Archive For May 4th, 2004

On the Joe Duffy Show: Miracle Cure for Cancer!

Discussion on the Joe Duffy show centres around signs propped up around the country promising miracle 24-hour cures for cancer! One doctor came on the radio and said he it was the chemo therapy that killed his patients, not the fact that his herbal drink didn’t work. A good search found some interesting stories about [...]

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What Happens To Your Data When You Die?

This Slashdot discussion touches on a subject I’ve covered before and is close to my heart. What’ll happen to all my photos when I die? Will anyone be interested enough to look through them? At least they’re in dated folders, many with descriptions, so my grand-kids won’t be wondering if that hot blond in the [...]

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Photographing Events and Demonstrations

Now this is an interesting article, especially considering the weekend just past. I’ll be posting photos later, but there was none of the trouble seen in Dublin down here in Cork. Photos to come later. I spotted a couple of excellent photos from the demonstrations in the papers yesterday and things looked a little out [...]

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The SBPost and Me!

about 10 days ago a journalist from the Sunday Business Post rang asking me about Linux in TradeSignals. A brief interview followed, but then 2 days later a photographer called out and took a picture of me stuggling with a laptop while smiling bravely. I prefer being on the other side of the camera.. Those [...]

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Lunar Eclipse Tonight!

I just heard on the radio, there’ll be a lunar eclipse tonight and it’s visible from Ireland! Unfortunately, the weather’s turned sour since the great weekend, but hopefully the clouds will clear! PS. Here’s more about the March 3rd, 2007 eclipse, including some photos and facts and figures!

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Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 Out!

Yay! Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 is out and has several new features and bugs fixed. I’m downloading it as we speak..

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