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Kieran Mulvaney

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Fun with Skype

April 25, 2011


I interviewed WBA heavyweight titlist David Haye for ESPN the other day. We had planned to do the interview over the phone, but David's IT guy Jonathan Lee suggested we try it over Skype. So we did; I recorded the video with VodBurner, and culled an 8 minute excerpt for ESPN. The quality is so-so, as you would expect, and at one point the feed drops.Personally I didn't think it was good enough for ESPN, but my editor was happy with it as a first effort. With increased bandwidth and more experience, we can hopefully improve the quality in future.

I also wrote what is ostensibly a blog post but is really more of a short feature article, which you can read here Read More 
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Gulf + 1

April 20, 2011
A year ago, the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform exploded and caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico. Two days later it sank, rupturing the riser pipe from the wellhead and ultimately resulting in 185 million gallons of oil entering the Gulf of Mexico.

Last year, I coordinated a Greenpeace fact-finding trip and research cruise to the Gulf ; one year on, I've written a short report for the same organization that details some of the horrors, and the attempts to avoid accountability, during and since the accident. Read More 
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New Guilty Pleasure

April 15, 2011
Courtesy of a Facebook friend, came across this website yesterday. While the veracity of at least some of the communications is suspect, the site diverted me from real work for much of the day. "Missing Missy" is a gem.  Read More 
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A couple more reviews, and some thoughts they prompt

April 9, 2011
Tags: Great White Bear, Ice Bear, polar bears, book
Reviews of The Great White Bear still trickle in, including two recent blogs. This one, on a blog called Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, took a straightforward approach, and focused on the remarkable nature of polar bears - which is great, as that is what I had wanted more than anything to convey. Read More 
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Looking Ahead

April 8, 2011
Tags: book
Mark this as a day in history - out of the blue, I do believe I have suddenly decided what my next book should be about. There's a clue in this post somewhere, but in the meantime, I need to knuckle down and write something for my agent ... :)
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Another Interview

April 2, 2011
Tags: book, polar bears, Great White Bear, Ice Bear
Forgot to post this earlier. Here's a fun interview about polar bears and "The Great White Bear" from the Grok Science Show.
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March 30, 2011
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tsunami

March 27, 2011


Like many people, I've been simultaneously absorbed, horrified and deeply saddened by the events in Japan this month. It has been in many ways so much easier to appreciate the scale and devastation of the earthquake and tsunami that affected, in particular, the northeast of the country because of the way in which this natural disaster unfolded in real time before our very eyes: the tsunami tracked live on CNN and around the world as it headed for shore; the dozens (at least) of amateur videographers who documented the drama as it unfolded.

The video above and the one immediately below have been widely seen and leave one breathless, even after repeated viewings.



For my money, however, in many ways the most powerful is the one below, which I have just seen for the first time. There is something about the quiet dignity with which the survivors of this devastated city are trying, as best they can, to pick up the pieces. I'm struck by the matter-of-fact way in which one man points out that there are now five cars inside his house, none of which belong to him.

I can't help but note, either, that the sky is blue and the sun is shining. It's a beautiful day to be alive.

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oh well

March 27, 2011


Having a hard time getting any kind of work done. Seem to be repeatedly falling behind schedule. A fairly constant malaise. A desire to just sit and listen to music instead of work.

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Social Media, Criticism and the Worst Song Ever

March 20, 2011
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