Well as you can see, ragorder.com has been redesigned and relaunched. I’ve moved the blog infrastructure to the fantabulous WordPress after a lot of nagging by some fanboi’s I know. I’ve also simplified the design and layout. This is the first step in what will prove to be a more active ragorder.com. I intend to [...]

lifetime ago Originally uploaded by Mark Stanley Here’s a picture of the kids I took last year. I was trawling through photos yesterday looking for something to get my Lightroom teeth around since I haven’t taken anything lately. Came across this one which struck me for two reasons: 1) the relative serenity of two otherwise [...]

Normally you would find my photography on flickr, or thanks to the magic web-monkeys I have beavering away 24/7, under the photography section of my website. However today I launched my first online photography exhibition on NewChemicalHistory.com – the dedicated exhibition space for photographers and artists. Check out my exhibition, but also spend some time [...]

Robin Originally uploaded by Mark Stanley I chased this little fella around for about 15mins with the cumbersome Canon 70-200mm f/2.8. Finally got this shot which I’m pretty happy with. Taken in Belvedere House & Gardens in Mullingar, Co Westmeath, Ireland using the aforementioned lens on a Canon 400d (Digital Rebel Xti). Basic contrast and [...]

Wishing all family, friends, colleagues and all humankind a very Merry Christmas and all the very best for 2009

State Magazine recently published their list of The 50 Top Albums of 2008. It’s a genuinely nice magazine – both in it’s content and it’s design and layout. But for some odd reason, their website only lists the top 25 of this list. Maybe they were too lazy to type the full 50, but I’m [...]

my cars ass Originally uploaded by Mark Stanley While it’s certainly no supercar, I love the design and shape of my Audi A4. I’ve always wanted one, and it’s probably my favourite car in its class – the mid-sized family mobile class I only wished it handled as well as a 3-series. Audi should really [...]

Something I’ve been thinking about for a while, but something I’ve also be procrastinating on also (one of my favourite pastimes), is to create a Lotto Results Feed for my Lotto Syndicate and for anyone else who cares. So here it finally is. Add this to your iGoogle, Google Reader, mobile phone, or whatever other [...]

Dublin get their stand-alone fixture in the All-Ireland Championsip quarter-finals. Finally sense prevails. Anything else would have been a joke for all concerned – fans, and the GAA.

Shivers down your spine stuff this, well it is for me anyway! Back in April Ronnie O’Sullivan breaks yet another record by completing a maximum 147 break in the 888.com World Snooker Championship, and nets himself £157k ($315/EUR200) for 9 minutes work. And he deserves every penny of it. For those who play the game, [...]