On Tuesday next, I finish work at TradeSignals and move on elsewhere.
It’s been fun, it’s been tough, it’s been a long time.
While still at college I rushed late into a talk being given by local business men. Me – unshaven, weaing jeans and old tshirt, got the business card of my old boss after talking to him about my Perl college project. I never heard what the talk was about, probably the usual guff about students being great and all that sort of stuff!
7 years later here I am, older and a little bit wiser and about to start another episode in the life of me!
Announcement to come in the next 2 weeks! Thanks for reading.
Google AdSense site hijacked in the Google serps… oh the irony
You’ve probably seen it on slashdot already but here’s the scoop with screenshots. Read down through the comments. The man responsible “did it by accident” which may be so, but I find that hard to believe!
Some guy on webmasterworld.com was trumpeting some “new way” of getting PR10 for your site.. after a thread that went on for half a dozen pages it was a simple redirect hack!
phpfin – Your Personal Finance Manager
phpfin could be good. On the todo list to try out!
Update. phpfin.com is gone. Bah.
Cork City Historical Photographs
Cork Camera Club (pre-1940) contains a wealth of photographs and information about the real capital of Ireland.
Cork City Council has another site with the same content, but with thumbnails. Here’s the origin of the name, Sraid an Chapaill Bhuí, and according to the first link above, an extraordinary photo since it must have been taken only 28 years after the production of the first paper negative!
It’s amazing to see the old St. Fin barres Cathedral and Marina Quay where Ford and Son had their large factory.
If you want to get in touch with other photography types, check out Cork Camera Group or Carrigaline Photographic Society (why do you have so many images when text would do?)
What is a photojournalist?
What is a photojournalist? – Here’s a great article by Mark Hancock. Well worth reading!
A journalist tells stories. A photographer takes pictures of nouns (people, places and things). A photojournalist takes the best of both and locks it into the most powerful medium available–a single frozen image.
Reach
The John Hancock Centre, shrouded in fog.
Chicago Lightning
On our first morning in Chicago a thunderstorm struck! This is the view from the hotel window!
Digitize your LPs and tapes
Digitize your LPs and tapes – there’s loads of tapes sitting in a box at home. What’s on ’em? I do recall flipping tapes over while recording the Queen tribute concert.. might be nice to dig that out!
Why smart people defend bad ideas
Why smart people defend bad ideas – lots of quoteable quotes here. Very interesting read!