iPhone to Hit Ireland

Am I impressed ? Yes and No
Yes..... we are getting access to a cool product?

No... .as i have always said... its a cool gadget for the then unsophisticated American Market... but still no Camera,
the Tariff is too restrictive. On Appleinsider some wag has called the Irish Data Famine...
Data is what the iPhone does best and having a too restrictive tariff is dreadful but then mobile or cell phone tariffs here have always been on the expensive side, not to mention the initial handsets.

A new genuine 3G iPhone is on the cards for a Q3 release and as Apple don't run dual stocks... Ireland will have access to it when its available in other markets...

Back to the Camera. it seems at odds that Apple have pioneered the easy access to the digital media (iPhoto, itunes, Podcasts, Quicktime.......) and we take it for granted on other handset to have a half decent camera.

What would make me change over...?
A better tariff in line with US carriers, maybe O2 could combine their Wirless Boradband service to finally kick start the 3g revoloution,
A decent camera,
More ipod space
64GB anyone?

One reason Ireland may have been chosen as the next market? Google... Google have their European HQ in Dublin, so with the iPhone developers kit being launched in a few weeks and the already progressive Apple / Google partnership, Ireland and dublin in particular seems a good play ground for the iPhone, but only if are not picking up the bill.

BBC confirms iPlayer for iPhone, iPod touch "within weeks"

The BBC has confirmed plans to make streaming TV services using its iPlayer software available to the iPhone and iPod touch, "within weeks".This will be the first time the broadband TV service has been available beyond PC and Mac computers.

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Cadbury Gorilla - In The Air Tonight (Extended Mix)

I spotted this in Tv last week and was memorized, cant believe I missed this on the grid, either I'm losing my touch or I've gotton a life, well almost , I guess i "Mist" the Gorillas

Guinness - Surfer ( extended )

Voted the best ad ever..... well perhaps, it is cinematic , crank up the volume

DIY: $1 and pocket sized monopod

$1 Image Stabilizer For Any Camera - Lose The Tripod - video powered by Metacafe

MacBook Touch!

Looks almost finger lickin good..... but hold the mayo!

Ferrari 430 Spider Bio Fuel Concept

Biofuel Ferrari? Labeled as the 430 Spider Bio Fuel, the roadster runs on the familiar mix of 85% natural ethanol and 15% gasoline, which reports suggest yield a modest 2% increase in power. That's enough to bring the 4.3-liter V8's output up to 500 from the standard 490 with torque rising 4% and fuel economy improving by 5%.

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A Photographer’s Adage

A Photographer’s Adage

Photography requires growth; you learn, you grow. You stop learning, you stop growing. Those who say they know it all... are either liars, or extremely naïve. The more you know, the more you grow. - Tedric A. Garrison



Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world. - Arnold Newman


Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I'm going to take tomorrow. - Imogen Cunningham, Interviews With Master Photographers : Minor White, Imogen Cunningham, Cornell Capa, Elliott Erwitt, Yousuf Karsh, Arnold Newman, Lord Snowdon, Brett Weston by James Danziger




It fascinates me that there is a variety of feeling about what I do. I’m not a premeditative photographer. I see a picture and I make it. If I had a chance, I’d be out shooting all the time. You don’t have to go looking for pictures. The material is generous. You go out and the pictures are staring at you. -Lee Friedlander, "Documentary Photography - LIFE Library of Photography" , page: 178



Hmmm maybe somday I'll be quoted as a photographer, but for know I'll accept that I will capture some bad photos, that I can take good ones as well, and know the difference....

Tango Flashmob No 2 (c)- Harry St, Dublin 2

i think i've seen it all , pity i missed it.

C'était un Rendez-Vous (1976) - Claude Lelouch - Ferrari 275

But this is the real deal.....

C'était un rendez-vous (déja vu)

I've been looking for this vid for ages...... still looking for a DVD that'll be posted to Ireland

Funniest innuendo ever!!! This was a childrens TV Show

here it is again

Gardai In Templemore At Their Best

Ahh good to see the traffic gardai not annoying Dublin Motorists snarled up in Operation Cashflow

Darth Vader Feels Blue

De Burgh 'will play gig in Iran'

I suppose he has to earn a crust, especially as he has out stayed his welcome,Hypocritic that he is.

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