Every so often a ‘Battle of the Bands’ pops up on the radar, each one to be better than any before it. Last Standing with its emphasis on war rather than battle, may prove itself to be stronger than its predecessors of the genre of musician competitiveness. Last-standing.com Is a social networking site for Northern [...]

200 orgasms a day is probably not cool after while, but what about collapsing every time you laugh? Or actually being allergic to modern technology, that’d be a bit shit. Some cool kids furniture, not so sure how practical the accordian dresser is though. Some stunningly beautiful motion blur photographs. Common sense is just plain [...]

The Summer Experiment play Auntie Annies on Wednesday 27th August. Then disappear into the night. Never to be seen again. They said it better than I could What happens when a band is faced with its own end before it even gets off its feet? Would this knowledge change their plan of action? Could it [...]

John Baucher launched his Ttv (Through the Viewfinder) exhibition ‘Old meets New’ last week. The exhibition runs in the Black Box until 16th Sept. Here is a shot he took of me outside the venue: 10 yrs on, too much Google? Still doing no Evil? They have amassed more information about people in 10 years [...]

What is SlicethePie? Slicethepie is a web based artist financing engine that raises money for artists to professionally record an album. It enables users to invest in, profit from, and trade in artists’ success by turning every music fan into a talent scout and investor. On Slicethepie: Artists can raise money directly from their fans [...]

My brother who has started using MSN messsenger was recently hit by this scam that has been spreading over the last few months by ‘TST Management’. I think the advice here, like always, is never log into a site from a strange url. Bastard scammers. in 2008 40 men will die from a lightning strike, [...]

What started out as a lot of heavy rain as I headed to Enniskillen for the VibeFest with Kitty and the Can Openers, turned into widespread flooding across Northern Ireland. Unfortunately the festival was first postponed due to the rain and flooding on the field, then eventually cancelled. So after much waiting around we made [...]

Toddle, this week’s Tuesday Push, is a really nice startup for sending pretty newsletters, it’s very simple to use and in line with what I am currently looking for. Though also on the lookout for a simple way to manage subscribers to such newsletters. Moviestar.ie Irish Web Awards details have been announced, and the cost [...]

Watching Ben & Sarah smile all day brought a small tear to my eye. They are so happy together, always. It makes me so happy to see. The wedding went really well; the weather was good, food was great, drink was drunk (understatement!) and everyone was happy. I wish them both the very best of [...]

Very cool video of lightning in slow motion There really is no price difference between Macs and PCs A very long piece in the New York Times on ‘Photography As A Weapon‘ “Laptop Machines” is an anagram of “Apple Macintosh” 80 Things That Make Men Cry MBTA won a temporary restraining order that will keep [...]