When I say UCC I refer to my alma mater of University College Cork, Ireland. Since the library extension circa 2006 on entering the building there is a turnstyle that only unlocks when an RFID card is put near a reader.
The automatic way to get a card is to become
- a student
- a member of staff
But what happens after graduation, what if you want to consult some works of excellence from time to time? Well, the Graduates Association website boasts one can then one must be engaged in scholarly research but
- it cannot be for profit
- it cannot be part of one work
- it cannot be research required as part of a course in another college
- personal interest reading does not meet the criteria for membership
Those criteria exclude everything for example
- writing a book? (that would be for profit)
- researching family history?/local history? (that would be personal interest reading)
Needless to say when I make my (further) millions I will not be donating any to the Cork University Foundation.
If you have managed to get a card please let me know how you swung it.
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Published April 11th, 2006
in banking, banks, finance, money and uncategorized.
The first Special Savings Incentive Accounts - SSIAs - will mature on 31st May 2006. An SSIA matures after five years, so the early adopters from May 2001 (such as Ambrand) are now completing their SSIA4 forms and awaiting their bounty.
| SSIA Start date |
SSIA Maturity date |
SSIA4 form completion required in period |
| During May 2001 |
End of May 2006 |
1 Mar 2006 - 31 May 2006 |
| During June 2001 |
End of June 2006 |
1 Apr 2006 - 30 Jun 2006 |
| During July 2001 |
End of July 2006 |
1 May 2006 - 31 Jul 2006 |
| During August 2001 |
End of August 2006 |
1 June 2006 - 31 Aug 2006 |
| During September 2001 |
End of September 2006 |
1 July 2006 - 30 Sept 2006 |
| During October 2001 |
End of October 2006 |
1 Aug 2006 - 31 Oct 2006 |
| During November 2001 |
End of November 2006 |
1 Sept 2006 - 30 Nov 2006 |
| During December 2001 |
End of December 2006 |
1 Oct 2006 - 31 Dec 2006 |
| During January 2002 |
End of January 2007 |
1 Nov 2006 - 31 Jan 2007 |
| During February 2002 |
End of February 2007 |
1 Dec 2006 - 28 Feb 2007 |
| During March 2002 |
End of March 2007 |
1 Jan 2007 - 31 Mar 2007 |
| During April 2002 |
End of April 2007 |
1 Feb 2007 - 30 Apr 2007 |
Continue reading ‘My SSIA matures’
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Published February 4th, 2006
in blogging, blog, money and internet.
Piaras Kelly PR says interesting Say something interesting or don’t say anything at all.
“…Organisations should pursue online communication initiatives that will be of interest to people and provide a good return on investment…”
I hear what he is saying but the problem is that blogging is so cheap to do that is is often treated with disrespect in organisations. For example if you started an adsense campaign and payed USD 500 per day you would make full sure it was profitable, but if you started a blog for USD 5 per day then you aren’t too interested in how it performs, or to use yet another example imagine you had an employee working for USD 500 per day, you wouldn’t have him making coffee! But imagine you had an employee, maybe an office junior, working for USD 5 per day well… Continue reading ‘Say something interesting or don’t say anything at all’
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Published January 23rd, 2006
in websites, money and internet.
I recently sumbled upon this huge portal while searching for some keyword. It actually was useful. I’d really like to have the source code of the script used. Continue reading ‘Self updating websites’
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Published January 18th, 2006
in money and internet.
I’ve been trying to sell seom books on ebay (all unwanted christmas presents) they are in mint condition, and most cost about EUR 15 new. I decided to list one book for EUR 7.50, thinking that at half price I would find a buyer no problem, however I had a look at the other sellers prices first, and shock, surprise, others have it for EUR 3 and thats the buy it now price! How do these people make money?
Ebay isin’t not like a bricks and mortar business where you can have a loss leader and clean up on the linked profitable sales, or is it?
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