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Aurora Borealis – The Best Aurora Borealis Pictures

// January 24th, 2012 // No Comments » // Great Articles, In the News

The past few days have seen a Coronal Mass Ejection hit the earths atmosphere and the highly charged particles ejected from the sun, hit our magnetic field creating the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights. The Aurora also happens in the southern poles, but most of the news in recent days has focused on the Aurora Borealis. This aurora event is the biggest in 7 years and the aurora has been visible from central England.

There have been some excellent pictures of the Aurora Borealis captured in the past few days. I have found some links to sites collating these Aurora pictures so you don’t have to.

Click the Links below to see the Aurora Photo Collections / Aurora Articles;

Aurora Spark Awe across the Northern Hemisphere

Aurora – The Polar Lights

The Advocate : Aurora

Hopefully the skies will clear on Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th Jan in order to get a glimpse of the Aurora from Ireland.

BattleField 3 – 5th fastest rising search on Google

// December 29th, 2011 // Comments Off // In the News

BattleField 3 – 5th fastest rising search on Google – The highly anticipated gaming release of Electronic Art’s first-person shooter video game, Battlefield 3, sold over 5 million copies in its first week. Visit Google Zeitgiest for more detailsof the Battlefield 3 search query at http://www.googlezeitgeist.com/en/top-searches/battlefield_three and http://www.googlezeitgeist.com/en/

Battlefield 3™ is a game which leaps ahead of its time, with the power of Frostbite 2, DICE’s new cutting-edge gaming engine. This state-of-the-art gaming technology is the foundation on which the EA game of Battlefield 3 is built. This new engine delivers enhanced visual quality, a grand sense of scale, massive destruction, dynamic audio and character animation utilizing ANT technology as seen in the latest EA SPORTS™ games.

One of the Best Promotional Campaigns ever!

// April 20th, 2009 // Comments Off // Funny Videos, In the News

Don’t know if you have seen this but Aleksandr the Meerkat has his own website at http://www.comparethemeerkat.com/

Recently many people make look foolish by searching for cheap car insurance on his website. Meerkat – Market, even mongoose can tell difference!

If you don’t know what I am talking about visit his site or review hte videos! Look out for the bloopers reel.

Video : Compare the Market … oops , Meerkat

April Fools Day usually Hits the News

// March 30th, 2009 // Comments Off // In the News, Pranks and Practical Jokes

Every April Fools Day, pranks are played and these hit the news. Even as far back as 1957 the BBC have played tricks on the unsuspecting public. Below are some great links to April Fools Day pranks which have ended up in the news.

BBC News – 1st April 2008

On this Day – BBC News

The Sun Newspaper, 31st March 2008

Lets see what hits the news in 2009 !

Maybe one of these fake / April Fools News Stories….

Recession Eased – Billions found under Bank CEO’s Mattress

Amazement as Ireland Win 12 – 0 against Italy last night.

Dustin the Turkey is the New Late Late Show Host

My photos. Now you know me.

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Project52 – Photography Project January 10, 2012
The concept of Project365 is a way of documenting your life or your photography by taking a photo every day for a year. With the new 5 and 8 MegaPixels camera phones this project365 concept is becoming more popular and images are shared on social networks such as Facebook. I tried Project365 in 2010 and […]
Happy New Year December 31, 2011
Happy New Year to all the visitors to this website and thank you to the 931,000 people who visited this site over the past year. Wishing you a very Happy 2012 ! […]
Website Traffic – 2011′s Site Traffic in Review December 30, 2011
Looking back at the year that was on my website, 2011 was the year Google Panda visited my site, Twitter and Facebook had an impact on search and website traffic, and an overall increase of 21% on traffic from 2010. 2011 looks like hitting 690,000 unique visitors and 1.8 Million Page Views. 20 The Most […]
Santa talks to you and gives a personalised video message December 1, 2011
I originally posted this back in 2009 but I have updated the post with some new information. Its the first day od December and this is the first of the Christmas links. I found this excellent video greeting and message from Santa on 23rd December 2009 and thought it was a really well designed system. […]
Protect your WordPress Blog with WP Security Scan November 30, 2011
if you have a WordPress blog then you will be aware that from time to time plugins and WordPress itself require occasional updates to be processed. These updates fix security flaws and often provide extra functionality, all of which lead to a better and safer WordPress experience. However, many people forget to update, leaving these […]

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Grey Squirrel with a Red Head – 7/Project 52 February 19, 2012
In the grounds of Kilkenny Castle there are many areas where you can catch a glimpse of some amazing wildlife, from ducks, geese, swans, and many other types of small woodland birds to squirrels and even on a rare occasion badgers (according to the signs in the grounds of the Castle). On Friday I was […]
Train Hangs from Red Iron Bridge, Waterford – 6/Project52 February 12, 2012
Today I took the camera down to Red Iron Bridge and as I did I was amazed to see a train move slowly down towards the gap in the Red Iron Bridge, I was sure it would stop well before the gap but it kept on coming, until …. Well, that would be an amazing […]
Some Project 52 Themes for 2012… February 12, 2012
I decided to set some photography themes for the Project 52 which I am doing this year on shanemcdonald.me. I have not set dates against these as I want to be able to use them when ever I find a suitable subject or opportunity. There are 26 photography themes which allows me to use one […]
Landscape Photography Competition with £1,000 in prizes February 7, 2012
For all those who take landscape photography, you may be interested in this excellent Landscape Photography Contest which is being run by Lavenderworld.co.uk 1st prize is £500 (roughly €600) of photographic equipment with £300 for 2nd and £200 for 3rd place. The theme is Landscapes and entries are 1 digital photograph in colour or monochrome. To […]
Waterford City in the Early Morning – 5/Project 52 February 1, 2012
This weeks Project 52 photo was quite easy, as it just happened that I had the camera & tripod with me (fairly common these days) and that I was near the bridge in Waterford as the sun was coming up. The sun was nestling behind the clouds which gave a nice ray / beam of […]

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Queen are set to Return To Knebworth! New Queen Concert Date with Adam Lambert!! February 22, 2012
QUEEN with Adam Lambert are set to rock Sonisphere 2012 at Knebworth, the location of the last Queen concert with Freddie Mercury at the helm. 25 years after the legendary Freddie Mercury rocked at Knebworth... […]
Top 25 Queen Songs as Voted by you in 2011 December 31, 2011
On Shanes Queen Site I have being running a poll to find your favourite Queen song. this poll has been running since 2005 and this years results are in. There are few surprises in that... […]
Vote for my Remix of Don’t Stop Me Now December 14, 2011
My Jazzy version of “Don’t Stop me Now” as part of the Talenthouse Remix contest is now online and I would appreciate your support. Don’t Stop me now is on the JAZZ album so therefore... […]
New Song from Innershine + The Lotus + P-TSD + ZAP December 6, 2011
In the lap of the gods (revisited) On November 24th, 1991 Freddie Mercury left his mortal remains to enter straight into legend, leaving a huge sense of emptiness inside his fans’ hearts all over the... […]
Sacha Baron Cohen to play Freddie Mercury in Queen Movie “Mercury” December 1, 2011
Sacha Baron Cohen (best known for playing Ali-G) is set to play the role of Freddie Mercury in a movie about Queen. This is not rumour, as the rock band’s guitarist Brian May confirmed this... […]

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Recession Eased – Billions found under Bank CEO’s Mattress

Amazement as Ireland Win 12 – 0 against Italy last night.

Dustin the Turkey is the New Late Late Show Host

My photos. Now you know me.

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