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Recreating last Summer June 11, 2007

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Recreating last Summer

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Shot a photo almost identical to this one last year but the poor lily flower was covered in small flies. This year however, Rose Nymphe is shown in true splendour having opened for the first time on Sunday morning.

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Damselfly III June 11, 2007

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Damselfly III

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Wandering around my garden again with a tripod and a zoom lens, what must the neighbours think?

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Another Day, Nothing Changes… June 8, 2007

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So, here we are Summer in Ireland after a general election. Voting for change, shaking up the cabinet, so on so forth. Well none of it has happened, it’s the same old Ireland and the more I think about it the more I want to move to Provence and enjoy life with a community that still holds traditional values. Now that Fianna Fail are back at the helm and the election is over we’re starting to see the cracks opening publicly, in the press. I’ve been saying for ages, along with many others, that inflation was getting dangerous and now we hear that inflation is rising. Wow! There was no such thought in Bertie’s mind previously when he agreed to nurses demands prior to the election – me wonders… We also hear that controversial lands in Dublin may be set for rezoning. Well we wouldn’t have wanted to upset the D4 residents before an election now, would we? Stock markets are falling, interest rates are still climbing and the ordinary Irishman in the private sector is suddenly not that comfortable any more. Meanwhile five days of talks with the Green Party have still failed to produce a government with Fianna Fail. I wonder who’s failing to agree there? Remember, people of Ireland, this was your choice…

Note: Links used above are from the Irish Times 08-07-2007 and may require login to view the content

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Hey Eircom! June 6, 2007

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Tip of the hat to Damien Mulley for finding this interesting snippet. Looks like decent, hard working folk in Lithuania are to be rewarded with 1Gb fibre connections straight to their doors. Yes, rather than laying age-old copper lines and maintaining them, the country’s Telecoms have decided to go with a proper option. Eircom heads, take note… source: GigaOM

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WordPress Permalinks June 2, 2007

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If like me you’ve run into the wonders of WordPress permalinks previously and hit brick walls such as 404 and 403 HTTP errors when you change from the default ?p=ID to the pretty /blog/2007/07/12/entry, then this post is for you and the many other people who have asked me this question previously. Not sure why considering the fact that I use MovableType as my blogging software but anyway!

Changing your permalink structure from the WordPress default to the pretty, year/month/day/entry-id or similar custom structure can cause problems for some people depending on the setup of their hosting infrastructure. [..]

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links for 2007-06-02 June 2, 2007

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Michael Mann June 1, 2007

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Just sitting down relaxing to start the long weekend: Watching Miami Vice on the movie channel and despite not really getting into the story or being sold on Colin Farrell’s interpretation of Don Johnson’s character from the hit TV series, I am strangely compelled to keep watching. What has me so hooked? Well it’s simple, it’s the incredible genius of directorship that is Michael Mann. I first learned the name of Michael Mann when I watched Manhunter, the original Silence of the Lambs. Ever since, I have been drawn toward a very definitive and wonderful signature style of the director, Mann. Movies ranging from The Insider, Last of the Mohicans, and Collateral have all featured very highly in my list of all time great movies. Collateral is a movie that ranks way up there in my opinion and it is mostly down to the direction and the way in each of the main characters is filmed. While The Insider is probably the best fact-based drama that I have seen in, well, ever. Just felt the need to share that with the world – to a director that has given me so much viewing pleasure over the years. Keep it coming Michael!

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