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Here are a few things I’ve done since my last post (in approximate chronological order):

• Became President of the University of Limerick Computer Society (Skynet).
• Received a 1Gb iPod shuffle as a Christmas present. It works well with Winamp 5.5 out of the box. I use it for listening to podcasts (Lugradio, Off the Hook and Off the Wall) and music while cycling in and out of college.
• Finished my Co-Op with Vekoma. Overall a very worthwhile experience.
• Set up a Twitter account (ddol) to add to my collection (Linkedin, Bebo, Facebook and del.icio.us).
• Went to Kitzbühe for a Snowboarding trip. Crashed into a Scottish kid (Rory) in my group accidentally and sent him to hospital. Was summoned to the local Police station. In Austria ski crashes are as serious as car crashes. Rory was OK, just bruised. Sorry Rory.
• Organized (with the Skynet committee):
  • Weekly social meetings (Lunch and Pints). These have been a great success and have brought the social side of Skynet back to life.
  • Trip for Skynet members to CeBIT ‘08. Joe wrote about it and Dave has a collection of photos up (tar here).
  • Intersocs weekend. Met new faces from NUIG. Went paintballing. Had a party to wish Dianne farewell in her voyages to New York (photos).
• Setup and, with Eoghan O’Brien, ran RagRadio. Many thanks to all the presenters and listeners for making it a great experience. Special thanks to Eoghan who was a fantastic station manager.
• Off the back of RagRadio myself and Eoghan have formed a company, Internet Audio Networks Ltd. or IAN. More details to come over the summer.
• Watched Primer. Was blown away.
• Ran The Skynet Game 2008. Received bonus clues from m1, Mark and Erik (from ProductWiki), many thanks to you guys. Congrats to the winners; Joe, Eoin and Shane. Will be open sourcing to the webapp Soon ^TM. My previous blog post was a clue in this years game (answer was charlie).
• Decided to do a J1 this summer in New York. Currently finding a job and accommodation.
• Signed up to be an Orientation Guide for September 2008.
• Gave a talk to first years on the joys of doing Co-Op abroad. Was given a free dinner by the Co-Op office in the Millstream private dining restaurant for it. By far the best food on campus.
• Received my Final Year Project (FYP) Title: Evaluation of an open-source finite element package, WARP3D. FEA is one of my favorite modules so far and this is FEA under the GPL. Ultimate Win!