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long exposure and influencing people
2007-04-05 23:43:00 I wore shorts today. I rushed home to put on my shorts, while listening to Vivaldi’s Winter movement from The Four Seasons (not just for pure irony, but because I much prefer it to the Summer movement) then walked to the bus stop to my parents’ to pick up another parcel which had arrived for ... More About: People , Expo , Long , Exposure , Sure
the world is mine
2007-04-03 00:58:00 Today in work… I wrote the following: I took a drink of water from my beautiful black mug when a drop of water landed on my wrist. At that point a wave of that ’summery feeling’ rushed over me. It’s been very warm over the last week or two, especially in the office, and the feeling ... More About: World , The World , Mine
no april fool
2007-04-01 14:52:00 Yesterday was an exciting day. You may be aware by now that I love taking photographs, but being without a camera for the last 6 months has made that very difficult. That all changed yesterday. Finally, I got refunded and quickly a new camera. That camera arrived at my parents house last weekend. The flash, a ... More About: April , Fool
I use rich text editor?
2007-03-27 10:48:00 I use rich text editor… Copyright Phil O’Kane © 2006-2007This feed is indended for personal use only. If you are not reading it in your feed reader please let me know. More About: Rich , Edit , Text Editor , Text , Editor
whats the sidebar doing all the way down there? silly IE
2007-03-26 11:23:00 I just noticed that my sidebar in Internet Explorer is way down the bottom of the page. As a Firefox user I haven’t noticed this before. The only time I use IE is in work; a more shit than usual IE where flash, quicktime, streaming anything and much javascript doesn’t work. But my sidebar is ... More About: What , Hat , The Way , Down , Sidebar
breaking myself in gently - a gig!
2007-03-20 21:49:00 Tonight I’m off to a gig. Live and loud music (and a minimum amount of alcohol!). I do miss going to gigs, so I’m hoping to get back into the way of it again. Up in the Attic is a bi-weekly local music showcase. Taking place every other Tuesday night in Auntie Annies (possibly the best ... More About: Break , Self , Myself , King , Breaking
youtube tuesday
2007-03-20 12:47:00 This is just too funny: Ben is at it again. Amazing. Via Jett Loe. Big Brother State Copyright Phil O’Kane © 2006-2007This feed is indended for personal use only. If you are not reading it in your feed reader please let me know. More About: Youtube , Tube , Tuesday
tagged - five things
2007-03-19 20:49:00 Everyone seems to be getting tagged around here: five things we don’t know about you, lists of fours and weird habits. This time its my turn. Dave tagged me last week ‘tell the world five things about yourself that they would not already know’. It’s hard to tell how easily other people can do this sort ... More About: Tagged , Things , Thing , Five
die penguin die
2007-03-19 17:05:00 Theres no oil in our house. I’m fucking freezing! My hands are too purple to write much. Instead I’ve been playing the penguin game, haven’t played it in about 2 years. Highly addictive. Highest score so far: 769 990 991. A great piece of advertising: New Satellite Navigation system for the Northern Ireland. [See ... More About: Penguin , Guin
ze frank - end of the internship
2007-03-19 11:09:00 Saturday was the last day of ‘the show‘ with Ze Fran k. Today I watched it for the first time in a few weeks. [damn just lost all I had written so have to start again…] I found Ze and his Show almost a year ago, and every few weeks I watch the shows I have missed. I ... More About: Inter , Rank , Frank , Internship
coffee and cigarettes
2007-03-18 21:20:00 The following was written during a 3 hour visit to the Empire in Belfast this afternoon. Based on the film Coffee and Cigarette s (2003) Standing at the bar waiting for my second pint of Guinness my five pence change from £2.70 suddenly lost its grip between my fingers and fell to the darkened floor below. I ...
paddy, how i loath thee
2007-03-18 13:54:00 I never did really get st. patrick’s day, and I still don’t. After the two drinks I had in the afternoon made me feel like crap, I decided to give it another go at 9pm. I managed to blag my way in the side entrance while there was a massive queue for the main door. They ... More About: Paddy , Oath
paddy who?
2007-03-17 21:39:00 The first thing I read this morning was “St Patrick wasn’t a Saint”. This came as quite a shock to me, so I read on, and followed the link to the Wikipedia article: For most of Christianity?s first thousand years, canonisations were done on the diocesan or regional level. Relatively soon after the death of people ... More About: Paddy
pixmania gets its act together
2007-03-17 19:51:00 It had been a few days since I had called Pixmania to check on the progress of my camera. This time it the conversation went a little differently. The woman at the other end of the phone said, ?we?ve sent you an email today: ?Following the receipt of your parcel under the terms of the ... More About: Mani , Together , Gets , Mania
next?
2007-03-13 19:06:00 I noticed a problem with the blog the other day; the ‘next’ and ‘previous’ links at the bottom of the page seem to have disappeared. I think it may have something to do with my wordpress upgrade. I got my host to do this for me as part of their services include installation of software ... More About: Next
im so lazy
2007-03-12 14:36:00 For some reason I never quite caught on to email. I get plenty, though most are not from real people, instead I get more forum reply notifications, blog comment notifications, myspace messages/requests/comments notifications and newsletters from Slashdot, Play.com etc. The last person I person I wrote an email to was my domain host’s support team asking ... More About: Lazy
my mum reads my blog
2007-03-07 23:20:04 My index finger is sore from scrolling. All the constant scrolling I’ve done over the last few hours has actually made my index finger sore. Darn RSS reading and all those unread posts. I can say however that I am fully caught up with my Irish bloggers blogs. My Mum emailed me this evening saying she read through my blog. Thankfully I haven’t used the word ‘fuck’, ’shit’ or ‘bastard’ too much or documented crazy adventures of the destruction of body and soul through the consumption of unholy substances. No nothing of the sort. Maybe I should though. Copyright Phil O’Kane © 2006-2007This feed is indended for personal use only. If you are not reading it in your feed reader please let me know. More About: Blog , Read
irish blog awards 2007
2007-03-06 23:19:02 I woke up with a very sore head on Sunday morning… The Blog Awards were a great success once again. More so even than last year and I reckon it will only continue to get bigger and better. I arrived at the Alexander with my cousin, Ronan, shortly after 6pm. Not sure were to go we walked towards the ‘Winners Bar’. As we walked through the lobby I noticed some people sitting at the first table. I recognised Tom Raftery among them, but they looked like they were talking hardcore computery stuff so I didn’t bother embarrassing myself, instead we sat at the back of the lobby and watched everyone make their way in, not seeing anyone I knew. After finishing drink number one we made our way to the hall and towards the free bar. Many well deserved awards were given out [winners here], even if Jett Loe left empty handed (again) - there’s always next year. Of course I didn’t talk to as many people as I would like to, though I put this down to not knowing who... More About: Blog Awards , War , Iris
skype dualphone fails to satisfy
2007-03-03 11:16:06 “Hi Mum - I’m using my new Skype phone!” “Oh good, maybe we will get one” “Yeah you should, then we could talk to free!” We spent 40 minutes chatting away, everything was going great. I was enjoying watching my credit drop by a penny (1.4p) each time the minutes tick by. Then… “What..? What? What did you say? Philip? Are you there?” I could here her perfectly, but I could no be heard. This was just as I was trying to tell Mum my SkypeIn number I had purchased a day before. There were long gaps of silence where I couldn’t be heard at a ll, or my voice was stuttered. This made me very sad. I was looking forward to calling Amy in the States on Sunday, and generally making lots and lots of calls (I can dream). I told Ronan my number last night and he tried calling it. It rang. But the same results. A bad line. Returns and replacements All returns must be made within 7 working days from the day the goods were delivered to... More About: Phone , Sati , Dual
pictures of me
2007-03-03 11:16:06 For those who don’t know what I look like. Hopefully this should give you an idea. Copyright Phil O’Kane © 2006-2007This feed is indended for personal use only. If you are not reading it in your feed reader please let me know. More About: Pictures , Picture
better map of alexander hotel
2007-03-01 17:14:02 I’m fed up with all the crap maps of the Alex ander Hotel that have been doing the rounds. Especially the official one and I’m not sure whats going on here. Has no one heard of Google? For those who have Google Earth (for those who don’t - get it) download a placemarker which will guide you directly to the hotel. If you get lost, well just play around and you will have no bother finding your way. Click here to download Google Earth Placemarker (click for larger image) Failing that - Google Maps Alexa nder Hotel Copyright Phil O’Kane © 2006-2007This feed is indended for personal use only. If you are not reading it in your feed reader please let me know. More About: Better , Alexander
feel like a fool
2007-03-01 05:13:08 I kinda fucked that up. I tried re-wording it a few times, eventually posting it still thinking it wasn’t quite clear enough. But it turns out all that didn’t matter. I didn’t even link to the correct post! Paul Browne’s Feedburner giveaway sounded like a great idea. Nice and easy too, right? All I had to do was get my readers (you) to post a comment on this entry on Paul’s blog with (1) your name , (2) email (will be hidden) and (3) the blog that sent you there (me), but instead I directed the link to this entry. No one even commented on that entry anyway. Copyright Phil O’Kane © 2006-2007This feed is indended for personal use only. If you are not reading it in your feed reader please let me know. 1 Comments At February 28, 2007, Paul Browne wrote: You couldn't have messed up that badly :-) From memory at least one person said that they had heard about the draw from your blog. Thanks for the link , and see you at the Irish Blog Awards. Paul More About: Fool , Like , Feel
blog awards goals
2007-03-01 05:13:08 With the Irish Blog Awards getting closer I have been thinking about what I want to achieve by attending. I mean, I’m not going to win anything this year? So what better time than now to clarify why I even blog in the first place. As mentioned before I started blogging out of a love of photography. The photoblog was started soon after discovering what a blog is - then I uncovered the vast nature of blogs, both photographic and written. This blog was started in March 2006, originally as a place to voice my thoughts on my photography and gigs. Unfortunately didn’t get off to a great start as photography was taking up most of my time, ironically. Now that I have no camera, I have been using this space to write about whatever comes to mind. I’ve been enjoying being a part of this small community of Irish Bloggers and try to read as many as I can. Reading blogs makes Ireland seem much more interesting than I ever thought it was. I did meet a few bloggers last year and h... More About: Blog Awards , Goa , Goals
wanna win a prize? course ya do!
2007-02-27 11:10:01 All ya gotta do is leave a comment on this post; 3 commenters will be picked at random. The prize? Some very cool Feedburner merch, courtesy of Paul Browne. 1st Prize : A long sleeved FeedBurner Jersey, and assorted stickers and badges. 2nd Prize : A T-Shirt with the FeedBurner logo, and assorted stickers and badges. 3rd Prize : Just the T-Shirt with the FeedBurner Logo. He even took a picture to prove that its not just shameless marketing scam. Copyright Phil O’Kane © 2006-2007This feed is indended for personal use only. If you are not reading it in your feed reader please let me know. More About: Anna , Course
oscars 2007
2007-02-26 23:09:03 One month ago I decided to attempt to watch as many films nominated for this year’s Oscar s as possible. I managed 15. Pretty pathetic I know, but I’m still quite proud of myself. I’ve never been one to watch many films. I put this down to my short attention span and preference to use my PC/Internet instead, though I do feel I have a decent collection of dvds, if not relatively small at only 52. I have been asked a by a few friends recently why I have become suddenly so interested in the Oscars this year compared with any other year, what with my usual attitude of being generally opposed to such senseless award ceremonies. Maybe its just another one of my short-lived obsessions - but I feel this one may be a little more long-lived than the others. I have always been interested in media. This time I’m just taking it further. The Oscars, like most award ceremonies, creep up on me and I don’t normally know they are taking place until the day of the event, o... More About: Cars , Scars
fifteen days is up
2007-02-25 05:07:05 Where is my camera? OK, I’m not actually expecting a camera at this point, I am expecting the results of the inspection of my very-obviously-broken camera. They said it could take up to fifteen days. Today is the fifteenth day and nothing. They better have a damn good explanation. I have it all planned out: they say “yes your camera is broken, we will now give you your vouchers for its value”, then I don’t say thank you ‘cos I don’t like them much, yet they seem to be the cheapest online camera retailer. I will then proceed to buy myself a new camera, lens and flashgun. Looks like I won’t have it for the IBAs this year. Or maybe it will arrive the morning I’m due to leave for Dublin like last year… though I’m just not so hopeful this time around. Copyright Phil O’Kane © 2006-2007This feed is indended for personal use only. If you are not reading it in your feed reader please let me know. More About: Days
links for monday 19th feb 07
2007-02-24 17:06:15 Jett Loe was caught in Adelaide Street by the Irish News TV crew recently and questioned on the size zero problem. Got a fear of flying? The Man in Seat Sixty-One has all the answers to getting around and keeping your feet on the ground. Get your very own “Spock” Spacesuit. This one is currently going for $30 on ebay. The Belfast Festival has been saved! For one more year at least Sick of spam? Well some BBC presenters are sick of shit mail Dream PC display or what! I so want one. So everyone knows by now that Britney Spears shaved her head at the weekend. Personally I think there is no problem with it. Does someone have to have some sort of health problem, mental or otherwise, to do something like that. A little unexpected, but c’mon leave her alone. Copyright Phil O’Kane © 2006-2007This feed is indended for personal use only. If you are not reading it in your feed reader please let me know. More About: Links , Link , Monday , Onda
countdown begins
2007-02-24 17:06:15 Its only dawned on me that it’s just over a week until the Blog Awards. 8 days, 20 hours, 6 minutes and 43 seconds to be precise (I like timeanddate.com), yet I still have not booked somewhere to stay. The reason I had put it off so much is that I was trying to get someone to go with me for this weekend of would-be adventures in Dublin’s Fair City. Unfortunately no one I know cares enough about blogs and Ireland so I may be going on my own… I have been trying recently to get a good friend blogging, though it isn’t going too well. The internet just isn’t something he does. It was hard enough to get him to use it in the first place, though it wasn’t even me who managed to do that - it was the necessity to check mail for important Camp America updates, keeping in touch with friends and communicating with the girlfriend who resides 3624 miles away. It is a tool for the occasional myspacing and emailing. I sometimes feel like it isn’t worth i... More About: Down , Count , Countdown
how to keep loyal readers
2007-02-24 17:06:15 Wrapped in a beautiful brown envelope when I arrived home this evening was my copy of the Observer Music Monthly and Observer Music Magazine. But even better than that two sheets of money off vouchers for the Guardian and Observer. Two whole weeks of the Guardian for 30p (60p off on Sat) and 90p off the Observer! Now thats good marketing. Copyright Phil O’Kane © 2006-2007This feed is indended for personal use only. If you are not reading it in your feed reader please let me know. More About: How To , Readers , Reader , Read , Keep
im skyping out
More articles from this author:2007-02-24 17:06:15 Having spent the last 2 weeks trying to find the best reasonably priced VoIP/Skype phone, I finally ordered one.I think it was about 2 years ago that I heard about Skype and immediately thought wow even if I did live my with parents and didn’t call people very often. Two years later, I no longer live with my parents and have friends in America. I absolutely despise the high cost of mobile calls and ensure that I don’t top-up my phone with more than £10 each month. That is just the amount that I need in order to get free txts that last me through the month. I don’t make that many calls either though the credit normally lasts 3 to 4 weeks anyway. At first I wanted to get a headset, it seems to be the most talked about device for using with VOIP services. I did get one last year but I didn’t like it much so I brought it back. In the last year I discovered that I could actually get a real phone. No leads to worry about and I wouldn’t be restricted to sittin... More About: Ping 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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