Author Archives: Donncha

From the Deadly to the Bizarre!

This guy had a lucky escape! Builder survives nailgun accident – see the xray! 6 nails in his head! Wow!
And then there was the woman who bought 10,000 Mars bars.. Won’t need to worry about breakfast for a while! hehe.
And it seems IRC is under attack!

Still, I.R.C. perhaps most closely resembles the cantina scene in “Star Wars”: a louche hangout of digital smugglers, pirates, curiosity seekers and the people who love them (or hunt them). There seem to be I.R.C. channels dedicated to every sexual fetish, and I.R.C. users speculate that terrorists also use the networks to communicate in relative obscurity.

Sounds like a really bad place. Maybe Bosco lovers congregate there or something? 😛

Lensbabies – distorted images?

I must admit I haven’t a clue what the author of this article means when he says, ‘Ever wonder how to turn your $1500 DSLR into a $10 Holga? Well a “lensbaby” is one way!’ but I presume he meant to ask if you want out of focus, soft, photos that show ugly defects? To each his own, and I have to admit the photos of the flowers are pretty! 🙂

Determining Exposure – too bright?

I tend to over-expose my photos, especially in bright light as I use the LCD At the back of the camera more than that digital viewfinder. What looks like a dark image there turns out to be a beautiful exposed portrait of a scene!
This article is going to be useful, although I don’t know if I’d have the patience to follow everything there!
I’ve already started shooting at -1 EV and it helps. Many over-exposure problems can be solved in post-processing but when it’s way over-blown, well, bye bye detail!

May Day Photos – Part 1!

First part of my photos from the May 1st Celebrations here in Cork. A number of stalls, and a stage were erected on Patrick’s St. and the street was closed off to traffic and the weather was beautiful! Photos of Fred and Micha to come tomorrow!


Waiting for the Bus
Not quite as boring as it used to be…


Look Ma! A Monster!


Get Away From Me!


Banter

Lots happening today isn’t there?
Yes, isn’t it great to see the young people out and about?
Oh My! Look over there at that monster!

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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 Dr Pascal Carmody and Dr Freida Keane-Carmody. Yet another doctor, William Howard Porter is also in trouble, but it’s not clear if he has been noticed by the Irish authorities.
Photodynamic Therapy was one of the therapies offered by Pascal Carmody..

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 of hand up there. Anyone outside the Phoenix Park when those 28 protestors were arrested?
That article above is followed up by another with some more tips, advice, and an account of what happened on May Day 2000 in London. Great photos too!
(via Photography Blog)

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 of you who didn’t buy the newspaper on Sunday are spared the picture of me, and the article (unfortunately), but there is an article about a CEO who tried Linspire on his laptop and was surprised to find it easy to install and use.
They also put their obligitory Microsoft FUD article online too which is a bit disappointing as it’s quite misleading and repeats the usual MS line. Oh well!
Later… This was mentioned on The ILUG mailing list on Sunday, and here too, along with some more thought about the pro-Microsoft article.

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