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docklands toejam photomeet
2008-06-10 11:13:00 Whats the point of the of a photoblog meetup if we don’t blog about it. It seems that those who attended the Toejam Photocamp have been pretty busy lately and photographs and blogging has been slow. An official name has been chosen, after the first major meetup in May at the Toejam carboot sale. We have a Flickr group for photos and discussion of future meetups. Also at the beginning of the month Donncha setup IrishPhotographers.org, a single feed for all Ireland-based photo bloggers, meetups, competitions and so forth. Until I think about what to blog about next here are a few photos from the aforementioned Toejam Photocamp: panpipes the Jeanie Johnston After pints and most people leaving, Darren, Julie, Peter and myself went to find Windmill Lane, location of U2’s recording studio. we got a little lost, so Darren and Julie tried referencing the map, which didn’t have windmill lane on it anyway. we found it in the end We’ll have to start organising th...
radiohead, malahide castle
2008-06-09 13:28:00 Niceness isn’t found very often, as we all know but just last week I was offered, and subsequently given a ticket to the Radiohead concert at Malahide Castle , Dublin, by a friend who wasn’t able to go. That’s what I call niceness :) The concert was great, definitely better than I expected. Unfortunately the security guy ...
daytrippin? - the mournes
2008-06-04 09:55:00 Sun, sand, sea… and mountains! Of course I would love to get away to a country far far away for a few weeks over the Summer. To enjoy a a different culture, the sights, the photos opportunities, cheaper goods and so on. This year, unlike the last I will not be jetting off to the US ...
boathouse ep launch
2008-05-28 20:56:00 Still racing of adrenaline from her solo performance at the 20/20 photographic exhibition, Amy McGarrigle will join her band-mates at the Empire Music Hall, Belfast, for the launch of their E.P. ‘What I Remember’. The band, Boathouse, were formed in 2006 and through progressively gigging, their music as gotten better and fanbase, bigger. The EP contains ... More About: Launch
dublin to cork - my 2 cents
2008-05-21 12:42:00 Something was mentioned on Twitter (once again) about a photomeet in the city I have been dying to visit for quite a while; Cork . Donncha suggested a photowalk in Doneraile Park in June, he’s available on 7th, 14th and 28th. But then he says this park is quite a distance from the Cork (city). I still ... More About: Cents , Dublin
altogether now
2008-05-20 19:20:00 The photo bloggers who made it to the meetup on Saturday. Taken outside the Bernard Shaw Pub, Dublin. click to view larger image
toejam photomeet dublin
2008-05-20 00:58:00 That feeling I normally get before the blog awards of “oh my, I haven’t read enough blogs lately, or left enough comments. I will be asking everyone how they have been only for them to say ‘not been reading my blog? It’s all there.’ And I will have to say no. on the bus to dublin Thanks ... More About: Dublin
meet photographers, take photos
2008-05-17 00:49:00 Tomorrow is the Dublin Photomeet that has been hyped around the Irish blogosphere over the last few weeks. This will be the second photomeet I’ve attended in the last 2 weeks, and another planned in Belfast next week, then another in June… “Flickr photomeets are the new camera clubs” - Davymac 2007 Last weekend’s photomeet in the ... More About: Photos , Photographers , Meet
reservoir cats
2008-05-13 20:23:00 ‘LETS GO TO WORK!’ Directed by Lindsay Charrington Produced by Adrian Cooke Tonight is the opening of Reservoir Cats , the latest play by the Theatre Knights, a subsidiary of the Knights of the Round Table arts collective. A spin-off of the Quentin Tarantino film Reservoir Dogs, ‘Cats’ sports an all-female cast in this very unique, Northern Irish take. The ...
twitter for music promotion
2008-05-08 15:06:00 For those unaware, Twitter is the latest social networking phenomenon. The main difference between it and any other social tool is that it’s based around what you say, in 140 characters, rather than how pretty your profile, your vast array of cool bands you like or all those super arty movies you like plus a ... More About: Music , Promotion
(bank) holiday in the sun
2008-05-07 09:25:00 As I approached the Ormeau Bridge this morning a very eggy smell made its way up my nostrils. Looking down, the bands of the were as low as I remember ever seeing them; muddy, dark and devoid of life, with a traffic cone or two and I’m sure a shopping trolley somewhere could be ... More About: Holiday , Bank
kitty and the can openers! ep relaunch gig
2008-05-01 19:11:00 Tonight Kitty and the Can Openers subtly relaunch their self-titled EP at the Empire Music Hall, Belfast. Recorded in Dec 07/Jan 08, the finely produced CD contains five superb tracks, which often find themselves slipped into the the set list whenever they grace the stage. When the EP was first printed the band were unhappy with the ... More About: Relaunch
office space exhibition
2008-04-02 00:33:00 This Thursday I have a very special photographic exhibition to mark the opening of Belfast City Office . This is an office space centre on Elmwood Avenue, close to Queens University and the Students Union. Merging premium serviced-office space, top-notch in-house IT support from Xootec, administrative & business support and very smart facilities for meeting, greeting and ... More About: Space , Office Space , Exhibition
colorwar2008 - rock
2008-03-25 00:58:00 The king of Internet ideas, Ze Frank, has started a Colorwar. I’ve taken my throw. ROCK! Go noTeam! More About: Rock
i ordered my mac
2008-03-16 16:30:00 This week went quite quickly, coming to an end that was well worth the wait. After work on Friday I purchased a 15-inch Macbook Pro from the Apple Store. This I am very excited about. It will be an interesting transition period from XP to Mac though hopefully it will go smoothly. I have lots of questions, ...
twittly dee twittly dum
2008-03-10 22:07:00 When I first heard of Twitter I thought it was so totally ridiculous. Sending and receiving txt messages is not new. It’s distinctly old technology. So I signed up. After receiving some useless messages from some people I had added - the sort of messages that said, “Just got the kids to bed, now gonna have ...
victoria square
2008-03-08 00:46:00 Like the majority of others in Belfast I was very excited about the opening of Victoria Square (official site is still in the future tense) having watch it grow over the last 3 years or so. Disappointingly, but also as expected, I wasn’t able to make it to the opening at 10am Thursday morning, though ...
victoria square
2008-03-08 00:46:00 Like the majority of others in Belfast I was very excited about the opening of Victoria Square (official site is still in the future tense) having watch it grow over the last 3 years or so. Disappointingly, but also as expected, I wasn’t able to make it to the opening at 10am Thursday morning, though ...
godtube apology
2008-03-06 00:37:00 I’m feelin’ a little weird doing this. It was hilariously funny. They sussed it out and sent a nice little apology. Why am I doing this. Well just to follow up on the story. Maybe I should have just left it at that. But what the heck. from Clint Word <cword@godtube.com> to date Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 10:36 ... More About: Apology , Godtube
godtube gone mad
2008-03-05 02:20:00 Here is an email I received 30mins ago. I’m not genius at tracing mail but it seems like it is coming from Godtube . This was in the original/detailed message: Received: from FE4.exchange.rackspace.com ([10.244.5.57]) by FE4.exchange.rackspace.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 4 Mar 2008 18:49:48 -0600 Received: from admin.godtube.com ([67.192.33.245]) by FE4.exchange.rackspace.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959);
irish blog awards 2008 - part 1
2008-03-03 14:36:00 We awoke early on saturday morning, in true tourist style. I took my first photograph of the day by 9.20am, of Andy eating his very tasty croissant in a small café down by the quay. After breakfast we began taking photos for real. Heading to Temple Bar, Grafton Street and St. Stephen’s Green. Walking really is ... More About: Awards , Blog Awards , Blog , Irish , Part
irish blog awards - the night before
2008-03-01 03:35:00 It’s 2am and I’m on Andy’s lovely laptop in the hostel. Having spent almost 4hrs on the bus from Belfast we were pretty tired and in desperate need of restroom facilities, so grateful of the fact that we had to get a separate bus from the airport to the city centre. Once we arrived we headed ... More About: Awards , Blog Awards , Blog , Night , Irish
fate awards after-party
2008-02-24 23:16:00 Gary Lightbody doesn’t like bloggers. He wasn’t too impressed with my ‘i’m blogging this’ t-shirt. So he took my camera from my hands and took this photo of himself, Ian Archer and me: Later Stuart Bailie, Terri Hooley, Gary Lightbody and Joe Echo sang Gloria by Van Morrison: This was followed by a set by Iain Archer This was ... More About: Party , Awards , Fate
nebraska revisited
2008-02-22 21:34:00 I first listened to Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska album a few weeks ago. I tried hard to like it, but I just couldn’t. Each track has a story, more often than not quite a sad story, but the style of the album isn’t for me. However, that doesn’t really matter. What is important is that each of ...
happy ?feck-off-i?m-single? day
2008-02-14 19:24:00 That time of year once more. Lets ignore it. Thankfully there is plenty going on in Belfast this evening to keep me occupied. The Knights of the Round Table are holding their usual jam packed night of fun with music from Kitty and the Can Openers, Serpentine Smile and Autorun plus plenty of extras including light electronica, ... More About: Happy , Single
irish blog awards 2008 - shortlists
2008-02-12 10:54:00 The shortlists for the blog awards were released yesterday. A lot of fine blogs about. I have been shortlisted for best photoblog. This year there are a few others from Northern Ireland to be shortlisted: Goodonpaper (Best Designed Blog ) No Clarity (Best Arts and Culture Blog) Stuart Bailie (Best Music Blog) Alan in Belfast (Best News/Current Affairs Blog) Well Done ... More About: Awards , Blog Awards , Irish , 2008
daytrippin? - cave hill and the zoo
2008-02-12 04:37:00 That mountain over yonder always look appealing. I often stare at it from my work on the 9th floor, I stare at it when I’m walking in the street and on the bus. Its always there, just outside the city, looking all natural, vast and full of nature - yet I never get very close ... More About: Hill , Cave
i heart johnny depp
2008-02-05 10:41:00 Anyone who knows me will know that I love Johnny Depp . A lot. Having seen many of his movies, unfortunately not all - but I have a feeling that will change as I begin obsessing over him again. Even though I find many of them to to be a bit crap (Secret Window, From Hell) ... More About: I heart , Heart
the week that broke the camel?s back - damn you computer
2008-02-02 20:37:00 After six days without a functioning computer and having to enjoy a few home comforts as I stayed at my parents’ house in order to get work done on my Dad’s PC, I finally have my own back again. Thankfully we have lots of spare parts from all the computers and upgrades my Dad and I ... More About: Computer , Back , Week , Camel , Damn
iDecided. iWant.
More articles from this author:2008-01-30 10:29:00 Being a bit of a nerd as I am I have always enjoyed doing nerdy stuff on my PC, but the time has come where that seems pretty irrelevant. All I want is to be able to edit photographs, browse the net, watch movies and listen to music. I have problems with my pc so often ... 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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