Alex Meehan
@alexmeehan.bsky.social
Journalist writing about tech, features & food.
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iPhone 17 Pro Max review: Apple’s best business phone is all about the battery
iPhone 17 Pro Max review: Apple’s best business phone is all about the battery
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Why Dublin is smarter than it looks – and what’s still holding it back
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‘I’d fire the board’: Michael O’Leary takes aim at DAA’s ‘unconscionable’ €1.2m Kenny Jacobs payout
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September 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
iPhone 17 Pro Max review: Apple’s best business phone is all about the battery
Dunno who the interviewer is, but Elon Musk is currently getting spanked via video link in an interview in Qatar. Quality viewing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEpA...
Qatar Economic Forum 2025 LIVE: Tesla CEO Elon Musk Speaks at 2025 Qatar Economic Forum | N18G
YouTube video by moneycontrol
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May 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Dunno who the interviewer is, but Elon Musk is currently getting spanked via video link in an interview in Qatar. Quality viewing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEpA...
This is fantastic. How to cook vegetables properly. This whole channel is a goldmine for anyone into cooking. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOZ4...
This Is Why Vegetables Taste Better In Restaurants
YouTube video by Fallow
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April 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This is fantastic. How to cook vegetables properly. This whole channel is a goldmine for anyone into cooking. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOZ4...
I was in the US exactly one month ago. At that time, $100 cost around €98 euro. Today, it costs $88. Nuts.
April 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I was in the US exactly one month ago. At that time, $100 cost around €98 euro. Today, it costs $88. Nuts.
I had the lend of a thermomix for a few weeks once while recipe testing a book and it was grand but not much less hassle than normal cooking TBH. I think chefs rave about them because they allow very busy people to multi-task in pro kitchens. www.irishtimes.com/food/2025/04...
Trying out Lidl’s new Thermomix dupe: ‘I don’t take direction from a robot well’
Supermarket’s Monsieur Cuisine comes at a fraction of the price and promises to take the hassle out of home cooking
www.irishtimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I had the lend of a thermomix for a few weeks once while recipe testing a book and it was grand but not much less hassle than normal cooking TBH. I think chefs rave about them because they allow very busy people to multi-task in pro kitchens. www.irishtimes.com/food/2025/04...
One of the things that impressed me about visiting India was the repair culture. Every side street seemed crammed with tiny shops repairing mopeds, tuktuks, sewing machines - anything. www.theverge.com/tech/639126/...
The rise of ‘Frankenstein’ laptops in New Delhi’s repair markets
Technicians in India’s refurbished laptop shops give discarded electronics a new life.
www.theverge.com
April 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
One of the things that impressed me about visiting India was the repair culture. Every side street seemed crammed with tiny shops repairing mopeds, tuktuks, sewing machines - anything. www.theverge.com/tech/639126/...
I'm seeing more and more posts on social media that have obviously been generated by AI. I find myself thinking "if you couldn't be bothered to write it, why should I be bothered to read it?"
April 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I'm seeing more and more posts on social media that have obviously been generated by AI. I find myself thinking "if you couldn't be bothered to write it, why should I be bothered to read it?"
It's continually amazing to me that in a world of 1080p and 4K cameras in smartphones etc, that so many people appear to be satisfied with awful video on Zoom calls etc. EG - anyone see the potato-cam pixelated group chat video in the Switch 2 unveiling? Why are we settling for this?
April 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
It's continually amazing to me that in a world of 1080p and 4K cameras in smartphones etc, that so many people appear to be satisfied with awful video on Zoom calls etc. EG - anyone see the potato-cam pixelated group chat video in the Switch 2 unveiling? Why are we settling for this?
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Cure fans (and Alternative 80s lovers) of Dublin! I'm doing a #Curepedia talk at The Sugar Club on Fri 11 Apr with writer Paul McDermott @learnandsing.bsky.social, followed by a @spellboundclub.bsky.social DJ set till 1.30am! Tickets from thesugarclub.com/tc-events/curepedia/ See you there.
Curepedia: An A – Z of The Cure (Author Q&A/ DJ set) | The Sugar Club
presented by The Sugar Club The acclaimed book, Curepedia, written in 2023 by music journalist Simon Price (Guardian, Quietus), was described as an encycl ...
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April 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Cure fans (and Alternative 80s lovers) of Dublin! I'm doing a #Curepedia talk at The Sugar Club on Fri 11 Apr with writer Paul McDermott @learnandsing.bsky.social, followed by a @spellboundclub.bsky.social DJ set till 1.30am! Tickets from thesugarclub.com/tc-events/curepedia/ See you there.
Saw this for the second time last night. Much funnier than the previous run. The script has been tightened up and it's really funny. A fun evening out.
The Book of Mormon review: Gleeful, joyous and hilarious. Even Bono gets a mention
The Book of Mormon review: Gleeful, joyous and hilarious. Even Bono gets a mention
Theatre: Has this satire aged well? You can find your answer in Donald Trump’s White House
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April 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Saw this for the second time last night. Much funnier than the previous run. The script has been tightened up and it's really funny. A fun evening out.
Mac OS Sequoia's AI-powered notification summaries are laughably bad. They often deliver summaries of mails that say the exact opposite of what the mails actually say. Why would someone want this on their computer?
March 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Mac OS Sequoia's AI-powered notification summaries are laughably bad. They often deliver summaries of mails that say the exact opposite of what the mails actually say. Why would someone want this on their computer?
I've written my first car review. "The first thing most drivers do when they sit into a car is connect their smartphone to override the in-car system." www.businesspost.ie/products/rev...
Review: The Renault Scenic E-Tech EV: a practical, high-tech family crossover
What happens when a tech, rather than a motoring journalist reviews an EV? Read on as Alex Meehan puts the new Scenic E-Tech EV through its paces
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March 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I've written my first car review. "The first thing most drivers do when they sit into a car is connect their smartphone to override the in-car system." www.businesspost.ie/products/rev...
This is neat. Looks like the already great 1GB fibre connection running to my house is getting upgraded. Be interesting to see if they can provide an actual 10GB connection and what it will cost.
March 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is neat. Looks like the already great 1GB fibre connection running to my house is getting upgraded. Be interesting to see if they can provide an actual 10GB connection and what it will cost.
This is fascinating. www.ben-evans.com/benedictevan...
Apple innovation and execution — Benedict Evans
It matters that Apple’s new Siri will be late, and it matters more that Apple didn’t realise. Is it more than that?
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March 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is fascinating. www.ben-evans.com/benedictevan...
There's a unique pleasure to stumbling upon an album you listened to intensely 25 years ago and then totally forgot about. Currently loving Gold Against the Soul, the Manic Street Preachers 1989 (!) record.
March 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
There's a unique pleasure to stumbling upon an album you listened to intensely 25 years ago and then totally forgot about. Currently loving Gold Against the Soul, the Manic Street Preachers 1989 (!) record.
This is an excellent break down of what happens to smartphones stolen in the UK. Almost certainly the same scams are run here too: www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
A phone is stolen in London every eight minutes. We follow their trail
Only a fifth of phones stolen in London remain in the country, so where do they end up?
www.thetimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This is an excellent break down of what happens to smartphones stolen in the UK. Almost certainly the same scams are run here too: www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
@craigatcof.bsky.social one for you Craig: www.independent.ie/irish-news/i...
‘If there’s a bar in heaven it would be like this’: the Long Hall, the pub where Bruce Springsteen has whiskey behind the bar
Bruce Springsteen has his own special bottle of whiskey behind the bar for visits to the pub that he regards as his “Dublin local” – the Long Hall on South Great George’s Street.
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March 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
@craigatcof.bsky.social one for you Craig: www.independent.ie/irish-news/i...
Dragging my heels on booking Morrissey tickets for, y'know, obvious reasons. But €80 seems on the pricey side. €177 for two tickets, plus €15 'service fees' and a '€4 venue facility fee.' Add parking for €20 and the bill is €197, before you have a plastic glass of expensive beer. That's a lot.
February 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Dragging my heels on booking Morrissey tickets for, y'know, obvious reasons. But €80 seems on the pricey side. €177 for two tickets, plus €15 'service fees' and a '€4 venue facility fee.' Add parking for €20 and the bill is €197, before you have a plastic glass of expensive beer. That's a lot.
@privateeyenews.bsky.social this is just perfect.
February 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
@privateeyenews.bsky.social this is just perfect.
Woo hoo. Got tickets. Not as extortionately expensive as I was expecting either. Wasn't a fan of @nin.com back in the day but 2013's Hesitation Marks grabbed me and this concert video is one of the best gig stagings I've ever seen by any band. Fantastically creative. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBC3...
Nine Inch Nails - VEVO Presents: Nine Inch Nails Tension 2013
YouTube video by NineInchNailsVEVO
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January 29, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Woo hoo. Got tickets. Not as extortionately expensive as I was expecting either. Wasn't a fan of @nin.com back in the day but 2013's Hesitation Marks grabbed me and this concert video is one of the best gig stagings I've ever seen by any band. Fantastically creative. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBC3...
Just the 3,800 people in front of me in the Ticketmaster queue for Nine Inch Nails tickets. Humph.
January 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Just the 3,800 people in front of me in the Ticketmaster queue for Nine Inch Nails tickets. Humph.
Another iOS update, another nothing burger. Apple keeps pushing out AI updates in the EU, this time in iOS 18.3, with the AI features disabled and without saying what works and what doesn't. Willfully obscure.
January 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Another iOS update, another nothing burger. Apple keeps pushing out AI updates in the EU, this time in iOS 18.3, with the AI features disabled and without saying what works and what doesn't. Willfully obscure.
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“The TikTok ban and Donald Trump's rise to power show how fragile our social media accounts are. We must normalize and invest in decentralized social media.” www.404media.co/decentralize...
Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy
The TikTok ban and Donald Trump's rise to power show how fragile our social media accounts are. We must normalize and invest in decentralized social media.
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January 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“The TikTok ban and Donald Trump's rise to power show how fragile our social media accounts are. We must normalize and invest in decentralized social media.” www.404media.co/decentralize...
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Restaurant Review: This tiny cafe in Wicklow is serving up some mightily impressive food
Restaurant Review: This tiny cafe in Wicklow is serving up some mightily impressive food
Loco Grocer owner Sarah Reid. Picture: Barry Cronin
www.businesspost.ie
January 24, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Restaurant Review: This tiny cafe in Wicklow is serving up some mightily impressive food
Well, the garden fence is still up. That’s a win.
January 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Well, the garden fence is still up. That’s a win.