Birthday Fun Facts
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Netflix is looking to become even more enmeshed in our day-to-day lives. How so? The company this month announced an… Read more.
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So, followers of this blog shouldn’t be expecting super-cool birthday presents this year. I did not win the Powerball lottery.… Read more.
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A 17-year-old recently aimed to use her birthday to get two special requests granted. She wrote up a Birthday Contract… Read more.
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One of my writing gigs is to put together quizzes for heywise.com. Writing a foreign language one recently I thought… Read more.
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Men’s Health recently ran a story: “This 78-year-old’s birthday workout will wreck you.” I was wrecked just by the idea… Read more.
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Birthday generosity makes me happy. So forgive me for sharing yet more examples of people doing good deeds with their… Read more.
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A friend of mine, growing up in the Dominican Republic, would awaken on her birthday to the song Las Mañanitas… Read more.
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It’s June! Did you know that June birthdays are associated with cultured pearl, moonstones, or alexandrite? This month is also… Read more.
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There’s a Mother Goose poem that suggests the date of your birth impacts your personality: Monday’s child is fair of face, Tuesday’s… Read more.
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I regularly follow social media with the hashtag #birthday. You can see what I find if you follow me @birthdaysarebest.… Read more.
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Methods
- Weekly field observations along fixed routes.
- Short interviews using a consistent guide.
- Sensor readings checked at the start of each session.
- Cleaning decisions documented as a changelog.
- Processing: normalized timestamps; flagged gaps; spot-checked outliers.
- Limits: some missing intervals during battery replacement.
Data & Ethics
Data
Upon request, sensitive locations have been removed from the public files. License: CC BY 4.0 for shared materials.
Ethics
Consent protocols used where applicable.
Contact
fieldnoteslab@ucc.ie
