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Hugh O'Conor

I don’t watch Tv, so alot of stuff just passes me by lol. But, there’s a cool ad on at the mo I hear. Starring one of my favorite actors, Hugh O’Conor. He’s a busy guy.

Hugh is soon to be seen in a movie written by Edna O’Brien  based on her book, Wild Decembers, directed by Anthony Byrne. Coming to TV … for Christmas? Wild Decembers also has Owen McDonnell and Matt Ryan.
He has just finished the movie Re-Uniting the Rubins. A comedy directed by Yoav Factor.

Nick Youngquest who now plays for Gateshead Thunder in England

The guys from Australia’s AFL & Rugby leagues that posed for the 2008 & 9 “Gods of Football” (!) look like they’ll be doing a 2010 calender DVD etc. It’s to raise money for breast cancer.
Can’t imagine Ronan O’Gara and co. doing a calender quiet like it:-)
Nick Youngquest won’t be doing it this year as he plays in for Gateshead Thunder now.

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Thomas Fersen, poet, singer, songwriter

Les Deux Megots. “The two cigar butts” is a play on the name of the famous Parisian cafe Les Deux Magots. But in the video it looks like the animator had another much cooler cafe in the Marais in mind.. Au Petit Fer à Cheval.

The possible Nokia/ IBM “Nokia RX-51 Rover phone” due next year? In the meantime =

The N900 is due October… I see it’s being called the Rover phone by some sites?
After long deliberation I was going to get a mini laptop. Then thought well, the rumored Nokia RX-51 Rover is coming out but I need something in the meantime. N900 is it. Looks like the iPod. But with a full  keyboard and some higher specs. Though slightly heavier.. Have one on pre order.

Update Nokia’s Maemo site changed their vimeo video settings but here’s same on youtube
ps- the N900 Maemo is all over the web. Check out the no. of video promo’s out.

Phone               N900                    iPhone 3GS
      OS               GNU/Linux        ?         iPhone OS
     root                 yes           >            no
    Height             110.9 mm         >         115.5 mm
     Width              59.8 mm         >          62.1 mm
     Depth             19.55 mm         <          12.3 mm
    Weight               181 g          <           135 g
      CPU              OMAP 3430        =         OMAP 3430
   CPU Speed            600 MHz         =          600 MHz
      RAM               256 MB          ==         256 MB
    Storage              32 GB          >=        16/32 GB
   Expansion            microSD         >            no
    Battery            1320 mAh         >         1219 mAh
 Full Keyboard            yes           >            no
  Multi Touch             no            <            yes
    Display             88.9 mm         ==         88.9 mm
  Resolution            800×480         >          480×320
      3D             OpenGL ES 2.0      ==      OpenGL ES 2.0
    TV Out                yes           ==           yes
     Wi-Fi             802.11b/g        ==        802.11b/g
   GSM/EDGE      850/900/1800/1900 Mhz  ==  850/900/1800/1900 Mhz
UMTS/WCDMA/HSPA    900/1700/2100 MHz    ?     850/1900/2100 MHz
   Bluetooth              2.1           =            2.1
     A-GPS                yes           =            yes
 Accelerometer            yes           =            yes
    Compass               no            <            yes
    Camera               5 MP           >           3 MP
     Flash                yes           >            no
     Video            25 fps/WVGA       ?        30 fps/VGA
FM Transmitter            yes           >            no
     Color               Black          <        Black/White

• Looks like iPhone 3GS is less spec wise than the N900.
• Looking at the 3G Frequencies , It’s most likely that in the T-Mobile gets the N900 and AT&T wont. In Ireland, Vodafone?
• The N900 will be available only in select markets – Europe, Middle East, North America.

Michael Fassbender in Eden Lake

Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender, Jack O’Connell all star in Eden Lake out on DVD. What is it with scary movies, I’m not a fan! H2 and some others are out at the mo. But this one has the best cast, including Michael Fassbender.

Anton plays Kane in New York, I love You!

I saw Paris, Je t’aime recently. Good movie. I was abit, hmm when I heard it was a film of circa 12 stories. It was OK though.

The same producers have done a similar project but based it in New York. “New York, I love you”, is the movie.
The producers aren’t finished with the formula and future “Cities of Love” movies include ones based in Rio de Jainero, and Berlin among others….
Natalie Portman is in both films, and in New York, I love You, she also directs one of the segments.

There’s about a million actors and directors all listed after the jump.

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Gay Cruise or Out an ' About in Dublin?

Cruising In Style have a cruise to guess where….. The U.A.E.

United Arab Emirates, and the surrounding countries… A gay cruise?  lol.  From the 15th to 22nd March 2010.

At the same time in Dublin, there are some huge-  HUGE projects opening their doors for the 1st time!
It’s Saint Patrick’s Week at the same time as the cruise, so it’s going to be a great time to be in Dublin.

The 2010 St. Patrick’s Festival dates have been confirmed as Friday March 12th – Wednesday March 17th. Paddy’s Week is  great at any time, but next year is going to be special! Book your week off now, seriously
The Huge projects are part of the Dublin Docklands Development, some are listed as being due to open September 2010. But they are hoping to have all the projects finished and opened in March 2010! These being the €400m Convention Centre. The Samuel Beckett Bridge, Canon Hall LUAS line. The Grand Canal Theater, and a completely new Public Square.

If you can’t do Dublin, the Gay Crusie looks interesting. Imagine the U.A.E!

Looks like their doing three other cruises  in 2010 so will look into going on one.

Below is the schedule for the U.A.E Cruise.

Departs March 15, 2010

Hunks and Honchos, Queens and Queers, come on the big cruise

There’ll be semen everywhere …
Dance all night a Jolly Roger, there’s a porthole for very todger.
Two dozen men to keep you amused …
All aboard if you’ve got spunk …
Lubed up chums in every bunk ..
Chase Pete with Dick from dusk to dawn,
Get down, blow the captain’s horn
Chocolate starfish close up to you …
Lubrication, ejaculation, celebration,

from Warfare Delightful  Dreary Life’s blog

Jane Birkin is toring her new albuum - Enfants d’hiver

Jane Birkin is playing in Dublin this weekend. But it is sold out!?!

The festival site software the festival are using seems to have crashed, or it’s just crap (it’s ticket.com stuff) If you’re looking for tickets try Pavilion Theater, Marine Rd, Dun Laoghaire. Best to ring them open till 18h00 saturday.Telephone: (01) 231 2929

Update; the gig has been sold out for the last few days now

Jane’s in the movie, 36 Vues du Pic Saint-loup, out September 9th!!

Fiona will be cycling the Seán Kelly cycle this Sunday!! A small spin of 100 km!  I spoke to Fiona a few minutes ago and she’s doing it for practice!! For the Dublin to Paris Cycle she’s doing in September. Fiona has just gotten back from a trip to Lake Garda in Northern Italy. Called the most beautiful place on earth my Hemingway ( he hadn’t been to Ireland at that stage ).

The cycle this Sunday is called the Kelly Legacy, at 100km, it’s a route that Sean Kelly has made famous. It is basically a circuit of the Comeragh Mountains in an anti-clockwise direction, beginning in Dungarvan and taking the N25 as far as Lemybrien, before swinging on to the R676 towards Carrick-on-Suir. With the lovely Comeraghs on the left, there is a gentle climb most of the way to Carrick-on-Suir, where the route turns left onto the R680 and runs parallel to, and south of, the River Suir the 22km to Clonmel. Skirting the town on the southern side, it swings left onto R671 at Kilmacomma and travels on to the picturesque village of Ballymacarbry. From here, the route continues in a southerly direction before eventually arriving back at the home base of Dungarvan.
Above is Seán in the great Paris-Roubaix race of  ‘83.

The main routes and times include:

• Dungarvan-Lemybrien (N25), 8-10 a.m.

• Lemybrien-Carrick-on-Suir (R676), 8-11 a.m.

• Carrick-on-Suir-Clonmel (R680), 9a.m.-12p.m.

• Clonmel-Ballymacarbry (R671), 10a.m.-1p.m.

• Ballymacarbry-Master McGrath (R672), 11 a.m.-6p.m.

• Dungarvan-Villierstown (via Ballinameela)-Dromana Drive- Cappoquin-Dungarvan (via N72)-10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

• Ballymacarbry-Dungarvan-via Powers the Pot (R671, R678),12p.m.-3p.m.

• Ballyhest Cr. Rd (Dá Rua’s)-Mahon Bridge (R676), 1p.m.-4p.m.

• Mahon Bridge-Bery’s Cross via Mahon Falls, Máma Road, Kilbrien, 2p.m.-6p.m.

Ted Kennedy delivering the closing part of the eulogy at the funeral of his brother Bobby, using excerpts from Bobby’s famous speech to the students of a South African university in 1966.

Berlinale Talent Campus 2010

Applications are currently being accepted for the Berlinale Talent Campus which takes place from February 13-18, 2010; at the Theater Hebbel am Ufer in Germany, during the Berlin International Film Festival, aka the Berlinale.

Now in its eight year the Berlinale Talent Campus will address the theme “Cinema Needs Talent: Looking for the Right People”.

Programme Manager Matthijs Wouter Knol says: “Teamwork is the key to success. It’s about daring to ask the vital questions together in order to exceed your own limits and to keep that one essential goal in sight: to make a great film. This theme also reflects the Campus, which has, since the beginning, strived to connect young international filmmakers with their colleagues and established professionals, always in the spirit of encouraging collaborative filmmaking.”

The application deadline for the Berlinale Talent Campus is October 7, 2009.

They have had campuses  recently open up in India, and South America.

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Philippe Forget's Musique de chambre

Into chamber music? French conductor Philippe Forget has a new album just out Cool name !

Lance Armstrong LIVESTRONG

Last month at the start of the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong asked everyone to join him in signing the World Cancer Declaration. The response has been staggering —more than 100,000 have added our names to this urgent global push to fight cancer.

In three days, the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit here in Dublin will come to a close. It’s an incredibly rare opportunity to urge some of the most powerful people in the world to commit the time, energy and resources needed to make a world without cancer a reality. And we can do just that if we add 10,000 more signatures to the Declaration before the Summit ends on Wednesday.

Will you sign the Declaration and then ask your friends and family to help us add 10,000 commitments by Wednesday night? It only takes a moment and every name counts:

http://www.livestrongaction.org/campaigns/commit-fight-cancer

Cancer affects all of us. By 2010, cancer is projected to become the leading cause of death worldwide.