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What's New 22 Oct 2008

CorkCamera.com - Cork In the Early 1980s

  • Cork City at Night January 1981
  • The Coal Quay early '80s
  • Queens Old Castle, Share Crib, the Lee, Patrick's Street
  • Camera: Olympus OM10, slides.

 

 

 

CorkCam.com - Vintage video and cine film from cork & county

  • Cork drive from grand parade to patrick street 1962
  • Galley head 1962
  • Upton Steam Rally 1989
  • and more

Jeannie Johnson (22 Jul) & some other ships off the old head of kinsale.

Sandy Cove and Courtaparteen Church Photos

  • Sandy Cove Island & Coastline south to Courtaparteen
  • Courtaparteen - Church ruin, south of Sandy Cove
  • Courtaparteen graveyard
  • Stairway - part of a ship blown up on rocks?

 

nest box version 3

Season 2008

  • 13 June, all 6 fledge: CorkNest
  • See live nest box pictures: CorkCam.com from CorkNest.com
  • Motion detection; any movement captured here
  • Features 2 cameras - overhead and movable side view. Various lighting options.
    Features 2 cameras - overhead and movable side view. Various lighting options.
    Here are some videos including the blue tit you see in the picture

 

"Hot Bird" - blue tits nest in the motor of my satellite dish. Photos

 

s s More Pictures of the common dolphins on 3-Nov-07 at the old head of kinsale. Polarizing filter used to give less glare on underwater shot. Ever seen a dolphin ghost? have a look at pic KG030400.jpg.

 

Fr Ted's house GPS: N53 00.582 W9 01.806 Photo Jun 07.

Google Earth Video - Mardyke, Cork to CIT etc

20 Oct:Blue Tit camera nest box opened - photos

"the Shop" (EndStone) 38 Oliver Plunkett Street Cork. Archive of the web page as it was in late 1999.

More Photos

28 Aug 07

Common Dolphins off Courtmacsherry.

 

Basking Shark in Kinsale Harbour 9 Jun 07. Photos.

On 29-May-07, 4 chicks leave the blue tit nest box, Kerry Pike, near Blarney. incubation started on 27th.

29 May - They fledge! 3 Jun - spotted in the garden

11 May 07

More: karlgrabe.com/birds.htm

Blue Tit Chicks Hatching, being fed, "waste" being taken out, eggs being removed etc. Nest Box in Kerry Pike in my front garden.

Jan/Feb 07

More: karlgrabe.com/birds.htm

Roosting Great Tit movie clip, winter of 2006/7combined into a 4 minute movie covering dusk to dawn. See the bird entering/leaving, preening, going to sleep, holding on during a F9 gale etc. Click on image on the left to view OR google video to get a larger window. Nest box in the back garden, Kerry Pike, Cork, Ireland.

Saturn close to moon 2:30am 2nd Mar 2007. 200mm lense, f8,1/15 sec exposure
Minke Whale off the old head of kinsale, more see here.

TaxCalc updated for Budget 2007: : TaxCalc.eu

Garden Birds - photos taken in Kerry Pike

 

Paris-Cork flight gps log

wap/WML page - point your phone's browser at for MIDlet programs, and links. Including Lotto Quick Pick and Next Bus (cork bus timetables on your mobile).

The Aidanator.

Pictures of Common Dolphins, Fin Whale, Minke Whale (9Jul2005), harbour porpoise and seals. *** moved to CorkCoast.com ***

Hydrophone recordings near old head of kinsale, snapping schrimp.

Some GPS Tracks/Routes/Waypoints in Garmin and Text format for Ireland and France with the Garmin eTrex Vista. Including Bandon River track and waypoints now shown on Ordnance Survey Map 87. updated 20 Nov 2004

How to get Sky rolling weather with a FTA digital satellite reciever, from astra (Sky) satlellite at 28.8deg: Freq 12207V PID 2304 Vpid 2313 audio on on 2316. This gives two of the 8 mosaics you normally get on Sky News Active -> Headlines and Weather with sound from the weather.

Cork & Ireland in the past *** This section, with higher resolution clips, is moving to CorkCam.com ***
* Movie clips  from father's cine-camera archives:
(You may need to  install the free QuickTime viewer from Apple for best results)
Frank Hall's pictorial weekly - sound file about a court case involving illegal Poteen making. 1964
Cork Airport - Aircraft car ferry - unloading cars. You could take your car to the UK by air! Max 4 cars, 40 passengers 1964?
Nelson's Pillar in Dublin. This and other clips were used by RTE on 18 Mar 2003 in "Tall Tales"- movie of pillar and view from the top. 1.2MB. 1964
Car Ferry in Waterford(?): Unloading a car from the cargo ship "Pacific Coast". 1963
Cork's first (?) petrol lawn mower - bolt a 'bicycle assist' engine to push-mower. Lethal. Taken in 1963 in Rossa Ave. Bishopstown. 1963
Frank Hall's pictorial weekly TV show (including sound): Wolfgang's radio controlled model boat. 1964 5MB
Cork harbour - the Irish Sycamore moored. Whatever happened to the Irish fleet? 1963
Cork Airport, checking in for an early Aer Lingus flight. 1963
'New' Youghal bridge being built with a glimpse of the old toll bridge. 1963
I used to drive a red car in 1962. 1962
Wilton Roundabout no flats, trees where the Pharmacy is now. 1986
Road etiquette on the straight road - driving in the middle gives you a much better view ahead. 1962 .
Going to mass... on a donkey and trailer. Taken on the road from Kilorglin to Killarney. 1962
Bus stopping on the Grand Parade Cork in front of the R&D Cleaners, where the Tourist Office is today. Then a Drive on Patrick Street past The Moderne, McSweeney's, Le Chateau and ending before Cashes. 1962
 
* Pictures *** This section is moving to CorkCamera.com ***
 

More Pictures Of Cork. Cork City Council Cork Photos, maps etc.
Old pictures around Kinsale including the old bridge, late 1950

 

Technical, Software etc.

Battery Comparisons

Lotto guesser/quickpick

PIC microcontroller project, with sources, to measure fuel consumption rate in a car. 21 Dec 97Java Spiral Millennium Count Down Clock (won runner's up prize in Sun's competition) 01 May 97

Valves, Nixie tubes etc - http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/ Java Irish Tax Calculator to check your Tax Returns Caravanning in Ireland FAQ. oct 01 

Humour, of sorts
The weekend weather in Ireland always looks like this.
Daft Computer error messages.
Urban Legends FAQ (red dye in swimming pools, being sucked into aircraft toilets, etc).
Strawberry Pop Tart as an incendiary device
Some other links, mostly Irish:
youTube GoogleVideo Panoramio FaceBook
Irish Consumer.ie
Irish Seal Sanctuary
Irish Whale and Dolphin group See whales, dolphins etc off Galley head and other places. Searchable database of sightings.
Ballincollig Table Tennis Club BTTC
Archaeology Ireland magazine , Stones of Ireland

 
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