I posted a very quick twit pic on Sunday of geometric shapes inscribed onto vellum with 4H/2H lead. I was basking in some healthy non-digital therapy. I haven’t done any technical drawing in decades. Re-engaging with the putting of lead…
I write of the post box. I was considering my travel options during an emergency situation at Kent Station Cork this week and as I was pondering logistical issues, my attention was suddenly drawn to the study, green cylindrical post…
I am participating in a workshop at University College Cork as part of the Digital Arts and Humanities PhD programme on Friday and Saturday this week. The agenda, covering aspects of data management, data encoding, space and time, data modeling,…
The Terminal Pocket Guide by DJ Barrett is a short (well 230 pages – it could be far longer of course), concise quick reference to terminal commands on OSX. It is to date to reference OSX 10.7 Lion and bears…
In an effort to keep my mind open to changing technologies and avoid drinking the Mac Fanboy kool-aid, I have spent the last month using a Nokia Lumia 800 as my primary smartphone. It has been an eye-opening experience and…
Mobile Design Pattern Library by Theresa Neil is a useful if not essential addition to the library of anyone working in mobile application design today. Neil has systematically compiled a comprehensive means of describing interface elements and classifying between their…
I love a good festival and I suspect that the use of the word to describe this undertaking was very deliberate on the part of Turtle Bunbury, the event’s organiser. Over the past weekend at Lisnavagh House in Co Carlow,…
Having thoroughly enjoyed Cooking for Geeks (which I highly recommend), when I saw that a similarly novel approach to fitness was available I was all on board to enjoy this one as well. And…enjoy it I did. Bruce Perry’s approach…
Using Mac OSX Lion Server is one of those lovely, handy O’Reilly overview guides that take the place of manuals not supplied with products. In this one the Charles Edge Jr. aims his guidance towards relatively new server administrators –…
Well, it is the first book to hit the market and clearly was prepared with pre-release software for the specific purpose of getting a book to the market. Ironic I suppose after writing that to realize that the book itself…
Attended a great talk providing an overview of the establishment of the 18th Century Irish Hospital System in Ireland by Dr Susan Mullaney (RAMI/UCC) at the Edward Worth Library @ Dr Steevens Hospital in Dublin. Mullaney is asking a basic…
#tweetsmart by Jesse McDougall adopts the premise that many people dismiss Twitter as idle chatter and cannot fathom why they would want to engage with it. Although I have encountered many colleagues that personally are somewhat dismissive (and in many…