Archive for April, 2006

The beat of just one drum

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

I had a dream the other night. No not one of those dreams. It was a Gary Coleman dream. I do not dream of Gary often. This may have been the first dream of mine in which he featured heavily. There we were, Gary and I chatting away amicably. I have no recollection of what […]

Back From The Future

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

Ladies and Gentlemen I am returned. From where you ask? No not from where, from when! Yes I am returned from The Future. I have travelled many moons into this planets near history to bring nuggets of The Future back for you to gnaw on. I am talking about The Future here not the future, […]

Oz Force

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

‘COURAGE,’ ‘HEART,’ ‘MIND,’ ‘SPIRIT,’ by these powers combined we are The OZ Force!
‘Lady Dorothy the Munchkins approach’
‘Courage dear heart, hold on Toto we’re not in Kansas anymore. OZric POWER BRA ONLINE!’
I blame the Lord of The Rings for this abomination.

My ship has finally come in

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

Chris has foolishly agreed to become my mini-me-micro-patron in an ambiguously worded comment on the previous post.
His exact words were
If you wrote a blog that was addressed to ME, I might pay you for it. But still not very much.
I will later edit this comment to become a cast iron legally binding agreement. In the […]

Net Funded Journalism Follow Up

Monday, April 10th, 2006

Well the essay “Dark Miracle - Trinity, TheƂ Manhattan Project and the birth of the Atomic Age” is on his site, the pictures are published on Flickr and the video is up on YouTube. Truly the web enables you to become a one person publishing empire. The results well take a look for yourself.
The […]

Oh Columny!

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

It has been said the greatest writers in the history of our benighted little nation have not found respite in the stony soil of their forefathers but have been ridiculed and lampooned about the place until forced into exile. Only when clasped to the bosom of a foreign nation were their talents then recognised by […]

Odd Statue

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

An odd statue in the gardens of Airfield House, Dundrum. The female figure has large antlers, a snake appearing between her legs and yes that is a door in her belly.

Net Funded Journalism

Saturday, April 1st, 2006

Joshua Ellis, a Las Vegas based writer, journalist, musician, web dude and he of the Grim Meathook Future scenario has been conducting an interesting experiment on his blog Zenarchery.com.
His idea? Net funded journalism. Here’s how he’s going about it. The Trinity test site in Almagordo New Mexico is open to the public for just two […]