The Roarty Blog

BizSpark

Delighted to announce that I am trying to get on BizSpark from Microsoft to work on a project I’ve been meaning to start for some time now….. more to come in the next few weeks, hopefully.

Tags: BizSpark, Microsoft

Frickin Lasers

Pretty cool:

Wordle

The tiny picture above will take you to a tag cloud for this website. Interesting. Worth clicking through to, I reckon.

Tags: Wordle, Cloud+Tag, Roarty+Blog

Developer Day Scotland 2

We interrupt this comedy blog to highlight the second Developer Day Scotland event

Tags: Developer, Developer+Day+Scotland, Developer+Day+Scotland+2, May, 2009, Glasgow

A quick test of FriendFeed integration

Just checking that this post shows up on Twitter, via FriendFeed integration

Tags: twitter, friendfeed

Amazon Associates Code

If you want to buy anything from Amazon.co.uk, consider clicking on this link which will bring me untold riches, apparently.

Still at $19.87 on the Google cash!

I ain’t gonna become a dotcom billionaire, I don’t think.

Tags: Amazon, Google, Billionaire

twitter.com/croarty

Hi, Ciaran Roarty.

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and

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Touch me.

Tags: Stephen+Fry, Twitter, Britney+Spears

My name is Ciaran Roarty and I am also a geek

Going to the MSDN event: What’s New in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 and then the Scottish Developers’ session: An Introduction to ASP.NET MVC.

Life’s not always about laughing ;-)

Tags: Ciaran, Roarty, Ciaran+Roarty, MSDN, Microsoft, Developer, Geek, Visual+Studio, Visual+Studio+2008+SP1, SP1, ASP.NET, ASP.NET+MVC

Bloated

Was at Glasgow airport last night and picked up the latest copy of Wired which this month explains the ingredients of Orbit White gum, I found the science behind feeling crap after my packet of sugar-free polos: sugar alcohol.

Typically derived from natural carbs, they lack the harsh, metallic taste of calorie-free sweeteners. Sugar alcohols are absorbed very slowly (or not at all) in the intestines, so they don't cause spikes in blood-sugar level — hey diabetics, go nuts! And since oral bacteria can't digest them, they won't rot your teeth. Why isn't everything sweetened this way? Well, for one thing, that slow intestinal absorption can cause bloating, diarrhea, and flatulence.

Article can be found here. Explains a lot.

Tags: Colon+explosion, Sweetener, Sugar+Alcohol, Wired

When Smokey Sings

$19.87! Great riches await me at the end of the Google brick road!

Or not. But thanks for clicking on links if you are interested. Don’t feel you need to but thanks anyway.