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Gallimaufry

Dr Johnson defined gallimaufry as 1. A hoch-poch ... 2. Any inconsistent or ridiculous medley. ... Here's another hoch-poch, or hotch-potch (though, of course, not a hotchpot) of links Continue Reading

A judicial perspective on mobile phones

By rmay (also here) on Toonpool: Image: Defendant standing in front of a judge. Caption: Judge: "... plus thirty days for not turning off your damn cell phone". Bonus link: Roy Continue Reading

Technology, students and universities

There are some - related - articles in today's Irish Independent on themes which have featured on this blog. A report published yesterday by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) shows that the number Continue Reading

Phones in the theatre

On the sin of mobile or cell phones ringing in class, here's a YouTube clip of Hugh Jackman stopping a performance because a phone is going off (and remains unanswered and unsilenced for quite a long Continue Reading

The sins of academics and students

The current edition of Times Higher Education (I can't get used to this odd title, I keep wanting to add "Supplement"; but it was dropped some time ago, so I must resist the temptation) has articles Continue Reading

Mobile phones, again

Given my views about mobile phones in class, I'm grateful to John Naughton for his post about this YouTube clip: Continue Reading

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Yours trulyHi there! Thanks for dropping by. I'm Eoin O'Dell, and this is my blog: Cearta.ie - the Irish for rights.

"Cearta" really is the Irish word for rights, so the title provides some sense of the scope of this blog. In general, I write about private law, free speech, and cyber law; and, in particular, I write about Irish law and education policy.

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