Archive for July, 2008
A Month of Spam
An interesting experiment indeed. Think before you sign up for ‘free’ offers….. Read
Anti-Abortion Groups
I noticed that since posting about the rally at the Houses of Parliament last year to protest against abortion a few people have searched this blog for a list of anti-abortion groups. So here are a few that may be worth contacting for resources, campaigning strategies etc. Some aren’t dedicated to abortion issues alone and have a broader scope in tackling other social and moral issues. There may be more but these are the ones I would recommend as I have used their resources for campaigning.
- Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC)
- The Christian Institute
- CARE (Christian Action Research and Education)
New Online Store
I’ve finally got round to fixing the errors that had stopped me from putting my store on this blog.
At present I have only a few downloads in it, which are what I call Digital Art, ie. artwork created on the computer. These are pieces of artwork I have created using photos that I have taken and manipulating them on the computer to give them a different look and feel.
Planned Future Developments:
- Web Templates for Wordpress and Joomla
White-tailed Sea Eagle seen in Northern Ireland
In the summer of 2007 a scheme between wildlife organisations in Norway and Ireland saw the re-introduction of White-tailed Sea Eagles to Ireland.
15 eaglets were reared in Norway and flown by plane to Ireland where they were released into Killarney National Park. These Eagles were prominent in Ireland but became extinct over the last 100 years or so due to trapping and shooting in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Now, a year later, they have been spotted in my neck of the woods at Clea Lake, County Down in the North of Ireland!
My Review of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
I’ve just been to see the second Narnia film, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.
If you haven’t seen it I’d recommend you do go and see it. Don’t wait for the DVD. Go and enjoy the full effects of surround sound at high volume to get all the gut wrenching booms and echoing blasts of horns. If, like me, you’ve never read the book you’ll probably wonder what the heck the first scene is all about. Without any warning the movie starts with the very loud screams of a woman giving birth! The characters all look and sound Spanish from a Renaissance period and for one minute I really thought someone had switched the video reels.
The story line is good and has a lot of intrigue and twists in it that I liked. My daughter (who has read all the books) tells me that some stuff has been added, such as the White Witch making a brief appearance, but all in all it’s really good stuff with some very nice computer generated images and very good acting. Some bits were so Lord of the rings it’s unreal. (But then Tolkien and CS Lewis were good mates, but that was way before CGI and modern film tech). For instance, the bit where the trees waken up and start defending Narnia.
Oh, and it’s 2 hours and 24 minutes so it’s good value for money considering the price of the ticket. As one local newspaper described it, it’s a ‘bum numbing 2 hours and 24 minutes long”.
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