William Murphy

I’M A TEAPOT – IT IS ACTUALLY THE NEWELL TEAPOT OR IF YOU PREFER THE UTAH TEAPOT

December 17, 2023 by infomatique

LOCATED NEAR THE SMITHFIELD TRAM STOP

HTTP Status Code 418 I’m a Teapot. In the context of web development, the HTTP Status Code 418 I’m a Teapot is a client error response code that indicates that the server refuses to brew coffee because it is, permanently, a teapot. This code is often used as a joke or a way to indicate that the server is not functioning properly. It is not a standard HTTP status code, but it is recognized by many web browsers and servers.
Children’s Nursery Rhyme. The phrase “I’m a Teapot” is also the opening line of a popular children’s nursery rhyme. The rhyme is about a teapot that is short and stout and can be picked up and poured out. It is often used to teach young children about the basic parts of a teapot.

The two meanings of “I’M A Teapot” are often combined in memes and jokes about the internet. For example, a programmer might say “The server is throwing a 418 I’m a Teapot error,” which is a way of saying that the server is being difficult or refusing to cooperate.

The real explanation. This is located in Smithfield, Dublin rather than Smithfield [Utah]. It is close to the LUAS Tram Stop.

The Smithfield Square Lower commission invited artists to propose an artwork that promotes meaningful interaction between people and place through contemporary sculptural practice. It asked artists to consider how public sculpture can define a space and re-focus people’s attention, enabling a deeper and enduring relationship between residents, workers, tourists, commuters and a city-centre neighbourhood.

The Utah teapot, or the Newell teapot, is a 3D test model that has become a standard reference object and an in-joke within the computer graphics community. It is a mathematical model of an ordinary Melitta-brand teapot that appears solid with a nearly rotationally symmetrical body. Using a teapot model is considered the 3D equivalent of a “Hello, World!” program, a way to create an easy 3D scene with a somewhat complex model acting as the basic geometry for a scene with a light setup. Some programming libraries, such as the OpenGL Utility Toolkit,even have functions dedicated to drawing teapots.

The teapot model was created in 1975 by early computer graphics researcher Martin Newell, a member of the pioneering graphics program at the University of Utah. It was one of the first to be modelled using bézier curves rather than precisely measured.

Alan Butler is an artist living and working in Dublin. Educated at NCAD, Dublin and LaSalle College of the Arts, Singapore, he works across a range of media to primarily explore digital cultures and video games. His work has been exhibited widely in museums, galleries and arts festivals around the world, and is part of many collections, including The Irish Museum of Modern Art, The National Gallery of Ireland, and the Arts Council of Ireland. He is part of the multi-disciplinary collective Annex, which will represent Ireland at the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2021.

Note: Smithfield is a city in Cache County, Utah, United States. The population was 9,495 at the 2010 United States Census, with an estimated population of 12,025 in 2019. It is included in the Logan, Utah-Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is the second largest city in the area after Logan, the county seat.

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December 4, 2023 by infomatique

INVITED THE PRESS TO A PHOTO-SHOOT

On the first day of September 2018 I decided to try out Sony HX-90V which I purchased because it has GPS capability and much to my surprise GPS works well but I really dislike the viewfinder and many other aspects of the camera but I can’t really complain as I paid less than Euro 300. However, I must admit that I was a bit upset when I discovered that it does not shoot RAW.

Today there was a day of action in Dublin to honour the country’s emergency services but as you can see from my photographs they even included many other services such as a number of Customs officers and their sniffer dogs.

After photographing the “National Services Day” parade at North Parnell Square I decided to visit the Botanic Gardens but to get there I needed to go to Broadstone in order to get a bus to Glasnevin. While waiting at the bus stop I had a conversation with a nun who told me that there must have been a major disaster because the city centre was full of fire engines and ambulances and I could not convince her that there was nothing to worry about. She must have been clairvoyant because this is the location of the riot that took place in Dublin not many days ago.

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December 3, 2023 by infomatique

A HISTORIC AREA OF DUBLIN

I am a bit confused by the name of this lane/street which is parallel to Middle Abbey Street. It appears to be known as North Lotts but to the best of my knowledge North Lotts is an area. Here is a quote that I came across “The North Lotts district is sometimes humorously called Newfoundland on account of its having being reclaimed from the sea, and there is actually a Newfoundland Street within its limits. – On the exact spot where Newfoundland Street and Nixon Street are now built, Campbell’s Map of Dublin, 1811, marks an “Intended Floating Dock,” never constructed. The Corporation also honoured itself by conferring on the new streets laid out here the names of Mayor Street, Sheriff Street, Guild Street and Commons Street, after the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, the Guilds of each trade of which the Corporation was then composed, and the Commons who elected them”.

No.9, the pub, Liffey Street Lower is a late Georgian building that contributes to the historic character of the street. It is notable for the survival of its carved nineteenth-century shopfront. Its corner location, emphasised by the column supporting the corner, makes this a prominent building. Liffey Street Lower was occupied mainly by furniture brokers in the mid-nineteenth century, and today it remains retail focused having many three-storey eighteenth-century houses converted into shops. An early eighteenth-century street, it was mostly rebuilt in the last decades of the nineteenth century.

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December 2, 2023 by infomatique

THIS MAY BE UNFAMILIAR TO THE MAJORITY OF DUBLINERS

I always thought that it was Clerys rather than Clerys. It should be mentioned that the reopening of the iconic building with retail stores and rooftop hospitality facilities is was to happen before Christmas and while the photographs presented here date from August I visited Earl Place a few days ago and nothing has changed. It has been reported that the grand opening is delayed because of a court case over the alleged wrongful termination of a lease by a clothing and fashion company.

Earl Place could best be described as a laneway, passing behind Clerys, connecting North Earl Street to Sackville Place. I could be wrong but the CIE club had an entrance on Earl Place … correct me if you know better.

PLaces can disappear without people being fully aware … Earl Place Market is now being promoted, in advance, as a New pedestrianised street with Food & Beverage offerings.

The Clerys building, which forms part of Clerys Quarter, is located opposite the GPO (one of Ireland’s most famous landmarks) on the corner of O’Connell Street and Sackville Place.

George Bradshaw, Tommy Duffy and Tommy Douglas were all young men who worked for CIE. They were killed by explosions on Sackville Place, off O’Connell Street.

On 1 December 1972, car bombs exploded in Dublin for the first time. The first was outside Liberty Hall on the quays. A short time later there was another on Sackville Place.

It was close to the CIE club on Marlborough Street used by bus workers. George Bradshaw and Tommy Duffy were coming from the club when they were caught by the bomb.

Mr Bradshaw was a bus driver from Fethard in Co Tipperary. The 30-year-old was married with two children, and had only recently moved to Dublin. He had been taking night classes in business studies.

Tommy Duffy, from Castlebar in Co Mayo, was a bus conductor. The 24-year-old was married with one child. His wife Monica was pregnant and was left a widow at the age of 22. Their son Thomas was born four months later in April 1973.

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THE CAUSEWAY ROAD

November 30, 2023 by infomatique

FROM JAMES LARKIN ROAD TO NORTH BULL ISLAND

I used a Zeiss Batis lens with the Sony FX30 and while the lens had been a favourite of mine it never worked again except in manual mode it must have been damaged by the rain.

This was a session that did not go well. I got lost as I thought that I was at a different location and walked for a long time in the wrong direction. When I arrived at the North BullIsland Interpretative Centre it was closed and I was caught out in an extreme storm and the camera refused to focus and when I returned home the images appeared to be unusable. I was in such a bad humour that I forgot about them until today.

The Causeway Road is a 2.5 kilometer long road that connects Clontarf to North Bull Island in Dublin, Ireland. It was built in 1962 to provide access to the island for cars, as the only other way to get there was by boat. The road is a popular spot for walking, running, and cycling, and it also offers stunning views of Dublin Bay.

North Bull Island is a 5 kilometer long sand spit that is home to a variety of wildlife, including birds, seals, and fish. The island is also a popular spot for swimming, sunbathing, and fishing.
Here are some additional details about the Causeway Road and North Bull Island:

The Causeway Road is open to cars from 6am to 10pm.
There is a car park at the end of the Causeway Road. (There is no longer drive-on access to the beach. )
There is a bus stop at the end of the Causeway Road (I could not locate it even though I did see some buses)
The Causeway Road is a popular spot for birdwatching.

In times past, Dublin Bay had a long-running problem with silting, notably at the mouth of the River Liffey. After years of primitive dredging, an attempt to maintain a clear channel more effectively was begun when, in 1715, the first piles were driven of what was to become the Great South Wall, completed in 1730. This barrier was breached by storm action some years later, and in 1761, a stone pier was commenced, working from the Poolbeg Lighthouse (1768), back to shore, the construction of massive granite blocks being completed in 1795. It was during this period that the building of a North Bull Wall was also proposed, and when it was seen that the South Wall did not solve the silting problem, the authorities responsible for Dublin Port commissioned studies on the matter. Captain William Bligh, of Bounty fame, surveyed Dublin Bay for the Ballast Board in 1801, highlighting the potential of the North Bull sandbank. Its purpose was to clear a sandbar by Venturi action.

A wooden bridge, the first Bull Bridge, was erected in 1819 to facilitate the construction of a stone wall, based on a design by Ballast Board engineer, George Halpin. Started in 1820, the Bull Wall was completed in 1825, at a cost of £95,000.

Over the succeeding 48 years, the natural tidal effects created by the walls deepened the entry to the Liffey from 1.8 m to 4.8 m. Much of the silt now scoured from the river course was deposited on the North Bull, and a true island began to emerge, with people venturing out to the growing beach. The volume of visitors was increased by the commencement of horse tram services to Clontarf in 1873, and further by the laying of a full tram line to Howth, opening in 1900, with stops in the Clontarf / Dollymount area, and a Coast Guard station was built at the landward end of the Bull Wall.

A lighthouse sits on the North Bull Wall.