Archive For October, 2004
It’s very difficult to photograph the moon, not least of which because it’s so far away! Your eyes deceive you when you look at it – sure, it might look as big as the street light but wih distance there’s a lot less light getting to you. This article on photographing the moon is very [...]
Matt reports that another user has discovered that WordPress supports enclosures! That’s great, but others have legimate concerns about it.
Scary notice up on the MET EIREANN website! *gulp* I’m now glad that Blarney is inland! Severe Weather Warning A MAJOR STORM WILL AFFECT ALL PARTS OF IRELAND DURING WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED. Winds, initially mainly between Northeast and Southeast in direction, will reach mean speeds of 45 [...]
I’m experimenting with inline WordPress comments. If you leave a comment on this or other posts the comment will display on the blog, under the post. I need to make it optional however and smarten up it a bit! You’ll probably notice a few changes here over the next few hours as I play with [...]
The Economist survey of Ireland came out last week and it’s a great read for anyone curious about this little country of ours! Unfortunately, only the introduction is free to view on their site but if you have a subscription go read it!
A very lengthy Sunday Morning Photographer article this month, with rebuttals back and forth. Obviously a heated and passionate subject! (Via Mark)
Justin linked to The Power of Nightmares and I’m watching it now. Excellent and thought provoking look at the US neo-conservatives and al-Qaeda. Frightening too. Pity some people think it’s all so simple. At least others are concerned for the safety of Margaret Hassan. God Help Her. Later… As Keith removed my comment from his [...]
I finally got around to creating a release script so I can quickly bang out WPMU tarballs and zip files. Releases won’t come every day but when I make major changes to the system I’ll upload a new version and announce it here. Here’s the download page. Note: I haven’t as yet tested this version. [...]
In what may seem like a sacrilegious act, a band called Beatallica combine Metallica and Beatles songs! I haven’t listened to any of their stuff yet but it might be interesting! (via Ozh)
