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CHEAP AS CHIPS – NOW I UNDERSTAND MOORE’S LAW

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PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART

I was disappoint to learn that the UK’s initial space mission has failed after “an anomaly” prevented the Virgin Orbit rocket from reaching orbit. I feel sorry for the nine teams who devoted so much time and effort to developing the 9 small satellites.

If space travel had followed Moore’s law since the the 1960’s it would cost as much as a bag of chips today.

Moore’s law is the observation that the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit (IC) doubles about every two years. Moore’s law is an observation and projection of a historical trend. Rather than a law of physics, it is an empirical relationship linked to gains from experience in production.

The observation is named after Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel (and former CEO of the latter), who in 1965 posited a doubling every year in the number of components per integrated circuit, and projected this rate of growth would continue for at least another decade. In 1975, looking forward to the next decade, he revised the forecast to doubling every two years, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 41%. While Moore did not use empirical evidence in forecasting that the historical trend would continue, his prediction held since 1975 and has since become known as a “law”.

Moore’s prediction has been used in the semiconductor industry to guide long-term planning and to set targets for research and development, thus functioning to some extent as a self-fulfilling prophecy. Advancements in digital electronics, such as the reduction in quality-adjusted microprocessor prices, the increase in memory capacity (RAM and flash), the improvement of sensors, and even the number and size of pixels in digital cameras, are strongly linked to Moore’s law. These ongoing changes in digital electronics have been a driving force of technological and social change, productivity, and economic growth.

Industry experts have not reached a consensus on exactly when Moore’s law will cease to apply. Microprocessor architects report that semiconductor advancement has slowed industry-wide since around 2010, slightly below the pace predicted by Moore’s law.

YOU CAN RING MY BELL AT THE PANTIBAR

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PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART ON CAPEL STREET

I really liked Ring My Bell but I could never remember the name of the singer and when I asked anyone (with one exception … @ronanleonard) they would always say Gloria Gaynor and that always annoyed me because I was not a fan of “I Will Survive” after hearing it too many times.

“Ring My Bell” is a 1979 disco song written by Frederick Knight. The song was originally written for then eleven-year-old Stacy Lattisaw, as a teenybopper song about kids talking on the telephone. When Lattisaw signed with a different label, American singer and musician Anita Ward was asked to sing it instead, and it became her only major hit.

“Ring My Bell” went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the Disco Top 80 chart and the Soul Singles chart. It also reached number one on the UK Singles Chart. It also garnered Ward a nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 1980 Grammy Awards.

PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART 10 DECEMBER 2022

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LOCATED ON WELLINGTON QUAY

MORE EXAMPLES OF PAINT-A-BOX ART

This example of Paint-A-Box street art is located on Wellington Quay and could be described to be in Temple Bar. It is at the entrance to The Eliza Lodge. Since 2013 the artwork has changed a few times and I have photographed and published all versions.

Wellington was the last of the city quays to be developed and it replaced a number of houses at the edge of the Liffey.

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PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART PHOTOGRAPHED HALLOWEEN 2013

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WELLINGTON QUAY

I photographed this Halloween weekend in 2013 and back then it was located outside a restaurant that is now the Eliza Lodge. I cannot remember the name of the restaurant even though I had breakfast there every morning for about three weeks as I was attending a course nearby.

“The 3-star Eliza Lodge Temple Bar By The Key Collection Dublin is a cheap accommodation comprising 18 non-smoking rooms within a few minutes drive from Live folk music. 0.3 km from City Hall, the venue is also 3.1 km away from the prison Kilmainham Gaol Museum.”

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CELEBRATING BRAM STOKER AND DRACULA

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PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART ON NEW BRIDE STREET

Bram Stoker was born on 8 November 1847 at 15 Marino Crescent, Clontarf, on the north side of Dublin, Ireland. The park adjacent to the house is now known as Bram Stoker Park.

The annual Bram Stoker Festival in Dublin city celebrates the legacy of one of Ireland’s most beloved and iconic writers.The festival draws inspiration from Stoker, his life, his work, the Dublin of his time and celebrates the Gothic, the supernatural, the after-dark and the Victorian, and not forgetting! his most memorable creation, Count Dracula.

Abraham Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author who is celebrated for his 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre, which Irving owned. In his early years, Stoker worked as a theatre critic for an Irish newspaper, and wrote stories as well as commentaries. He also enjoyed travelling, particularly to Cruden Bay where he set two of his novels. During another visit to the English coastal town of Whitby, Stoker drew inspiration for writing Dracula. He died on 20 April 1912 due to locomotor ataxia and was cremated in north London. Since his death, his magnum opus Dracula has become one of the most well-known works in English literature, and the novel has been adapted for numerous films, short stories, and plays.

CELEBRATING BRAM STOKER AND DRACULA
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