Cameras

Just charging the oul digital camera at the moment for the weekend and got to thinking about the cameras I have.

I have one these (Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W35) for the loads of pics days:

I have one of these because I never owned a "proper" camera and got it as a wedding pressie. But I love it...

And recently I started using this one:

The last camera is from 1973. It belonged to me Mum's Uncle who was a professional photographer at home in Donegal. He has some amazing photographic equipment and even more amazing pictures.

A few years back a selection of his pictures were displayed in Temple Bar at the request of some Museum and are still there. He had everything cataloged so perfectly and in chronological order.

There is just something special about these old cameras. Just using them makes you feel so different with the weight and the care required to take the pic. I also feel like the photographer from The Omen.

Socks

Oh sweet Jesus. What is it with this new fashion of tucking your trousers into your socks. It's the most ridiculous piece of fashion since leg warmers.

How many days do you get?

In your job how many self-certified sick days do you get? Two maybe? Three maybe? If your lucky you might get five. Well, if you do get five, spare a thought for those poor, poor nurses or doctors.

Yes, they don't have a limit and can take as many as they want in a year just no more than three in a row or else they have to get a cert. But days in a row are different than other companies. If I am sick on a Friday, have the Saturday and Sunday off shift and am sick again on a Monday that is counted as two days in a row. For nurses its not and its counted as two separate days sick.

I would not like to get sick in Ireland at the moment with the way Jabba the Hut is running the Health Service and with the way the unions are fucking us over.

Never mess with your younger brother

Man Cold - Its true.

Boo Hoo

Just finished reading a book about one the big dot.com collapses ever. The company, boo, was an amazing concept. The whole idea of the company is phenominal.

I have to say when I was given the book I was a tad sceptical. I'm not really into this type of book as my usual staple diet is autobiogs and certain types of fiction. But....read this book.

On the back one of the quotes says that you are "willing them to succeed" when reading it. Normally, regardless of the book, I don't agree with those comments but in this case I did. Really did.

Reading this book makes you want to be an entrepreneur. It makes you wish you were working for and with them at the time. You can't help but be drawn into their world and get lost in the book. I don't know where they got their engergy from. They never seemed to sleep and partied hard. Really, truly awe inspiring.

The only thing wrong was it didn't work out because if it did it may have made things different on the net.

What you waiting for? Go read this book NOW !!

Note to Spanish students

Can you please stop congregating at the bottom of stairwells, on steps, at entrances to buildings that are in use, in front of train doors when you get off, at bus stops stopping people getting on & off buses and at other places where other people need to get to.


Please.

96 we wont forget

Today is the nineteenth anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster where 96 Liverpool fans lost their lifes at a football match.

To this day no-one has been brought to justice or identifed as being accountable for this disaster.

YNWA.

Star Wars Canteen

Funniest thing I've seen in a long time..