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inphotos.org: The light fantasic loo
The toilets in the Cork International Airport Hotel are a pretty amazing sight to behold. Here’s the gent’s loo. The lighting changes constantly. I took a few shots within seconds of each other and they were all different. Luckily it wasn’t in use when I wandered in ..
This is the first shot I’ve posted from the Canon 40D. Unfortunately it’s quite noisy as it was shot hand held at ISO 1000, but the noise really only became noticeable after I applied the Lomo plugin to it. Love this camera. This photo and others taken at the hotel are also in this post. I used my 580EX flash for most of the people shots, but one or two were in available light with the ISO pumped up.
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Grannymar: What is it?
Who said “A tree”?
I did know that much. But what type of tree is it? There are a whole row of them planted along the front of the IKEA store in Belfast. I never saw anything like them before.
At first glance you would think it was planted upside down with the roots skyward.
Perhaps the top is sprouting in Baino’s garden 
Iced Coffee: last standing
Every so often a ‘Battle of the Bands’ pops up on the radar, each one to be better than any before it. Last Standing with its emphasis on war rather than battle, may prove itself to be stronger than its predecessors of the genre of musician competitiveness.
Last-standing.com Is a social networking site for Northern Irish bands; trying to build networks between bands in NI to strengthen our collective position in the music industry. Also runs a Battle of the Bands which is open to entrants right now, heats are on around NI to to determine the finalists, the finalists will then battle for a chance to win £2000’s worth of prizes, including:
- cash prize
- demo recording at Shabby Road studio
- 100 copies of the demo
- expert advice from those in the music and promotion business
- mentoring
- high profile playing opportunities
Today, Saturday 30th August 2008, the Strule Arts Centre in Omagh is the venue for the first heat in the WAR.
At the same time, though, they state that this is “not so much a competition, more a series of events with a really big event at the end.” Intended to encourage bands interact with each other, link up with others in order to promote their music.
The next heat is to be held Down Art Centre, Downpatrick on 13th September 2008, followed by one in Belfast on 30th September.
Gingerpixel: Just Add Children
I thought it would be nice to give a little update on something I posted about last November. Back then we had just had a pre-enrolment day for an Educate Together school we hoped would get the go ahead in Greystones. Over 230 children were pre-enrolled that day but it was only the beginning and at that point we had no idea whether or not we’d be successful. Well, it’s almost a year on and this Monday morning our brand new school will open for its very first term!
It’s a cliché I know, but it really has been a rollercoaster. There was the elation when our school was approved, quickly followed by fear that we wouldn’t get a site. Then there was the happiness of finding out that the school would be built on a beautiful spot on old farmland only to hear soon after that the building wouldn’t be ready. It’s been a lesson in local politics, planning and the workings of the department of education but today the keys were handed over and we have a school (there are more photos of the handover on the school blog). I’m so proud of all the others in the Start-Up Group, I wasn’t able to give as much time as I would have liked to the project lately thanks to crazy work commitments and the lion’s share of the work fell on just a few shoulders. There’s an understandable weariness now that the school is ready so I hope everyone will be able to step back and just enjoy the moment when the doors open.
There’s still a lot to be done, only one of the buildings is ready (we only need one for now since there will only be 2 classes for the first year and there’s plenty of room in just one of the buildings to house both our school and the Gaelscoil we will be sharing with), the tarmac was still being laid as we did our tour. Not to mention we will be spending the weekend moving the furniture into the classrooms. Still, the school looks amazing, would you believe these are actually temporary buildings and that construction began just 2 months ago? They’re a far cry from what you would expect when you hear the word “prefab.”
On Monday, 12 new Educate Together schools will open around the country, that’s the largest number of new ET schools ever to open in one year so far. Now we just need an Educate Together secondary school!
Will Knott: no hat no boots
Sometimes an image collection tells a story.
Not a very well told one, but its still a little story.
Will Knott
inphotos.org: Red and White Flowers
Colourful red and white flowers in the doorway of Supervalu in Blarney. I half thought about posting Damien’s picture from yesterday’s get together, especially after what lexia said but that’d be too cruel!
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Tags: Blarney, Canon 20D, Cork, Cork Photos, Flowers, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, red, shop, Sigma 18-200, SuperValu, Urban, whiteIced Coffee: i also fly
I went on a well overdue photo walk around the city centre and through Botanic Gardens yesterday evening. So enjoyable walking around with my camera and spotting things. I stopped in the City Hall grounds to look at the 1000 Families photography exhibition by Uwe Ommer, before spotting this seagull on the wall surrounding the city hall, and this is exactly how I saw the picture in my head.
