit’s sorted him the best table in the house. RIP

In 2019, @lobster_gram1 (Dean Doyle) and I were playing in a band (Fighting Spiders) and he mentioned he was interested in going back to college to study computing. Fast forward a few years and here’s Dean presenting his project at our #ComputingExpo.

“I suppose it just goes to prove getting angry works regardless of whether I have the facts on my side or not” - waterfordwhispersnews.com/2015/06/12/s...

Seems like the collective western response is “oh well” …

It is just horrific that Kneecap killed 20k children and then tried to systematically and deliberately starve an entire population. Lock them up!!

G’wan Orla Gartland!!! What a legend

Israel are blowing up children and then have a woman singing a “new day will rise.” Ghoulish. #Eurovision

It was an energising experience today at the @adaptcentre.bsky.social conference in @dublincityuni.bsky.social. Some great presentations and I’m buzzed hearing about the novel research people are engaged in. Got some valuable feedback on my own stuff too! #research #podcasting

My Dad wrote his final column in today’s #MunsterExpress. After over 50 years, he’s putting away his virtual pen with a piece entitled “Just a few hopes for the future”. The few sentences on music are 100% true. If you want to read the rest, you can #buyapaper 😜 Fair play Johnny 👏

I watched Louis Thereaux’ The Settlers last night, in which he hears from a number of illegal Israeli settlers. The fundamentalism on display is astounding. Hearing the Rabbi preach about inhuman Palestinians is hardly “man of god” stuff. And the guns - guns everywhere. A depressing watch

The public wants what the public gets #powerwashing #bankholiday #middleage

It’s bonkers to think that “skorts” are even a thing in 2025. Fair play to the Kilkenny and Dublin players, but they shouldn’t have to protest. Let them wear shorts! www.irishtimes.com/sport/2025/0...

Pour one out for the excellent (former) writers of Polygon😞

Bug hotel