We have officially launched the website for The Bruschetta Bar Restaurant.
Located in Limerick City, The Bruschetta Bar offers a broad range of delicious fresh food, mainly Italian and Mediterranean food.
During the day the Bruschetta Bar’s Lunch Menu offers a range of healthy salads, tasty snacks,
sandwiches, and of course Bruschetta, as well as pizza, pasta and great coffee.
The Bruschetta Bar’s Evening Menu offers an even wider selection as well as their famous cocktail menu.
Bodrum Tourguide explores the various facets of Bodrum and the surrounding region with information on hotels and accommodation, flights and travel information, services and activities, as well as news, weather and information on the economy and buying Turkish property.
If you are searching for ways to get rid of spam you’ll find all manner of sites selling spam protection software. Although many of these programs do indeed offer protection, when it comes right down to it, no program, no matter how many stars and rave reviews it might receive, has yet to come close to the human brain when it comes to detecting and recognizing spam.
Caution and common sense - that’s the true secret to stopping spam. Software only offers a cure and a best-guess cure at that. We’re not here to talk about cures, we’re here to talk about spam prevention.
1. Abandon Ship!
If you’re reading this article odds are you’re already dealing with a massive spam infestation and you’re looking for ways stop it. The truth is, when it gets to that stage, you can’t. Your account is already compromised and the spammers have your address so no matter how many senders you block, a hundred more will take their place. That’s why it’s better to just abandon your old email account and start afresh. Backup any data you wish to retain, like your address book data, and migrate it to your new account. Then send an email to those addresses - and only those addresses - that you wish to remain in contact with.
2. Be Obscure.
A popular technique used by spammers is to automatically send emails alphabetically. (Like if you were to pick up the phone book and start ringing every name from A. Aaronson to Zeke Zimmerman.) Choosing a more obscure email address will help prevent this.
3. Filter, Filter, Filter!
When choosing your new email account, be sure to investigate what spam filtering service the provider offers. Talk to your ISP or hosting provider to find out what measures they have in place. Some companies offer far better protection than others, some offer spam protection for free, others expect you to pay so shop around.
Most free email accounts also offer inbuilt filters, some are quite basic whilst others are quite elaborate. The most effective filters are those which you can set and edit yourself. This way as well as blocking specific addresses and domains, you can also block certain keywords. For example if you’re getting a lot of messages selling counterfeit watches, you could create a filter that automatically deletes any email with the keyword “Rolex” in the subject and/or email body.
4. Keep it Private!
Never, under any circumstances, publish your private email address on the web - for example on forums, blogs, groups or social networking sites. Spammers use automated programs known as spiders to trawl through the web harvesting public email addresses. All it takes is for you to publish your address once and get picked up by one of these spiders and before you know it your new account will be submerged in spam.
5. Use a Dummy Account.
Never sign up to anything online with your personal email address. Create a new account (or just use your old account - it’s full of spam anyway right?) and the next time a website sign-up page requires that you give them an email address give them this dummy one instead.
6. No Chain Letters.
You’ve probably got dozens of these, “forward this on to everyone you know and good luck will be your reward.” More than likely, though, spam will be your reward.
These chain letters are a spammer’s dream. Think about it, they’re sent from one person to another, disseminating through offices and companies, multiplying all the while, collecting hundreds upon thousands of addresses in the process.
Beware, too, of chain letters masquerading as petitions. Even if their stated goal seems noble they serve the same sinister purpose. If you receive an email like this from a friend explain to them that you will not be forwarding the email and explain why.
Whatever your beliefs or affiliations may be there’s one thing we can all agree on - the planet doesn’t need any more spam. If you want to fight injustice or change the world you’ll do it far more effectively through acts of charity and conscientious activism than forwarding chain emails.
7. Never, EVER Reply to Spam!
Don’t take it on their honor that they’re going to remove you if you ask them. Spammers don’t have honor, that’s why they’re spammers. If you ask to be removed you’ve basically just told them that your address is active, and you’ll just get more spam.
And whatever you do, don’t ever click on links from any unsolicited emails. These links will either try to download a virus onto your computer, or will lead to a page trying to scam you or steal your personal and/or financial details.
So there you have it, all you need to know to stop spam. You don’t need to fork out huge amounts of cash for spam protection software suites or anything of the sort. All you need to do is use your head and apply what you have read and enjoy your bright, new spam-free future!
Two brand new projects have just recently gone online showcasing the work of two very different, but equally exciting, up and coming artists.
The first is Dave Alford who specializes in pencil art, primarily drawings of classic cars, race cars, etc, in addition to motorbikes and planes.
Dave’s work is technical in nature, incorporating techniques used in technical drawing, engineering and design, then overlaying this with the human element. Dave loves to draw upon the fashions and styles from whichever era his chosen subject originates, incorporating a range of styles from art deco to pop art. Indeed many of Dave’s subjects are not mechanical at all, rather nostalgic.
Dave also draws portraits and is available for commission work.
From men and machines, to fairies and flowers, Caroline Evans uses a variety of mediums to create mesmerizing new worlds of faries and fantasy. In addition to selling her own fairy pieces, Caroline has provided illustrations for publications and is also available for commission work.
Brionglóid Media were recently commissioned to design the new Lahinch Seaworld website
Lahinch Seaworld & Leisure Centre is located on the promenade of Lahinch, County Clare, looking out over the Atlantic Ocean. Inside the complex is a full-sized indoor swimming pool, a gym, shop, cafe and children’s playzone. Lahinch Seaworld also boasts one of Ireland’s largest indoor aquariums, showcasing the rich variety of marine flora and fauna native to our shores.
What we done, in the revamped site, was to focus on the various different services which the company provided, keeping the format of the pre-existing site, but modernizing it radically.
Lahinch Seaworld opted for our photo service, so we took some photos inside and outside the premises, first of all focusing on the aquarium and the various creatures within, before then moving on to Lahinch Seaworld’s other facilities.
Afterwards we processed and edited the photos, and then got to work on the content.
Working with the manager of Lahinch Seaworld we created the textual content of the site, firstly to ensure that the text was satisfactory to the company and also to ensure it was best optimised for search engines. We then put the textual content together with the photos, a newly designed logo and flash menu then validated each page. We also added in a number of Web 2.0 applications and widgets, including a new blog, an interactive map for the contact page and RSS feeds and social bookmarking chiclets.
We also completely reconstructed the printable marine database section. Some of the pages already existed but we recoded the webpages from scratch, giving them greater readability and uniformity throughout. We provided new photos and illustrations and also added to the database with completely new pages. The result, we hope, is a clear, concise resource on indigenous marine flora of use to schoolkids and students and of substantial educational merit overall.
The maintenance of the Lahinch Seaworld will also be taken over by Brionglóid Media. Lahinch Seaworld also opted to renew their domain through us and also to host with us.
Once the site was completed we promoted the new website quite thoroughly, firstly via directories, but also focusing on getting quality links through tourism agencies, as well as state and semi-state bodies pertaining to education, the environment and marine matters, to name a few. We also promoted the swimming pool and gym page separately by getting more from various relevant websites.
(*At present Google searches for “Leisure Centre Clare” and “Swimming Pool Clare” are top of the pile of Google searches)
Later, we shall be assisting them in getting their new webcam feature up and running, and, as their new gym opens in the new year, we shall be called upon to do more edits and changes to the site.
Brionglóid Media would like to thank Lahinch Seaworld for choosing us and for their assistance and support during this course of this project. It was, for us, an exciting, educational and altogether intriguing experience. We hope to continue to work with Lahinch Seaworld in 2008 and we hope that their new websites brings them even more custom and prosperity in the New Year.
1. Less Clouds: even in summer (at least here in Ireland anyway) there is no shortage of cloudy overcast days. Whereas at this time of year, as it gets frostier, you can find beautiful blue skies. This is especially true if you’re taking pictures of rivers, lakes and the sea.
2. Less Crowds: During the summer it can be practically impossible to get nice moody landscape shots, especially in areas that are popular with tourists. After all what’s the point of going trying to capture the awe and majesty of nature only to find it over-run with camper vans and station wagons. Go there in November however, and you won’t find a soul.
3. Later Sunrises: There are two types of photographers, the ones who are more than happy to get up at 4am and hike up a mountain and set up their tripod, and then there’s guy’s like me. See that’s the thing with darker mornings, you don’t have to get up so early to catch the sunrise. 
4. Earlier Sunsets: And of course you don’t need to hang around waiting for the sun to set either.
5. Contrast and Shadows: In summertime it’s too bright, in winter it’s too dark and in springtime it’s still too wet. That’s why I find autumn the perfect time to take landscapes. I also advise flash, even in daytime. I just use the camera’s inbuilt flash, which is adjustable and not too bright, so that the foreground is illuminated better, particularly when you are framing objects, or if you have a moody, dusky background but also want to capture the foreground. (Though try it again without the flash too, as you might get some nice, unforeseen silhouette effects.)
6. Shoot at midday!: Generally speaking it’s not always advisable to shoot at midday but it’s actually not a bad idea at this time of year. Though the sun can be quite bright on crisp, frosty days, on most days the light is less severe so you don’t have that intense brightness directly overhead washing out your shots. So if you want to take panorama shots go out and take them now!
7. The Colours: Autumn (that’s Fall to you North Americans) is the best time of the year for colours. I love it. All of a sudden landscapes and cityscapes that looked empty & grey are alive with colour. This is not just the best time to shoot in the country, you can also get great shots in parks and city squares. Just find a good spot, frame it well, then shoot. Experiment with different white balance settings and go for long, deep exposures or try bracketing different exposures as you go along. If possible shoot in RAW format so you can bring out the saturation and vibrancy of the leaves.
8. Winter: As the month progresses, the leaves begin to fall and the weather becomes ever more chilly. Frosty mornings are perfect though, as they ensure bright, blue cloudless skies. Get up early and you can get frozen dew on leaves, or those frosty fronds upon windows - great for macro shots - or my personal favourite, the crystalline strands of a frost-covered spider web glistening in the early morning sun. If you want to take landscape shots with frosty grass, try longer exposures, to capture the crunchiness of each blade.
9. Fog: For creating mood and atmospherics, find a lake or river, or an evergreen forest, at sunrise & go for those “fantasy” shots. Experiment with exposure, however, as every situation is different and don’t be afraid to break the rules. Over-expose, underexpose, or even try shooting INTO the sun for a change. It’s fog; you’re not supposed to see everything!
10. Winter wonderland shots: The later you leave these the busier it’s going to be, especially in towns and cities, as the xmas shopping rush kicks in. When exposing try locking exposure on different elements to see which comes out best, especially where snow is involved. If you lock on the snow the rest will be dark, if you lock on the darker parts the snow will come out like magnesium so try find a happy medium. Avoid flash if at all possible, and if not, try and diffuse it or use natural light. If your camera has white balance bracketing USE IT! It might also be a good idea to experiment with your polarizer too, if you have one, and if not maybe you could put a polarizer on your xmas list.
It wasn’t our best summer was it? What with all the rain, flooding, gales and storms is it any wonder that tourism was down? Bad enough that nobody wanted to visit us but those of us living here couldn’t wait to get away! Come August it seemed like the entire country was clamouring to get last-minute holidays in the sun. And as if all that isn’t bad enough, even darker clouds are now forming what with Bórd Fáilte’s move to deregulate the self-catering industry and Aer Lingus’ controversial decision to pull out of Shannon Airport, the tourism forecast for 2008 looks grim indeed.
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Welcome Netizens to BNN, the Brionglóid News Network!
Currently in the process of putting the finishing touches on the new Brionglóid website. In the meantime I’ll be using this space more and more to announce new services, projects, pricing plans and such as well as our ever-expanding family of Brionglóid customers.
