VISIT THE 2023 PHOTO BLOG
As this site is not a mobile-friendly as we had hoped we are developing Headless WordPress solutions which are much faster and ideal for mobile users.
JULY 2023
Almost every day this section is updated and it provides an excellent beginning to your journey of exploration ... have a good visit
The options in green are very fast mobile-friendly sites and it is suggested that you use these options. Red indicates a slower option more suitable for desktops. Blue are links to pages within sites.
Brown Thomas
2016 Photo Blog
Saints And Sinners
Murrays Bar
JULY 2023
NEW SECTION DEVOTED TO PUBLIC ART
The new quick blog devoted to Public Art and related topics is fast and sparse and may be best suited for mobile applications.
JULY 2023
FIRST SESSION WAS A VISIT TO TRINITY COLLEGE
JUNE 2023
PLAN TO USE SIGMA CAMERAS
MAY 2023
MEDIATEMPLE TO GODADDY MAY 2023
Within a few months all my sites will be self hosted and while that does present many problems I can say, based on experience, that shared hosting and even dedicated WP hosting is, at best, unreliable. For a number of years I used MediaTemple and while I may not have been over impressed by the quality of service I was reasonable happy. However, MediaTemple was purchased by GoDaddy and my sites were transitioned this week and I am less than pleased.
However, to be fair, the site OSX128.COM which is now hosted by GoDaddy is faster than any of my self hosted sites ... this is mainly because it is what is known as a 'headless' WordPress site.
MAY 2023
I PLAN TO VISIT CORK CITY AND COUNTY
I am planning to spend the second week of May 2023 in Cork City and I have decided that the Sony FX-30 will be my main camera and my backup will be an old Sigma DP1 Quattro which is a bit of a risk. I have yet to decide what lenses to bring with me.
MARCH 2023
I HAVE CANCELLED MY VISIT TO KILKENNY
Unfortunately I had no option but to cancel my visit to Kilkenny and because of the difficulty of getting Hotel Rooms at reasonable cost I may need to cancel my visits to Belfast, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford.
JANUARY 2023
LOTS OF CHANGE ON THE WAY AND MY SITES WILL BECOME MOBILE FRIENDLY
I have alway been disappointed because my sites fail Google Vitals tests for mobile devices despite the fact it achieves close to 100% for desktop.
Since January 2022 I have devoted much time and effort to finding a solution and then in July 2022 I found two promising solutions but both require me to move from Rapidweaver as a development tool and away from traditional hosting services. I had already tested my own in-house servers so it suits me to host my websites but I have spent years using Rapidweaver so I will continue to use the application for a few more years but will gradually develop alternative solutions.
I was really surprised to discover two solutions. I have always liked Wordpress but over the years I have had serious security problems and a number of hosting services asked my to go elsewhere and eventually I ended up using WPengine for my Wordpress sites but monthly cost is very high and increasing.
The most promising solution that I have found is Headless Wordpress and I am in a position to self host if necessary. I will not discuss the second solution here as I do not know if there are security issues in the case of self hosting. However, both new solutions can be migrated to the cloud [AWS or Digital Ocean] instantly if I wish to do so and it is most likely that I will.
7 JUNE 2023 USING AN RX0 CAMERADUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION 75
WOLFE TONE PARK FEATURING TRAM 305 WHICH IS NOW A POPULAR CAFE
As already mentioned in previous posts the park was closed during the pandemic and the the Parks, Biodiversity and Landscape Services team took the opportunity to restore it to a green space.
A QUICK VISIT TO DUBLIN CASTLE5 MAY 2023
The current gardens are situated immediately south of the Chapel Royal and the State Apartments within an enclosing stone wall. The gardens are entered through wrought-iron gates of Celtic-inspired spirals. Beyond a ‘four seasons’ garden lie four smaller gardens, one at each corner of the site.
MICROSOFT BING IMAGE GENERATOR GENERATES IMAGES OF LEPRECHAUNSAPRIL 2023
ADOBE FIREFLY EXAMPLE NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE 215739MOTORCYCLIST WITH A SPACE SUIT RIDING ON MOON WITH STORM AND GALAXY IN BACKGROUND
MERRION SQUARE PUBLIC PARK THE DAY AFTER SAINT PATRICKS DAY
INTERESTING PROPERTY FOR SALE54 ARBOUR HILL STONEYBATTER 10 MARCH 2023
KING BILLY'S WHITE HORSE
The myth is that William, who was dressed in gleaming armour, was riding a white horse while his banner bore the words 'God and the Protestant religion'. According to historic records the horse that featured in the Battle Of The Boyne was brown.
When I was young I remember my Grandmother saying as we passed a large house "protestants live in that house" when I asked her how she knew she replied that they have King Billy's horse above the door. I was a bit surprised by Grandmothers's comment as her sister happened to be a Protestant.
TRIBUTE TO LUKE KELLYLIFE SIZE BRONZE BY JOHN COLL
The influence of his Scottish grandmother was influential in Kelly's help in preserving important traditional Scottish songs such as "Mormond Braes", the Canadian folk song "Peggy Gordon", Robert Burns' "Parcel of Rogues", "Tibbie Dunbar", Hamish Henderson's "Freedom Come-All-Ye", and Thurso Berwick's "Scottish Breakaway".
