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Monthly Archives: August 2006

World Cyber Games in Ireland

Thursday, August 10, 2006

For years Ireland has had no representation in the WCG (one of the largest international e-Sports competitions), but this year Mindphuck has announced that qualifiers will be held at The Digital Hub in Dublin. WCG 2006 finals will be held in Monza, Italy, where approx 70 countries will participate. I don’t see any details of [...]

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Miami Vice

Monday, August 7, 2006

I would sooner put my head in a vice than watch this again. I realise that Michael Mann, having worked on the original Miami Vice, was trying to get the feel of an 80s TV series – this is a bad idea. Better to modernise it and go for authenticity rather than grasp at nostalgia. [...]

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Cork for the Double!

Sunday, August 6, 2006

And yes I do understand how unlikely the Cork double would be, since it will surely be third time lucky for Kerry, right? Just back from a drizzly Páirc an Chrócaigh where Cork defeated Waterford in a very close game. Hogan stand has a report here which agrees with Aertel’s score of 1-16 to 1-15… [...]

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No Dream Tie for Cork City

Wednesday, August 2, 2006

Cork City FC were knocked out of the Champions League this evening after a heavy 3-0 loss at the hands of Red Star Belgrade / Crvena Zvezda. The gulf between the sides was evident for the 90 minutes, and despite a shaky defence, Red Star were rarely threatened. The Serbians will now go on to [...]

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Celebrity You're a Star

Wednesday, August 2, 2006

You’re a Star. You’re a waste of my TV licence fee more like. The best thing RTE has produced in recent years, Reeling in the Years, didn’t cost them a penny and is now repeated more often than the Simpsons “Timmy O’Toole Trapped Down the Well” episode. But they continue to play it safe with [...]

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The Naked Ubuntu Woman

Tuesday, August 1, 2006

What a fright I got when I came back from lunch to find a naked woman floating across my screen at work. This is part of a default Ubuntu screensaver (Flipscreen3d) which I suppose ties in with the whole Ubuntu “human” theme. I know there is nothing wrong with the image, but my boss might [...]

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