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Ah, feck it

Ah, feck it. One more... From the top of the Hill of Slane, this time :-)

Maybe just one more, from the incomparable Montjuïc Cemetery in Barcelona

Maybe just one more, from the incomparable Montjuïc Cemetery in Barcelona...

Last Post

Last Post!

I think if I threw a sheet over this it would look like a ghost

I think if I threw a sheet over this it would look like a ghost. Appropriate, perhaps for posting on a social network that's supposed to be shut down right abou...

This time at Glasnevin - one of Dublin's largest and most famous cemeteries

This time at Glasnevin - one of Dublin's largest and most famous cemeteries. It also backs onto the Botanical Gardens, which can be a bit unexpected!

Another cemetery, this time O'Neill’s Point Cemetery in Bayswater in Auckland

Another cemetery, this time O'Neill’s Point Cemetery in Bayswater in Auckland.

Karori Cemetery in Wellington is a lovely suburban cemetery and one can spend quite some time

Karori Cemetery in Wellington is a lovely suburban cemetery and one can spend quite some time roaming it's avenues and admiring the landscape, and the interesti...

Laundry on apartments in Hong Kong, for the final 'joinindaily' theme of cleaning

Laundry on apartments in Hong Kong, for the final 'joinindaily' theme of cleaning.The apartments come with poles for hanging the laundry on, and exterior wall m...

Of course I have lots of photos of cemeteries in Ireland, and I've certainly posted more than a few

Of course I have lots of photos of cemeteries in Ireland, and I've certainly posted more than a few already. Here's another one down in Wicklow with an interest...

Another day, another cemetery

Another day, another cemetery...This time in Brussels, where I was at FOSDEM earlier this year. At some point I went off campus for lunch and found this quiet s...

Path to the Lands of the Dead

Path to the Lands of the DeadAs +Google+ winds up I'm posting cemetery photos. Here's the path leading down into a very small one on the slopes of Mount Victori...

As +Google+ disappears I think it only appropriate to post photographs of cemeteries :-)

As +Google+ disappears I think it only appropriate to post photographs of cemeteries :-)In my travels around the world I find that these can be delightful place...

One final photo of a cemetery and a tower

One final photo of a cemetery and a tower. This old church tower in Tallaght is just inside the "Pale" - the historic wall around Dublin which separated "civili...

As the sun sets on the Priors' graveyard, so it also does on +Google+

As the sun sets on the Priors' graveyard, so it also does on +Google+... Meanwhile, I'll keep posting here to the bitter end.

The Winding Stair across the Liffey

The Winding Stair across the Liffey. By day a charming bookshop, by night a quirky up-market restaurant. Always pretty, but especially so on a calm winter eveni...

If Dublin is 53 degrees north ...

If Dublin is 53 degrees north and the earth has 23 degrees of axial tilt then the sun must be 14 degrees above the horizon at it's highest at this time of year....

A Pint of Hope seems a very Irish thing for Christmas Eve

A Pint of Hope seems a very Irish thing for Christmas Eve.

Once more into the Garda National Immigration Bureau

Once more into the Garda National Immigration Bureau a.k.a G.N.I.B. that dreaded Irish institution which rates 2 whole stars on Google Maps. We're doing it in s...

No time for Doughnuts & Coffee - that's my Luas coming

No time for Doughnuts and Coffee - that's my Luas coming...

They really like to shame smokers at Vienna Airport

They really like to shame smokers at Vienna Airport

I guess "Queue Time" doesn't include waiting for the gates to open up

I guess "Queue Time" doesn't include waiting for the gates to open up... :-/

Hmm

Hmm... Looks like my ride's here...

Sssshhh Secret

Sssshhh Secret! apparently the local residents have tried to make this tiny public beach as non-obvious as possible, but then the local council goes round and s...

Look Out

Look Out!I can't help but feel that whoever put the sign up must have had a good laugh. It's across a path on the way down to Narrowneck Beach. The paper sign t...

Gone Swimming I walked down to Narrowneck Beach with my sister yesterday and couldn't resist this

Gone Swimming I walked down to Narrowneck Beach with my sister yesterday and couldn't resist this picture of the footwear left behind after a couple of guys wen...

They have such cute EVs for delivering the mail here in NZ

They have such cute EVs for delivering the mail here in NZ. Every time I see one of these it makes me smile :-)

Stanley Bay looking gorgeous in the morning light on my walk yesterday

Stanley Bay looking gorgeous in the morning light on my walk yesterday. Apparently this bay (and the adjacent naval base) was used as a backdrop in the movie "L...

Mangroves on my pre-breakfast walk this morning around Devonport

Mangroves on my pre-breakfast walk this morning around Devonport.

This is strange: there's a seemingly free lounge in Bangkok airport

This is strange: there's a seemingly free lounge in Bangkok airport. Food & drink there for the taking, quiet, nice view out, comfortable chairs, free WiFi and ...

Since having a stroke a couple of months ago my commute to work has become a lot more complicated

Since having a stroke a couple of months ago my commute to work has become a lot more complicated (and unfortunately also a lot slower) but some days, with a li...

The last few leaves

The last few leaves...Just a few leaves left, the sun's definitely getting lower in the sky, and it's starting to get decidedly chilly as I walk around the neig...

Well it would appear that the NZ Embassy in Dublin really is almost a thing

Well it would appear that the NZ Embassy in Dublin really is almost a thing...https://www.jobs.ie/ApplyForJob.aspx?Id=1759071 I expect they're timing the openin...

Pill Man

That's what I feel like now! I have so many pills I suddenly need to take after having a stroke recently. Having a stroke is no joke!

Interesting news about public-facing G+ being discontinued due to ETOOHARD to maintain secure API

Interesting news about public-facing G+ being discontinued due to ETOOHARD to maintain secure API access. Doesn't appear that there's been any data breach, just...

My home for the past week - hopefully they'l be letting me out tomorrow

My home for the past week - hopefully they'l be letting me out tomorrow...

Today was the day I decided to work out why my touchpad is not working under Linux on my Dell 9560

Today was the day I decided to work out why my touchpad is not working under Linux on my Dell 9560. It is a tale of obscure bugs and issues, but ultimately I no...

Holding Hands for today's joinindaily theme "Walking"

Holding Hands for today's joinindaily theme "Walking". I wonder if these tourists in Warsaw were being sure to hold hands just so they didn't get separated in t...

London Shard for joinindailyspecifics theme of "Taxis"

London Shard for joinindailyspecifics theme of "Taxis"

Armada de Chile headquarters in Valparaíso for today's joinindailyspecifics theme of "The Navy"

Armada de Chile headquarters in Valparaíso for today's joinindailyspecifics theme of "The Navy"

Wilanów Palace Gardens

Wilanów Palace GardensA little south of Warsaw is this lovely palace and gardens. Allow at least a couple of hours for a visit, especially if you tour the upsta...

View down Marszałkowska from Consitution Square (plac Konstytucji) with a "Nysa" van in the

View down Marszałkowska from Consitution Square (plac Konstytucji) with a "Nysa" van in the foreground operated by Adventure Warsaw.

Cheetah accompanied by a zookeeper in the shop at the Wellington Zoo

Cheetah accompanied by a zookeeper in the shop at the Wellington Zoo for joinindaily "It has spots". They regularly acclimate the cheetahs to human contact in t...

Mirowski Park

Mirowski ParkThis was the lovely view from our (most excellent) AirBNB in Warsaw last week. On the other corner of the park (not visible in this shot) was an aw...

Red, Yellow and Flat White

Red, Yellow and Flat White for joinindaily where today's theme is "Cups". This was a lovely morning coffee I had with my wife for our 28th wedding anniversary, ...

Sunset including "light beams" for joinindailyspecifics today

Sunset including "light beams" for joinindailyspecifics today.

A Place to Reflect

A Place to Reflect in the perfect tranquil of Hapua (Hawkes Bay, New Zealand) is this seat, built out of old fenceposts.

Warsaw University Library Entrance

Warsaw University Library EntranceThis was too large to get into one frame, so I turned the camera sideways and made a panorama of four shots, so there's masses...

Open and Closed

Open and Closed an old mine shaft entrance at Allihies on the Beara Peninsula is very much open to the weather, but I wouldn't recommend going past the warning ...

Ithaca Falls a couple of weeks back when I managed to sneak out in between meetings

Ithaca Falls a couple of weeks back when I managed to sneak out in between meetings. Given the amount of rain we'd seen in the time we were there (i.e. zero) I ...

Dragonfly

Dragonfly "all alone" for joinindaily today, and also "the only flower here is white" for joinindailyspecifics as well :-)

Helicopter

Helicopter for joinindaily "Mechanical things that fly" - you might have to zoom in to see it though :-)

ROUND 23 CAPTURE THE SPIRIT SCAVENGER HUNT IMAGES

ROUND 23 CAPTURE THE SPIRIT SCAVENGER HUNT IMAGES

Things I Hate

Things I Hate for joinindailyspecifics theme of "They Go 3-2-1 Or 1-2-3 !"

Bicycles in Amsterdam

Bicycles in Amsterdam almost invariably have bells on for joinindaily today.

The Red Stables in St Anne's Park

The Red Stables in St Anne's Park have nicely wrapped the water tank "on the roof" with some "arches", so that'll be it for today's joinindaily and joininndaily...

The second-to-last queue before we get to sit down and "enjoy" our flight back to Dublin

The second-to-last queue before we get to sit down and "enjoy" our flight back to Dublin... Definitely cattle class on Ryanair today!

Washington Escalators

Washington Escalators for joinindailyspecifics them "One goes up, one goes down" - plus an extra one going up, in this case. This one got an honorable mention i...

Railway Signaller's Shed

Railway Signaller's Shed for joinindailyspecifics - this one in Bosnia housed the man who came out and turned the crank to lower the boom across the road to sto...

The New Neighbours for joinindailyspecifics theme of "It Looks Unfinished" +Optical Drifter

The New Neighbours for joinindailyspecifics theme of "It Looks Unfinished"

Mat Without New Zealand mapswithoutnz if someone with a Reddit account wants to post this to

Mat Without New Zealand mapswithoutnz if someone with a Reddit account wants to post this to https://www.reddit.com/r/MapsWithoutNZ/

Rose Lemonade

Rose Lemonade cooled us down very nicely today, while waiting for our food tour after walking around Warsaw's largest park. joinindaily

Pyramid

Pyramid for joinindaily (Triangles) and joinindailyspecifics (Black and White). This particular pyramid is the tomb of an eccentric in Wicklow.

Peix for "Let's go swimming" and "Criss-Cross" for joinindaily and joinindailyspecifics today

Peix for "Let's go swimming" and "Criss-Cross" for joinindaily and joinindailyspecifics today. This Barcelona scultpture of a fish is by Frank Gehry for the 199...

Mossy Glove for joinindaily today

Mossy Glove for joinindaily today. If only there'd been a butterfly nearby... :-)

A quilt copying a New Zealand tussock butterfly stamp

A quilt copying a New Zealand tussock butterfly stamp. How abstract is that? For joinindailyspecifics theme of "Butterflies".

The QVB in Sydney

The QVB in Sydney has this most marvellous "Business Clock" for joinindailyspecifics and while you're visiting "Go On, Have A Hot Drink" in the cafe downstairs ...

This is excellent

This is excellent. H/t +Dan Weese

Hapua Lake by Night

Hapua Lake by Night combining "dreamy peaceful solitude" with "green lights" for today's joinindaily and joinindailyspecifics - it's on AirBNB too, if you're lo...

With the Top Down

With the Top Down driving through the forest out to the Oregon Coast in summer. Red car, green trees and blue sky - what a spectacular day just around the bend....

Ah, the sounds of home

Ah, the sounds of home....

Home again, with the droppings from the TSA in the luggage once again

Home again, with the droppings from the TSA in the luggage once again...

Someone in Ithaca has got the personalized plate "Usain" for their Chevrolet Bolt :-) humour

Someone in Ithaca has got the personalized plate "Usain" for their Chevrolet Bolt :-) humour

I think I love this shop

I think I love this shop.

Five Yachts

Early Morning and the "mirror-like" reflection of "five" moored yachts in the channel next to Whitireia in Porirua Harbour for

On the Canal

On the Canal there is "light at the end of the tunnel" for joinindailyspecifics with "a touch of blue" for joinindaily today. I missed yesterday because of ETOO...

Susquehanna at Binghamton

Susquehanna at Binghamton, NY, where I arrived this afternoon, at the confluence with the Chenango River. This is for joinindaily and joinindailyspecifics today...

One of the most underrated features of +Google Photos is the processing that happens when you take

One of the most underrated features of +Google Photos is the processing that happens when you take a photo of a car, and it makes it look like it's been recentl...

The drought is so bad that

The drought is so bad that ... the fisherman can't get out to sea!I was up in Balbriggan today, and it was baking hot wandering around the port. Nobody was goin...

Mushrooms

Mushrooms for joinindailyspecifics because they're in basket. Seeing a basket with a variety of mushrooms like this is something we would not have found back in...

Evening on the California Coast

Evening on the California coast for joinindaily. I drove for another hour after this getting increasingly frantic looking for a place to stay for the night and ...

I have to go to the US for a few days this week and was looking at the roaming charges on Eir

I have to go to the US for a few days this week and was looking at the roaming charges on Eir. €19.99 for 200MB! hahahahahahahahah... I guess I'll be picking up...

Tallaght Remembers, among all the badges on this man's cap - spotted outside a pub in Tallaght

Tallaght Remembers, among all the badges on this man's cap - spotted outside a pub in Tallaght yesterday. cellphone portrait

Camel Costume

Camel Costume surrounded with "all the colours of the rainbow" and some steps that "fold away" for joinindaily and joinindailyspecifics

It looks like rain

It looks like rain and I don't know what building that is, but it looks interesting... for joinindaily and joinindailyspecifics

Fallow Deer

Fallow Deer on an empty street in Phoenix Park, Dublin for joinindaily and joinindailyspecifics. Apparently there are around 500 deer in Phoenix Park, but it ca...

Bacteria powered electricity generation

Bacteria powered electricity generation? Adds new meaning to the term "Power Plant"!

The Dancing Building

The Dancing Building in Prague, with "Patterned Windows" in a modernist manner, and which is of course "the outside of a bar" for joinindaily and joinindailyspe...

Copenhagen

Copenhagen for joinindaily with a three-wheeled cycle rickshaw driver resting before his next customer.

Broadway & Vesey

Broadway & Vesey with an umbrella in the sun for joinindailyspecifics on a hot 2nd of July in Manhattan. The next day we went off to meet my cousins in Pensylva...

Fire Escape Stairs

Fire Escape Stairs for joinindaily today because "It's useless without feet"

King Wenceslas

This sculpture of King Wenceslas riding an upside-down dead horse in Prague is by David Černý - also responsible for the babies crawling up the sides of the TV ...

White Gypsy

White Gypsy in a Dublin pub on St Patricks Day for the joinindailyspecifics theme of "Candles".

Chandelier in Castletown House

Chandelier in Castletown House for joinindaily today because "It hangs from the ceiling". The docent was very amused when I lay on my back on the floor to take ...

The Debian Kilt

The Debian Kilt kitted out with all the right socks and jewellery for joinindaily and joinindailyspecifics today. The Debian tartan was developed by Phil Hands ...

Do you have a BEV or PHEV in Ireland

Do you have a BEV or PHEV in Ireland? Are you aware of the reduced toll rates available from 1st July? Details here http://www.etoll.ie/electric-vehicle-toll-in...

Castlepoint

Castlepoint lighthouse and town, looking as spectacular as it so often does, for today's joinindaily and joinindailyspecifics

"... he wrote in his press release...

"... he wrote in his press release, which read like the work of a man who gets unduly cranky in the heat."I did giggle a little.

It's getting narrow

It's getting narrow down between these buses at the The National Transport Museum of Ireland in Howth. One of two little-known museums in Howth (the other is "Y...

Castle Leslie

Castle LeslieI was at a most excellent wedding in Castle Leslie a couple of weeks ago, and on the morning after group of us strolled around the lake in the morn...

Prototypical Purple Porpoise

Prototypical Purple Porpoise for joinindaily and joinindailyspecifics today I have another creature from my daughter. In captivity this time, but certainly a fi...

Most of these are only lightly processed, though I did a little more work on the ones during the

Most of these are only lightly processed, though I did a little more work on the ones during the ceremony itself. Anyone interested in particular shots that loo...

Need something upbeat

Need something upbeat?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjvzCTqkBDQ

A Pair of Clowns

A Pair of Clowns for joinindaily and joinindailyspecifics because of course "Clowns" can "Come in Pairs". I missed yesterday, which was not only too hard for me...

Britannia Bridge

Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait which "has a hole in it" and also has pylons "in a row" next to it and is thereby just the thing for today's joinindail...

This looks very cool - including overhead charging in 2-5 minutes

This looks very cool - including overhead charging in 2-5 minutes.

Sagrada Familia

Sagrada Familia today for joinindaily and joinindailyspecifics the themes are "Cranes" and "Ponds/Lakes" so here's a combined effort, and with a cathedral throw...

Scotch Egg

Scotch Egg for joinindaily theme "Round Food!"

Trek Duck

Trek Duck for joinindailyspecifics theme "It's Not The Colour That It Should Be!"

That time we rented a brewery

That time we rented a brewery... for joinindailyspecifics a theme of "Balloons!" (Preferably not Hot Air Balloons)

Russborough House

Russborough HouseThe stairway up to the upper storey is incredibly ornately decorated. You have to marvel at the work, although perhaps "taste" didn't really ge...

Chrysler Reflected

Chrysler Reflected for joinindaily & joinindailyspecifics. Today's themes are "It has stripes" and "Yellow, Blue, Black or Orange Cars"Yellow cars are quite eas...

The Temple

The Temple for joinindaily theme "Garden Ornaments" This seems to be a fairly generic ornament in large gardens in Ireland - certainly I've seen essentially the...

After the Blaze for joinindailyspecifics with +Optical Drifter theme "Fire Service Vehicles And/Or

After the Blaze for joinindailyspecifics theme "Fire Service Vehicles And/Or Personnel!"

Gate with Lichen

Gate with Lichen for joinindaily theme "Five" (crossbars) and joinindailyspecifics theme "Wooden Gate"

Farm Truck

Farm Truck for joinindaily theme of "Lorries/Trucks" and for joinindailyspecifics theme of "It's In The Middle!"Is that cheating? I don't think it's cheating :-...

The Sharp End

The Sharp End for joinindailyspecifics theme "Needle and/or Thread!"Here we see both, and a feed dog as well :-)

Huggable

Huggable for joinindailyspecifics theme "Bears!" (Including Teddy!)

Looking West

Looking West for joinindaily theme "A Beautiful Photo!"

Shrewsbury Phone Booth

Shrewsbury Phone Booth for joinindailyspecifics theme "Telephone Boxes/Kiosks!"

Moored for the Night

Moored for the Night for joinindaily theme "They Hold Things Together"Being the moorings, of course, holding the boats where they belong.

Tiger

Tiger for joinindailyspecifics theme of "Tigers and Lions!"

Artichokes

Artichokes for joinindaily theme "Vegetables"

Old Gate

For joinindailyspecifics theme "Iron Gates" I was really taken with these ones, tucked well off the beaten track in rural Tasmania - it seems that even the driv...

Leaving Howth

Leaving HowthI was lucky enough to get invited out onto the water just as spring really came into full force, and Ireland turned fully green once more. Pretty s...

The Heartland Flyer

The Heartland Flyer for joinindailyspecifics theme "Passenger Trains!"

Berkeley Carillon

Berkeley Carillon for joinindaily theme "Bells!"

Rainbow

Rainbow for joinindailyspecifics theme "Pencils!"Today I had to actually take a photo - trawling through my existing photos just didn't net me anything I wanted...

Bandleader

For joinindaily theme "Headwear!"

Hi All

Hi All! I'm originally from New Zealand, currently living in Dublin, Ireland, with my wife and two sons. This will be my 3rd hunt (in a row), but I was very dis...

The Kitchen

The Kitchen for joinindaily theme "Used In Cooking" (Not food) This is always how I will remember Yoi. She was such a fun friend to share an evening (or day!) w...

Hiding from the Monster

Hiding from the Monster for joinindaily theme of "Bark!"

Cat's Nose

Cat's Nose for joinindailyspecifics.

"On land, heatwaves can be deadly for humansand wildlife and can devastate crops and forests

"On land, heatwaves can be deadly for humansand wildlife and can devastate crops and forests.Unusually warm periods can also occur in the ocean. These can last ...

Worst

Worst. Phish. Ever."Please copy and paste the entire URL below into your browser's address bar : http :// online-bnz-269d5a9f8ed53b679cfc3c14845a51b2 . onlineca...

White Roses

"White Roses" is today's theme for the new joinindailyspecifics

I See You

I see you for joinindaily theme "Close-Ups!"

Four

For joinindaily theme of "Four!" One of the fuel tanks for the standby generator at a data centre in Prague.

14A

14A for joinindaily theme of "Diamonds!"

Immigrants, getting the job done

Immigrants, getting the job done... and now he's got a job, potentially a permanent one. Macron once again demonstrating his astuteness.

Digital Photocopiers Loaded With Secrets

Digital Photocopiers Loaded With Secrets...Nearly every digital copier built since 2002 contains a hard drive - like the one on your personal computer - storing...

Bathroom of Casa Batlló

Bathroom of Casa Batlló for joinindaily theme of "Mirrors!"Antoni Gaudí used a sea theme throughout this Barcelona home, which naturally plays well in the bathr...

"You mean that wasn't the fourth wall"

"You mean that wasn't the fourth wall?" for joinindaily theme "Three Dimensional!"

Air Conditioners in Singapore

Air Conditioners in Singapore for joinindaily theme of "The Back Of"

Home

Home for joinindaily theme of "Paradise!" We love this home, and look forward to one day returning to live there again.

Private Property

Private Property for joinindaily theme of "Road Signs!"

Kahuranaki

Kahuranaki for joinindaily theme of "To Be Hung On The Wall In The House!" - my friend has a painting of this scene hanging on his wall. Mount Kahuranaki is a "...

Looks like Katherine Ryan will be in Ireland this Friday

Looks like Katherine Ryan will be in Ireland this Friday.TogetherForYes

Three Water Towers

Three Water Towers for joinindaily theme "Traffic Lights"

Shags

Here's some shags, for joinindaily theme "Feathers", since I don't think I have any close-ups of actual feathers...

A Single Drop

A Single Drop for joinindaily theme of "It Looks Wet!"

I'm subscribed to the Kickstarter for "Collect It All" and got an email today talking about the

I'm subscribed to the Kickstarter for "Collect It All" and got an email today talking about the game play where it says:"The gameplay is quick, competitive, and...

Crashed

Crashed! for joinindaily theme of "Sleeping" This one was thoroughly exhausted after only a few short hours crossing the Tasman Sea and completely crashed in th...

"Willy's Knight"

"Willy's Knight" for joinindailyHere's something that ties yesterday's theme of "Silver" with today's theme of "Statuettes" and mixes it up with the theme of "P...

Underneath Eastlake Avenue Bridge

Underneath Eastlake Avenue Bridge in Seattle for joinindaily theme "Bridge!"

Petals in a Drain

Petals in a Drain for joinindaily theme "Yellow And Pink together!"

Bling

Bling for joinindaily theme of "It Has Two Wheels!"Taken in Washington DC, where I was lining up for a photo of the lamps around the entrance of this building a...

Street Art in Lyon

Street Art in Lyon for joinindaily theme of "Street Art/Tagging!"

Bags Packed

Bags Packed for joinindaily theme of "Brilliant Orange! (NOT SUN RISES OR SETS!)" These were our suitcases, packed and ready to go, when we moved from New Zeala...

An advertising campaign inspired by a tumblr

An advertising campaign inspired by a tumblr...http://uk.businessinsider.com/new-zealand-keeps-disappearing-off-world-maps-2018-5

Clearly Ireland needs to do better on women's health

Clearly Ireland needs to do better on women's health. The issue in this instance isn't to do with abortion, but getting out and voting to repealthe8th this May ...

And now, we bring you @doctorow, speaking in his professional capacity as a dystopian science

And now, we bring you @doctorow, speaking in his professional capacity as a dystopian science fiction writer. https://boingboing.net/2018/05/01/fool-me-twice.ht...

Corrosion

Corrosion for joinindaily theme of "Beautiful Blue!"The temptation to take a photograph can come at literally any time...

The Love Fountain

The Love Fountain for joinindaily theme "Fountains!"This fountain, in Kowloon Park in Hong Kong looks much better after dark, once the psychedelic lighting gets...

Baby Orangutan

Baby Orangutan for joinindaily theme is "Hanging on"Taken in Singapore Zoo.

Great interview with Tom Walker

Great interview with Tom Walker. I was surprised by how much it appears that people think he's right wing - he's never seemed anything other than passionately e...

Great Dane

Great Dane for joinindaily, today's theme is "Dogs!" Spotted this chap regally peoplewatching on a doorstep in Hobart.

Oh, how sweet is this

Oh, how sweet is this...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI9zdXc5K4w

Switchbacks in the Snow

Switchbacks in the Snow for joinindaily where the theme is "A Favourite Photo Of Yours!" I flew to Santiago where I had a few days in Valparaíso & Santiago befo...

Strays

Strays for joinindaily where today's theme is "Cats/Kittens" These ones were resting under a bridge in Singapore as we walked into the centre one day.

A bit of black documentary humour

A bit of black documentary humour. I wish I got to vote on this.

A Seat with a View

A Seat with a ViewJust across the road from the Glencolumbkille Folk Village is a little path that wends it's way down to the beach, and this perfect seat for y...

Xmas Dessert

Xmas Dessert for joinindaily where today's theme is "Red Fruit" We often have this for dessert at xmas. It is very simply made by interleaved layers of berries ...

"Its image of lush green fields and skies unpolluted by the climate-changing greenhouse gases of

"Its image of lush green fields and skies unpolluted by the climate-changing greenhouse gases of heavy industry is well-known, but the reality of Ireland’s hous...

I think we aren't paranoid enough

I think we aren't paranoid enough.

Today's joinindaily with +Johnny Wills is "Pipes

Today's joinindaily with +Johnny Wills is "Pipes!"These beautifully carved pipes can be seen at the Musée de la Pipe, du Diamant et du lapidaire in Saint-Claude...

TGIF

TGIF for joinindaily where today's theme is "It Sparkles"

Mosaic

Mosaic for today's joinindaily on the theme of "It starts with M"

Spun Sweets

Spun Sweets for joinindaily where today's theme is "Sweets/Candy" We found these gorgeous delicacies - among many others - in Pastisseria Principe in Barcelona.

Low Tide

Low TideDriving on the WildAtlanticWay around West Cork we were really taken with this dramatically golden seaweed that covered the rocks between low-water and ...

I didn't even know there was a 2018 Commonwealth Games, but OK

I didn't even know there was a 2018 Commonwealth Games, but OK. The Spinoff has the full deal with some top notch reporting going down here!

Haast River

Haast River for joinindaily. Today's theme is "Stacks" As we crossed the Haast Pass it started to rain, which is pretty normal for this part of the world, but i...

This is a somewhat USA-focused article, but the analysis is relevant to Ireland's upcoming vote too

This is a somewhat USA-focused article, but the analysis is relevant to Ireland's upcoming vote too.Apparently as a long-term resident (but not citizen) I'm all...

Jaguar I-PACE First Drive | Fully Charged

Jaguar I-PACE First Drive | Fully Charged

Merchants Quay / Inns Quay

Merchants Quay / Inns Quay for joinindaily where today's theme is "Keys or Quays" The impressively domed building behind the Inns Quay is the "Four Courts" whic...

Ducklings

Have some Ducklings for joinindaily. Today's theme is "Youngsters" I captured these wee ones in the gardens at Powerscourt, just a few days after we moved to Du...

A Pademelon

A Pademelon for today's "It Jumps" joinindaily. We were staying a a holiday home in North-Western Tasmania and the property was fenced in an attempt to keep the...

Today's joinindaily theme is "Caps"

Today's joinindaily theme is "Caps" Here's Heather shortly after her hair grew back from the chemical warfare the doctors put her through!

Does this seem likely to be one of those incredibly expensive failures that come up every few years

Does this seem likely to be one of those incredibly expensive failures that come up every few years? It has all the hallmarks: big consult, poor requirement def...

Ed Felton tweeted a few days ago: “Often hear that the reason today’s Internet is not more

Ed Felton tweeted a few days ago: “Often hear that the reason today’s Internet is not more secure is that the early designers failed to imagine that security co...

Today's joinindaily is "Long Legs" - I think this fits :-)

Today's joinindaily is "Long Legs" - I think this fits :-)

Clock Tower in St Anne's Park

Clock Tower in St Anne's ParkIn early autumn the ivy on the clock tower in St Anne's Park goes an amazingly rich red. This shot is from the rear of the clock to...

People in the wealthiest parts of the world are living longer than ever

People in the wealthiest parts of the world are living longer than ever. Life expectancy at birth in the 35 OECD countries, for example, is now more than 80 yea...

Today's joinindaily is "Beautiful Pink"

Today's joinindaily is "Beautiful Pink" so here's a rose from the rose garden in St Anne's Park, just down the road from us.

Turtles

Turtles for the "Lives In Water" theme for joinindaily.These turtles show up in my timeline as having been photographed somewhere around Lyon, but I can't for t...

Old Mellifont Abbey

Old Mellifont AbbeySpending far too much time behind a computer screen writing code just at present though as the world around me starts to get a little warmer,...

This is an excellent read, written by a long serving police officer in a country where shootings by

This is an excellent read, written by a long serving police officer in a country where shootings by police are so rare that he felt the need to write this after...

I've still been super-busy with work for this hunt, but I still did manage to get out and about

I've still been super-busy with work for this hunt, but I still did manage to get out and about with the camera a little bit and the final count is 4 out of 7 w...

30 March 2018

30 March 2018

30 March 2018

30 March 2018

Chapel in Swords Castle

Chapel in Swords CastleDuring the recent snow I went on an excursion around the area looking for castles that might look good in the snow - first to Malahide, w...

"So I fixed that on Android, but the problem with iOS is it'll take a few more days to get another

"So I fixed that on Android, but the problem with iOS is it'll take a few more days to get another release through their approval process, so we should just rel...

I always love reading these kinds of security disclosure messages because one day I might have to

I always love reading these kinds of security disclosure messages because one day I might have to write one myself. This is an excellent example, so I'll save i...

No spring until summer, this year

No spring until summer, this year! It seems that a stratospheric warming resulting from anthropocentric climate change is going to leave us poor earthbound huma...

Spring is in the Ground

Spring is in the Ground... and Winter is in the air! Now if only we could get that spring properly up in the air, where it belongs!Another big snowfall overnigh...

St Patrick's day snow in Dublin

St Patrick's day snow in Dublin.

My sister is watching these guys at Womad in New Zealand and she felt the need to draw them to my

My sister is watching these guys at Womad in New Zealand and she felt the need to draw them to my attention...She was so right!

There are many interesting things in this survey

There are many interesting things in this survey. Who knew that Cobol programmers earn below-average salaries, or that Perl programmers are so (relatively) well...

Time to watch a video

Time to watch a video...They had 4 hours to spare in Seattle, and no crew, so they asked passersby to hold the camera for them - it got stolen once, but they ca...

David Byrne's latest album - his first in 14 years - is indeed an excellent reason to be cheerful

David Byrne's latest album - his first in 14 years - is indeed an excellent reason to be cheerful. As is his "Reasons to Be Cheerful" multimedia project itself,...

Packed house for International Women's Day and the launch of whydesign

Packed house for International Women's Day and the launch of whydesign.ie with a great talk by Annie Atkins about her work designing for movies.WhyDesign

Bayside Cemetery in the Snow

Bayside Cemetery in the SnowThis is one of the shots I took yesterday when I ventured out in the weather for a walk to the local cemetery. Amusingly it was the ...

The promo process at Google, like many other things at Google, drives me nuts

The promo process at Google, like many other things at Google, drives me nuts. It all sounds so good on paper, but it optimizing for the wrong thing.

Foootprints

FoootprintsI wasn't the first person out on the streets this morning, but perhaps it was because I took so long to get dressed for the weather!I sat in the warm...

Dublin in Distant Murk

Dublin in Distant MurkIt was even colder when I got up this morning, and I put on all of my warm things and went out - for a walk this time: no way I was even t...

Snow on Bull Island

Snow on Bull IslandI woke up this morning to a car covered in about 5cm of snow - that's a lot, for coastal Dublin, so I decided to go out and see what the wide...

Damn, but it's cold outside tonight

Damn, but it's cold outside tonight! Apparently -2C, and snowing, and since we're not used to temperatures like that around here (and us even less than the loca...

I was surprised today when writing some Typescript to format a date "to the user's current locale"

I was surprised today when writing some Typescript to format a date "to the user's current locale" I thought, so I wrote: someDate.toLocaleString();Figuring it ...

The Bourse, Brussels

The Bourse, BrusselsIt's been quite a while since I did much travel, so despite it being cold and wet here in Brussels I've thoroughly enjoyed getting back into...

“Israel the only ‘democracy’ in the Middle East where New Zealanders get sued for exercising

“Israel the only ‘democracy’ in the Middle East where New Zealanders get sued for exercising their freedom of speech…..in New Zealand.”

It's midnight

It's midnight... do you know where your localhost is?

"In the past 50 years, the amount of water in the open ocean with zero oxygen has gone up more than

"In the past 50 years, the amount of water in the open ocean with zero oxygen has gone up more than fourfold. In coastal water bodies, including estuaries and s...

We had a near-new Huawei P8 Lite phone in the office that wouldn't let us log in after a factory

We had a near-new Huawei P8 Lite phone in the office that wouldn't let us log in after a factory reset without using the google account that had previously been...

TIL: You can have a migraine without having a headache

TIL: You can have a migraine without having a headache...http://www.eyespyoptometry.com/blog-source/2014/3/27/psychedelic-surreal-multi-coloured-shapes-in-my-vi...

The Wonderful Barn

The Wonderful BarnMe and my camera need to spend some quality time together, I think. I've managed to get out with it really only a couple of times in the last ...

ROUND 21 SCAVENGER HUNT IMAGES

ROUND 21 SCAVENGER HUNT IMAGES Busier than a puppy with two tails for the last couple of months I've only managed a date with my camera long enough to get one i...

Mentoring at SWDubUni this afternoon and there's lots of unicorns coming from here

Mentoring at SWDubUni this afternoon and there's lots of unicorns coming from here...

I used to think Brother printers were an excellent choice for Linux users because of their driver

I used to think Brother printers were an excellent choice for Linux users because of their driver support, but I got a new one recently and it's been hell to ge...

OMG

OMG! How have I not seen this before?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb_PyKuI7II:-)

Azure password limit is 16 characters: "correct horse battery staple" won't work

Azure password limit is 16 characters: "correct horse battery staple" won't work. security fail

In my stream I seem to see a lot of "Trending on Google+" from various "Weight Loss" and "Health"

In my stream I seem to see a lot of "Trending on Google+" from various "Weight Loss" and "Health" communities or collections.I'm not here for this kind of BS, s...

I guess the Irish immigration system is trying to tell me something

I guess the Irish immigration system is trying to tell me something...GNIB

Europe mapped by sunset shadows

Europe mapped by sunset shadows. Meaning where the shadows fall when the sun sets. It's not the shadows that made the map. That would be ridiculous , wouldn't i...

Hi

Hi! This is my second hunt - I first came across them with hunt 20, which I enjoyed a lot, and which got me out taking photos and thinking about my photography ...

Where do the new posts go to hide, when I click on "there are 4 new posts"

Where do the new posts go to hide, when I click on "there are 4 new posts"?They always seem to hide way down in my stream, while leaving much older posts at the...

Can't stop listening to +Kate Tempest today - I always stand in awe of people with this facility to

Can't stop listening to +Kate Tempest today - I always stand in awe of people with this facility to use normal everyday words and wrench gut-churning emotion fr...

Interesting bit of history here, with David Mitchell to throw a veneer of humour over it all

Interesting bit of history here, with David Mitchell to throw a veneer of humour over it all...

Carton House

Carton HouseSomething I did a lot as a child, and again when I was in my early thirties, was to play golf. Once upon a time I was even quite acceptably good at ...

Duty

DutyI keep searching for the truth, but I can't ever manage to read this whole text because my OCD wants me to chastise the bricklayer...

Sagittarius Through the Cascade

Sagittarius Through the CascadeOne last photo of Washington before I start back to my normal programme...I quite liked the fountain on Pennsylvania Avenue, and ...

I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone's hunt pictures

I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone's hunt pictures!

Looks like I've been +Traci Asaurus Rex'd - thanks for all the comments :-)

Looks like I've been +Traci Asaurus Rex'd - thanks for all the comments :-)

Submitted

Submitted!

ROUND 20 SCAVENGER HUNT IMAGES

ROUND 20 SCAVENGER HUNT IMAGES My first hunt! UP: a piece of the Berlin Wall CINEMATIC: Brad Pitt at Madame Tussaud's DISSOLVE: An effervescent tablet dissolvin...

11 August 2017

11 August 2017

When I see things that are "Trending on Google+" in my stream, is there any useful signal I can

When I see things that are "Trending on Google+" in my stream, is there any useful signal I can send to say "Nope, not interested, stop showing me stuff like th...

The occupation with the lowest divorce rate

The occupation with the lowest divorce rate? Not Clergy, not Programmer...

Three Monks, reflecting

Three Monks, reflectingThese colourful monks were walking alongside the reflecting pool between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial and it seemed s...

The National Mall

The National MallI was amazed that despite the Lincoln Memorial being kind of "standing room only" the southern end of it was largely empty, and I only had to w...

Game theory explained, in one beautifully crafted website

Game theory explained, in one beautifully crafted website.http://ncase.me/trust/

DC Subway

DC SubwayThe subways in Washington DC are wonders of brutalist architecture. I guess those words don't often appear together - brutalism is an underrated style ...

90 minutes to get through security

90 minutes to get through security... This sticker is not a Fast Track, but a warning :-/

Am I glad I don't have a Broadcom wifi in my laptop or phone

Am I glad I don't have a Broadcom wifi in my laptop or phone? Why yes! Yes I am! Not that I'm sure there aren't similar attack spaces in other secondary process...

NEW

NEW! Pan Horror Stories about the greatest horror of them all... More info: https://scarfolk.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-2ndth-pan-book-of-horror-stories.html

Brienne of

Brienne of ...Carlingford?Got out of the house yesterday and up to Carlingford. We've passed through it before, but in too much of a hurry to do more than a qui...

How long should it take before someone's posts disappear from my stream

How long should it take before someone's posts disappear from my stream?Yesterday I decided to unfollow someone (I discovered I was unable to comment on their p...

Here's a lovely interview of Jeremy Corbyn by Naomi Klein

Here's a lovely interview of Jeremy Corbyn by Naomi Klein. A nice and hopeful alternative to all of the "sad" we see in politics at present.

Give it up for our local Radio Active at Give A Little http://bit

Give it up for our local Radio Active at Give A Little http://bit.ly/2v86p15 eh.Active is the station we partied for in the wknd with our friends to support the...

Looks like I'll be in Washington DC from late on 28th July to 2nd August if anyone is in that part

Looks like I'll be in Washington DC from late on 28th July to 2nd August if anyone is in that part of the world...I've never been to DC before, so happy to hear...

The Uninhabitable Earth

The Uninhabitable EarthHere's part of an article by David Wallace-Wells. This is why I quit work on pure math - except as a hobby - and started +Azimuth.It is, ...

Leaving Geneva

Leaving GenevaThe view out the window as we flew out of Geneva on +Swiss International Air Lines to Dublin last month, finishing off a great visit to a wonderfu...

I'm seeing security errors on G+ today

I'm seeing security errors on G+ today...Refused to execute inline script because it violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "script-src 'repo...

There's no better illustration of how the US has lost world leadership than when Chinese investors

There's no better illustration of how the US has lost world leadership than when Chinese investors and entrepreneurs explain to the US how to put technology in ...

I'd love to see a +Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on this topic

I'd love to see a +Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on this topic...

"I have a deep belief in the capacity of human minds to work things out for themselves, if they

"I have a deep belief in the capacity of human minds to work things out for themselves, if they don't have to live in terror." - Yanis VaroufakisQuoting from th...

Bulloch Harbour

Bulloch HarbourOr so the sign says - the street appears to be named Bullock Harbour, but that's often the way with names. Someone means something and someone el...

I hear regular complaints about cyclists being inconvenient to cars, and it always saddens me,

I hear regular complaints about cyclists being inconvenient to cars, and it always saddens me, because for the most part the cyclist has no choice. They seem to...

Is solar power getting so cheap they have to add features so people prefer to buy from them

Is solar power getting so cheap they have to add features so people prefer to buy from them?

The Towpath

The TowpathSome days you just have to get out and go for a walk...I took this was when I was down near Carlow the other week, just looking along the canal to wh...

Learn the ins and outs of how our DA Terrence Ryan built the Whack-a-pod game using Kubernetes:

Learn the ins and outs of how our DA Terrence Ryan built the Whack-a-pod game using Kubernetes: https://medium.com/@tpryan/whack-a-pod-359cbfb61662

Bwahahahahaha

Bwahahahahaha

Hilarious, and very well done

Hilarious, and very well done!

We did a tour of CERN while we were in Geneva the other week, and it was very worthwhile, but if

We did a tour of CERN while we were in Geneva the other week, and it was very worthwhile, but if you want the total VIP experience tour apparently you need to w...

Since yesterday my Nexus 5X has gone into a reboot loop, eventually I get prompted for my password

Since yesterday my Nexus 5X has gone into a reboot loop, eventually I get prompted for my password and it boots normally, and then a little later (could just be...

Dunlavin Courthouse

Dunlavin CourthouseI had to drive down to Carlow yesterday but I decided to avoid the motorway on the way back in favour of driving through a bunch of smaller t...

Should you really want to follow me on social media, my family thinks I'm something of a recluse

Should you really want to follow me on social media, my family thinks I'm something of a recluse because I only post on Google+. Well that's not quite true, bec...

Atlas mural at CERN

Atlas mural at CERNWe're home from our visit to France now, and since we were flying out of Geneva, I heard there were free tours of CERN available, so figured ...

Most people in Ireland will find this a difficult read; very few of us have completely clean hands,

Most people in Ireland will find this a difficult read; very few of us have completely clean hands, and at best we've benefited from the system which ostracises...

Pond in Annecy

Pond in AnnecyAbove a weir (but not the one I posted a photo of yesterday) is this delightful pond, giving the colour of the water, along with the plentiful veg...

This "SPI" looks like an interesting index for ranking countries - I think I'd much rather see this

This "SPI" looks like an interesting index for ranking countries - I think I'd much rather see this used as an indicator of comparative health than GDP, which i...

Weir in Annecy

Weir in AnnecyWe left Lyon early this morning for the trip back to Ireland, but on the way to Geneva we did manage a stop in Annecy, and a walk around a town th...

Fire the administrative worm responsible for this censorship

Fire the administrative worm responsible for this censorship.

Fountain in Place Bellecour

Fountain in Place Bellecour I managed to get my Lyonnais friend to ask me where I took this photo of his city! An unusual view along the gardens on one side of ...

Roman Temple in Viennes

Roman Temple in ViennesA remarkably well-preserved roman temple in Viennes, apparently one of only two such surviving buildings in France. It's especially nice ...

Église Saint-André-le-Bas

Église Saint-André-le-BasWandering around Viennes today was a delightful series of architectural surprises around every corner, from this church, along to the R...

The School of Music, Dance & Drama in Villeurbanne, Lyon

The School of Music, Dance & Drama in Villeurbanne, LyonA lovely walk around Villeurbanne discovering some architectural gems in the area. The sun and the cloud...

The Visitor

The VisitorI looked out our bathroom window Tuesday morning and saw this little chap relaxing in our back garden. In three years of living here it's the first t...

One day I hope to be a tree

One day I hope to be a tree...

We've had a "War" on Drugs, and a "War" on Terror

We've had a "War" on Drugs, and a "War" on Terror. Is the next big reason to curtail freedom going to be the "War" on Journalism?

Powerscourt Waterfall

Powerscourt WaterfallIt can be quite difficult to get a representative photo of a big waterfall: because of the inevitable curve you really need to be a long wa...

Wow

Wow.Just: wow.

"In 2013, researchers studying mosses and microbes growing at the southern end of the Antarctic

"In 2013, researchers studying mosses and microbes growing at the southern end of the Antarctic Peninsula documented unprecedented ecological change over the la...

What a great resource - well worth watching the videos, too

What a great resource - well worth watching the videos, too.

Flax on the Foreshore

Flax on the ForeshoreThis bush that New Zealanders typically call "flax" (or "Harakeke" in Māori) is not related to the european flax at all, but can serve a si...

Neal Stephenson - Postcyberpunk author and futurist

Neal Stephenson - Postcyberpunk author and futuristby Radio New Zealand via RNZhttp://podcast.radionz.co.nz/sat/sat-20170506-1035-neal_stephenson_-_postcyberpun...

Things I Learned Today

Things I Learned TodayIt turns out you can find an Apple UDID on Linux just using lsusb.Something like this should comprehensively report it: lsusb -v 2>/dev/nu...

"Research from Victoria University of Wellington suggests the ancient forests on New Zealand's West

"Research from Victoria University of Wellington suggests the ancient forests on New Zealand's West Coast may be under threat from climate change in the near fu...

NYC

NYC

If this is "the right decision for their business" then New Zealand has a significant problem with

If this is "the right decision for their business" then New Zealand has a significant problem with externalisation of costs / internalisation of profits - it su...

A cogent review

A cogent review...

Name and shame sites with bad password rules

Name and shame sites with bad password rules.

Whangaparoa Head

Whangaparoa HeadLooking back from Tiritirimatangi Island towards Whangaparoa. It looks like some plantation forest there has been logged recently too, but I gue...

Nobody dies from a lack of healtthcare

Nobody dies from a lack of healtthcare!That's such an amazing statement - I hope this guy never manages to live it down. No doubt he's running around saying he'...

The chemistry of seasoning cast-iron pans: polymerization (A Science-Based How-To)

The chemistry of seasoning cast-iron pans: polymerization (A Science-Based How-To) http://sherylcanter.com/wordpress/2010/01/a-science-based-technique-for-seaso...

A profusion of colour

A profusion of colourOne last shot from the gardens at Mount Congreve in Waterford on Monday demonstrating the amazing range of colours that were everywhere abo...

http://croakingcassandra

http://croakingcassandra.com/2017/05/02/a-government-that-simply-makes-things-up/

Bluebells

BluebellsThe gardener's composition of the scene is magical - all I had to do was wander past and snap the picture!This is another shot from my visit to Mount C...

Red Carpet at Mt Congreve

Red Carpet at Mt CongreveFor May Bank Holiday today Heather and I drove down to Mount Congreve in Waterford, where everything was a riot of amazing colour and f...

Hey +Google Maps​ team, you need to localise your questions about local bars

Hey +Google Maps​ team, you need to localise your questions about local bars. "Is this an upscale place" is not a comprehensible sentence in my non-US English.

Writing your first skill for the Echo could well be harder than you might anticipate

Writing your first skill for the Echo could well be harder than you might anticipate...

Petone Cottage

Petone CottageThe garage door really gives it away: sometimes the southerly really comes across the harbour and drives the salt spray down beach street.I think ...

Twenty-eight years ago today - on a day much like this one - we two had a simple ceremony on the

Twenty-eight years ago today - on a day much like this one - we two had a simple ceremony on the lawn and then stood on this porch for photos before retiring up...

Bucket Fountain

Bucket FountainVisiting Wellington today, of course I had to wander past the iconic bucket fountain. I don't know anyone who doesn't adore this piece of Welling...

Tiri Lighthouse

Tiri LighthouseThe lighthouse on Tiritiri Matangi Island is a kitset model, with the parts built in England and shipped to New Zealand to be assembled on site. ...

Walking in Warkworth

Walking in WarkworthThe walk alongside the river in Warkworth is beautiful, even at low tide. So surprising to see a town which is so much on one side of the ri...

What an awesome letter

What an awesome letter! Not the one in the picture, but the response to it, of course.

Devonport Whimsy

Devonport WhimsyJust along the road from my mother's apartment is this adorably whimsical old house - I can just see the cupola peeking over the trees from my b...

Kauri

KauriThis young kauri - probably about a hundred years old - demonstrates why there would have been such demand for them as ship's masts in the 19th century. Fo...

Rangitoto Island

Rangitoto IslandAn obvious volcano, which is almost everpresent around Auckland - the top peeping over a wall, or visible in the distance down past the end of a...

Pohutukawa at Wenderholm

Pohutukawa at WenderholmThere's a lovely regional park at Wenderholm: a beach between two bluffs, in the classic style of North Auckland bays facing the Hauraki...

North Head

North HeadIt looks nice, but I'm sure this seat should really be facing the other way!

Next aeroplane is at the gate

Next aeroplane is at the gate...Only my second time on an A380 I think.

Spring is here, and the Hawthorn Blackthorn is in bloom

Spring is here, and the Hawthorn Blackthorn is in bloom!

Dusk over Dublin Bay

Dusk over Dublin BayA dramatic sky looking towards Dublin from Sutton, with weather approaching along with the night.

I'm pretty sure I'm going to give up on Angular2(4

I'm pretty sure I'm going to give up on Angular2(4?) fairly soon...I've just spent 3 days trying to find my bug. The error message was: Can't bind to 'ngFor' si...

The world needs a good conspiracy, I think :-)

The world needs a good conspiracy, I think :-)"The CIA is a front for the New World Order and run by Nancy Pelosi, who is secretly taking orders from the Yellow...

PostgreSQL from the Google at long last

PostgreSQL from the Google at long last! Well done to my old team :-)

So it looks like perhaps maybe the future of programming is Go

So it looks like perhaps maybe the future of programming is Go? I for one am loving it the more I use it...Interestingly I'm also writing a lot in C at the mome...

And this is why I have been writing the sort of plays that get performed at the steps of Victorian

And this is why I have been writing the sort of plays that get performed at the steps of Victorian Parliament. This is why I am still creating a forum for polit...

Excellent work

Excellent work.Via +Marius Piedallu van Wyk

This looks like an interesting approach to micropayments, using a blockchain payment system

This looks like an interesting approach to micropayments, using a blockchain payment system. I look forward to seeing where it goes.

Belfast Botanical Gardens

Belfast Botanical GardensSomething green & irish to share for St Patrick's Day! These Victorian glasshouses are wonderfully intricate outside, and lushly verdan...

This is a really interesting analysis

This is a really interesting analysis.

According to the Dalai Lama, one of the spiritual centres of the universe is found somewhere you

According to the Dalai Lama, one of the spiritual centres of the universe is found somewhere you might not expect.

This is so true

This is so true. A TRILLION dollar problem, but more than that, a tragedy of wasted - no destroyed - lives.

This seems promising

This seems promising.

Pi you

Pi you !(Old but rOck)

Baltinglass Abbey

Baltinglass AbbeyA curious pyramidal tomb here with the ruins of Baltinglass Abbey. Plenty of interesting spots around the abbey and the associated graveyard, a...

Thinking of a job in New Zealand

Thinking of a job in New Zealand? You're welcome :-)

I recently managed to get my hands on a Google Home in Ireland, and it seems significantly better

I recently managed to get my hands on a Google Home in Ireland, and it seems significantly better than Amazon Echo, but two big problems for me: - my wife feels...

Renewables are disrupting carbon-based power generation, but there's big money invested in that

Renewables are disrupting carbon-based power generation, but there's big money invested in that base, and a push to remove subsidies early, or even subsidise ca...

New Leaves and Old

New Leaves and OldNew Zealand really is "ever green", with such exuberant growth, even as the leaves fall from the imported trees.

Ah, I love the smell of facts in the morning

Ah, I love the smell of facts in the morning.

To go with all the european everysecondcounts videos, here's one from my own homeland

To go with all the european everysecondcounts videos, here's one from my own homeland."We'll take any ranking, so long as it's not 'New Zealand First'" :-)

9 February 2017

Looks like +GitLab is back up up now after a major outage

Looks like +GitLab is back up up now after a major outage. Really looking forward to the post mortem - it sounds like a classic failure of backups not being as ...

Hack Your Way Day

Hack Your Way DayFor anybody that may be interested in a hackathon on Eircodes, from the perspective of citizens looking to locate public services.1st Prize is ...

This is a an excellent introduction to UBI, which I am coming to believe will be a necessary change

This is a an excellent introduction to UBI, which I am coming to believe will be a necessary change to help address growing inequalities in the world.While it i...

The Rock of Dunamase

The Rock of DunamaseWe drove circuitously down to Carlow yesterday, visiting this spot for a break in the journey. It's an impressive ruin, covering the top of ...

However, you could argue that 98% got it wrong and there's a (really small) chance those 2% of

However, you could argue that 98% got it wrong and there's a (really small) chance those 2% of studies actually have got it right. So, a team of seven climate s...

I've just released the RNZ VoxPop android app into the wild so people can contribute their thoughts

I've just released the RNZ VoxPop android app into the wild so people can contribute their thoughts on various topics for "Summer Days with Jesse Mulligan" duri...

The ultimate chocolate cake, from a shop in Cork, just outside The English Market

The ultimate chocolate cake, from a shop in Cork, just outside The English Market. Especially for +Gareth 'bigbro' Eason​ - it was awesome.

Solstice Sunset

Solstice SunsetA couple of years ago the winter solstice was on a weekend and we headed down to Portmarnock beach and drank mulled wine and talked to people whi...

The charts you need to see to make you happier about the world as 2016 ends

The charts you need to see to make you happier about the world as 2016 ends.h/t +Andrew Pam

Winter Tranquillity

Winter TranquillityLast Saturday I managed a visit to this private mansion in Kinsealy, near Dublin. What a perfect location for the successful businessperson l...

Hi Michael,

Hi Michael,Join this community using a gmail login to access the VoxPop beta app.Thanks,Andrew McMillan

Friends don't let friends use Java

Friends don't let friends use Java. Or if you must, use one of the ones that actually are free.

Organize team to-do's to accomplish big things moving forward

Organize team to-do's to accomplish big things moving forward. Assign tasks with comments in Docs, Sheets & Slides.

Wow

Wow.

Climate change has been particularly visible in the far north for a very long time now, but while

Climate change has been particularly visible in the far north for a very long time now, but while it's been obvious to scientists that Antarctica is also warmin...

Welcome to the VoxPop Alpha Tester community

Welcome to the VoxPop Alpha Tester community!

Autumn Path

Autumn PathThe Glengarriff Woods are perhaps the oldest old growth woods in Ireland, and a delightful place to visit in autumn.This is a photo from our recent v...

Please join

Please join!

Welcome to VoxPop testers :-)

Welcome to VoxPop testers :-)

Help me test my app

Help me test my app!

Toyota putting the company president in charge of electric vehicles seems like a fairly significant

Toyota putting the company president in charge of electric vehicles seems like a fairly significant change. I think they've kind of lost their way with all the ...

The corporate bullying happening around this pipeline being forced through tribal lands in North

The corporate bullying happening around this pipeline being forced through tribal lands in North Dakota really is shocking.

"The leaders of four major global cities say they will stop the use of all diesel-powered cars and

"The leaders of four major global cities say they will stop the use of all diesel-powered cars and trucks by the middle of the next decade.The mayors of Paris, ...

Something often neglected in discussions of Galileo and his trial for heresy is that the dispute

Something often neglected in discussions of Galileo and his trial for heresy is that the dispute wasn't about whether the Earth revolves around the Sun; it was ...

My son rickrolled me this evening

My son rickrolled me this evening. Apparently I succumbed to his "earnest post-ironic" rickroll and "listened to a good thing".So I'm passing it on to you all :...

+David Scanlon​ interviewing @fiona_slevin​ for this month's StartupGrind in Dublin

+David Scanlon​ interviewing @fiona_slevin​ for this month's StartupGrind in Dublin.

The Telegraph: Three hack: How to protect yourself if you've been affected

The Telegraph: Three hack: How to protect yourself if you've been affected. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwn4qhvzA

Join us for an evening with 3 talks:

Join us for an evening with 3 talks:"An easy way to write tests for your App Engine Python application" by Ricardo Bánffy"What's new on the web (Firebase and Po...

Oak in Autumn

Oak in AutumnThere must be few better places to go for a walk in Autumn than in the grounds of Birr Castle. Perhaps I'm just lucky, but for two years running I'...

Gareth Hughes always manages to give a great speech on the real issues facing New Zealand & New

Gareth Hughes always manages to give a great speech on the real issues facing New Zealand & New Zealanders.

Thanks to Donald Trump, China just won the global green technology sector - https://www

Thanks to Donald Trump, China just won the global green technology sector - https://www.techinasia.com/donald-trump-china-wins-green-tech yup

North of Kaikoura

North of KaikouraThere's been a 6.2 magnitude earthquake up the valley in the centre of this photo - about 5km from where I was standing when I took this - so t...

Hoping my sister-in-law & family are OK back in NZ - this 6

Hoping my sister-in-law & family are OK back in NZ - this 6.2 quake was about 5k north of their home, 30 minutes after a 6.6 quake less than 100km away.http://w...

Carrauntoohill and the Flesk River

Carrauntoohill and the Flesk RiverPractically the only photo I have of the Ring of Kerry, since Heather was not keen ("it's all boring and touristy, and I reall...

Tree in Tullow

Tree in TullowOn Wednesday I had to meet a man in Tullow. We went for a walk up the hill and since I had my camera in my hand, and there was this gorgeous golde...

Allihies

AllihiesLooking down towards the village of Allihies on the Beara Peninsula - the opposite direction from the sheep I posted the other day - we see tailings fro...

Shrink wrap with PET bottles

Shrink wrap with PET bottles!

Crow & Cross

Crow & CrossWe got to the Rock of Cashel very early - not too long after it opened, flashed our OPW card to get in and I saw this view through the doorway out t...

Me & Sean O'Brien

Me & Sean O'BrienI was down at The Bridge pub, in Ballsbridge, recently, and I met this chap. Apparently he's playing rugby this evening in Chicago, against my ...

King John's Castle

King John's CastleIn Limerick yesterday on our wandering return from the southwest of Ireland the showery weather delivered a most excellent rainbow. I raced up...

Baa

Baa!I actually got out of the car to take a photo of some mining ruins, but when I walked around this rock, these black-faced sheep were so surprised they just ...

Dusk at Glen of Aherlow

Dusk at Glen of AherlowWe've been staying in the Glen of Aherlow, in County Tipperary for the bank holiday weekend. The weather was lovely, but the air became v...

The Old Tower

The Old TowerOvertopped now by this tree, which would never have been allowed to grow there when the castle was in evidence. This part of Ireland is liberally s...

The Horse Bridge

The Horse BridgeA short walk from the town of Athy (pronounced "ath-eye", it seems) is the place where the Grand Canal meets the River Barrow. This Horse Bridge...

This is an excellent talk - well worth the 90 minutes needed to listen to it

This is an excellent talk - well worth the 90 minutes needed to listen to it.

You know it's not good with the statement "

You know it's not good with the statement "...thinning more quickly than scientists thought possible."

Taranaki

TaranakiIt's quite a hike even to get up to the skifield on Mt. Taranaki, yet some people will go to the summit and back in a day. You can see the path in front...

The Church at the End of the Lane

The Church at the End of the LaneAt the end of yesterday's autumnal lane was this ruined church, relatively modern, I guess - I can't find any information about...

Down the lane

Down the laneI had to go down to Waterford on Thursday for a meeting, and it was a gorgeous drive down, with the sun gleaming goldenly through the dawn fog. Unf...

Duckett's Grove Castle

Duckett's Grove CastleDid I mention there was a castle behind me for that last photo? I think I did...I think the gothic revival style of architecture does "rui...

Autumn Colour at Ducketts Grove

Autumn Colour at Ducketts GroveHeather found a bunch of neolithic ruins in a line yesterday, so we decided to do a little tour and today we saw a stone circle, ...

Waiting for Summer

Waiting for SummerBoats on the Barrow at Carlow, in early autumn, waiting for summer to return so people will row them out among the swans once more.Another sho...

This sounds like quite an amazing technology

This sounds like quite an amazing technology.

Hilarious fail  - it seems that +Microsoft Azure validates the CNAME for a domain

Hilarious fail  - it seems that +Microsoft Azure validates the CNAME for a domain case-sensitively...The error page that tells me they found a CNAME of myprojec...

Does Amber Rudd hate foreigners, or does she hate us

Does Amber Rudd hate foreigners, or does she hate us? - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/09/amber-rudd-hate-foreigners-foreign-workers-compani...

I'm kind of surprised-but-not-surprised that the "Really Blue" model of the Pixel has disappeared

I'm kind of surprised-but-not-surprised that the "Really Blue" model of the Pixel has disappeared so fast, but I guess Google's hardware division has a knack fo...

Just managed to get a pre-emptive customer service evaluation call from +SSE Airtricity - "How

Just managed to get a pre-emptive customer service evaluation call from +SSE Airtricity - "How friendly was your customer service representative?"?!Er, zero? Ha...

"No JavaScript frameworks were created during the writing of this article

"No JavaScript frameworks were created during the writing of this article."Heh.

Howth Head Lighthouse

Howth Head LighthouseThis is another shot from my recent expedition by sea from Dun Laoghaire to Howth (& back). Besides being an interesting and important ligh...

The only website you could possibly ever need to consult regarding the veracity (or otherwise) of

The only website you could possibly ever need to consult regarding the veracity (or otherwise) of the claims being made this year by the strangest phenomenon ev...

An excellent article on modern philanthropy

An excellent article on modern philanthropy.

Early Autumn on the Canal

Early Autumn on the CanalI've been going for walks around Dublin every lunchtime, the weather has been lovely and mild, and here we are at the beginning of autu...

Karori Reservoir

Karori ReservoirOnce upon a time this was the water supply for Wellington. In fact this was the water supply for Wellington for quite a long period of time (alm...

Nice new Mac Lethal out this week

Nice new Mac Lethal out this week. I think I'll try to take this to heart... :-)

So sadly, hilariously wrong

So sadly, hilariously wrong. Presumably elected by a constituency of miners to be able to get his head this far into the sand.

This sounds like an interesting read

This sounds like an interesting read.

Of course they are

Of course they are. They're a classically psychopathic corporation!

Admiring The View

Admiring The ViewI was very fortunate today to get invited out on a yacht on Dublin Bay. After a proper determination of the tides, it was agreed to sail from D...

Companion to the article I reshared the other day, here's Charles Stross getting in on the

Companion to the article I reshared the other day, here's Charles Stross getting in on the interruptions issue...There's a corollary of this, of course, which a...

Boyne Valley Bridge

Boyne Valley BridgeWent for a brief visit up to the Boyne Valley yesterday, to get out of the house for a bit. It's the last weekend of the summer break though,...

The Pen Museum

The Pen MuseumYou know when you walk into a room like this that you're in real nerd's territory. The +Pen Museum in Birmingham is an awesome example of the genr...

Blowback

BlowbackWhen you arrive at Punakaiki, and it's raining and blowing, it's really the best time to be there. Get your coat and get out in it! Of course the only t...

And it’s gone —The true cost of interruptions

And it’s gone —The true cost of interruptionsGame Developer Magazine analyzed 10,000 programming sessions recorded from 86 programmers using Eclipse and Visual ...

New Fracking Study Pulls Rug Out From Under “Safe” Fracking

New Fracking Study Pulls Rug Out From Under “Safe” FrackingI was aware of the allegations around water contamination but I see now there are also possible issue...

Usually I ignore change

Usually I ignore change.org but not this one. Countering complaints with support for the Sydney Rose. https://www.change.org/p/rté-an-open-letter-to-the-nationa...

Tory Lighthouse

Tory LighthouseNot much grows here, at the low end of Tory Island: a little heather in the lee of a small rock, perhaps, but it's mostly sand and flat. The tour...

Bridgnorth Railway Station

Bridgnorth Railway Station+Andrew Stribblehill suggested I visit "Beautiful Bridgnorth", and it turned out t be possible to do so en route from Pontesbury to th...

Roman Baths at Wroxeter

Roman Baths at WroxeterConstructed in the second century AD, this is pretty much all that has remained visible of the roman city at Wroxeter, once home to 6000 ...

Attingham Hall

Attingham HallWe were welcomed to Attingham Hall at the visitor centre as "oh, you're the first visitors from overseas today", by a very helpful man who was abl...

Ironbridge

IronbridgeHeather and I have left the boys behind for a three-day-weekend and gone to Shropshire for something a little different. We flew into Birmingham very ...

The Barbican

The BarbicanCastle Street ends, as you would expect it to end in a story: crossing a bridge leading up to a barbican gate. Not just any gate though, but one of ...

Dunedin

DunedinMy second-favourite city in New Zealand, though perhaps that's a distant romance, because it isn't one I have lived in. Still, these streets and vistas f...

Never thought I'd be sharing from this site, but the title

Never thought I'd be sharing from this site, but the title..(Of course, WS tends, IMHO, to often live in the WS alternative reality, but that's another story......

"Chatbot lawyer that overturned 170,000 parking tickets now helps fight homelessness

"Chatbot lawyer that overturned 170,000 parking tickets now helps fight homelessness." "Since the success of the robot in appealing parking tickets, users began...

I don't normally post caturday  pictures, but today when I saw this black cat playing around in

I don't normally post caturday  pictures, but today when I saw this black cat playing around in the cemetery I felt i had to :-)

Rainforest

RainforestWhen I see the word "rainforest" I tend to associate it with "tropical" in front of it, but that is very much not the case. In most parts of New Zeala...

Kapiti from QEII Park

Kapiti from QEII ParkI remember this baking hot day walking around in QEII park as if it were yesterday. Walking through the park from Raumati South, all the wa...

Using +darktable with my Nexus 5x

Using +darktable with my Nexus 5xA recent upgrade to the Open Camera app allows it to save the camera raw files in DNG format, so I've been trying it out and so...

"This, on current trends, will be the hottest year ever measured

"This, on current trends, will be the hottest year ever measured. The previous record was set in 2015; the one before in 2014. Fifteen of the 16 warmest years h...

Really very interesting interview with Richard Bruce, the head of UK's Office of Low Emission

Really very interesting interview with Richard Bruce, the head of UK's Office of Low Emission Vehicles, giving some real insights into where technology is going...

Bonmargy Friary

Bonmargy FriaryOn our wanderings around northern Antrim last week, and after avoiding the crowds at Carrick-a-Rede, we found this ruin at Ballycastle which we h...

Lasers and Icinerator from Dun Laoghaire

Lasers and Icinerator from Dun LaoghaireOver this last week Dun Laoghaire[1] has been host to the Laser Radial Youth & Men’s World Championships, and the daught...

An interesting analysis of changes in Twitter's posting style over time

An interesting analysis of changes in Twitter's posting style over time. I wonder if +Jean Burgess looks at these kinds of trends on other social networks...

Once more the pencilsword stabs it right in the heart

Once more the pencilsword stabs it right in the heart...

Mist near Carnlough

Mist near CarnloughWe drove home on Sunday, the scenic route. First over the hills to the coast, and then down the coast through Glenarm and on down to Belfast....

Interesting POV on South Australia's recent electricity spot price surges

Interesting POV on South Australia's recent electricity spot price surges.

Hope you had a great time here, and a good flight back

Hope you had a great time here, and a good flight back. If you think you'd like to see me working with wave.com I'll happily share my CV with you as well!

Queues

QueuesOn second thoughts, let's not go to Carrick-a-Rede today we said, as we arrived at a completely full carpark. We drove on towards Ballycastle and found a ...

Giant's Causeway

Giant's CausewayWe were the first people in the queue for the causeway this morning, so by the time we'd walked down it was still possible to find views without...

This is a well-written but sad statement from the woman in this photo

This is a well-written but sad statement from the woman in this photo.

Sunset at the Dark Hedges

Sunset at the Dark HedgesSunset is at 9:35pm at this time of year in Northern Ireland, so it's quite possible to finish work in Dublin and drive up to the Dark ...

Oh look

Oh look! A wild LanternBeast appears!

Just getting ready for the summer lunchtime concert at the National Concert Hall, along with the

Just getting ready for the summer lunchtime concert at the National Concert Hall, along with the team at +Axonista​

It's amazing what you see, vlcspotting in Westmeath with +Jimmy Kaplowitz

It's amazing what you see, vlcspotting in Westmeath with +Jimmy Kaplowitz. This perfect sky, these delightful trees, this water meadow, and - perhaps just in ca...

Every day Google Now finds another sports website for me to positively declare disinterest

Every day Google Now finds another sports website for me to positively declare disinterest. How many sports websites are there? I suspect that number is infinit...

After 3

After 3.5 years, Prometheus 1.0 is out with the combined work of hundreds of people!

Rose

RoseThe roses in St. Anne's Park are lovely this time of year. The wind had been blowing, and no garden of roses is ever fully in bloom at the same time so I ha...

Some excellent points in this

Some excellent points in this.

Manawatu Gorge

Manawatu GorgeIn 2012 we went on a train journey through the gorge, so in this picture we were shortly to pass down the right-hand side (if you look closely you...

St Mary's Abbey, Howth

St Mary's Abbey, HowthMy mother-in-law is staying at the moment (which was why I took the boys to Lyon a week ago while she & Heather went around southern Irela...

"Parents can help their children [

"Parents can help their children [...] by modeling constructive and balanced digital habits themselves ..."... oh yeah, I guess that could be why my kids spend ...

This one did accept

This one did accept. Pretty pricey, but comparable with the BnBs in the area.

Looks like I can share the property on Google+ now :-)

Looks like I can share the property on Google+ now :-)

New Swearing Potatoes from Bird's Eye

New Swearing Potatoes from Bird's Eye! For when you need your guests to get the message..

Climb to the Croix-Rousse

Climb to the Croix-RousseWe're home now and I'm going through all my photos. We started last Sunday leaving our apartment and making our way across a big inters...

Finally, looking back down from the top

Finally, looking back down from the top

But wait

But wait! There's more!

and the view was fantastic

and the view was fantastic

The New Street

The New StreetWalking down from the Croix Rousse area, after a fine lunch at +L'origo Caferesto, proceeding towards the Hotel de Ville (town hall), the streets ...

Mont Brouilly Chapelle

Mont Brouilly ChapelleMy friend Guillaume took us on a wonderful tour of the northern Beaujolais yesterday, starting from Mont Brouilly and meandering all throu...

Football Fans

Football FansThe football fans were out in force on Sunday night after France beat Ireland 2-1, but they were happy fans, and I think the Irish were just happy ...

Lyon

LyonTrying to capture the whole city in one picture is impossible, but this one does manage to capture a reasonable range of the architecture!In the foreground ...

Dinner tonight is a little fancier

Dinner tonight is a little fancier...Lyon France

Sitting on the banks of the Saone at dusk, eating frogs legs as the cruise boats do what they do

Sitting on the banks of the Saone at dusk, eating frogs legs as the cruise boats do what they do. This is definitely the way to start a holiday!Lyon Saone Franc...

Mellifont Abbey

Mellifont AbbeyThis was the first Cistercian abbey to be built in Ireland, in the 12th century, although this is a view into the Chapter House which is much new...

We have a visitor from "back home" in New Zealand at the moment

We have a visitor from "back home" in New Zealand at the moment. She's definitely welcome back after introducing this, and I think I can confirm that one bar of...

Maynooth Garda

Maynooth GardaI think the Garda Station in Maynooth really seems to epitomise what I imagine "community policing" might be. I can almost imagine that there's a ...

Grianan Of Aileach

Grianan Of AileachNot far off the road between Letterkenny and (London)Derry is this ancient fort, dating back to around 1700BC, commanding an enormous landscap...

Stupid +AIB Bank​ app won't let me take a screenshot for (I assume) lolsec reasons, so I have to

Stupid +AIB Bank​ app won't let me take a screenshot for (I assume) lolsec reasons, so I have to take a photo of screen. Users inconvenience is important to ban...

I wanted to write on Medium about how your post pulled so many strings, but it keeps telling me I'm

I wanted to write on Medium about how your post pulled so many strings, but it keeps telling me I'm logged out when I'm not. It's very confused!I think we were ...

What's the deal with wanting a bezel-less phone

What's the deal with wanting a bezel-less phone? Do people really want that? I can only think it would make it impossible to use in a case, and probably make it...

Kaikouras from Kaikoura

Kaikouras from KaikouraTaken on a delightfully fresh autumn day from well round the coast towards the seal colony - just across the road from Fyffe House.

Kilkenny Castle Gallery

Kilkenny Castle GalleryThis gallery in Kilkenny Castle is really quite stunning to walk into, and there are photos of it from early last century showing the wal...

Ready & Waiting

Ready & WaitingI'm volunteering at Google I/O Extended in Dublin, and we're ready and waiting for everyone to arrive...Sharing and discussing the event in a new...

An interesting collaboration between some of my favourite musicians from my homeland, and some

An interesting collaboration between some of my favourite musicians from my homeland, and some visiting musicians from the other side of the world where I now l...

Kilkenny Castle

Kilkenny CastleThe weather in Ireland has been super-good for the last week, and it's supposed to continue through Wednesday. On Sunday Heather and I left the b...

Berlin Tiergarten

Berlin TiergartenLast Sunday when I was in Berlin I walked from Alexanderplatz to the Tiergarten (and back) and it was pretty hot, but delightfully shaded walki...

My new reading list

My new reading list.

It Doesn't Stop Growing

It Doesn't Stop GrowingEverywhere there are things growing in Ireland. Trees will sprout from the rooftops, if you leave them alone, like these ones in Omagh. O...

eurovision  basically

eurovision  basically.

7

7.8 changes / minute to Linux says +Greg Kroah-Hartman​​ at coreosfest in Berlin.

Alexanderplatz

AlexanderplatzAs expected, the weather in Berlin was considerably nicer than when I left Dublin. Too hot for me, really, but there was a nice breeze to keep thi...

Here's hoping Berlin weather is a little better :-)

Here's hoping Berlin weather is a little better :-)

Off to work

Off to workA fisherman heading out in his dory in the late afternoon off the north coast of Donegal.I'm off to work at a new job last week, so I'll be concentra...

The dangers of doing math

The dangers of doing mathThis Thursday evening, a 40-year-old man with dark, curly hair, olive skin and an exotic foreign accent boarded a plane in the United S...

Firefox ESR is "Extended Support Release"

Firefox ESR is "Extended Support Release"! Phew - for a moment I thought this was named for the infamous misogynist gun nut and was tempted to uninstall it on p...

Interesting to see that the state would be better off if these people were recognised properly - as

Interesting to see that the state would be better off if these people were recognised properly - as would they, also, of course.

Australian Gov't Commission: Copyright Is Copywrong; Hurting The Public And Needs To Be Fixed -

Australian Gov't Commission: Copyright Is Copywrong; Hurting The Public And Needs To Be Fixed - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160429/18014234315/australia...

Takapuwahia Marae

Takapuwahia MaraeBeautifully carved entrance, with the Pohutukawa clearly showing the prevailing wind.  We used to live across Porirua Harbour from this, but up...

I just googled May 3, because it's my birthday, and found this awesome event that is so perfect for

I just googled May 3, because it's my birthday, and found this awesome event that is so perfect for my birthday I almost can't believe it: https://www.defective...

Worth watching the whole thing, not just for the stand-up, which is fully up to his usual standard,

Worth watching the whole thing, not just for the stand-up, which is fully up to his usual standard, but for the serious stuff in there as well.

Worn out today by the volume of Internet outcry that amounts to "keep your politics out of my fun

Worn out today by the volume of Internet outcry that amounts to "keep your politics out of my fun!"Haters, look. It's like this. From the perspective of the peo...

New Zealand’s five-dollar note has been named the banknote of the year: http://bit

New Zealand’s five-dollar note has been named the banknote of the year: http://bit.ly/1Qz4vbq

ISDS is part of TPP as well

ISDS is part of TPP as well. Can ratification be derailed?

IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a programmer in pursuit of a goal must be constantly

IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a programmer in pursuit of a goal must be constantly distracted and interrupted by co-workers or they will get some...

How old is "old"

How old is "old"?  Put your answer in the comments and then watch the video... :-)

Imagining a dystopian future where the Kochs fund climate-denier comments, and scientists don't

Imagining a dystopian future where the Kochs fund climate-denier comments, and scientists don't have the budget to be heard..+nzherald.co.nz

A very interesting post about getting a mid-level job programming job in the Bay Area

A very interesting post about getting a mid-level job programming job in the Bay Area.  Not least for the numbers bandied about there, and the amount of negotia...

FOIA reveals UK government’s assessment of TTIP's corporate courts – “lots of risks and no

FOIA reveals UK government’s assessment of TTIP's corporate courts – “lots of risks and no benefit” - http://www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/2016/apr/25/foia-reve...

Five Pigeons

Five PigeonsThese pigeons were all nicely lined up on the railing at Blessington St. Park, where I stopped on the way home from breakfast this morning.  This is...

NewZealand Government Trying To Streamroller TPP Through Ratification Without Proper Scrutiny Or

NewZealand Government Trying To Streamroller TPP Through Ratification Without Proper Scrutiny Or Public Input - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160420/09513...

Robin Blandford being interviewed by David Scanlon at this month's Dublin Startup Grind

Robin Blandford being interviewed by David Scanlon at this month's Dublin Startup Grind. With a gorgeous sunset as the backdrop.startups Dublin

Not safe for work and brilliant

Not safe for work and brilliant! When did people decide a collection of phonemes was worse than poverty, sexism, racism, and violence?

Can anyone tell me what are typical contract terms in Ireland in relation to Intellectual Property

Can anyone tell me what are typical contract terms in Ireland in relation to Intellectual Property?  Are there overriding minimums, such as in California, which...

Round Tower

Round TowerThese round towers are dotted all over Ireland, often associated with a small religious community - this one is in Donabate. I guess they must have h...

Read snippets from various representatives of the nations who will be under the waves if we don't

Read snippets from various representatives of the nations who will be under the waves if we don't all get our act together on climate change...

So a "Jet Air Dryer" leads to significantly greater germ dispersal than a "Warm Air Dryer"

So a "Jet Air Dryer" leads to significantly greater germ dispersal than a "Warm Air Dryer".I guess I'll continue to dry my hands on my trousers wherever these t...

These Noodly Appendages

These Noodly AppendagesEach day in my FSM worship I attempt to represent It's Noodly Appendages in my coffee.  I feel I should post a series: approaching nirvan...

Some interesting startup  thoughts h/t +Todd Underwood

Some interesting startup  thoughts h/t +Todd Underwood

This is just too perfect

This is just too perfect... :-)

I had dinner in "1909" in Dalkey on thursday night where this young Australian woman was playing

I had dinner in "1909" in Dalkey on thursday night where this young Australian woman was playing piano and singing - what an amazing voice!

This must be the absolute best cassetteboy creation yet

This must be the absolute best cassetteboy creation yet!  Amazing.

Spring in Phoenix Park

Spring in Phoenix ParkMost of the trees in Phoenix Park are just starting to develop leaf buds, but some of them are fully in leaf, in that new green colour. gr...

SRE explained

SRE explained!

Does your website pass the honeycomb test

Does your website pass the honeycomb test? Check out the diagram below and then go analyze your website. If it doesn't, time to make some improvements, and reme...

NEW

NEW! Panama Laundry Detergent. More info: http://scarfolk.blogspot.com/2016/04/new-panama-laundry-detergent-magazine.html PanamaPapers PanamaLeaks

* Wellington Provincial Centennial Memorial*

* Wellington Provincial Centennial Memorial*I love this monument (and Museum) on the Petone foreshore, which is unfortunately quite cumbersome to get to due to ...

The economic argument for sustainability, beautifully expressed

The economic argument for sustainability, beautifully expressed.Ideally should be contemplated while eating this cheese:http://www.thelittlecheeseshop.ie/produc...

Here's one for +Peter Kelly

Here's one for +Peter Kelly

Russian Tea HOWTO

Russian Tea HOWTOHeather was hunting around for Russian tea and found this most excellent 14-year-old "Russian Tea HOWTO" released as part of the Linux Document...

Just what we all need - I want this integrated into the bathroom mirror

Just what we all need - I want this integrated into the bathroom mirror...

Best

Best. Metal. Ever.

How on earth did I miss this

How on earth did I miss this? Uptown Funk, Linux style. Don't reboot it, just patch.

Tory Island

Tory IslandThe north coast of Tory Island is where the Atlantic weather is really eating away at the landscape, in the most picturesque way possible - and not o...

I guess if If I'm looking for USB type C adapters I am basically a hipster

I guess if If I'm looking for USB type C adapters I am basically a hipster.

This year, Debian could elect a project leader who is standing on a platform of Belgian Waffles

This year, Debian could elect a project leader who is standing on a platform of Belgian Waffles.  Well, he's got my vote!

Muriwai Coast

Muriwai CoastThe west coast of New Zealand looks rugged pretty much from the top, to the bottom.  The only difference is probably the ambient temperature, and w...

"This is IRELAND

"This is IRELAND.We’re the children of Oscar Wilde, demonstrating incredible wit and intelligence as we decimate each other’s self esteem beyond repair."

Peace Bridge

Peace BridgeI've been concentrating on other things for a bit - including a holiday in Barcelona, which you can see some photos from in my "Andrew Elsewhere" co...

High-rise Cemetery

High-rise CemeteryThe cemetery on Montjuic is exceptional.  On the one hand there are massive multi-storey monuments, and on the other there are walls covered i...

From the public-spirited chap who gave us the UKIttens plugin

From the public-spirited chap who gave us the UKIttens plugin.

Only ONE candidate can restore an equitable income growth pattern: Bernie Sanders

Only ONE candidate can restore an equitable income growth pattern: Bernie SandersThere was a time when all income brackets grew together. Today, virtually all o...

Eggs

EggsFor my birthday we went with +Devour Barcelona Food Tours for a tour around the Gracia area of Barcelona.  I think these food tours really are a great way t...

Dead Jesus in a Line

Dead Jesus in a Line Something that Barcelona has no shortage of is museums.  It seems like we turn a corner, and suddenly we're in a museum (or at least at the...

Mercat dels Encants

Mercat dels EncantsI absolutely love these markets.  This is like a shopping centre version of a street market.  There are high-end premises that are enclosed, ...

Lamps

LampsIt was 3°C and raining when we climbed the back stairs into our +Ryanair plane out of Dublin before dawn. Three hours later we were wandering around Barcel...

Amsterdam Tram

Amsterdam TramI love trams in cities: in amongst the people on the street it's obvious they're a faster way to get around. They  let you know you can be right a...

Wow

Wow! NZ leading the pack. Unfortunately not in a good way.

Well done

Well done.

A right proper and well-deserved rant at the PM of New Zealand, who will hopefully be forgotten by

A right proper and well-deserved rant at the PM of New Zealand, who will hopefully be forgotten by the people of New Zealand as soon as he's skipped for his hom...

Signs of Spring

Signs of SpringOne lonely tree was starting to unfurl new leaves today as I wandered around the Irish National War Memorial gardens.Dublin Spring

Some great rap right there

Some great rap right there.h/t +Tim Nguyen

Tullynally Castle in the Mist

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When the spikes fail, use sheep instead

When the spikes fail, use sheep instead. Sure to get the culprits behind baas.

Mt Damper Falls

Mt Damper FallsSomewhat off the beaten track, in the Taranaki Wilderness, but well worth the visit.  At 74m (242ft) these are the tallest falls in the North Isl...

Excellent

Excellent! More reasons not to retire the facial hair - as if I needed any :-)H/t +Amy Rich

And you also deserve to treat yourself to a couple of boxes of those Thin Mints

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Prague Rooftops

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Fore Abbey

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Staircase

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A Bath with a View

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Home in Clontarf

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The Trouble with the TPP, Day 3: Copyright Term Extension - http://www

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Scored a free beer at DalkeyOpen tonight

Scored a free beer at DalkeyOpen tonight. I think because we were both from New Zealand, and both past our 'best before' :-)

Brilliant

Brilliant! And next we need a AAA game based on the Paralympics!

Phoenix Park

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Some excellent advice, to be reviewed annually

Some excellent advice, to be reviewed annually.

Fearless

FearlessStaying in the harbour is exactly what we're doing for the New Year. We might be fearless, like this little fishing boat in Youghal harbour, but it's ju...

Li Salon

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Here's one for you, +Alexander Nikitin :-)

Here's one for you, +Alexander Nikitin :-)

Kaikouras over Clarence

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Awesomeness

Awesomeness!

Noon in Portrane

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The Great Hall

The Great HallHere is an interior shot of Donegal Castle (the older part) to keep +Kim Coleman happy - turns out I did have an OK one after all.  I generally fi...

TL;DR: Hurt people hurt people

TL;DR: Hurt people hurt people.

No Rowing Today

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451 This page is unavailable because someone with power in your jurisdiction doesn't understand the

451 This page is unavailable because someone with power in your jurisdiction doesn't understand the internet.

Birr Castle

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Castlepoint Lighthouse, New Zealand

Castlepoint Lighthouse, New Zealand

Frying Pan Lake

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A Grey Day

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Corsewall Lighthouse

Corsewall LighthouseTaken from the Larne to Cairnryan ferry.

A Room with a View

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Off to Work

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This is a rather wonderful & detailed read, giving a lot more detail of Ada Lovelace & Charles

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Trying to watch a movie on +Aer Lingus​, but the stupid earbuds keep falling out of my ears

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Water Towers

Water TowersThese towers are a feature of New York City, along with the pipes protruding at street level.  They come about partly because of fires that were com...

Oh look

Oh look... Google Cloud SQL just got beta^W better :-)

Downtown

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The next time one of your dash lights comes on, you'll be prepared

The next time one of your dash lights comes on, you'll be prepared.

Rosenbad & Strömgatan

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Strömsborg

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Once, a long time ago when I was very, very young, I was on a jury back in New Zealand

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I need to stop looking at G+ a bit

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Boland's Mills

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noitnevnoConvention centre

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Uruguay, doing it right again

Uruguay, doing it right again...

Paekakariki Beach & Kapiti Island

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There is so much about letting kids go online that is alarmist, and is focused on parents

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Achievement unlocked: we got an email from my son's school today explaining that the phones are

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There's some strangely curious stuff on that there intertubes

There's some strangely curious stuff on that there intertubes...

St

St. Doulagh'sI've driven past this quite a few times but we're usually on the way to the local mall or the airport or something. Since we weren't going anywhere...

Portrane to Donabate

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St

St. Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork City.The Cathedral was designed by the renowned Victorian architect William Burges. The construction of the Cathedral began in 1...

Neon

NeonI loved this retro sign in Boston when I was walking back to my hotel one night around the beginning of the month, but really I'm just posting this picture ...

This is a thing

This is a thing.  This is a most awesome thing!

Wellington Harbour

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Now that is how to complain

Now that is how to complain!

Do my NZ friends know who runs "newzealand

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This is a great read, if you want to see an unscientific mess pulled thoroughly to shreds by

This is a great read, if you want to see an unscientific mess pulled thoroughly to shreds by someone who knows their shit. encryptionforall

Wind Turbines in Tipperary

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Darktable 2

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Via https://mobile

Via https://mobile.twitter.com/clarafv/status/667398079478296576

The Old Church at Dunlewey

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Charles River Walk

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Climate Best by Government Test

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California Sunset

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Under the Pier

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How have I not seen this before

How have I not seen this before?!1998 was the year of the Linux Desktop for me.  What about you?

Infinity

InfinityThat's the company that appear to be inhabiting this building on the Charles River, captured on a long exposure with the camera sitting on the side of t...

Back Bay Station

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My team at Google has been very big proponents and innovators of USB Type-C

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Autumn

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The Van de Graaff generator at Boston Museum of Science

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Patrick

PatrickIt's Patrick's job to get me to Boston today. Hope the weather there is as gorgeous as it is in Dublin today!+Aer Lingus​

Rock Arch

Rock ArchI find this arch, on the rough coast around from Pukerua Bay beach to be quite amazing, having withstood the endless battering of the ocean coming in. ...

Island Shrine

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I've somewhat gone off Humble Bundle since it basically turned into an outlet for Steam with games

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Dromoland at Sunset

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Leviathan of Parsonstown

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There's a movie version of this excellent short story

There's a movie version of this excellent short story!

Aaannddd

Aaannddd... here's my take on +Ian Hex's landscape :-)Also done with +darktable 1.7.0+2042Original image:https://plus.google.com/+IanHex/posts/ft3PNyR9xta

Dublin Rhino

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Dusk on the Rhine

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Perhaps I can hope that my family's annual "homeless experience" excursion might be

Perhaps I can hope that my family's annual "homeless experience" excursion might be internet-enabled in time for our next GNIB visit!

This is so cool

This is so cool!

The English Market

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I'm not really interested in the team ball player thing

I'm not really interested in the team ball player thing. but this is hilarious. newzild

Knockfola

KnockfolaApparently that's what this bay is called, and facing out into the Atlantic as it does I guess it must be dramatic when the weather gets angry.  The da...

My Low Carb & Healthy Eating Collection was suspended for alleged abusive content

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Castletown Chandeliers

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So how many books these days could be described as having "sexually explicit content, drug use and

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Tory Torpedo

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http://mitadmissions

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"Christ, what an asshole

"Christ, what an asshole."

Moon Over Howth

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OK, so I just pledged to support Soft Apocalypse by Will McIntosh on Moozvine  - I do hope this

OK, so I just pledged to support Soft Apocalypse by Will McIntosh on Moozvine  - I do hope this platform can catch on.

We are live

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In Ireland, if the sun is shining, you might still need your umbrella

In Ireland, if the sun is shining, you might still need your umbrella... Dublin   umbrella

Finally

Finally!

I guess I'm the last person on the planet to see this, but just in case I'm not

I guess I'm the last person on the planet to see this, but just in case I'm not...

Wairarapa Times-Age

Wairarapa Times-AgeDesigned in 1937, this stunning example of Art Deco architecture in Masterton was purpose built for printing newspapers and from the merger o...

Hi,

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Rosia Montana, an omen for TTIP - http://www

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Doe Castle

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Seems that +Banksy actually set the domain up for the Pocket Money Loans operation in Dismaland

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On the road to Yosemite

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Good advice

Good advice. Garfield can be useful after all.

This is pretty nice

This is pretty nice.  I think I'll want more of it...

The Beach at Brinlack

The Beach at BrinlackIt was very stony - not really the place for an easy stroll, but they were beautiful stones. In quite a range of colours and very nicely wo...

Tanks at Fort Dunree

Tanks at Fort DunreeUp the hill from the museum at Fort Dunree is a delightful hillside full of abandoned buildings.  Rusting corrugated iron and crumbling conc...

About time someone did this

About time someone did this.

Return Visit

Return VisitOn the ferry to Tory Island I went up to the bow of the boat which was quieter and less windy, but quite crowded.  This lady was up there too, and w...

The Bloody Foreland

The Bloody ForelandWe're home from Donegal today, but I should definitely share a photo of the Bloody Foreland, where we were staying.  What a delightful name! ...

Oh, Canada

Oh, Canada!

Walking the Walls of Derry

Walking the Walls of DerryToday we visited Derry, from whence I'm told some subset of my ancestors came.  A sad place, seemingly a repeated victim of misunderst...

Just Resting

Just RestingIf that bench weren't tied down I'm sure it would be off all over Tory Island, with a different vista each day!In fact it wasn't until after I saw t...

Greencastle

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Glebe House

Glebe HouseAn interesting day today, first visiting Glenveagh Castle - seemingly the one place in this part of the world that is in every top ten list of "must ...

Donegal Castle

Donegal CastleToday we went down the coast, following all around it's nooks and crannies for a while until we got to Dungloe and then we took the main road on t...

Anti-Piracy Group Hits Indie Creators For Using Word ‘Pixels’ - https://torrentfreak

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Peak & Peat

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Herbal Cancer Cure: Weeding out the Hype

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The Business Meeting

The Business MeetingOnce upon a time these four guys got together to talk about a new business.  Turns out that one of them had a camera and took some photos of...

Rapping to mozart - amazing

Rapping to mozart - amazing !

Looking forward to seeing what +Mary Gardiner and +Valerie Aurora get up to now the Ada

Looking forward to seeing what +Mary Gardiner and +Valerie Aurora get up to now the Ada Initiative is shutting down.

Celtic Cross

Celtic CrossThis is a modern marble one, but it's relatively unusual to see one at this stage of weathering: a nice amount of lichen and wear, but still smooth ...

In case you haven't seen it

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Hamilton's Bridge

Hamilton's BridgeWell, Broome Bridge really, but naming a bridge after a famous mathematician is a much better idea than naming it after the director of a railw...

2 August 2015

Petone Wharf

Petone WharfOne of those ones that seems to go on forever.  It's lasted quite well too - it was built around 1907. Petone   NZ   wharf   perspective

Thought you might like this one

Thought you might like this one... :-)

So for all of my knowledgeable Irish friends: suppose I were to take a week off with the family and

So for all of my knowledgeable Irish friends: suppose I were to take a week off with the family and head up to some secret base up in the far north of Donegal, ...

Open source leader 'livid' at TPP software patent capitulation - http://www

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It seems to me that +Google+ has got busier lately

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Marin County Civic Center

Marin County Civic CenterAfter a frustrating hour waiting for +United to deliver my luggage to San Francisco on the plane after the one I was on, I decided to v...

Clarke & Sons

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Crystal Springs Reservoir

Crystal Springs ReservoirIt seems that not all reservoirs in California are empty.  I took this photo of the cloud rolling over Montara Mountain and down toward...

Nick

NickIn my marathon 28.6km walk around Seattle last Saturday I came across Nick in Jefferson Park.  We talked for a bit - mostly about how damn hot it was (32C/9...

Another Day, Another Library

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Please God, we all know by now that you're a complete arsehole, but are you also responsiible for

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Stapled

StapledSeattle has many telephone poles, frequently annoyingly covered in big black wires, blocking otherwise delightful vistas, but then in some places they've...

This is fucking awesome

This is fucking awesome.

I've think I'e decided that for my next smartwatch I want something which supports low energy

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The Troll

The TrollI guess many of us - me included - have a fascination with bridges.  I think it's wonderful that the George Washington bridge in Seattle has a troll un...

Seattle Public Library

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Flying from Seattle to SFO seems unexpectedly complicated

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18 July 2015

The Old Bridge

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Seattle Rainbow

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Looking down the Hudson

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Entrance

EntranceAll over Manhattan are these amazingly decorative entrances.  This one on Broadway is representative, rather than exceptional.  Somewhere, I suppose, so...

Some opticalexperiments as I wait for UA1922 to Seattle which is delayed 90-odd minutes

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Parking Garage

Parking GarageLanded in New York this evening and caught the metro into town - it's about as fast as a cab, quite a lot more comfortable and way cheaper.After d...

Congratulations to Book-E, winners of this StartupWeekend in Dublin swdub

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Great Friday evening at StartupWeekend Dublin

Great Friday evening at StartupWeekend Dublin ... and photos :-)

FALLACY REF is the best collection of memed logical fallacies in the history of memed logical

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Tugs at the Waterfront

Tugs at the WaterfrontYou can't beat Wellington, on a good day.  It's winter and cold down there right now, so here's one from summer a couple of years back, as...

Slieve Foy

Slieve FoyI'm back in Ireland now - at least for the weekend, before work calls me elsewhere.  On our way down the country from the ferry we took a leisurely ro...

Back in Dublin for the weekend, so it must be time for a Startup Weekend Dublin :-)

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FINALLY our embroidermation is finished

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Troon Municipal Buildings

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Room to Grow

Room to GrowThese delicate, gorgeous little ferns seem to be ubiquitous in any little crack in a stone wall in Ireland. The advance guard of the army of growing...

Rosebank Cemetery

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Elcho Castle

Elcho CastleTwo excellent castles today, which were chalk and cheese despite being built for similar purposes.  The first one - Elcho Castle, shown - was someth...

Seems the CfP for linux

Seems the CfP for linux.conf.au has been extended until August 2nd.I really should do something.

5 July 2015

A Pair of Bridges

A Pair of BridgesScotland was being very Scottish today, so I have to make do with a photograph of murk.This particular murk is a pair of bridges across the Nor...

East Road Garage

East Road GarageVisiting Taranaki a few years back we rented a country cottage about 20km further down this road.  This was the last house on the edge of Stratf...

Bridge at Brora

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vlcspotting  outside the Museum of Modern Art in Glasgow, and then again on Buchanan St, for

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Glenoe Waterfall

Glenoe WaterfallThe +National Trust looks after this small park in Glenoe, with this lovely cascade, about 8m high and a delightful stop if you're looking for s...

The Jacobite

The JacobiteIn "summer" this train runs from Fort William to Mallaig, and I just happened to be standing next to the railway track when today's train went throu...

Where the dead survey the city

Where the dead survey the cityAnother shot from the Glasgow Necropolis, this time with a little surreal added to the mix.  What a fantastic view over the city, ...

Necropolis

NecropolisWe loved walking around the Necropolis this morning, on the way into town.  Much more spaced out than most cemeteries. cemetery   necropolis   Glasgow...

Newry River

Newry RiverIt got pretty muggy as we drove north, with the cloud forming around Newry in much the same way as we always used to see it forming over  the coastal...

Wellington, 1990

Wellington, 1990Roving through my photo collection today, I came across this directory of images that I got printed onto a PhotoCD back when they were the new s...

Buchanan St, 2007

Buchanan St, 2007We're off for a holiday in Scotland in a few days.  First stop: Glasgow, which I visited very briefly back in 2007, and of course I have a few ...

WATCH: White Woman and Black Man Switch Mikes

WATCH: White Woman and Black Man Switch Mikes . . . And It's AstoundingTwo students teach incredible lesson about privilege and empathy.

Pukekura Park

Pukekura ParkWhen you visit Pukekura Park you always hope that Mount Taranaki will be visible over the bridge on the lake.  The reality is that rainfall in Tara...

California Drought

California DroughtThis pair of photos is from last year, but I don't think it'll be any different this year when I get to California again in a few weeks.  I gu...

Rowing on the Liffey

Rowing on the LiffeyRather than catch the train from the office this evening I walked all the way to Connolly Station, camera in hand, and along the way found t...

The Old Mine

The Old MineJust a little east of Bunmahon in County Waterford, on an exposed stretch of the south coast of Ireland, is this old copper mine.  While this area i...

There are some points made here that I'd never considered

There are some points made here that I'd never considered. Worth a read.

Hall of Knives

Hall of KnivesWhile it looks like a kind of aggressive space, with all of those sharp rocks pointing inwards it's actually just a storage room. These rooms were...

Going Up

Going UpFor me this kind of captures a significant part of the essence of Hong Kong in one photo. Tall is inevitably the thing you think of when you look around...

Stuck in the grounds of the Custom House, looking for a way out other than where I came in, but

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Ah, Depeche Mode, how you've changed and yet how much still the same

Ah, Depeche Mode, how you've changed and yet how much still the same.

This is simultaneously amazing, ridiculous, and terrifying

This is simultaneously amazing, ridiculous, and terrifying.As it turns out, the assembly instruction 'mov' is Turing complete.

Marlborough Sounds

Marlborough SoundsFlying into Wellington one evening I was lucky enough to have a starboard window seat to this magnificent view over the sounds before we went ...

Double Crossed

Double CrossedNipped out while the sun was shining on Friday afternoon to grab a few photos around this church.  Nailed it. church   Zurich   contrails

Jacob Appelbaum's legal disclosure from Google about Wikileaks Grand Jury investigation (with

Jacob Appelbaum's legal disclosure from Google about Wikileaks Grand Jury investigation (with images, tweets) · bbhorneVia https://twitter.com/marciahofmann

A Meeting of Umbrellas

A Meeting of UmbrellasI'm not really used to umbrellas, so when I travel I don't think "oh, it might rain, I should take an umbrella!". I blame this on spending...

I don't normally post links to the words of religious leaders, but when I do, they're saying this

I don't normally post links to the words of religious leaders, but when I do, they're saying this sort of thing...

OK, +Fabian Schorp, challenge accepted :-)

OK, +Fabian Schorp, challenge accepted :-)And a most enjoyable time in +Tales Bar it was!

Sihl Cyclists

Sihl CyclistsThese trees over the path alongside the Sihl remind me of all of those photos I see of the Dark Hedges, except these are proving that Ireland does ...

Dear +Larry Page,

Dear +Larry Page,The Confederate Flag is a painful reminder to many black people that there are those in the South who still very much wish the Confederate Army...

Hauptbahnhof at Sunset

Hauptbahnhof at SunsetThis time of year it seems the sun comes right in the end of the main train station in Zurich and right out the other end. Here's a shot f...

Well done, Apple

Well done, Apple. Well done. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/17/apple_hosed_boffins_drop_0day_mac_ios_research_blitzkrieg/

The building decorations in Zurich can be really cool

The building decorations in Zurich can be really cool. This one over the entrance to a building with many great details that I will try and go back and capture ...

opticalexperiments in Zurich

opticalexperiments in Zurich.

Damsel Fly

Damsel FlyFound this little thing resting on some 18th century balustrade, somewhere in Westmeath, and it deigned to rest long enough for me to zoom in real clo...

Baltray Shipwreck

Baltray ShipwreckOn the beach, just north of the mouth of the Boyne River, are the remains of the 344-ton "Irish Trader", which grounded here in 1974 en route f...

I always wanted straight, super shiny doll-like hair

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Dystopia of Things

Dystopia of ThingsThe Thing on Internet I've now had an "Internet of Things" device for about a year. It is Logitech Harmony HUB , an universal remote controlle...

Ashtown Castle

Ashtown CastlePerhaps at it's least flattering, on a grey January day in Phoenix Park.  A very curious castle that was only relatively recently discovered, when...

Triangles and Shadows

Triangles and ShadowsSince I'll be travelling a bit over the next couple of months I'll probably be posting more - and more current - photos into this collectio...

The Glasshouse

The GlasshouseIn the National Botanical Gardens in Dublin are these amazing glasshouses. Designed and built by Richard Turner in the mid 1800's but they seem to...

It looks like the leaks are accelerating and I guess the truth was always going to get out sometime

It looks like the leaks are accelerating and I guess the truth was always going to get out sometime...

"Jobs" Script Cut Out Every Woman On Mac Team

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Lets debunk some myths

Lets debunk some myths!(click and use scroll to zoom in)

Damn this is a good pilot episode

Damn this is a good pilot episode.  I must remember to watch the series sometime.

Today we are announcing the $7 million Adult Literacy XPRIZE designed to help the estimated 780

Today we are announcing the $7 million Adult Literacy XPRIZE designed to help the estimated 780 million adults around the world who can't read, 2/3 of which are...

Who needs stained glass

Who needs stained glass?It was perfect weather to visit the Hill of Slane today, and afterwards we went to the Old Melifont Abbey, arriving just after a tour bu...

The Servants Entrance

The Servants EntranceThe servants entrance at Newbridge House is also the entrance to the gift shop and where you can sign up for a tour, or to get access to th...

Cork City Gaol

Cork City GaolBehind me is the entrance through the outer wall of the gaol, which is the typically unforgiving exterior that you expect of a gaol (or the defens...

For people like me, who don't grow up with snow, this sort of scene is just jaw-droppingly beautiful

For people like me, who don't grow up with snow, this sort of scene is just jaw-droppingly beautiful.  Enough for me to go wow, and (carefully, slowly) pull ove...

I'm really starting to get my mojo on with +darktable now, and I've been trawling back through

I'm really starting to get my mojo on with +darktable now, and I've been trawling back through years of photos...Here's the raw file for a photo I took in 2008 ...

This is astounding to me: Would you get in a car if you knew that core parts of design were not

This is astounding to me: Would you get in a car if you knew that core parts of design were not designed at all, but kludged together, ignoring established engi...

Moyne Castle

Moyne CastleThe only photo I took while we were (very briefly) in County Mayo back at easter - a very photogenic ruin that we came across quite late in the day....

The original raw file licensed CC-BY

The original raw file licensed CC-BY

Know your crane signals

Know your crane signals! notactuallycomplicated

Time was

Time was...... when these things turned up in the most unexpected places.  I photographed this one outside the Marakoopa Cave in Tasmania back in 2009.  It real...

The Nethercross

The NethercrossA 9th century cross carved from granite, and buried in a field to hide it from Cromwell's soldiers, uncovered 160 years later in the 1860's and r...

Most exquisite and enjoyable

Most exquisite and enjoyable.

This looks amazing

This looks amazing!

Almost an Island

Almost an IslandYou can see here how close to being an island the Howth Peninsula really is.  Just that sliver of land at Sutton Cross tying it onto the rest of...

This Journalist Fooled Millions Into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss

This Journalist Fooled Millions Into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss. Here's How. http://io9.com/i-fooled-millions-into-thinking-chocolate-helps-weight-170...

Kilcock Locks

Kilcock LocksThe lock-keeper's house in Kilcock looks more important than many, and perhaps it is.  Two very deep locks, and a largish area both above and below...

Living on the Edge

Living on the EdgeAll on it's own looking out over the Irish Sea is this one house.  Well, not quite, but when we walked past last Thursday it did seem to be th...

Howth Portal Tomb

Howth Portal TombDespite living within a few kilometres of this, I only found out about it when Heather mentioned it yesterday.  Today, the weather was just per...

Further manifestation of the poor scores movies get on the Bechdel Test

Further manifestation of the poor scores movies get on the Bechdel Test.

Beautifully done

Beautifully done.

Farmleigh Conservatory

Farmleigh ConservatoryIt seems a few weeks ago I posted a photo of the front of Farmleigh saying "I'll post that photo from inside the conservatory later..." we...

“yes I said yes I will Yes”

“yes I said yes I will Yes”Molly Bloom

Bay Near Howth

Bay Near HowthJust past the Howth village and harbour, if you walk even just a little way up the road, you will get a lovely view out over this bay.  In this ca...

Mabel Island

Mabel IslandOne the of things we miss about New Zealand is the vegetation.  I can't just say "trees" and be done with it, because it's way more global than that...

$180 E Ink and LCD dual-display 64bit MT6752 phone by Huateng Huateng flag D1 is a Dual display

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St Colman's Cathedral in Cobh

St Colman's Cathedral in CobhOn a grey day, at the end of October last year.  I don't think we really had enough time to do much more than drive through Cobh, b...

Weekend Market

Weekend MarketBack in February, in Clane.  We stopped and walked down the main street, visited an antique shop, and then had lunch in the excellent Zest Cafe, b...

Brilliant parody of the No side of the Equality2015  referendum

Brilliant parody of the No side of the Equality2015  referendum

Lough Corrib

Lough CorribAnother shot of Lough Corrib from easter, though this time I almost got my feet into it - and I almost got eaten alive by some rather aggressive mid...

Lough Corrib

Lough CorribWhile we were in Galway at easter we drove all the way around Lough Corrib, and on our way back towards Galway the late-afternoon light was just won...

Tracks in the Wheat

Tracks in the WheatPerhaps +Olivier Ansaldi posted the other end of these tracks today - at the other end of the season as well. wheat

This is totally captivating

This is totally captivating.

I am facing this now, at many job interviews, even with other women, who expect me to not be able

I am facing this now, at many job interviews, even with other women, who expect me to not be able to work with their expected candidates : boys. Could they work...

Farmleigh

FarmleighWell, in fact the front of the mansion is not that interesting - or maybe my photographer skills are poor.  Tours are free, but you're not allowed to t...

Well-deserved mockery of the Sad Puppies

Well-deserved mockery of the Sad Puppies.

Just finshed a piece on the Irish marriage referendum - children do indeed need parents, but the

Just finshed a piece on the Irish marriage referendum - children do indeed need parents, but the evidence is that it make no difference what gender they are... ...

Farmleigh Clocktower

Farmleigh ClocktowerA really interesting building this one, with a unique clock, and an 8,183 litre tank of water that was pumped from the Liffey, from the same...

I think we need to stand up for "traditional marriage" in Ireland; which involves a man marrying a

I think we need to stand up for "traditional marriage" in Ireland; which involves a man marrying a horse, 'embracing' it, slaughtering it and bathing in a soup ...

Trying out this new "Collections" thing today, so here's a photo of an outbuilding at Farmleigh

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The Casino at Marino

The Casino at MarinoJust off the Malahide Rd, so we popped in on the way past to see if it was open yet.  It was, and is apparently well-worth a visit, but the ...

Spring in Rathfarnam

Spring in RathfarnamWe ran out of rice last night, necessitating a visit to Asia  Market out in Ballymount, and afterwards we decided to go and see the Rathfarn...

Famine

FamineA very striking sculpture on Custom House Quay in Dublin , dedicated to the people who were forced to emigrate during the 19th century Irish Famine.Design...

2 May 2015

The Usher

The UsherNearly tempted me into the theatre on my way home this evening, but I was swayed only long enough to capture his image. Dublin   sculpture   Ireland

Get out and vote, Ireland

Get out and vote, Ireland

Blossom in St

Blossom in St. Stephen's GreenIt was my 1st anniversary at work yesterday, so a group of us who all started the same day went out to dinner to celebrate.  I bik...

St

St. Anne's ParkEnough with the dribs and drabs!  Here are all[1] of my photos of St. Anne's Park from the last week or so...Enjoy :-)1. Well, perhaps not all - ...

Folly

FollyThere are many follies in St. Annes Park, though unfortunately they are generally thoroughly defaced with graffiti. The worst offending parts in this case ...

Heather

HeatherTwenty-six years ago I married this lovely woman, on the lawn in the gardens of the house in Porirua  where +Peter Jackson and friends had filmed many sc...

Punting on the Cam

Punting on the CamA couple of years ago I visited Cambridge and was lucky enough to get a guided tour by my niece who was studying there.  I took lots of photos...

The GNIB queue ( Ireland  immigration) about an hour before the doors open

The GNIB queue ( Ireland  immigration) about an hour before the doors open. At least it's not raining.

Squirrel

SquirrelI took some photos of squirrels in St. Annes Park on Saturday, but sadly I only had my 50mm lens with me, so the squirrel ended up being a rather small ...

Under the Bark

Under the BarkA tree in St Anne's Park which had the bark stripped when it was blown over in a storm. StAnnesPark   wood   Dublin   Ireland

Short clips from places around the south-western of New Zealand while where doing our road trip for

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St Anne's Park Clocktower

St Anne's Park ClocktowerWhat a gorgeous spring day, so we had to get out for at least a little while.  Heather and I went for a walk round St. Anne's Park, and...

Quite a simple, cute, pro-marriage equality video

Quite a simple, cute, pro-marriage equality video.

These are all of the photos that Martin & I took at the weekend

These are all of the photos that Martin & I took at the weekend.  I've also processed the large images into smaller 1920x1080 images suitable for a slideshow (i...

If your bank calls you, hang up and call them back

If your bank calls you, hang up and call them backImportant public service announcement: if you ever get a call from your bank or your payment card's security d...

Final photos: Eamon smiles, Xiron comes second, Gymy wins

Final photos: Eamon smiles, Xiron comes second, Gymy wins.  A great SWDub  and I might sleep in a little in the morning. I hope you've enjoyed my photos - I enj...

Time to get on our bikes and head home

Time to get on our bikes and head home.

The judges are happy

The judges are happy. Even Eamon.

Or Paul, as many of them are called

Or Paul, as many of them are called.

11th Hour came a well-deserved third

11th Hour came a well-deserved third.

Gymy are a lot happier realising they got two prizes

Gymy are a lot happier realising they got two prizes!

If the volunteers are all on stage, who will take their photo

If the volunteers are all on stage, who will take their photo?

And finally

And finally... The Pitch! SWDub   StartupWeekend   Dublin   Ireland

More  SWDub  photos from Friday, and a bunch from Sunday too

More  SWDub  photos from Friday, and a bunch from Sunday too.  Teams are getting ready to present their final pitch now...

Still more SWDub  photos from Friday

Still more SWDub  photos from Friday...

Two options :-)

Two options :-)

Happy/Intense at SWDub  on Sunday, into the home stretch

Happy/Intense at SWDub  on Sunday, into the home stretch...

Here you go :-)

Here you go :-)

A few more  SWDub  photos from yesterday

A few more  SWDub  photos from yesterday...

A few  SWDub  photos from last night

A few  SWDub  photos from last night.  More to come later...

Well I laughed

Well I laughed.  Just as well I wasn't drinking my tea.

It's that time of year again:

It's that time of year again:"As previously advised, the GNIB office is experiencing extremely lengthy queues with many people queueing from 7am in order to be ...

Aughnanure Castle

Aughnanure CastleThe approach from the carpark alongside this stream is historically representative of the way this castle was frequently approached.  Fully nav...

Corcóg

CorcógOn saturday we went into Galway city for the morning and walked around, but to be honest it didn't seem that interesting so after lunch we drove up to Oug...

Clonmacnoise

ClonmacnoiseWe spent a lot of the time driving to Clonmacnoise today trying to work out how one might say that.  Is it clon-mac-noysh? Clon-mac-noyce? Or perhap...

The Burren

The BurrenAnother shot from friday's tour of Clare, this one is in the opposite direction from the one of the churchyard I posted the other day, looking across ...

Glengowla Mine

Glengowla MineYesterday we went underground into a cave and today we went underground again, in a very different landscape...  Glengowla Mine was active from 18...

They kept their blasting powder in this magazine

They kept their blasting powder in this magazine. Somehow thatch doesn't seem the right technology for that!

The main gallery where the lead/silver was extracted from

The main gallery where the lead/silver was extracted from.

Back up at the top looking down I can still see some laggards coming back up from the bottom

Back up at the top looking down I can still see some laggards coming back up from the bottom.

The mine continues another 20m or so lower, but it is not publicly accessible yet

The mine continues another 20m or so lower, but it is not publicly accessible yet.

The main mine gallery, around 40m underground

The main mine gallery, around 40m underground.

Looking back up from the deepest public level

Looking back up from the deepest public level.

Looking back up the deepest shaft, with the lights on now

Looking back up the deepest shaft, with the lights on now.

Looking back up the deepest shaft, with the lights on now

Looking back up the deepest shaft, with the lights on now.

Looking back up the deepest shaft

Looking back up the deepest shaft

And further

And further...

Descending further

Descending further

Miners ladder from 1865

Miners ladder from 1865

Looking down into the mine

Looking down into the mine

A miners ladder from 1865

A miners ladder from 1865

As we start to descend

As we start to descend

Aillwee Cave

Aillwee CaveFor +Ben Walton, just to show that we did visit a cave...  We're probably a mite jaded by various previous cave visits - Waitomo, Jenolan and Naraco...

Dunguaire Castle

Dunguaire CastleDriving south yesterday, the first castle we encountered was Dunguaire Castle, which is a delightful tower on a promontory in the bay at Kinvarr...

Trinities

TrinitiesMy first time on the western side of Ireland today, as we visited The Burren - "Eire's Rock" I joked to the family, thereby doing my job properly and r...

Women Techmakers 2015

Women Techmakers 2015Last night I went along to Women Techmakers to take some "official" photos.  A fantastic event organised by +GDG Dublin, and especially by ...

Late afternoon & late at night

Late afternoon & late at nightWalking through the Shambles in York on our way to the conference dinner I turned and caught this guide entertaining his charges, ...

Late at Night

Late at Night

Late Afternoon

Late Afternoon

More Clifford's Tower

More Clifford's Tower?Well, it was quite photogenic.  Not to mention staring in my window from right outside the conference venue...I'll post my photos from the...

Dawn

Dawn

So the other day I was searching for a way to iterate across tasty wines:

So the other day I was searching for a way to iterate across tasty wines:www.google.com/search?q=acid+berries+dark+rose+bouquet+iteratorI found it on CPAN!

Improving entrepreneurship by

Improving entrepreneurship by ... improving social welfare?In summary, some new analysis demonstrates that when people know that there's a social safety net the...

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<meta http-equiv="pragma" rel="friend" /> The proper way to do a linkedin request... !

“screencap, forward to the FBI, block, and move on,”

“screencap, forward to the FBI, block, and move on,”Dealing with death threats shouldn't become routine.Women should not be treated this badly by men.http://www...

Clifford's Tower

Clifford's TowerThree different moods for Clifford's Tower which is just across the road from the +FLOSSUK Spring conference.  I had a short chance to walk arou...

The Brooding Tower

The Brooding Tower

Sunset Tower

Sunset Tower

Breakfast in England

Breakfast in EnglandDelicious, perfectly cooked and presented breakfast. I'm always happy to be told "careful, the plate is hot" when it is delivered to my tabl...

Balrothery Old Church

Balrothery Old ChurchVertical panorama of the tower on the mediaeval church at Balrothery.  A bit tricky to take this photo as the churchyard does not extend fa...

Springtime

SpringtimeWe went out for some fresh air today, on a gorgeous spring day.  First to Balrothery where we looked around the outside of the Old Church.  I snapped ...

Buds

Buds

Daffodils

Daffodils

Last year, Monte Cook Games published an RPG called The Strange that involved otherworldly

Last year, Monte Cook Games published an RPG called The Strange that involved otherworldly “recursions” based on the fiction of our own Earth. In August of last...

Changing the NZ flag

Changing the NZ flagI agree with almost everything said here

A long rant about airline apps

A long rant about airline apps...The +Aer Lingus app is so bad that after I read through every review. marking all of the accurate ones as "Helpful" and all of ...

Eclipse through Cloud

Eclipse through CloudDublin turned on magnificently cloudy skies for the eclipse this morning, and here was me thinking that blew any photographic opportunities...

Mmmm

Mmmm...  the +Google Cultural Institute extension now displays gorgeous artworks from the +Google Art Project whenever I open a new tab.  Awesomesauce!

Since I found this community yesterday and I've been messing with a couple of other people's images

Since I found this community yesterday and I've been messing with a couple of other people's images I thought it was time to give people a chance to fool around...

NAME THIS MASCOT

NAME THIS MASCOT!

As green as green can be

As green as green can be...I guess St. Patrick's day emphasises the green to remind the people of Ireland how green everything will be again in a month or two. ...

An interesting point of view on what happens when your education system is mostly run by a

An interesting point of view on what happens when your education system is mostly run by a religious institution mired in the past.Supposedly this is less of an...

A little misty this morning, as I ambled along the short forty minute stroll from my hotel in

A little misty this morning, as I ambled along the short forty minute stroll from my hotel in Mountain View to the office.  I took this snap on my way through t...

"Dinner" with Francois

"Dinner" with Francois.Got off my Dublin flight and straight onto BART into San Francisco so I could meet Francois for dinner since he happened to be over from ...

Another gorgeous day to be leaving Dublin

Another gorgeous day to be leaving Dublin. SFO here I come, once more. Today I have learned how it's possible to apply for a new ESTA while at the airport, but ...

Franciscan Well "Rebel Red"

Franciscan Well "Rebel Red"Some opticalexperiments with this delicious red ale and a candle at The Bath Pub. indulgent

Hi +Niall Murphy, +andrew mcmillan and +Moritz Tolxdorff - this is a post limited to the people I

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Here is a cake I made for my birthday with pretty pink flowers :)

Here is a cake I made for my birthday with pretty pink flowers :)

On second thoughts, let's not do the cliff walk today

On second thoughts, let's not do the cliff walk today...Heather glanced at the weather on her phone today and noticed that it said "chance of snow", then looked...

Last day of summer and it was great to get down the beach and do some shooting with the beautiful

Last day of summer and it was great to get down the beach and do some shooting with the beautiful @paulaiannitti‪ underwaterphotography underwater underwaterpho...

Happy birthday, +Aurélie Aubertin

Happy birthday, +Aurélie Aubertin!Is someone making you a cake, or do you have to do your own? :-)

To infinity and beyond: A computer designed to outlast a childhood

To infinity and beyond: A computer designed to outlast a childhood

More photos from the last week in Lisbon

More photos from the last week in Lisbon.  I'll probably add a few more too, as I go through the albums.  It was a great week, and not too much bickering amongs...

Stairs at Dusk

Stairs at Dusk

Sunset down the Tejo

Sunset down the Tejo

The Gulbenkian - Centro de Arte Moderna

The Gulbenkian - Centro de Arte Moderna

Yesterday we had Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce and Porirua Mayor Nick Leggett come to

Yesterday we had Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce and Porirua Mayor Nick Leggett come to the new +Catalyst IT Limited Data Centre in Porirua to offici...

What could possibly go wrong

What could possibly go wrong?

Yet again the supplied OS on a machine should always be treated with suspicion

Yet again the supplied OS on a machine should always be treated with suspicion. You don't need sinister foreign agencies, just plain straight forward monetary i...

Museu Nacional dos Coches

Museu Nacional dos CochesThe national coach museum seems really unique, and apparently they have many more coaches that they can't display, so they are construc...

Happy birthday, +John Looney

Happy birthday, +John Looney! Just 1 day after mine :-)

Saw this JeffWeCan  wandering around Lisbon  today

Saw this JeffWeCan  wandering around Lisbon  today.  An unexpected Marlboro  moment.

Looking out over a sea of orange tile

Looking out over a sea of orange tile.

An atypical street - most of them have more graffiti and seemingly abandoned buildings in them

An atypical street - most of them have more graffiti and seemingly abandoned buildings in them.

Down the Initiation Well

Down the Initiation WellToday we went on a tour of Sintra with a company called "We Hate Tourism Tours" - apparently famous in Russia for some exploits with a r...

JeffWeCan

JeffWeCanDontBeAMaybe

A holiday

A holiday!  Really looking forward to seeing this again, along with everything else in that beautiful city... :-)