Had an interesting trip to rainy Madrid on June 9th for the EFII organised Future Internet PPP Architecture workshop.
Between Kevin D. and myself we took a critical read of the EFFI position paper on the Core Platform [pdf] and from this review produced the following response [pdf].
Through this response paper we highlight some recommendations towards the Core Platform architecture and basic architectural principles. From there we highlight some additional functionalities which could be considered in the 13 generic enablers.
I must say the tough part was condensing this whole paper into a 10 minute presentation, but after some hard cutting of text and slides I got there.
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Future Internet PPP Architecture workshop
June 16th, 2010Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-12
June 12th, 2010- @Nerdiac its the set of floodlights around the stadium causing the shadows in reply to Nerdiac #
- I have Eng Vs USA down as a draw but either which way I hope it's entertaining. #
- @sdempsey but for today the style of Arg makes for an interesting match in reply to sdempsey #
- Wondering about the yellow card rules for the #worldcup Well here's an update http://bit.ly/aktYHC #
- Hey this Arg Vs Nga has got off to a good start #worldcup #
- Just back from Madrid & from seat 18a got to enjoy the 1st half of the kick-ass movie. #
- @fionahaughney meant to say Kilkenny was buzzin Saturday only thing at 1.30 was dying for food & got rejected as the place had no chips left in reply to fionahaughney #
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My predictable predictions for the World Cup 2010
June 10th, 2010
FIFA World Cup 2010
Well the World Cup is about to start, so here go the predictions
Group A
Tight group but France South Africa to come through
Group B
Argentina at a stroll and then Nigeria
Group C
England will top the group followed by the USA
Group D
Germany, then Australia
Group E
Holland and Cameroon
Group F
Italy and Slovakia
Group G
Brazil and Ivory Coast (yeap bye bye Ronaldo)
Group H
Spain and Chile
A quick look at this and I have a bad feeling, there are no real teams standing out at the moment breaking the hold of the top teams and while there is always a slow starter, I think Portugal will fall at the first hurdle, but no other surprises.
In the Round of 16 I see wins for South Africa, England, Germany, Argentina, Holland, Brazil, Italy and then Spain. I think Argentina, Italy and Spain may have a tough time in this round, with maybe Cameroon or the Ivory Coast good for coming through instead.
In the quarter finals I have Brazil, England, Germany, and Italy. England may get the hosts SA in this round so that could come down to a penalty shoot out or luck falling on SA. Spain could again drop out in this round, really now Im not seeing them as favourites for the Cup, they will have too many slippery ties.
In the Semis Brazil will have a win over England, and Germany will fall to Italy again.
The final is all for Brazil, with Italy left behind this time and Germany taking the third spot. Its all that simple really.
Most goals scored in the first series could be either Italy or Argentina just because of the teams in their group. With Brazil as winners I also have to go with them as top scorers.
The first nil-nil will be South Korea Vs Greece.
Now having said all of that Id better put my money where my mouth is, so off to Paddy Power.
But before I go one final thing to say, Im useless at predicting soccer scores so if I just go flip mode and reverse all the scores (or winners) Ive predicted in a spreadsheet then I get a semi final line up of
South Korea V Paraguay
Mexico V Portugal
And the winners of the 2010 World Cup will be Mexico. So there goes another each way bet.
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-05
June 5th, 2010- In Kilkenny with Anne & Dez for a Cat Laugh. Got to pour my own pint which was great fun (and free pint) now front row for comedy show #
- @paulmwatson @fionahaughney I've been going to the one in Clonmel for sometime and find they have a great selection in stock & super helpful in reply to paulmwatson #
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World Cup fever is starting to build up, time to look for a schedule
June 1st, 2010So I was firstly looking for a World Cup calendar schedule and settled on this one from SSIS Junkie {aka Jamie Thomson} and then also came across this great visualisation world cup calendar (done in flash).
I was also thinking of placing a small bet this year and while I go for outright win from <left blank intentionally> as a gut feeling, I’ve started to use this World Cup 2010 Schedule and Scoresheet spreadsheet to see what team may pop out after I enter all my predicted scores. I’ve managed to get through Groups A, B & C so far.
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-29
May 29th, 2010- @fionahaughney is it that the stadium audience are booing the political voting? in reply to fionahaughney #
- @sdempsey Looks like everyone (well those authorised) can join into the eurovision dance in reply to sdempsey #
- Security stopping the flash mob brill #eurovision #
- Is this chitty chitty bang bang or the Eurovision I've tuned into? #
- Turkey for the Eurovision tonight #
- My first ever tag rugby match this evening which was fun, and also my first ever dislocated finger. #
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First visit to Croke Park
May 25th, 2010Of all the days of all the stadiums I’ve finally made it to Croke Park, but not on match day, but for another techie conference event.
I thought there won’t be anything happening on the day, but I was wrong, there were some school matches on, with the pitch sliced into 3 sections. I must say it is an awesome stadium.
A tour around the new Landsdowne Road Aviva Stadium
May 18th, 2010With the new Landsdowne Road Aviva Stadium officially opening up last week I took the opportunity to attend a technology conference event and then take a tour of the new stadium.
I have to say it is quite compact (I think 50,000 all seater) and on the fourth tier there was definitely a feeling of vertigo. To my surprise the tour guide allowed us to enter the IRFU presidents room (Directors Box) and we got to walk out the players tunnel onto pitch side.
On the day the stadium was a luscious green alround, but the one thing that surprised me was that the stadium really only has 3 sides which kind of reminds me of a baseball stadium, something like Wrigley Field. I wonder will they ever host a baseball match in the summer?
Anyway given the compactness of the stadium I have no doubt that the first real Landsdowne Roar will be awesome!
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-15
May 15th, 2010- The late 70's gave the world Village People, Macho man (LAS VEGAS) http://dai.ly/cL5mg1 do you think the audience will clap at the end? #
- @paulmwatson well kind of an earlier train I was delayed in the station for 40 mins because they couldn't close one of the trains doors. in reply to paulmwatson #
- @paulmwatson Have you downloaded the PDF? http://bit.ly/cU1wmh I'm due to get the train back from Dublin tomorrow afternoon we may catch up? in reply to paulmwatson #
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Daniel’s first hair cut
May 15th, 2010A big day today, headed down to the Jolly Barber on John Street and brought Daniel along for his first hair cut
He was as bright as a button and happy out, as his baby hair wings were being taken off.
The only hassle we had was when he decided to start eating his cut hair, which he soon found out wasn’t too nice at all!