i am in love with flickr. ive been using it now for a few months to put some pictures there. whenever a picture is uploaded, there is an option to put a tag to it. so for example i uploaded some pics from last nights fourtet concert with the “fourtet” tag (as many tags as you want can be used per picture). this allows pictures to be easily sorted through. (on the side of most pages there is a option to see the pics in a slideshow format too and clicking on the other link allows you to see all pictures by everybody on flickr that has the same tag). anyway, give it a go if you havent already (note: there is a free version and a pro version, here is some info about the difference)

the tags listed here are the most popular ones from me, the larger the word, the more pics i have uploaded.

eboy mailing list time

dear friends, after months of work we got a brand new fresh funky poster: //superbroncobattle\\ http://eboy.com/shop/detail/superbroncobattle and a superbroncobattle exhibition: our first london solo exhibition from 29th october to 4th november at ecartspace, 187-211 st john street, clerkenwell, london ec1. opening times: 11.00 am - 6.00 pm. admission is free. presented by minuco. cheers! — eboy

goddam londoners get all the good stuff. damn them all. (i would kill for that poster)

merisatamaranta (seaharbourbeach) this morning just before 1000. such a beautiful morning. here are some more: [flickr link]

august in helsinki

everything ive done over the last few years has been on a pc. college, outside of college, work, outside of work. all pc. all windows, all the time. everyone around me used windows based pcs too.

my mum is a mac convert, having at least one for the last ten years or so. i only used them occasionaly for checking email and found them interesting but always very akward to find my way around. the one button mouse and the apple button confued me and led me to several silly mistakes.

now i am using macs in college, and i have grown to be incredibly impressed by them. i was always impressed by the astetics of them all, i am very shallow after all. but now i have grown more fond of the operating system and its little quirks that speed things up, allow things to be completed quicker and with less fuss. the hardest part is using the same programmes on two different platforms. archicad and photoshop on windows and mac computers. the windows programmes using the ctrl button a lot and the mac ones using the apple key a lot, they arent in the same position on the keyboards, so i spend lots of time pressing ctrl on the mac (for copy / paste etc.) but nothing happens, then i go home and continue a drawing and find myself pressing the alt button on the pc a lot. in time i will get better.

stockmann yesterday and this morning, hullut päivät (crazy days) offers. i am no longer under the illusion that finns are reserved. they went crazy when the doors opened, running up five stories to get into the queue for one sale, snatching queue tickets and getting into little fights.

that attitude is helping me get back into the mood for new york!!! holidays booked, nyc 23.02. - 06.03.05 jeooow. nyki taas! espically looking forward to the fingerprinting and mugshot

google news doesnt have a localised news aggregator for ireland yet, but msn does (the main page is standard stuff, click on ‘ireland‘ for the irish news sources).

autumn is here. one day blue skies and calmness, the next seven is rain and wind.

yet again i am passed over by city lehti for kaupungin paras (cities best). here is the 2004 list.

currently planning holidays for next year. we have two options.

a: i go to ireland for 10-15 days for either christmas or february. päivi goes to london / paris around the same time.
b: going to guatemala via nyc for just over two weeks in mid february for a wedding.

b is the current favourite. i am desperate for some time back home, but the wedding is a once in a lifetime oppurtunity. a brochure that came today for stockmanns “hullut päivät” (crazy day sale) next week has a good offer on flights to new york. we’ll see.