Ciara O’Brien
@ciaraobrien.bsky.social
Journalist and tech geek @ Irish Times. Mostly gadgets and cat pics.
New addition to the house.
November 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
New addition to the house.
Try Gemini. ChatGPT did much better than it used to but it was dodgy at times. Plus when I got it to translate something, it added random things in that definitely weren’t in the conversation.
October 2, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Try Gemini. ChatGPT did much better than it used to but it was dodgy at times. Plus when I got it to translate something, it added random things in that definitely weren’t in the conversation.
Secretaries and caretakers at schools are on another day of strike action, looking for pension parity. So far, lots of support at our local school.
September 1, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Secretaries and caretakers at schools are on another day of strike action, looking for pension parity. So far, lots of support at our local school.
Didn’t have “cat doorman” on my future occupations bingo card when I was younger, but here we are.
August 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Didn’t have “cat doorman” on my future occupations bingo card when I was younger, but here we are.
Watching The Lemonheads at the Academy. I’m not sure what the hell is going on, but this is … not great.
August 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Watching The Lemonheads at the Academy. I’m not sure what the hell is going on, but this is … not great.
Even though I’m on holiday.
July 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Even though I’m on holiday.
Also Harvey Norman Ireland might have missed the deadline for registering with Comreg’s Sender ID registry. Considering the delivery update I got from them (legit update for a product I bought) came tagged like this.
July 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Also Harvey Norman Ireland might have missed the deadline for registering with Comreg’s Sender ID registry. Considering the delivery update I got from them (legit update for a product I bought) came tagged like this.
No, CoPilot. Just… no.
April 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
No, CoPilot. Just… no.
Seems legit. (The last email I got from anything to do with musk had a 💩 emoji in it)
March 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Seems legit. (The last email I got from anything to do with musk had a 💩 emoji in it)
What. What. This isn’t yoghurt.
March 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
What. What. This isn’t yoghurt.
Early trip to London to see Andre & Co in @hadestownmusical.bsky.social. Now on the way home.
March 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Early trip to London to see Andre & Co in @hadestownmusical.bsky.social. Now on the way home.
The Washington Post complaining that Messi isn’t playing the media game.
February 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The Washington Post complaining that Messi isn’t playing the media game.
Can we just remind them… he tried to ban you first.
January 20, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Can we just remind them… he tried to ban you first.
TikTok wasn’t bluffing. With a side order of sucking up.
January 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
TikTok wasn’t bluffing. With a side order of sucking up.
And it is going big on data centres. www.gov.uk/government/p...
January 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
And it is going big on data centres. www.gov.uk/government/p...
Indeed. Though I did the wet cold there too.
December 21, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Indeed. Though I did the wet cold there too.
And yet, back in Ireland, I’m freezing all the time.
December 21, 2024 at 2:13 PM
And yet, back in Ireland, I’m freezing all the time.
The daftest thing we ever bought that turned out to be a really good buy: Twinkly connected Christmas lights. This year we added the Twinkly tree topper.
December 21, 2024 at 1:02 PM
The daftest thing we ever bought that turned out to be a really good buy: Twinkly connected Christmas lights. This year we added the Twinkly tree topper.
We did ice swimming and saunas.
December 18, 2024 at 5:37 PM
We did ice swimming and saunas.