Alan in Belfast

Amazing what you can do with a Flip camera!

Published on 2010-08-22 16:30:00

Graham Love goes to school in Aberdeen and makes great short videos using pocket-sized Flip video cameras (of which I'm fond). I've embedded three examples.Vuvuzela rage at the Lego World CupUrban stop motionBlowing a tea pot(h/t to LoveMyFlip)

Tech Camp, SARC and Ofcom’s 2010 Communications Market Report for Northern Ireland

Published on 2010-08-20 06:00:00

As well as being fun and fulfilling, each year’s Tech Camp offers a glimpse into the impact of technology on ever-changing world of teenagers. In previous years, a minority of campers have brought along their own laptops. This year, the vast majority were inseparable from their lap warmers.In previous years, late night conversations down the campers’ corridor could be easily detected from the other side of the building. They would congregate in someone’s room or the communal kitchen. This

Something else for the weekend - what about taking the steam train up to Portrush?

Published on 2010-08-20 02:30:00

After three years of poor railway track condition between Ballymena and Coleraine, volunteers from the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland are running their Portrush Flyer again over the next two Sundays (22 and 29 August).The society's steam train will leave Belfast Central at 10.30am, passing through Ballymena at 11.40am and arriving in Coleraine at 12.35pm. Track condition means that the last 6 miles still needs a switch to a modern diesel, arriving in Portrush by 1pm. The return journey