I’ve been doing a whole lot of work on SEO (Search Engine Optimisation – the business of ensuring your website is optimised for search engines) at work in the last 12 months. Like all web marketers, I knew a bit about SEO and probably felt I knew a lot. Since last summer I’ve made it [...]

Check out my music-mad son Cian playing the drums (aka chop-sticks) to the Shamen. One to dig up again in 17 years when he’s 21!

lake tahoeOriginally uploaded by Mark Stanley Just five days after snowboarding in Homewood, Lake Tahoe, I flew home to Dublin on a flight that flew right over the resort. By chance I had my camera at the ready and snapped this quick shot. If you view this shot on flickr and rollover the image, you’ll [...]

.flickr-photo { }.flickr-frame { float: right; text-align: center; margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } storms end, originally uploaded by Ragorder.com. Sometimes I hate Winter. With a vengeance. Sometimes I love it. With a passion. Yesterday was a day I loved it. I took a stroll with my family along the [...]

In Dublin, Ireland we take Christmas lights very very seriously. Maybe it’s because it’s so dark and gloomy here at this time of year. Maybe it’s just cos we’re barking mad. Either way, here is a classic example of Christmas lights gone nuts. Thankfully, it’s all for charity so you gotta hand it to the [...]

Check out these mad Saudi lunatics. I’m sure it’s great craic an’ all, and call me a bore, but am I the only one to think this might be a tad on the dangerous side ?

Congratulations to Mark & Nicki who were married at the weekend in Vevey, Switzerland. It’s great to see such a nice couple tie the knot after so many years. It was a fantastic weekend – one to really remember. It was great to see old friends and catch up with what everyone is doing now. [...]

Just the other day I received a txt message from someone who wanted to buy my car. They obviously saw the ad online. They were requesting ‘more information’ via email, even though the ad I put online provides as much detail as one would need. I didn’t suspect anything at first, and I replied to [...]

Months after I bought my nice shiny Audi A4, my BMW 316 goes up for sale on the internet. It’ll be sad to see it go. It’s served me well over the last few years and will hopefully give miles of equally trouble-free pleasure to its new owner (successfully avoided referring to it as ‘she’ [...]

I am entering the TV3 photo competition. I’ve gone through my iPhoto Library and chosen 6 possible entries which you can see here in my flickr set. I can only enter 3, and I have till Monday to decide. I figured some objective input would be good at this stage, so I’m asking you to [...]