Killala Bay, Horse racing

Killala Bay, Horse racing, originally uploaded by Dromahaire. Got to Killala for a party at a friends house and wandered down to the beach. They were doing their annual race on the beach and they got an incredible day for it. The pounding of the hooves on the sand was truly amazing. document.getElementById(“post-146-blankimage”).onload();

Hillside

Hillside, originally uploaded by Dromahaire. On the road out of Glencar Valley towards Sligo town. I love these stone walls, long crumbled, covered with earth and sod, criss-crossing the mountains. The labour involved must have been considerable and for what really…. By the way, this photo is filled with sheep… not that you’d know it. [...]

The Revenge of Mighty Mouse

Microsoft is now in the news too much. Gates still chattering about one thing or another. The company decides to bribe users to use their search engine. Microsoft Office not adding support for its own Open XML until Office 14. Apple and CBS sued over stealing Mighty Mouse name. Is Comcast irked over the set [...]

Straddling at Rosses

Straddling at Rosses, originally uploaded by Dromahaire. Summer, 12 years old. Somethings are classic, others new. He may have an iPod, a digital camera, access to the net and a Wii, but his favourite thing in the whole world? His new Swiss Army penknife. Mind you, it is pretty cool… document.getElementById(“post-139-blankimage”).onload();

Something new…

I’ve been reading John C. Dvorak’s tech writing for as long as I’ve been interested in this stuff. He was the first general columnist I became aware of after Jerry Pournelle’s writing in Byte Magazine. My first computer was an Amstrad PC1512 and I was an early subscriber to PC Magazine where I came across [...]

Comcastic Speed

 Comcast upgrade works. Now I get as high as 22 Mbps down and 3 Mbps up. The numbers fall off when you go overseas. Apple rolling out 4 more non-exclusive iPhone deals. Yahoo being sued. It decided to conceal details for some unknown reason. Missouri woman now indicted for cyberbullying. Comcast still being accused of [...]

Headlong

Headlong, originally uploaded by Dromahaire. Just came across this shot in my trawl through my photos after I imported my iPhoto library into Aperture. I’ve always liked it, there’s something about his energy that’s conveyed here. Headlong and curious. the world open before him. I remember this trip up the Leitrim mountains well, he plunged [...]