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August 2002 news

Birthday treat in Manchester posted 28 Aug 2002 by Dan Karran [permalink] Over the long bank holiday weekend, I gave myself a birthday treat - a trip to Manchester. I had a great time and got to see a lot of my friends from university, which was cool. Despite the poor weather at times over the weekend, the city was certainly very colourful as this was the weekend of the Manchester Mardi Gras (more photos coming soon...) Just in the two months or so that I've been away from Manchester, it has changed dramatically - largely due to the Commonwealth Games I imagine. The amount of open space in the centre has increased a lot and there are now places where you can actually you want to go on a nice day. I wonder how much more it will change in the year that I'm away... My birthday signifies the end of my teenage years, though I feel no different at all. In fact it takes a second for me to figure out how old I actually am... Does that just mean I'm getting old? Thought so.

More of the photos on the way posted 21 Aug 2002 by Dan Karran [permalink] Andrea, who I work with at Reuters, has just put a selection of her cool photos from the past few weeks on MSN Photos, so I thought I'd let you all take a look. I do believe I'd been drinking in some of them, so that's my excuse for looking funny... (you need to click 'View slide show contents' to display them all) I've just put in another roll of my own London photos to be developed too. I'll also be putting in my first Black and White roll (since about the age of 14) tomorrow, so keep an eye out for more photos on the site soon. I spent most of Monday night putting photos of friends on here (hidden though, to save their embarrassment). Andrea, by the way, is just as (if not more) snap-happy with her camera as I am. If we go out to the pub after work at least one of us will have our camera out taking lots of photos of all the drinking people. Check out the pics of Jorunn drinking a whole pitcher to herself (honest - we didn't fake them). I'm travelling up to Manchester over the weekend to catch up with friends for my birthday. I'll no doubt take more pictures of Manchester, but I suspect lots of them will be from the inside of pubs

New London photos posted 18 Aug 2002 by Dan Karran [permalink] I've added ten new pictures of London to my photo galleries today. The photos are from St Paul's Cathedral, London Liverpool St Station, Covent Garden and the new London City Hall. There are still more photos to go up - as and when I get round to scanning them in and finding the best way to do them. I am currently trying to find the best settings for my new scanner to allow my scanned photos to be of the best quality. By the way, the posting of these photos takes the site up to a total 346 photos so far.

New scanner arrived posted 16 Aug 2002 by Dan Karran [permalink] I ordered myself a new scanner - a Umax Astra 3450 - the other day, and finally got it home last night, after dragging it through London (via a pub). So, now I have a working scanner at home and 12 packets of photos waiting to be scanned. I guess at some point soon I ought to get a chance to scan some of them in and put them on here. I have yet to finish putting up all of my New York photos from March too!

Covent garden posted 12 Aug 2002 by Dan Karran [permalink] I was out on Saturday taking lots of pictures of Covent Garden in North London, before the weather came in and forced me (along with thousands of others) under the cover of the central market. I was ready to make a dash for the station when the blue skies started to appear; luckily I noticed and stayed a little longer. Actually, it seems I spent a lot of time last week in and around Covent Garden. I went out with Andrea and Martin from work to a bar called the Rock Garden on Thursday for a few quiet drinks after work. At around 1am we thought we better head off. We decided to stay and crash a party - which we later found out to be a singles party. Well, it was certainly interesting! Almost magical for some, not to name any names . Friday we went for more drinks, this time softdrinks, and managed to stay away from the Rock Garden. I never come away from that place sober! The point to this post is that I will be getting a load of photos back tomorrow and will put some online at some point soon. Lets hope my scanner works or I can find another one that does...

New photos posted 9 Aug 2002 by Dan Karran [permalink] I've added a bunch of photos to the site tonight, after picking up my CDs from Jacobs earlier on today. It turns out though, they aren't going to be as cheap as they'd originally said. Grrrrr. I think I'll stick to traditional methods and try and get my scanner fixed. The photos I've added are from my trip to Brighton two weekends ago along with a couple of London at night from my trip back. When I was in the Isle of Man last weekend I took a trip with my family to the new Calf Sound cafe and visitor centre which all seems very nice, and with the Sunday being such a gorgeous day I went out and took some photos of the area. I have also added a selection of photos from Port Erin beach.

A Manx weekend posted 5 Aug 2002 by Dan Karran [permalink] This weekend I travelled back over to the Isle of Man to meet up with my friends for a 21st birthday gathering. Travelling north on the Friday I thought the weather would be rubbish, with all the nice weather we'd had in London till then. Unsuprisingly, it was all misty arriving in Douglas on the SeaCat on Saturday morning. Sunday turned out to be gorgeous however. I spent much of the day on Port Erin beach and taking photos (oh, and recovering from the night before, of course). Now I'm a little burnt again as a result - that's two weekends in a row I've managed to get sunburn! I should have some new photos to put on the site now though. I have opted for putting them straight onto CD at Jacobs instead of getting prints - this way it even works out cheaper, and with much less effort. What could be better?! I hope this news thing makes sense - it's been a very long day!