Boys and Girls

I remember my first Mac, Macintosh as you called it then. A beige magic box that hummed in the corner of 5th class. The only incursion of plastic in the wooden desks and crosses world of an Irish convent primary school, apart from the ‘Jem and the Holograms’ lunchboxes.

I learned

We at Boys and Girls are (for the most part) huge dog lovers and an article in Monday’s Irish Examiner must not go unnoticed.

I’ve been playing around with Facebook’s new timeline feature for the past couple of days. My first impression is that it looks very impressive. It’s a far more appealing way to view your information than the current site. In fact it looks so ‘professional’ that I can’t help thinking that

Think of all you could achieve if you could travel through time. You could go back and invent Twitter, you could prevent 9/11 – you could stop Dana! Which is why I’m so surprised that given this opportunity, Halifax made an ad straight out of the 80’s.

Big soppy track (see

We took full advantage of the September sunshine today with a lunchtime BBQ in the garden.

After only 20 minutes in the sun Patrick’s freckles have assembled to form what looks a lot like a tan.

The idiot box, the goggle box, call it what you will, there was been a long-standing clash between the TV screen and my mother. Whether watching TV or playing computer games, the feeling held by many, including my mother, is that such activity has little, if any, impact on learning.

As most of you know, we at Boys and Girls love a good table.

This dining table by Three Foot Three Design has interchangeable railroad tiles, and makes passing the salt a lot easier.

The track can be changed to have a completely different layout and pattern each time.

Choo-chew.

I was at a talk recently where professionals from a variety of fields discussed future trends and the impact they might have on clients and customers. One of the themes that cropped up quite a bit was that of Community. And one of the questions that very much split the

There is an increasing amount of debate in relation to banning the advertising of ‘fast food’ to children. In Ireland we already have a strict code that requires warnings on certain food advertisements and restrictions on the times that some of these can be shown.

Let me say at the outset

Scott Snide was in the Science Gallery this afternoon giving a talk on interactive art and the inspiration behind his own creations. He also gave a preview of the music app he’s been helping develop for Bjork’s upcoming “Biophilia” album. Described as “a union of music, nature and science” it will be