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Continue reading →: Murals and more
I am getting more confident taking photos with my DSLR camera. This mural in Belfast’s city centre took my fancy. I did some basic editing to crop the image and tweak the luminance, but the colours really are that stunning. Here’s another mural that brightens up a rather drab neighbourhood…
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Continue reading →: More Student Stuff
Well, Week 4 came around quickly. I still haven’t made a study timetable, but I have printed off all the course material to date. TG089 is a full on photography course with plenty of technical information about editing and the various aspects of camera usage. My photographer friend, Jason, met…
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Continue reading →: Leftovers
I hate waste. Throwing good food away is criminal, so when our bananas are on the turn it’s time to make banana bread, and if it’s Halloween there will be leftover pumpkins. Nigel Slater has a good recipe for pumpkin scones in the Observer magazine. I replaced parmesan cheese with…
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Continue reading →: The case for Casement
In West Belfast there has been a GAA ground where Gaelic football, carmogie and hurling matches have been played for decades. Until, that is, there were plans to upgrade the stands. Residents objected to a 38,000 seater proposal. So new plans were submitted for a 34,000 seater project. That got…
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Continue reading →: Student stuff
I am doing an online course in digital photography to try and gain some skills in taking photos and editing with confidence. So far, I am slightly swamped by the amount of study material in Week 1. But, I need to pull the finger out and come up with a…
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Continue reading →: Dead Poets
It’s a shame that I discover some poets only when their obituary is published. One such poet who is widely known and loved in these parts is Brendan Kennelly. His poetry might be described as dark, but that is way too simplistic. Here is an example of one of his…
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Continue reading →: Zen what happened?
There was a story on the BBC website about a man who got drunk and wandered off into the woods. When he failed to return home his wife contacted the police. A search party set off to scour the area. The man with the hangover joined the search party. When…
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Continue reading →: Hybrid ebikes
My better half has been using my Boardman hybrid ebike for the last couple of weeks to commute to work. I have been riding her Carrera bike and it has shown up the importance of power assistance to a man in his 60s. Choosing a new bike is hard to…
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Continue reading →: Tea and Sandwich Enquiries
The UK government’s proposal to stop any new inquests and civil actions arising from the Troubles in Northern Ireland has been opposed by political parties in Ireland North and South. Drawing a line under atrocities, bombings and killings would not serve justice well. In 1972 a pregnant woman, her sister…
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