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Google To Give Welsh Businesses Web Lessons
Posted by gavomatic57 in Internet, Wales on January 28, 2012
Google is planning to give Welsh businesses a few tips on joining the modern age and establishing a web presence for their business. Google, one of the biggest companies in the world, is sending a team to Wales for 12 months from March to promote the business benefits of being online. It’s no secret that [...]
Whistler Blackcomb XXS
Posted by gavomatic57 in Photography, Places on December 20, 2011
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.
WordPress Users Wales Meetup
Posted by gavomatic57 in Internet, Wales on November 28, 2011
Today was the first meeting of a WordPress user group just for us Wales folk. It was held at the new(ish) Atrium building down on Adam street in Cardiff. This is the University of Glamorgan’s creative hub, so it seemed a fitting venue for a WordPress meetup. Turnout was pretty good and whilst I didn’t [...]
The Water – Terje Sorgjerd
Posted by gavomatic57 in Photography, Places, Timelapse on October 16, 2011
Here’s another excellent sequence from Terje Sorgjerd. Frequent guests will have seen Terje’s work before, with his amazing The Mountain that was shot on the awesome island of Tenerife. This time Terje has been capturing the breathtaking beauty of western Norway.
The Problem with Travel Company Websites
Posted by gavomatic57 in Internet, Odds & Ends, Places, Thoughts on October 1, 2011
Forgive me, but this is going to be a bit of a soap-box post, a moan if you will. My wife and I are currently exploring options for our next holiday and thanks to the less-than-stellar state of the major tour operator websites, this isn’t as easy as it should be.
The recession has not made things easy for the tour operators. People are travelling less, airport taxes are making holidaying abroad a little less affordable and the countries we UK types often pick for our short-haul jollies are suffering too. Greece and Spain are both gripped by a major recession and thanks to a lack of holiday-makers, the airlines are having to “re-evaluate” their flight schedules. The consequences of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption in 2010 are also being felt among the tour operators. It grounded a lot of flights for long periods and a plane standing still is costing money and earning nothing.
Data Roaming Charges
Posted by gavomatic57 in Internet, iOS, Places on June 25, 2011
Back in the olden days when we all carried Nokia’s and the internet was something that made that squawking noise when you started it up, you could take your phone on holiday without too much to worry about. Sure you were getting charged to receive calls and even more to make them, but at least you had some control over how your phone behaved. If you didn’t want to make a call, you didn’t get charged. If someone called you, the option was there to not answer it, or answer and make the caller feel incredibly guilty that this call was costing you money.
The 25 Most Photographed Places on Earth
Posted by gavomatic57 in Photography, Wales on June 20, 2011
The folks at Cornell University have compiled a list of the 25 most photographed places on Earth using data mined from Flickr. The list includes some surprising results, namely Portland, Oregon plus some not-so-surprising entries, such as the fantastic CN Tower in Toronto and the Colosseum in Rome. The article then goes on to have a dig at what it considers the “standard shot” and suggests an alternative way of shooting each location.
Cardiff Arcades Project to be exhibited at Big Little City, Cardiff
Posted by gavomatic57 in Photography, Places, Wales on June 6, 2011
As a bit of a departure from the norm, I bring you a press release from digital chum and the main brain behind the Cardiff Arcades Project. Amy Davies’ hard work is going to be exhibited at Big Little City, an interactive art project celebrating Cardiff’s rich creative culture. The full text of the press release is below:
Small Life in Spain
Posted by gavomatic57 in Internet, Photography, Places, Spain on May 16, 2011
Ok, last one now (for the time being anyway). I’ve got a soft spot for Spain so I had to blog this one when I found it. Christoph Schaarschmidt has a few of these “Small Life” videos on his Vimeo profile, so you may wish to take a look after you’ve seen this one. This one was shot in Granada, Olvera, Gibraltar, Ronda and Salobrena. I’ve been to Gibraltar and Ronda so it was nice to see these gorgeous places featured.
Dixons
Posted by gavomatic57 in News, Odds & Ends, Thoughts, Wales on May 12, 2011
The Register has reported on the ongoing financial woes of the UK’s much bemoaned electronics retailer Dixons. The whole DSG group has been less than healthy for a while, but they seem incapable of finding a way out of it.
The Mountain – a Timelapse on Vimeo
Posted by gavomatic57 in Photography, Places, Tenerife, Timelapse on April 18, 2011
Tenerife is one spectacular place, right from its famous black sandy beaches up to its 3715m peak. You can go from baking sunshine on the coast to a snowy summit within the space of a few miles. As you travel from the coast you’ll experience a variety of different climates, ranging from arid desert, fertile soil and pine forests before emerging into something that wouldn’t look out of place in a Western (movie).
Spain
Posted by gavomatic57 in Internet, Places, Spain on April 8, 2011
As I’ve said in the past, you can find some real gems on Vimeo. Here’s a time-lapse from Spain filmed using a home-made dolly and a Nikon D90. I have a soft spot for Spain so this was an instant favourite.
Cardiff Social Media Surgery
Posted by gavomatic57 in Internet, Places, Project 365, Wales on March 24, 2011
81/365 – Subway, originally uploaded by Gavin Lewis. Today was a fun day. I spent my evening in the company of other bloggers at the Cardiff Social Media Surgery. I was assigned to a great chap called Chris who really just wanted to drive more people towards his blog. I explained the basics of search [...]
Cardiff’s Official Visitor Guide – iOS
Posted by gavomatic57 in iOS, Places, Utilities, Wales on March 2, 2011
Whether you are a local or just visiting Cardiff, it’s unlikely that you’ll know everything about the place. I’ve lived here for over 30 years and even I need to look things up from time to time.
CADW – iOS
Posted by gavomatic57 in iOS, Places, Utilities, Wales on February 20, 2011
It is nice to see a few Welsh apps appear on the app store. What with the rugby apps and a few tourism ones, it’s not a bad showing. Now CADW, the body responsible for maintaining all of those castles we are famous for has an app too.
34/365 – The Senedd at night
Posted by gavomatic57 in Photography, Places, Project 365, Wales on February 4, 2011
Was quite pleased with this one, although I was chilled to the bone waiting for the exposure to finish. We were experiencing gales in South Wales last night, but Cardiff Bay is windy at the best of times.
Cardiff Arcades Project
Posted by gavomatic57 in Photography, Places, Wales on January 31, 2011
Cardiff has seen a lot of retail investment in recent years. We have a couple of large indoor shopping centres, such as the Capitol, St David’s Centre and the new St Davids 2 development. We even have an Apple store now.
Looking Local – iPhone
Posted by gavomatic57 in iOS, Utilities, Wales on January 30, 2011
When Apple said in their iPhone ads that there is an app for everything, they weren’t joking. With “Looking Local” you can now report potholes from your iOS device.
Cardiff: My cycle network
Posted by gavomatic57 in Photography, Places, Thoughts, Wales on January 22, 2011
A local contact named Steve Castle is an avid cyclist, photographer and media guy. He teamed up with a work buddy to create this video for a Sustrans competition. There’s a full rundown of how he did it on his blog here.
White Friday
Posted by gavomatic57 in Odds & Ends, Photography, Places, Thoughts, Wales on December 18, 2010
It’s been quite the winter so far. Whilst nowhere near the “Arctic” weather the mass media likes to talk about, Black Friday soon became White Friday as it snowed for most of the day. We’d received about 7-8 inches of snow by the end of the day and a couple more inches during the early hours of Saturday morning.
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