This is just the coolest thing ever! My hubby got me Chrome Cast for Christmas, and he just installed it, and it works a treat! Just watched Ros na Rún in full screen on my TV! No more hunching over my laptop screen!

Redwolf

Iontach! Bain taitneamh as!

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Lucky! We've tried everything we can think of and still can't get it. There is something going on with my computer to, most of the time the flash player doesn't work so it becomes very hard to watch anything online.

Congratulations!!!

If your browser is Chrome, ChromeCast should work for you (once you address whatever problems your computer is having with Flash, since I think TG4's videos are still Flash-based), assuming you have a relatively new TV (Can't remember what port it plugs into on the TV...I'll ask my husband when he comes home, as he installed it. I don't think it has to be a "smart" TV). Basically you just plug the device in, download the app, and then you can cast anything you're viewing on your Chrome browser onto your TV by clicking a button in the corner of your browser window.

Redwolf

Please forgive me, I had pegged you for a man!

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ЯГОН ТОҶИК НЕСТ ИНҶО???

Redwolf and his husband have been happily married for years, it's quite common nowadays, especially in California.

But I'm joking, Redwolf is a woman (as far as any of us can tell).

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Táim ag foghlaim fós. Fáilte roimh gach aon cheartúchán.

Ask Audrey, she'll know

LOL! (also LOL franc!)

I tend to use gender-neutral handles out of habit. Back in the early days of the internet (when dinosaurs roamed and floppy discs actually were floppy), almost all of us used netnicks, and many women preferred gender-neutral names out of fear of being harassed or stalked if people knew we were female. A lot of guys took gender-neutral names too (my hubby's go-to netnick is "Werepoodle)

Back in the days when I hung out on vegetarian message boards, my netnick was "erbivrus," which I used on other forums as well. I actually had a fundamentalist Christian guy get absolutely furious when he found out I was female, because he assumed the "us" ending meant I was a man (actually, the name was just a phonetic rendering of "herbivorous") He accused me of masquerading as a man, quoted a whole bunch of scripture, and told me he wanted to dance on my grave (real Christ-like, right?) Needless to say, I didn't hang out on that forum for very long!

I answer quite happily to "Erbie," "Red," "Audrey," "Ailís," and even "Mac" (from "Mac Tíre"). What people tend to call me usually depends on when or how we met. But my real name, as franc hinted, is "Audrey Nickel."

Redwolf

Some smart TVs have a dedicated TG4 app available. My folks have a Panasonic Veira, and there's a free app in their app store.

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A language belongs to its native speakers, and when you speak it, you are a guest in their homes.
If you are not a good guest, you have no right to complain about receiving poor hospitality.

PS. "werepoodle" doesn't seem all that gender-neutral. :-p

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A language belongs to its native speakers, and when you speak it, you are a guest in their homes.
If you are not a good guest, you have no right to complain about receiving poor hospitality.