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Review: 2006 – A Year Gone By...

As I write this, my final entry for the year of 2006 in the Gregorian Calendar, I sit at home in Kerry at 04:30 on the last day of this 12 month period in time. A year of many events, however skewed in my brain’s timeline it may appear. The year started off with my continuing academic duties at University in Galway. At the end of a long and hard-fought battle with laziness, I managed to pull off my greatest feat...
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Best Wishes this Holiday Season!...

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all my devoted readers, the passers by, and the diligent skeptics, for all their support and continued reading throughout 2006. It’s hard to believe that Diarmy.net is now over a year-and-a-half old this Christmas. It’s been an interesting project! This is my first Christmas in almost 20 years which was not preceded by some academic examinations. And I intend...
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RTÉ Showing Signs of Improvement...

I’ve noticed something lately about RTÉ – the National Broadcaster of Ireland. Since the station began DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television) trials in the Greater Dublin Area and beyond, the standard of programming, schedule and overall crispness of the broadcasts have improved dramatically. Everything from the Afternoon Show with the gorgeous Bláthnaid Ní Chófaigh to Seoige and O’Shea’s ageing...
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Windows Vista – A Long Way Off!...

I’ve had the brutal task of running Vista in a business environment for the past 24 hours. I know, I know, I should’ve had more sense, but for some reason, I decided to put my spare time to some use last weekend and try to make good on a download of the fledgling operating system. Released last week under a flurry of Microsoft-inspired poor advertising, Vista has yet to rear its bulky head to the masses. According...
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I’m Sick of House Buyers!...

The Republic of Ireland’s false economy is almost completely based on the construction, development and sale of property. With house prices currently 3 times higher than they were 10 years ago, there’s no justification in the over-inflated economy in which we find ourselves. What’s happening as a result is that the Irish economy is growing at a faster rate than our social system can cope, and we are...
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Why I’d Choose a Wii...

Christmas is the traditional time for computer games manufacturers to hold the gaming world to ransom, as they conduct the highly complicated orchestra of hype, advertising, rumors and of course, sales. This year is the first in quite a while where so many companies are going head to head. But what’s the real fallout of the competitive nature of these, largely Japanese, companies? Is it truly good for the consumer?...
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