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Street decoration #thebetaproject #dublinstreetart A post shared by Tar Isteach (@tar_isteach) on May 15, 2017 at 11:26am PDT

Since we are reaching the end of 2019, time to step back in time over  the last past seven years, through my old instagram account archive. First Year 2012 Instagram 2012 2013 Instagram 2013 2014 Instagram 2014 2015 Instagram 2015 2016 Instagram 2016 2017 Instagram 2017 2018 No Instagram

I am no longer on Facebook, this is not recent or new, I took the leap 2 years ago. I had grown increasingly dissatisfied with the social network, and by the time I was wasting scrolling newsfeed. No regret about the decision, the only feature I had to find an alternative is the ability to keep in touch with some people, especially since I move abroad and to a different city, in other word going back the old fashioned way: use email, shockingly call directly using my phone. I want to discuss here the strategy I have been using. First, not all acquaintance are equal, we get closer to some and disconnect ed to others, and those relations keep evolving over time. Leaving Facebook forces you to sort out this, and prioritize the relationship you value and want to preserve, and the one you can do without, and can easily prune out. Now I have few categories, two sometimes overlapping 1. Work and colleagues relationship All work-related connection has been moved and is stay...

mymovember , a photo by TOF2006 on Flickr. In summary: - Gigs (RSAG, Ham Sandwich, Hermitage Green ... ) - Choucroute - Turf fires, pub and whiskey - Dublin findings includes Choucroute - A mow - Some ginger beer and half nurphys.

Nevermind Bastille Day, this weekend my diving club ( Aughinish )  along with the local diving club in Kilkee  were organizing a scubathon: Poster Scubathon By Scubathon this meant 24 hours diving, with diving in the water all the time, rotating by one hour slots. The event coincided with the maritime festival in Kilkee , so the town was busy. Maritime festival in Kilkee I started off by trying to help setup the camp early in the morning, then I was off to do the first 2 hours of cox duty over Newfie, bringing divers to the site, watching over them and recovering them at the end. The last boat to get in the water Covering diver over newfie Covering boat in newfie, george's head in the back Flags Sunset in kilkee ... :D Later during the day, it was my turn to dive, 62 minutes of easy diving in 10 meters of water, with a nice blonde mermaid. We saw a couple of flat fishes, some pollock, and tiny fish hiding in the sand. I was actuall...

Bank May Holiday, with his now traditional Riverfest , was planned to be a busy weekend. The weather at times was menacing, but everything turned out great. All started out with a chill out session on Friday night in the infamous Wicked Chicken, all with good tunes and excellent company (K & P ) The infamous Wicked Chicken.... We could not end up the night like that, so off we went finish ourselves to the Costello, his sticky carpet, and relax dance-floor, made some brilliant encounter down there, from past DJ (now teacher of the place) to Mr Scruff gig's friends. Costello godess overlooking the dancefloor... Water the drink of legends ;) Definitely the perfect warm up for the long weekend. On Saturday the big BBQ cook off, took place on Arthur Quay's, we manage to preserve ourselves a table, well guarded by bubbles gun. Almost shining on a busy Arthur Quay... Nice free food, and free music along with great people, m...

A quiet weekend to end up April 2012... Starting slowly with a visit to the Milk Market , got some lovely tart-let, which did not last very long ;) "Om nom nom nom" Then Sunday was off to Kilkee, for some scuba-diving activities. Gorgeous cloudless blue sky, but with with chilly wind... no hot stuff to warm us up. Kilkee Pier The dive on itself was a technical training ( 9meters 35minutes ) to iron up some skills, like:   the frog kick dry suit inversion SMB deployment Trim adjustement Quite enjoyable despite the hard work and there was a great visibility underwater. Our friends from Lough Dergh were also there, and you can read about their dives :  http://www.ldsac.ie/news/245-farewell-april I quit my diving gear, in the afternoon, to focus on more important matters, aka the pub (the Skinny Dog in Kilkee ) and the European Rugby Cup Semi Final between my club of heart ASM and Leinster. Arrrr SM... Great fantastic game... probably the best...

My diving club Aughinish  went to Kerry in Portmagee for the first weekend away, using the pretext of Easter Bank Holiday. So what makes a diving weekend away ? Answer in pictures... Towing the boat down... and back Launching, mooring the boat in the harbour... Anchor in Portmagee harbour... A good bit of delicious food... A tiny bit of drinking... Enjoying the scenery... Sadly no underwater pictures, since i did not bring my camera this time, but in the end 2 lovely dive with one magnificient crawfish, some anxious and damp covering of the diver in the boat, may be a head trauma or 2.... in the end a good weekend. And as an added bonus: ASM is going to the semi-final of the H-Cup :D

I have found myself playing a lot with  Instagram recently released for Android. The only thing missing right now is a direct upload to Flickr  [UPDATE: solved via IFTT]. Playmobil Arrr !!!!! Lego Legos are in formation, ready for the parade. Dinner time Dinner... Salad, egg, chorizo... More to come, I feel....