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Monthly Archives: January 2007

Wincing the Night Away

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

I was so focused on release date that I didn’t notice the Shins have put nearly the entire new album online on MySpace. These guys are the anti-Metallica in more ways than one. The unfamiliar synths and atmospherics indicate that the Shins have deviated from the course that was set by their previous [...]

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HBO Making A Song of Ice and Fire

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

This will come as great news to any fan of George R. R. Martin’s heptalogy-to-be, “A Song of Ice and Fire”.

The series will begin with the 1996 first book, “A Game of Thrones,” and the intention is for each novel (they average 1,000 pages each) to fuel a season’s worth of episodes.
This is a series [...]

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Hackers in Team Ireland

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

I mentioned in my last post that very few people these days take the time to give their views on how things are shaping up in the world of online gaming. In the days of Geocities and Gibworld, the internet was hopping in time with its myriad of animated ‘mail me’ gifs. Dozens [...]

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Dardoz.com in Full Swing

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Just noticed that Darren’s blog is up and running, with archives going back to November. Views on technology, the internet, online gaming, and whatever else, from the heart of Wicklow. Anyone who is acquainted with Dardoz will know him as one of the most authoritative voices around when it comes to eSports – [...]

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