Cork Harbour serves as a conduit for trade between many parts of Ireland and the rest of the world. It has a thriving chemical industry, oil refinery and other industries from the Munster region. At the mouth of the harbour is Roches Point Lighthouse, and Church Bay, a delightful stony beach, lies directly across from it.
Ships still ply the waters in a never ending trade of goods going back centuries.
Monthly Archives: November 2004
Pippins Wilbernest – GIMP plugins and writings
Pippin has lots of good stuff on his site, include a very useful looking colour corrector and white balancer. He has a (poor quality) movie giving a good demo of his plugin and it’s something I’m going to try out later!
The USB Mince Pie.. it's the end of the week!!
It’s a Friday, almost time to go home, so #linux on irc.linux.ie comes alive!
These mince pies were suggested by Valen, and Pron, in response to Microsoft patenting IS NOT is applying for a patent on “IsToo”!
Did you hear that Elton John almost died when he heard the new song by Brian McFadden..
Elton John has slammed Irish star Brian McFadden’s new single Irish Son, claiming he had to stop listening to the track “in case I committed suicide”.
And in other news, everyone left work and had a great weekend!
Oh, what a cute cat and this photo of the Opera House in Sydney is very unusual and pleasing to the eye!
In We Go!
Fancy a swim? Someone in a white car obviously thought they were James Bond! Look what happened when they tried to fish it out of the water!
Fallujah in Pictures
Fallujah in Pictures doesn’t need explaining, but here’s a warning – the photos here don’t pull any punches, they’re very graphic.
Woof!
How do you describe the sound of a dog barking? Woof or wuf? What about in other languages?
This beautiful dog follwed me around the beach, and with the least encouragement went mad jumping up and getting excited! When I picked up a stone for him to fetch he went berzerk, hopping up and twisting in a circle in mid-air in his excitement!
How to take photographs of objects
How to take photographs of objects – Good advice here!
While I’m here, here’s a BSOD in Times Square. I should post some of the BSODs I’ve seen – Madrid, London, Chicago..
Fountainstown Beach
Pictured last weekend in glorious sunshine! Winter’s late this year everyone! 🙂
Candle Lit
A candle lit room can be very peaceful.
Tonight thank God it's them instead of you!
After all the hype over Bono or Justin singing the famous line, I just heard the new Band Aid song on the radio and am not impressed. It’ll probably grow on me but I still prefer the original! Here’s the original lineup and lyrics for those interested.
Go buy it anyway, it’s for a good cause!