Spencer Tunick participants - here's what happened in Cork

Image from RTE.ie

For anyone participating in Dublin on Saturday, Stereotyping's post on his experiences in Blarney yesterday is well worth reading.

"Nudity really is no big thing, we just think it is because we hide it away almost all the time. Those in doubt about the Dublin installation should definitely do it. It’s unlike anything else you could do.

If you never do anything else special in your life, at least you can say you did that. I doubt there was anyone there who didn’t enjoy the experience and it feels good to have been part of something, to have shared a profound experience with a bunch of (mostly) strangers. I felt alive. I feel alive."

You'll find it here.

There's also a great report from Patrick taking part over on Pat and Amy’s Weblog.

"As everyone got dressed, a woman saw Ray D’Arcy, a local radio show host, and shouted, “Ray D’Arcy, I saw your willy!” Then, more quietly to her friends, “I did.”

What did it feel like to pose for Tunick? Again, it wasn’t uncomfortable, and it was surprising how it didn’t even feel like I was nude, really, but rather it felt very normal, very quickly. Everyone was there to have fun and help create a bit of art, and that’s just what we did."

There's a note from the Cork Midsummer Festival Director.

Finally, Twenty's post is funny.

If it were up to me I’d arrest the whole lot of them, charge them with public indecency and send Tunick to jail for 15 years for crimes against humanity.

Does that strengthen your resolve or make you even more fearful? It's a bit of both for me. Lying in bed this morning I was thinking 3 more sleeps. Eeek.

Would you like to say something?

Then please, please feel free to say it. :)


Image by Studio Rhoad taken from here.

Last night in a casual conversation about blogs, I asked Niamh, one of my best friends, why she didn't comment on my blog effort. It's not that I mind at all, I was just curious.

This morning she sent me and Darren an email which reads

'Just thought of another reason why I never comment on blogs. I was thinking about it this morning! Up until very recently, I thought it was only fellow bloggers who commented on each other's blogs like a little circle of friends/bloggers/ nerds whatever :P And that if I commented people would be thinking 'Who's yer one? She doesn't have a blog...'

Andrew, a recent newcomer to the blogosphere has said:

Ireland has a small but lively blogging community at the moment, where a lot of the same names appear as links on different pages, and also as commenters.

which seems to echo Niamh's belief that it's only bloggers commenting on blogs. Is it?

I think it's fairly natural that when writing a blog you'll read others, create personal connections, become a fan or share the same taste in what to post.

As huge as the internet is, there's also just a finite amount of things that we can see, we can post and most of us aren't the "finders" or the stumblers... I tend to see things now only from the newsletters I receive (props to Innocent News for this) and from other people's blogs.

So, for bloggers, what to do? What would make you comment? What would it take? There are certain obstacles to blog comments - the word verification (yes, anti-spam but also a bit offputting, especially if you're sure what you've typed is correct) but also that scary empty box that has your site URL in it - do I have to fill that out? What if I don't? Like Niamh said, will people think Who's yer wan?



Non-commenters - one of my fondest memories of the Blog Awards was when Grannymar thanked the commenters on blogs, highlighting that you are the life-blood of blogs. And it's true - even if you feel you have nothing to contribute to the point, there's no harm in saying good post or great read.

Blogs are written to be read, and I'm sure we're all interested in everyone's feedback, positive, negative, constructive or just bizarre - it gives us a nice feeling when we read that someone's reading our stuff. Because as much as you're just reading things on a screen, we're also just typing into a box on the other side.



And we'd like to get to know you :) As I keep on saying, feel free to say hello :)

Today I have been mostly...

... suffering from man flu (but not like this:


(yeah I know it's ancient, I still like it though)

Agreeing with Twenty Major on Ireland in the old days.

Rereading Mulley's Community Manager post and the comments.

Updating my Remember the Milk tasks.

Watching You Tube vids that I didn't post in The Best of the Web forum over on fauxsty.com

Speaking of Forums, K8 the Gr8 points to this one. I reckon Twitter is a forum to be honest.

Thinking of buying one of Lette's Peig t-shirts.

Ever so proud to be on the front page of makingbabies.ie :) Thanks Fiona!


Still thinking about Rosie's Waking Talking Statue nickname. I also loved her post on the statue in Earlsfort Terrace. Update: Had just finished adding a comment about it and then found this video on Rick O' Shea's blog. Says a lot!



Actually considering doing this. Kinda. Jazz Biscuit has more on it.

Really understanding where Anneelicious is coming from with this. Also see she took me up on the 6 world challenge I set her. Nice one, thanks! :)

Being reminded to get back to Blacknight about hosting following Grandad's hosting advice.

Wishing I was in San Francisco so I could go to this. The necessary $200 - $25,000 is secondary.

Reading @conoro's review of the Nokia N95 8Gb. I have one. I never knew it could do so much.

Thanks as well to @CiaranR for the tips re other software via Twitter

and while we're on the subject, @Ina just pointed me towards this video


how cool is this? (check out her blog)



Discovering a new blog called TheAngryHedgehog.

And not blogging (yet) about

• The launch of Cinemagic and the film Summer of the Flying Saucer
• The art exhibition I was at recently in the Cobblestone, Smithfield
  
• The Vodafone Bright New Sounds night (but Darren did)
• Why PJ Gallagher thinks people on Bebo are just a bit strange
• Sushi in Leopardstown and in Ranelagh - yum yum
• How Madonna made me realise I'm getting old
  
• Why blogging is like being an Antartic Explorer
• Maser's Art, I Love Lamp and other things I've seen
• The FM104 gig I was at and didn't like
• Photos I've taken that should have been great but really, really weren't
  
• Winning tickets to see Super Extra Bonus Party thanks to Nialler9
• Random shots of Letterkenny (though there's some here)

And loads of other stuff. I have to do some work sometime you know! Now, what YouTube video was I looking at?