iTunes-helper cant be stopped during Quick time installation in Windows 7.

Apr 5, 2010 |

This is not for the technical people out there as the solution to this will be very straight forward. However, just because I had nothing better to paost about today and it’s been a while snce I wrote to the blog, I thought it might be an idea to write a simple solution to this problem in case others come up against it.

Description of issue.

The problem is caused when the update to quick time is installing. It finds that the iTunes-helper process needs to be closed in order for the installation process to continue. YOu go ahead with the default option to close the service automatically and resume it at the completion of the installation. However, a message is displayed informing ou that the service could not be closed.

Solution

  1. Open the task manager by holding control, shift and then tap escape on your keyboard.
  2. Move to the processes page by pressing control and tab on the keyboard, or if using the mouse, click it.
  3. scrole down until you find iTunes-helper. Click the end process button or press alt and e.
  4. Confirm that you want to end this by clicking End Process in the confirmation dialogue box. If using the keyboard, tab twice then press enter.

Now, simply click the retry button in the quick time installation window and the process will continue without problems.

DigitalDarragh.com finally has a podcast.

Mar 30, 2010 |

I’m sorry.
I don’t know why I didn’t do this before now.
It’s done now though.

You can now bring the audio from digitalDarragh.com with you on the road. So. if you’ve missed mad for trad, or you want to listen to new recordings added to the Music room, point your podcatcher to http://www.digitaldarragh.com/podcast/feed

You can also now see all of the audio on the site by visiting The podcast page.

There are now links to this page dotted around the site. If you go into the Mad For Trad page, you’ll obviously see it in the main content but it’s also now a link that appears under mad for trad in the navigation menu on the left. Similarly, if you go to the music room, a link will appear under that menu item to point you to the podcast also.

What can I say. I’m all about Accessibility here. No matter what your doing, there should be at least two different ways of doing it. Some people see it as complicated. I see it as offering choice. The website will continue to be easy to use though.

There are a few other changes on the way. Hopefully you’ll see them shortly.

Megan, meet world. World, meet Megan.

Mar 29, 2010 |

My sister Orlagh had her second daughter at seventeen minutes past 6 in the morning on Saturday. She weighed in at 7 pounds 8 ounces. she’s very healthy and very big! Orlagh was relieved that she slept right through Saturday night, but I’ll bet that won’t last long. hahahaha.

A picture of my youngest sister Céataí

Megan, meet world. World, meet Megan. This is the baby her self. Daughter of Orlagh. she's only one day old.

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Shabby, Céataí's cat of course had to stick her nose in. She needs to be involved in everything! BTW, I hate cats.

Randem pictures from Galway.

Mar 29, 2010 |

I should also mention that I probably got this guess absolutely and completely wrong. In fairness, I never actually saw / felt the easter eg so I’ve no idea how big it actually is!

This is a picture of the same street but looking in the other direction. I think Emma was looking at the buildings here more so than anything else.

This is a plaque on the side of a building. It gives some of the history of Claddagh as it origionated in Galway.

Wow this is hard to explain. Basically it's a huge bike. Everyone sits in a circle facing each other. There are about five people on it I think. They all peddle but only one person stears.

These students from Dublin were raising money for cancer research. They were all over Galway on Saturday. I hear they raised seven hundred thousand euro. Well done to them all! I heard that this bike is very uncomfortable. I’d still love to give it a go though.

Shows a picture of a bridge over the river Corrib.

Just as quickly as you get into the hustle and bustle of the middle of Galway City, your left at the river at a really nice open space where it’s easy to forget how close you are to everything.

Freddie worked very well through Galway this weekend. I'm shown with him in front of me sitting down.

Of course, the dog needs some time off as well. He remembered a lot of places in Galway. He always surprises me when even after coming back to a place after a whole year he can recall places that he thinks I might be looking for. I was surprised that I could remember my way around as well. I love Galway though and I especially wlike what they’ve done with Air square. I’ll be back down there again in the next month for more music I think.

Just like a child, Freddie always waits for the worst time to stick out his tung when taking a picture. Here, you can see him licking his nose. Charming freddie, very charming...

This is a picture of the view from the banks of the river just at the top of Shop street.

Of course, saving the best until last, this is a picture of Emma and I.

Thanks again to EmmaFor taking these pictures and letting me use them on this site.

Pictures from the Irish Blog Awards 2010.

Mar 29, 2010 |

The theme of this year’s Irish Blog awards was the death of blogging. This continues on from reports in the media and even bloggers who have blogged their last that the medium is dead.

There’s a video that explains all of this. News flash. Blogging is dead.

Every year, there’s a theme. Last year it was something to do with a wedding. Who knows what next years will be.

Thanks To Emma for taking these pictures and allowing me to use them on my blog.

Let me just say a huge thanks to Damien Mulley for organizing this event every year. He does a fantastic job and it’s easy to see that he puts a lot of work and time into it. There were a lot of people I had never heard of there this year but as Twenty Major says, new people are what makes it interesting and are what drives blogging on for the next five years of blog awards. Well, he didn’t say that exactly, but it’s it in a knutshell. I met people there on Saturday who are very interesting and I’m going to enjoy reading their blogs over the next year.

A table covered in cloth with candles on each end. It's like an alter.

A Funeral procession down toward the stage. their holding white lillies and the coffin.

The funeral procession has reached the stage.

The Irish Blog awards Coffin standing up right with lillies around it.

Rick and Damien are bowing with respect to the coffin

The Coffin is surrounded in fog generated by a smoke machine. the words written on the top of the coffin are: RIP IBA

This tomb says RIP Irish Blog awards and has pictures of blogs that have finished. I.e, blogs that have passed away.

I'm pointing out that the word passed was miss-spelled as past. thanks to @HeadRambles for the tweet bringing that to everyones attention! I should say, he wasn't even there!

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I swiped an award temporarily. I'm holding it up here.

A group shot of all the winners of the Irish Blog awards 2010.

A picture of the famus Darragh Doyle and my self

A blog award wouldn't be complete without at least one picture with the Chris D's bare. this is a story that you'll just have to read about on his blog

A poster showing all the sponsers of the Irish Blog Awards for 2010.

This shoes Rick O'Shay standing on stage. Well done to him again for doing a fantastic job as MC.

What's this all about? There is someone kissing Darragh Doyle's head! I know things are a bit weird at the Irish Blog Awards but this is definitly mad!

Looking down from the Gallary to the crowd. This was taken quite late at night when things were a bit crazy.

Oh, I forgot to put this in the first time around.

Freddie is spralled out on the floor under my chair. There's a pint glass between his legs. He looks completely zoned out like he's been drinking for the entire day. I hear the picture looks funny.

Pipes and Guitar. Classic combination.

Pipes and Guitar. Classic combination.

Mar 27, 2010 | , ,

This is Darragh’s first time playing with this guitar player. In fact, before tonight, they had never even met. It was by chance that Darragh was called onto the stage. Well, it was less by chance and more due to a woman in the crowd writing notes, begging and pleading with the group to ask Darragh to come up and play. As you can plainly see, he really enjoyed it. The guitar players name is Shane and without doubt, he’s a fantastic musician.

Pipes and Guitar. Classic combination.

Pipes and Guitar. Classic combination.

Mar 27, 2010 | , ,

This is Darragh’s first time playing with this guitar player. In fact, before tonight, they had never even met. It was by chance that Darragh was called onto the stage. Well, it was less by chance and more due to a woman in the crowd writing notes, begging and pleading with the group to ask Darragh to come up and play. As you can plainly see, he really enjoyed it. The guitar players name is Shane and without doubt, he’s a fantastic musician.

A night of music, catching up and great fun in Galway.

Mar 27, 2010 |

Last night was great. I went to one place called Tigh Coili. I was told by a really nice harp player that it would have a nice relaxed session from around half 6 until half eight. She was right. The musicians really knew each other very well. There’s a very funny story about what I did there but I’ll leave it until the next mad for trad to share with you. Anyway, we got talking to a woman who really enjoyed the music. Without knowing it, she had decided to follow me to the next session in a pub called an Pucán. That’s almost right across the road from the hotel we’re staying in by the way. It couldn’t be in a better location! Anyway, after the first session we went back to the harp players apartment for an hour or so just to catch up. It’s been about two years since I met up with her so it was great to see how she was getting on. That’s the thing about Irish music. I have a group in my phone for almost every county in the country. No matter where I go I can usually find a musician there who I can ask where the best sessions are. I usually meet these people at music festivals such as the Willy Clancy festival in Milltown in Co. Claire. Anyway, we left her apartment after a while and made our way up to the next session only to find that this woman had been waiting on us to arrive. Not only that but she told the band who were playing that they should let me join them for a while. I was happy listening. They jelled really well together but I never say no to playing some music so I excepted their invitation when it was given. The guitar player, Shane was absolutely fantastic. I’m hoping to meet him to play more music today sometime. I’ll upload a video to Youtube shortly with a recording. Funnily enough, the manager asked me to go up again when I finished the first time.

One pint for the price of two reads a sign on the wall.

There are number plates on the wall. One says FeckIt and the other says Bejaysus.

A sign on the wall reads don't feed the musicians. There is another sign under this saying musicians corner. This is where a session usually takes place but is not where the stage was.

Darragh and Shane are playing music on stage.

The front of the stage is shaped like a boat. It might be hard to see from the picture though. Take our word for it...

This is the video from last night. Remember, this is the first time I ever played music with this man. It was fantastic fun!



pictures from the Hotel Meyrick in Galway.

Mar 26, 2010 |

We’re staying in Hotel Meyrick in Galway City center at the moment. The blog awards are on tomorrow so we thought we’d make a weekend of it.

This place is fantastic though. Not as qwerky as the airport hotel in Cork, the hotel used for last years Irish blog awards but still fantastic in it’s own way.

You’ll see what I mean by the pictures below.

Shows the massive window in this hotel room.

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A picture of the fantasticly huge six foot plus long bed. Freddie stuck his head in too.

A picture of the Portor house pub. Home from home maybe?

The view from the room window. We're on the second floor.

Finally the view toward the station. We are right in the middle of everything in Galway city.