I was down in Cork over the weekend, as my family hadn't seen me since Christmas.As it was my birthday the previous weekend they'd a couple of little things for me - never a bad thing!My sister, who is about ten years younger than me, seems to have an uncanny knack at finding me really cool presents. She got me a gorgeous Lord of the Rings mug from the souvenir shop at the … [Read more...] about Late Birthday Presents Rock
Cinema
FilmReviews.ie Gets a New Contributor
Pete has offered to write some reviews for filmreviews.ie which is great news.He's already posted his first one, which is of a rather odd looking film... Not that I'm surprised by that !Back in the days of the .com boom in Ireland Peter was a contributor to some of the now defunct RondoMondo sites, including Muse.ie (the original version - not the new one).I was going to post a … [Read more...] about FilmReviews.ie Gets a New Contributor
Travolta In Hollywood
Since I'm now able to get photos from my camera to my computer I'll be uploading them over the next couple of days.The weekend before DomainFest we were having a drink in the lobby of the hotel when we got to see several stars including John Travolta.And here is the photo to prove it! … [Read more...] about Travolta In Hollywood
Oscars 2008
The nominees for this year's Oscars were announced the other day, although the announcement was overshadowed by the death of Heath Ledger.It certainly looks like Atonement will pick up at least one award. I still haven't seen it, but it's had fantastic reviews. I was hoping to see it on the plane back from LA, but I ended up sleeping instead!Ratatouille, which was one of my … [Read more...] about Oscars 2008
Cinema, Stars and Hollywood
This is my third trip to Los Angeles in the last 12 months and my second time in Hollywood. What is Hollywood famous for? Movies - naturally, but it's only on this trip that I'm getting to see any films. So far I've seen I Am Legend and Cloverfield - both in the Chinese Theater, which has pretty good Dolby sound. Today is the last bit of freedom before DomainFest kicks off, … [Read more...] about Cinema, Stars and Hollywood