Found this guide to photographers’ rights in Ireland on the Digital Rights Ireland website. Interesting stuff.

You may or may not have noticed that I’ve added a photo banner type thing to the header of my page*. It’s my second foray into the world of Flash/Actionscript and the Flickr API. Not bad, eh?

There are a few things that I’d like to add and I know that there are better ways to do some of the things that I’ve done in the code but I like it nonetheless. It uses Kelvin Luck’s Flashr wrapper for the Flickr API to do some of what it does. It also uses some sticky-back plastic and very dodgy scripting.

On the plus side, I’ve plugged in an XML-based config file so it should be fairly easy to package it up and distribute it for other people to use without them needing to edit the actionscript stuff. I do need to figure out whether or not the width can be changed easily (or if you can make it vertical instead of horizontal) since not everyone’s website is based on an 860 pixel centre column.

*It can take a while for the images to load, so if all you see is a black bar with some text just give it a while longer. On the other hand, you could try turning your adblock software down a notch.

James and Chris came 3rd overall in their category in the Hillgrove Hotel Stages Rally in Monaghan on April 22nd last, despite last minute gearbox problems. Well done lads!

I’ve a few other photos up with more to come, so keep an eye on that Flickr link…

It gets worse! Flood has been given an Apple Mac for his birthday! He’ll be wearing polo necks and sipping Frappucinos at a trendy coffee shop near you soon! Possibly while also wearing brothel creepers and thick-rimmed glasses and a beret and holding a chihuaha.

And no, jealousy doesn’t get you anywhere.

Flood claims never to have seen Brokeback Mountain but as the pictures below neatly illustrate, he has seen the film numerous times. And not only that, he has also adopted Ang Lee’s oscar-nominated adaptation of Annie Proulx’ short story about gay sheephands as his design for life and wholeheartedly embraced the ‘love that dare not speak its name’. He has even gone so far as to convince his ‘fiancèe’ to embark on an elaborate charade involving a fictional company that manufactures space-age security systems. The sole aim of this carefully fabricated alternative life was to enable him to go to the annual moustache parade in Sydney, Australia this year.

Happy Birthday G-man, you dangerous lunatic.