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Road Traffic Accidents – Blame Him!...

Every day now we’re hearing more and more about the deaths on Irish roads. While the cause is usually attributed to alcohol and speed, many people are dying on the roads due to the poor infrastructure that has failed them. At this point in time, there are more people dead in Ireland from road traffic accidents in 2006, than there are days actually elapsed in 2006. Last year a phenomenal number of people died on...
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Back in Black-Berry...

To my delight, my BlackBerry lifestyle has returned, in a new shade of fashion. I’m now the owner and operator of a Blackberry 7100x from O2. I’ve had my reservations about the 7100x for quite some time. It was first advertised around the time I invested in my much-adored 7290 model in March of last year (2005). I’d wanted one for a while when I saw it, but obviously advertising and stock quantities...
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CrackBerry Cold Turkey...

The name ‘CrackBerry’ has become synonymous with BlackBerry, the email phenomenon that is gripping the western world by storm. In the US, BlackBerry is big business, and it’s becoming a bit of a craze in Europe. But it’s no secret that Research In Motion, BlackBerry’s parent company, is in a patent dispute in the US over the ‘push’ technology behind the email craze. This could...
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Dell slipped against Apple...

MacWorld – now dubbed ‘Macca’ for Apple enthusiasts (a parody of the Muslim ‘Mecca’) – ended on Friday last, leaving the company at the centre of the proceedings, Apple Computer Inc., sitting on top of a share price value of $72.13bn according to industry reporter, Cnet News (See Article). What’s significant about this juncture, is that Dell’s share price value on that same...
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diarmydotnet Upgrade (Part Deux)...

After much much much tinkering in the wee small hours (look at the time!), I’ve finally managed to complete the update to diarmydotnet. When I first installed DDN on the Mecridia servers in June of 2005 (wow that long ago!) I made a grave mistake. I placed the files deep into the server leading to a concatenated and often truncated URL by fans of DDN throughout the world. Now finally resolved, diarmydotnet is where...
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diarmydotnet Upgrade...

The upgrade to diarmydotnet that I’ve been contemplating for quite some time has now taken place. Last night at 04:24am I said goodbye to the Rin* theme that has adorned the pages of DDN since August 2005. In its stead, a slightly modified version of the K2 theme, a build of the Kubrick theme. DDN Version 2.0 (as I’d like to call it) is now implementing CSS2 technology and making use of semantic web standards....
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MacWorld Expo – The Keynote...

The keynote speech by Apple CEO Steve Jobs has since passed. I’ve been waiting to hear from the iconic founder of the almost 30 year old computer company for some time now. Well, I’m sure you’re all delighted to hear that I’ve just finished watching the 1 hour and 30 minute show as transmitted from the Moscone Centre in San Francisco. Among the announcements made by Jobs at the MacWorld Expo this...
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MacWorld Expo – Prequel...

Well it’s been heralded as the next ‘1984′, the year that Apple Computer became legend. This year’s keynote speech by company CEO Steve Jobs will undoubtedly shape the future of digital entertainment and computing history. Talk of ’set-top boxes’ and new iPods and some interesting shake-ups to iLife including a rumored ‘iWeb’ interface for .Mac are also filtering through...
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You’re a Disgrace!...

Things at RTÉ, Ireland’s Public Service Broadcaster, are getting worse. Not only is the vehicle of complete torture that is the main evening news now remaining unchanged after over a week of living in the year 2006, the monotony of the country’s most foul television shows is still running, the aptly named “You’re a Star”. Started some years back in a vain attempt to breathe (or rather...
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diarmydotnet – Reloaded...

Following the launch of the new version of WordPress, the software program that powers the DiarmyDotNet – Ireland’s leading blog *laughs out loud*, I’ve updated the system and now DDN is working on WordPress 2.0. I’ve given a lot of thought to changing the theme surrounding the design and layout of DDN. At the moment I’ve changed to a gradient background for the main blog and a rotating set...
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