O’Neills Pub on Pearse St.
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006
Despite being on one of the most polluted streets on Dublin, O’Neills Pub continues to put on a amazing flower display each year.
More photos in the flickr set.
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Some snaps from the IT@Cork Web 2.0 Dinner
Thursday, June 8th, 2006Here’s a few snaps from the night before.
Alexa Stats for Flickr.com
Thursday, May 11th, 2006I was checking the Alexa traffic stats for Flickr.com. Look at the huge spike in traffic in April.
What the hell is that about?
Check out the Yahoo Stats, it gets even weirder…
Using the correct Image Format
Tuesday, March 14th, 2006From digg a great article on picking the correct image format. The article summary captures it all,
- JPEG:
- Good:
- Photographs
- Game screenshots
- Movie stills
- Desktop backgrounds
- Bad:
- Windows application screenshots
- Line art and text
- Anywhere where fine lines or sharp color contrast is needed
- PNG:
- Good:
- Text, line art, comic-style drawings, general web graphics
- Windows application screenshots
- When absolutely 100% quality is required (24 bit)
- When alpha channel support is required
- As a general replacement for anything that is a non-animated GIF
- Bad:
- Photos, in-game screenshots (only when quality is not important and you’re looking for small files)
- Disappointing browser support from Microsoft and others
- GIF:
- Good:
- Where animations are absolutely required
- Widespread browser support
- Bad:
- Patented, legal techicalities
- Large file sizes compared to PNG for the same quality
- Obsolete
The Irish Blog Awards 2006
Sunday, March 12th, 2006So filthy weather didn’t prevent a full house for the first ever Irish Blog Awards. The categories were,
- Best fictional piece in a blog : Won by Annette from Thinking Out Loud
- best Comment/Commenter: Won by Kevin Breathnach
- Best Technology Blog/Blogger : Won by Tom Raftery
- Best Use of the Irish Language in a Blog : won by An tImeall
- Best Political Blog: Won by Slugger O’Toole
- Most Humourous Post: Won By Twenty Major - New York Diary
- Best Arts and Culture Blog : Won By Sinead Gleeson
- Best Group Blog: Won by The Community At Large
- Best Photo Blog: Won by Donnacha O’Caoimh
- Best Personal Blog: Won by Annette Thinking Out Loud
- Best Contribution to the Irish Bloggersphere (Blogosphere sp. ed?): Won by Roger Galligan (Irishblogs.ie)
- Best Blog Post: Twenty Major - New York Diary
- Best Blog/Blogger: Twenty Major
The night was weird for a number of reasons. Firstly most people had never met in person, secondly it was mile after mile of crazily gorgeous looking women, thirdly it seemed to die after the awards with many people exiting very quickly.
I can’t help feeling the very radical and personal nature of blogging needs a different format. This is not a critcism of Damien who gets all kudos for a great night, more the fact that we as participants were too for passive in this particular event.
My take on the night was it was a complete success, but loose the raffle guys , even if I did win a wireless router (thanks and god bless pink 35), it was very village hall, very bingo.
Final bit of info, the guy who picked up Twenty Major’s awards told me his name, and if you want to know it, go ask him yourself 
I took a bunch of photos that are now on flickr, if you’re in them and you don’t like your picture, give me a shout and I’ll zap it.
Irish Blog Awards
Friday, March 10th, 2006I see the Irish Blog Awards got a nice write up in the Irish Times print edition today. Of course the picture is not Damien, but TJ McIntyre his partner in crime at Digital Rights Ireland. Irish Times, doh!
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