Entries from January 2008
A Day in Bergen or more appropriately a morning in Oslo, a day in Bergen and an evening in Stavanger
January 30th, 2008 · Comments Off
IMG00065 Originally uploaded by Byrnesyliam I paid the very definition of a flying visit to Bergen, in from Oslo in the moring an out to Stavanger in the evening, had one very good meeting and one OK meeting. Above is a picture of Bryggen an older part of Bergen at the only time I saw [...]
Tags: travel
Arrived in Bergen
January 30th, 2008 · Comments Off
Arrived in Bergen Originally uploaded by Byrnesyliam Arrived in bergen, oslo airport was excellent again minus the lack of wifi – blogged from blackberry wireless device whilst boarding.
Tags: travel
Arrived in Norway
January 29th, 2008 · Comments Off
Fact: trains in norway are much cooler than trains in the UK Originally uploaded by Byrnesyliam I arrived in oslo last night, with great first impressions, oslo airport is brilliant, apart from the long walk in between passport control and baggage reclaim. After the airport I encountered anot her triumph of norweigen travel – the [...]
Tags: travel
Off to Norway
January 28th, 2008 · Comments Off
The original hope was that I might do some photoblogging over this short trip to Norway but when I turned on my camera last night the LCD screen was smashed! I was gutted, my flickr account is going to slow down.Anyway I am off to the airport in about half an hour, and have a [...]
Tags: travel
Byrnes in Liam Byrnes
January 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I have never much been into geneology and felt very little family affinity with my second name as it was my dad’s who hot footed it off when I was about 5, and indeed a while ago in my youth had a go at switching it back to my Mum’s maiden name, but alas it [...]
Tags: Miscellaneous · My Life
Your Words have Power: Missional vs. Incarnational
January 25th, 2008 · Comments Off
Ive been realising recently that people’s words can betray them, an attitude, a pretense, a value they wouldn’t state openly, but they reveal it by the words they use to describe and converse. The response to this is not harsh criticism but thoughtful reflection on the attitudes, pretenses and values that we ‘bring to the [...]
Tags: Church · Hat Tips · Theology Thoughts
Blog Silence
January 25th, 2008 · Comments Off
I have had a hectic few days to say the least, next week Im off to Norway for work and I feel like I have had to work 2 weeks this week just to get out of the office for a week.The brochure and promo items for giving to clients in Norway have been the [...]
New last.fm and flickr plugins
January 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off
You may have noticed I have installed a couple of new plugins in the sidebar. They’re integrating my scrobbler (click here to find out more) and flickr feeds.Last.fm records plugin – ("What I am listening to" on the left) – This basically follows the last tracks listened on iTunes and shows the album cover for [...]
Tags: Blogging · Technology · Web 2.0
How to get your blog on facebook
January 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off
or how to blog (virally?) on facebook for free…this post is the "how to" I promised the other day for posting your blog posts to facebook after turning you away from the paid for (upto $30 per month) service at Facebook Blogfuse.1) Find your RSS feed, if it is someone else site you should be [...]
We are not made for Mirrors
January 21st, 2008 · Comments Off
I liked this phrase when I read it today, it relates to the quote of Erwin Mcmanus that Zach Neilsen shared last week in relation to what seems to be our endless narcissm. God’s action is certainly personal and intimate but the reason for that is that he calls us beyond ourselves, to deny ourselves [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Hat Tips
