At last — Apple has given up on the one-button mouse. About time too. Thanks to Dave Hill for the news.
Daily Archives: August 2, 2005
Yeats country
The countryside around Drumcliff is colloquially known as ‘the Yeats country’ (and now signposted as such). It is extraordinarily tranquil and beautiful in a quiet, understated way. These are reflections in Glencar lake, a few miles from Drumcliff.
Gravesnappers
The other day, I went to visit WB Yeats’s grave in Drumcliff churchyard. While I was there a coachload of tourists arrived. They immediately got on with the business of snapping the great man’s alleged last resting place (there is some controversy on the matter) before getting on with the serious business of visiting the souvenir shoppe. That whirring sound you hear is of the great man rotating at 5,500 rpm in his grave — wherever it is.
