In Newmarket on Fergus, County ClareThe weather is nice here at Dromoland Castle. A little irked that the hotel IT system doesn’t allow youtube uploading, so the videos will have to wait until the next stop or, if that doesn’t allow for it, when we get back home. The girls like feeding the ducks….
Month: June 2009
Science and ReligionBrandon Watson does a nice job picking apart the faulty logic behind Sean Carroll’s recent post on the alleged incompatibility of religion and science. (That said, Sean’s a lot more thoughtful than Jerry Coyne.)
Test Driving HDHere’s a brief view of “A” Street in Southie, using my new Flip HD camera. 1280 x 720 in H.264. Not too shabby, if I do say so myself…
Spent the day down in New York at both the CBS archives and BBC America (pictured left), to discuss licensing of news and documentary footage for my company. CBS has news reel going back to the 1940s, as well as Kinescope of live programs from the 1950s and 60s. They’re currently (like me!) converting 3/4-inch… Continue reading
ForebodingsThings are not going well for the Perseus Book Group (which published my first).