A photographic project that made me think about mortality. Walter Schels took photographs of patients at a cancer ward before and after death. The really nice part of the gallery is the mini-stories about the subjects and how the thought about their situation.
Wordbook
UncategorizedJust added the plugin for WordPress called Wordbook that posts blog entries into your facebook profile. Now I own the master data!
Munich = Hot
Germany, Munich, TravelAccording to the New York Times
Munich has not exactly reinvented itself; that would mean a break with the past. The beauty, tradition and healthy dose of kitsch are all right where you left them on that unforgettable yet somehow hazy trip to Oktoberfest back in college. Instead Munich has succeeded in winning me over by blending tradition with a new feel — epitomized by the city’s strengths in art and design.
Dooagh on St. Patrick’s Day
Photography
Fed Bail Out
Thought Provoking
Drinking mate sought for £7 an hour
Thought ProvokingA man who is afraid his father could be lonely has advertised for a drinking companion for him – at £7 an hour
iPhone shortage
TechSilicon Valley Insider points to a commenter called Tantrum responding to a story in the New York Times about the current shortage of iPhones in Apple’s US shops. It seems that among the factors driving incredible demand in emerging markets is that the US $ price of the iPhone compares favourably compared to the local price of high-end Nokia and Blackberries.
Demand for iPhones outside the United States, particularly in emerging markets, is out of control and has reached the point where it has started to impact Apple’s normalized supply chain projections.
Follow either link for the full analysis which makes very interesting reading.
The conclusion:
Apple has produced a product that is promising but short of the mark in 3G Western Europe, reasonably good for the US but a smash hit in emerging markets.
Bye bye Bertie
UncategorizedBertie Ahern is resigning. The end of an era but in reality he stayed on too long. He should have gone before the last election and left on a high note. Now, his image and the memory of his time in office is not as shiny as it would have been.
New eee on the way
TechThe Guardian reports a new eee will be launched. Touted features include GPS and a touch screen. I just hope that they manage to produce enough to satisfy demand this time. So many people I know in Ireland and Germany can’t get their hands on one.
Nokia ties into Siebel
CRM, TechThe Motley Fool reports that Nokia has revealed details of a new phone that will be able to access Oracle apps including Siebel.
The E90 and its antecedents will connect to corporate databases through the Oracle Database Lite framework, with two separate applications for accessing Siebel-based customer management data. An Oracle spokesperson says that the collaboration has been five years in the making, so Finland’s finest has seen a need for tighter business integration for quite some time. For Siebel, that timeframe goes back beyond Oracle’s acquisition of the business-intelligence specialist in 2006.