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August 2004 news

New gallery posted 27 Aug 2004 by Dan Karran [permalink] As I hadn't been out taking photos of sunsets for quite some time I thought I would pop out tonight to take some photos at Eary Cushlin on the western coast of the Island. As the sun began to lower itself in the sky I noticed that the outline of the Irish mountains was appearing clearly, which was quite apparent in some of the later photos. Today also saw the first time in about a year that I took out my more traditional SLR camera to allow me to compare the results of that with those of the digital camera. I'll have to wait a little while for the results though...

Filming, etc. posted 26 Aug 2004 by Dan Karran [permalink] I spent the whole of Tuesday as an extra on the set of a new BBC production. The Rotters' Club is currently filming on the Isle of Man and should be released on the BBC next year. I think there should be at least one scene in this one where I'm right in front of the camera - a schoolboy singing in the morning assembly. Apparently I was playing the part of a 16-year old - on my 22nd birthday! Earlier this week the group graduation photos were published on the internet as well. This group of Computation students is made up largely of the UMIST Computation students who are on the smaller degree programmes such as mine - BSc Computing and Geography. See if you can spot me in the photo. Good luck!

Accepted for masters posted 9 Aug 2004 by Dan Karran [permalink] On Friday I flew down to London to attend an interview for the MSc I applied for in Geographic Information Science at UCL. I wasn't expecting to hear until a little while after the interview if I'd been successful or not, but I was told there and then that I'd been given the place - so of course I was really pleased. After being out quite late celebrating in London on the Friday night, I still had to get up early on Saturday to spend the day in Brighton with some friends. On the whole it was a great weekend! And now for an update on the new site I've been promising for about a year... Over the past few weeks I've been spending some time creating a new website with some new features and generally a new look and feel. Hopefully the site will be live soon, once I've finished on all the different sections. All the current parts of the site will be included in the new one but there will also be a few new parts (and new content!). One of the new features that I'm working on is a Guess Where? section in which I'll publish a new photo each week and invite visitors to say where they think it is.

First sighting... posted 2 Aug 2004 by Dan Karran [permalink] Last night saw my first of two appearances in the ITV drama Island at War. I can be seen in the crowds for about a second whilst reading a notice in Castletown Square. Well done to my friend for spotting me - I wouldn't have! I should also be in one of the next two episodes, although I don't know which. Look out for somebody wearing a baggy brown jumper painting a sign on a wall and running away from some Germans. On another note, at the end of the week I've been invited to visit London to attend an interview for the Masters degree I'm hoping to do. Hopefully I should know before too long whether or not I've been accepted on to the course. Wish me luck!