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hate mac ads, love irony
2007-02-24 17:06:15 I just noticed that Charlie Brooker’s great Mac Hat ing article has the very ads that he hates at the top side of the page. I had never noticed this because I use Firefox’s Adblock plugin, but Gavin pointed it out and so I got a nice little screenshot of it. I do think the ads are funny. 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: Love , Irony , Hate
slight resemblance
2007-02-24 17:06:15 I can see the similarities… But definitely no more. 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: Light , Lance , Resemblance
now accepting bribes
2007-02-24 17:06:15 I would like to congratulate all the bloggers who have been shortlisted for the 2007 IBAs. Although I am not among them I am pleased to be judging two of the categories. I will be accepting paypal money transfers between now and Friday from those who wish to receive my vote. Failing that, good luck to all. 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 20, 2007, fústar wrote: Well, if you're judging Arts/Culture I appear to be banjaxed as you have three of my competitors in your "blogroll"! Time to Pay the Pal perhaps... More About: Accept
my observer music monthly is in the post!
2007-02-24 17:06:15 Following up from the email I sent to The Observe r yesterday, I got a nice reply this evening: Dear Phil, Don’t worry, I believe you! Let me have your address and I’ll post one off to you - free of charge! I’m please to hear you enjoy The Observer, even when bits go missing! Yours sincerely, Teresa Goodman Assistant to the Readers’ Editor Isn’t that nice! 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: Music , Post , Server
wheres my observer music monthly
2007-02-24 17:06:15 I bought The Observer yesterday in the hope of reading, for the first time, its Music Monthly (or monthly music, or just music?) magazine. After making my purchase I made my way to Clements on Botanic where I was due to meet Ronan. I decided not to rush into reading the magazine, instead to read the main section first. It was only an hour later that I noticed the music magazine I had been looking forward to so much was not there. I was in shock. Flipping through each supplement to make sure it wasn’t hidden somewhere, Ronan tells me that they keep it behind the counter and should give it to me as I pay for the paper. They didn’t. So I decided there and then that I would in fact send an email to the good people at The Observer asking if they would send me a copy. Here ’s what it looked like. Hello there, I am emailing you to kindly ask if it would be possible for a copy of the Music Monthly magazine to be sent to me. This is probably a stupid question to ask, though ... More About: Server , Where
thank you for voting for me
2007-02-17 11:05:04 I want to take this opportunity to thank all of those wonderful people who voted for me for best Photo Blog (or best personal blog, but still voted for my Photo Blog, I love you even more) - I love you all. To those who didn’t vote for me. I know where you live (ever heard of an IP address?)! I will accept apologies in the form of comments and pints at the awards. I will be there. And I will find out who did not vote for me! 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: Voting , Thank You , Hank
thanks for the reminder
2007-02-17 11:05:04 This evening I got a ‘nice’ reminder from my house ‘mate’ in the form a text message: Can I remind u that its ur turn to clean the house this week ie before sunday. Ignoring his lack of grammar and spelling in so few as 21 words, this is not the first time I have had a ‘reminder’ from said house ‘mate’ since moving in. We have a cleaning rota (drawn up by, again, said house ‘mate’) and yes I did forget to carry out my ‘duties’ last time, five weeks ago, though this isn’t the first time I have received a reminder of my cleaning duties by way of text message via ‘daddy of the house’. This week, however, I was fully aware of my ‘duty’, though I felt that there could be a small amount of leniency considering there was a fairly large party on Monday in which I did not partake, nor particularly enjoy as I did have to get up for work in the morning. Cleaning was done in the hours that I di... More About: Mind , Thanks , Reminder , Hank , Remi
irish blog awards - only a few hours to go
2007-02-16 17:03:02 Voting closes at 5pm this evening! In one last attempt to WIN I am going to ask everyone who reads (or stumbles across) this blog to VOTE FOR ME. Its so easy. Go to THE VOTING PAGE Fill in your name and email address Scroll down a little until you find ‘Best Photo Blog ’ Select Iced Coffee Submit And you’re done. You will make me very happy :) 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: Awards , Blog Awards , War , Iris
venture photo shoot
2007-02-15 23:01:04 Last night I saw the inside of a photo studio for the first time. The portrait session that I won just before Christmas (though they say I didn’t ‘win’ it, I was ’selected’, or something like that) took place last night at the Vent ure Portrait Studio on the Lisburn Road. We had to wait for about 30mins for others to finish, but we were offered coffee, though before it has made the photographer came and introduced herself. Unfortunately I forget her name. We were brought into the studio. Half of the room was painted white with various lights around the room and a PC in the corner which was playing The Killers. First, we were told to take our shoes and socks off. I thought this was strange, but went along. She wanted to get us warmed up so to speak. My family isn’t the most energetic and lively bunch. Laid back and easy going would suit us more I think. So when bro and myself were asked to run towards the camera and photographer, whilst pushing da... More About: Photo , Photo Shoot , Shoot
the delawares and the elliots play two step
2007-02-15 23:01:04 THE DELAWARES THE ELLIOTS TRIP FONTANE LIMELIGHT, BELFAST THURSDAY FEBRUARY 15TH Drink Promotions / F Visuals Brought together just 2 years ago through a mutual love of 70?s psychedelic rock and 90?s alt-country, Belfast based 6 piece The Delawares are certainly one of the country?s most exciting new acts. Sporting influences from The Flying Burrito Brothers to The Beach Boys, the bands reputation as a dynamic and rousing live prospect has been increased considerably since their augmentation to a 10-piece outfit. Now with a brass section and pedal steel guitar, the band are bringing their music to a much wider audience, notching up shows across the UK and Ireland. The Elliot s are three boys and one girl. They call Belfast home. Their breezy, melody-driven pop finds a home alongside indie giants like Razorlight or Kings Of Leon, with a wealth of charisma and maturity unusual for such a new band. Coupled Alan Haslam?s instantly memorable delivery, the band have made startling progres... More About: Play , War , Ware , Step
lavery?s bar website updated
2007-02-15 05:00:06 Lavery’s Bar in Belfast updated its website recently and is using crazy little animations to show what goes on in each bar. Aren’t they sweet. 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: Website , Site , Webs , Update , Avery
obligatory anti-valentines post
2007-02-14 16:59:11 I don’t like it. But then I don’t have any reason to like it. I do however know some non-single folk who also hate the day, seeing it as the most commercial ‘holiday’ in the calendar; nothing other than making certain businesses more profits. All those cards, flowers and ’romantic’ meals. Okay so there is supposed to be something else behind it, something about showing your significant other than you love them, or something. But if that can’t be done on any other day of the year, surely it becomes less romantic doing it today. There can’t be very much romance on a day where it is all expected to be done. Breakfast in bed, flowers, a card with a sickening poem, followed by a romantic candle-lit dinner. Why not just skip all the crap and and go straight to the sex? All that stuff can be done next week, or last week, or how about the 20th May? Its often sunny in May, and not half as cold. Copyright Phil O’Kane © 2006-2007This ... More About: Valentine , Post , Liga , Valenti , Vale
obligatory anti-valentines post
2007-02-14 16:59:11 I don’t like it. But then I don’t have any reason to like it. I do however know some non-single folk who also hate the day, seeing it as the most commercial ‘holiday’ in the calendar; nothing other than making certain businesses more profits. All those cards, flowers and ’romantic’ meals. Okay so there is supposed to be something else behind it, something about showing your significant other than you love them, or something. But if that can’t be done on any other day of the year, surely it becomes less romantic doing it today. There can’t be very much romance on a day where it is all expected to be done. Breakfast in bed, flowers, a card with a sickening poem, followed by a romantic candle-lit dinner. Why not just skip all the crap and and go straight to the sex? All that stuff can be done next week, or last week, or how about the 20th May? Its often sunny in May, and not half as cold. Copyright Phil O’Kane © 2006-2007This ... More About: Valentine , Post , Liga , Valenti , Vale
the 12 year-old blogger
2007-02-14 10:57:03 David Wilkinson is 12 years old. He has just written an article for Darren Rowse, creator of ProBlog ger .net, on Search Engine Optimisation. Just in case you are doubting the truth behind the claims that this blog is written by someone so young, he helped a BBC Radio DJ create his own blog. David writes runs his own blog at Techzi.net, and has gotten a surge of new readers thanks to the article. It is quite odd to read his blog - he writes in such a mature way and with such knowledge. I can’t remember exactly what I was doing when I was 12, but I wasn’t getting Dugg or talking about getting more readers to my website nevermind making $500 a month! An idol for all 12 year olds stuck on myspace and bebo? 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: Logger , Blogg , Year
badly drawn boy, belfast feb 12 2007
2007-02-13 22:56:02 Thanks to Across the Line I saw Badly Draw n Boy in the Mandela Hall last night. I must say, it was good, but not as good as I had hoped. Maybe it was because I didn’t know very many songs, or the fact that a lot of them seemed to run into each other and sounded very similar. It could also have been the fact that he had to read his own lyrics placed on a music stand in front of his keyboard, or that he looked at his watch. It certainly didn’t help that he started quite early. Certainly earlier than I was expecting. Having read on Ticketmaster that the doors opened at 7:30pm, though only got home at 8, we got down at 8:50. He had already started. According to one gig-goer, he had been on for about 30mins and was on his 5th or 6th song. It probably would have helped had we made it to the venue sooner, though I do think it was very early to be starting, and is 10:30pm not early to finish? Anyway - it was enjoyable. I recorded my first YouTube video! ‘All Possibilitie... More About: Fast , Belfast
vote for me vote for ME!
2007-02-12 04:54:01 Its that time of year again, for the 2nd time. Voting has begun for the Irish Blog Awards, and those nominated are using a variety of tactics to get through to the shortlist. Theres the The negative approach, the prepared, the cleavage, helping others, pleading, singing, shock, honest, subtle, animated, non-existent, pity, stunned, grateful, child marketing, the cynical, and lots more begging. And of course, that wonderful logo is emblazoned across many blogs As for me. I’m not really expecting much this year unfortunately. My site Iced Coffee has been nominated for best Photo Blog, though I’m not expecting a win unfortunately. The reason being due to my super-sporadic posting over the last few months. Although, if you can have some sympathy for me and show understanding of the tough situation that has led to me not being able to update the photo blog for all this time, as mentioned yesterday that would be super. Or you could vote for my photo blog in place of this blo... More About: Vote
sorry duke
2007-02-11 16:52:05 I forgot to buy Duke Special’s new single. If you don’t get to number one I will blame myself. I will buy it tomorrow. There’s always next week. I can only blame myself, you can only blame me 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: Sorry
last.fm update with new feature
2007-02-11 16:52:05 Last.fm is one of the great services to come from this Web 2.0 generation. You see I have a bad memory; this is just one more web tool to help me ‘remember’ things. I now never have a problem answering the question “what are your favourite bands/artists?”. I just go to my Last.fm profile and list a few of my top artists. It is expanding everyday to something more that just a list of the songs I listen to. Clicking on an artist or song gives me similar artists/songs. Nothing new there. You can also listen to music by downloading the programme various controls on your desktop. The Lastfm radio is a great tool for listening to music that you don’t listen to already, as well many tunes you might. Choose either recommended radio or a particular genre and listen to an endless supply of music for free. Many artists have their own profile pages, where you can listen to a small selection of tracks, some even providing free downloads. I have been registered with ... More About: Feature , With , Last , Update , Feat
what happened to iced coffee?
2007-02-11 16:52:05 www.Iced-Coffee .com was once home to my beloved Photo Blog. I have not posted a new photograph since 25th Oct, then just a handful of times in sept, no updates in August, and a few in July. The blog was started on Wednesday 21st September 2005 out of my love of photography and recent discovery of Photoblogs. I first found a small handful of wonderful photographers who posted new photographs daily, quite soon after I knew I had to have one of my own. It was the fact that the pictures were (in most cases) taken so recently that I loved so much. I was able to look in on a different world, in a different country or city and to see something new each day. I quickly fell in love with Travis Ruse’s New York Subway photography. The way that he shoots on a busy train every day while thousands of people are taking their daily commute is something that has always inspired me. Showing no fear he captures images that show various aspects of the subway system and the people who use it. I ha... More About: What , Hat , Pene
badly drawn boy & i?m on the guestlist
2007-02-11 16:52:05 I found out yesterday what I won. Having not received any further details in the three days since winning, I decided to contact Paul (ATL producer) myself). During one of my email checks via my mobile phone I read the reply from Paul. Hi Phil I think there was some confusion between us and the promoters there. Apologies you werent contacted sooner. Yourself plus guest of your choice (over 18 only please) are on the guest list. The concert is on Monday night at the Mandela Hall in Queens University Students Union in Belfast. Badly Draw n Boy and Malcolm Middleton are the main bill so it should be a cracker. All the best Paul My day just got better. Much much better. I wasn’t even aware he was playing here. I have liked Badly Drawn Boy’s music for a few years; since watching About A Boy, and loving the soundtrack which is filled with sixteen brilliant songs by the artist. I haven’t seen him live before, so I am very pleased of this opportunity. I will be asking Ronan... More About: List , Guest , The G
tiredtube
2007-02-11 16:52:05 Too tired to do anything else - so heres some youtube videos I’ve seen lately This one has been doing the rounds on the blogosphere over the last week or so - but it’s so good, everyone must see it to get a greater understanding of the interweb. This is why I don’t do stupid this Now I do want an iPhone There is only so much hatred one can contain for this sort of thing 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: Tube , Tired , Redtube , Tire
count me in
2007-02-11 16:52:05 I certainly don’t have anything to lose. Starting at zero does give me an advantage. So click the many feed links on this page to subscribe. 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: Count
me, branded
2007-02-11 16:52:05 Via Online Fandom I found a rather intriguing site allowing you to place all the brands you are associated with into a nice little image, such as the one on the left. Its a nice little idea, though not without flaws, as pointed out by Nancy. Although there are many brands included, some rather obscure choices too, there are plenty missing. Take the music category. 37 in total, 8 aren’t bands, most are crap. Film: 27, 17 films, each of the four hogwarts‘ students’ houses, one actor (depp) and one director (Tarantino). Fujifilm? Wheres Nikon, Canon? The main criticism is that the images do not link to the appropriate site, or user profile. Besides all that, I like it. Almost want to link them myself… 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: Brand
FATE band showcase
2007-02-11 16:52:05 The Dangerfields, Splitscreen & the Thrones Of Roll have made it through to the final of the Tennent’s Debut Award for ‘Best New Live Music Act’ in the FATE Awards ‘07. The showcase will take place tomorrow night (Thurs 8th Feb) in the Spring & Airbrake. The top 3 nominees will face each other in a live final at a secret venue in Belfast. Radio One will both record and air the performances in February on the Rory McConnell Show on Thursday nights - so tune in to find out how you can vote for the overall winner. THE PRIZES Not only will the winner, as chosen by Radio One listeners be given the opportunity to perform at the Fate Awards ceremony, they will also receive a recording of their performance and the choice of either £1,000 worth of recording time in a studio or £1,000 worth of equipment! Tennent’s has long been a supporter of new music talent, and are delighted to give young musicians this chance of being in the spotlight at Northern Ir... More About: Band , Case , Showcase
bbc weather?
2007-02-11 16:52:05 The crazy weather and threat of snow must have too many people to the BBC’s Weather site lately. The default is London, though I want to change it to Belfast, but when I try to do so I get a nasty 502 error. Unfortunately a server error occured whilst trying to retrieve this page: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/weather/sea rch/new_search.pl? search_query=belfast&go.x=0&go. y=0 We are currently working to correct this I hope they do ‘cos I wanna know how cold its gonna be. update Just remembered I have one of the best Firefox extensions: ForecastFox. (I’m not dumb I wanted to check the weather in work and forgot I don’t need to do it at home…) Thankfully it doesn’t look like there will be much snow if anyway in these parts this week, unlike in England. 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.
burn feeds
More articles from this author:2007-02-11 16:52:05 In a feeble attempt to get more readers and join in the fun many others are having in the run up to the Irish Blog Awards I have decided to join Feed burner. It started out with a friendly game of “first to 100 subscribers“. Since then the stakes have been raised. Cue Round Two “The person who gets the biggest % increase in FeedBurn er subscribers between now and the Irish Blog Awards wins” Of course, like most new things I try out, I have come across a few problems. Having joined and navigated my way around the site I found the FeedCount Chicklet: Then I subscribed to my own blog. To test it out of course. Thats when I noticed problems. Apparently my site was last updated on Sun, Jan 14 2007 3:23 AM, and the last post was on Fri, Jan 12 2007 1:21 PM. Even if it wasn’t very up-to-date, I at least though I would now have one subscriber. Of course not. Feedburner says: 0 subscribers. The zero is huge too! I had to try adding it several more times to be su... 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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