Sit-in at city shop

I went into town this morning and came across this group of protestors on Princes Street. I didn’t know it at the time, but they were employees of O’Donovans Butchers, a 105 year old company with a premises on the street. They had all been let go the previous day. The Evening Echo has more on their front page.
The workers were protesting because they were laid off almost a week early with very little compensation despite many years of service in some cases.

Evening Echo

Dust on my Sensor! Must Clean It!

There’s dust on the sensor of my 20D. I need to remove it. Here’s a few bits I found.

  • Ken Rockwell has many tips, as usual
  • This review of IMS DSLRClean looked very promising until I found the exact same one here too! Is it a paid-for product placement?
  • Lots and lots of valuable information here.

Gulp! I hate the thought of wiping anything against my camera sensor!

Can any Irish SMEs come to the parliament to prevent SWPAT?

Ciaran O’Riordan asks Irish business to go to Brussels and talk to their MEPs about software patents. We really only have next week to catch them in their offices, so who’s going?
Contact your local TD if you can!
Here’s that Guardian article RMS wrote with a very simple and clear example to show why patents are not the same as copyright, why they are absurd!
Later.. Brian has more.