Hard Work on the Surface Book

Putting in the hard yards on the Surface Book before the next school term starts.

Test Drive Your Tech #protip

I’m a fan of the Ricoh Theta 360 camera range and we have several on campus. Yesterday, I discovered the Theta V I planned to use needed recharging, resetting (uses the SIM pin I carry), and a 669 MB firmware upgrade. So it pays to test drive the tech you need to use before you need to use it.

Talking to clever creatives in Clonmel about establishing a presence on Mastodon. First up @designerofmotions@metalhead.club

I have a Calendar Item called Focus Time. When it kicks off, I close electronic items and return to thinking with my pen.

Two more weeks and my morning coffee view will be leafless.

The Reach of the Internet

I’ve made a few DIY YouTube clips that now have more than 4000 views. I think it’s nice to know that if you share how you might solve one person’s problem, you’re probably showing hundreds of others how to do the same thing. Making YouTube tuts and sharing discoveries on …

Simple podcasting guide for 2022

Simple podcast guide for 2022. It’s much easier making shareable audio now, when compared to my iPod days.

Wondering what about the collection we could compile if I joined my brothers and cousins in compiling letters our parents and grandparents wrote in the middle of the 20th century. I’m inspired while currently reading Letters of Ted Hughes by Ted Hughes 📚

Remembering with Sunflowers

Spending time in a remembrance garden with acres of sunflowers.

I'm passing along some mobile journalism skills to my youngest. He [asked our green grocer a few questions](https://www.spreaker.com/episode/50885808) about fresh fruit and vegetables.

Peak Heat in Ireland

Planning for the hottest day of the year in Ireland. It may hit 86F under clear blue skies. No rain for the past week. My sunflowers are objecting.

My Current Pen

I found a clever Mont Blanc knockoff. 🖋

The Value of Breaks

There is something fractal about rest. Looking back on my own experiences, I think having several short breaks beat having elongated holidays.

Snapped at OEB08

My first visit to Online Educa Berlin was in December 2008 where I joined a meet-up of microbloggers in the Marlene Lounge of the Intercontinental Hotel. When I posted this image, I used Photosynth to produce the group from a set of overlapping pans with my Nokia E90. Things have changed a lot as …

Memories of a wannabe videographer

Thinking about how Stephanie would have been as a videogrpaher.

Remembering Chuckie

Chuckie, our friendly Pomeranian, died on April 6, 2005.

Amazon on track with top search engine

by Bernie Goldbach in The Irish Examiner, October 1, 2004 I started dabbling with Amazon’s A9 search engine a few weeks ago and soon discovered I had earned a 1.5% discount for my Amazon purchases just because I had searched with A9.com-a special offer that Amazon does not advertise. Amazon …

The internet in the Iraqi Conflict

With a few clicks of a mouse, you can remove layers of security from the Pentagon’s war plans for Iraq.

Temple Bar Webstats March 1997

ERE IS A REVIEW of the Temple Bar Website from March 1997.

15,000 Hits a Month

BACK WHEN “HITS” were a thing, I ran around Temple Bar on the heels of a special letter of introduction from the Temple Bar Properties Marketing Manager.