tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18247957888489896062009-12-10T22:36:55.130ZHero of Neptune - Mightiest of Men - Master of the Ellipsis...Captain Incrediblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00323291069792029946noreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824795788848989606.post-24932342447776611052009-11-24T22:35:00.002Z2009-11-24T23:45:10.990Z

A favourite song of mine, one to which I always enjoy listening, is "Rainbow Connection" by Kermit the Frog. Thanks to the magic of YouTube, so can you: However, I have observed, in my travels, that it has been performed by other artists: Ethereally by the beautiful Sarah McLachlan - Soulfully by the Bublé-like Jason Mraz, in a duet with composer Paul Williams -  And soul-touchingly

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I was looking at the Film News section of the Entertainment page on RTE's website. Of fifteen articles, eight appeared to be related to the activities or otherwise of the cast of the movie "Twilight". None of whom I've ever heard... Are people really that interested?

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I'd just like to begin by saying: MUUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!! And now to explain why: At the suggestion of Lee over at QYDJ and by the benificence (did I spell that correctly?) of Matt at Culture Kills... a recent post of mine has been nominated and accepted for a Transmundane Award! This one: I shall display it proudly...

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As we speak, however figuratively, I'm watching Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood in concert. In Madison Square Garden, 2008. It does not, metaphorically speaking, get better than this... Picture by Debra L Rothenberg.

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So I bought myself a Creative X-Fi2 today and, flushed with the inevitable sense of self-congratulation that comes from a successful and confident web purchase, clicked the Stumble button on my browser's toolbar to see what surprises the Great Web could deliver. This was the first thing I found - I thought it only fitting to share: Music and video by Ricardo Autobahn. Curiously, the website

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I had a comment to my last post from a guy named Josh who, it turns out, has a band that goes by the name of, er, Captain Incredible. A heavy rock group based in Dallas, pics and video can be found on their Myspace page. I checked out the flyer Josh pointed me at: and where you can find more of the same. They've even got an Incredobile - check it out...

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...in a remake of the 1985 BBC classic thriller, "Edge of Darkness". The original, directed by Martin Campbell, starred Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker and Joanne Whalley, had a haunting soundtrack by Michael Kamen and Eric Clapton, and was so popular that BBC repeated it twice in the same year, something unheard of in those days. The remake, also directed by Martin Campbell, stars Gibson, Ray

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I've recently finished a book entitled"The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher" by Kate Summerscale,the account of an actual murder that took place in rural England in the 1860s, and the Scotland Yard detective whose task it was to investigate the case and unmask the killer.It's a sad, yet fascinating story, not least because it actually took place, but also because the case is widely accepted as being the

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After the Aquaman video, I found this one featuring The Flash -"The Ballad of Barry Allen":Excellent stuff...Music by Jim's Big Ego; video by tehbasil

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Some time ago, Lee posted a story which suggested that Aquaman might not be held in perhaps the highest esteem by his peers in the Justice League.While visiting YouTube, I came upon this piece which suggests he might be on the needy side as well:Judge for yourself...Music and video by Mark Aaron James - I will be listening to more of his work...

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At this moment, count centres all over this fair country are busy sorting ballot papers into three piles - Yes, No and Spoiled (for those who spell 'X' with a Y), to determine the result of Ireland's latest Constitutional Referendum, whether to approve the proposed 28th Amendment and allow ratification of the Lisbon Treaty.It is a feature of our society that any potential change to our

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I went to my first management company AGM in four years last week.Not that it's been that long since I bothered, but because the incumbent directors finally stepped down and allowed us to convene one.We have been hounding them for years to call an AGM to discuss the building and its condition, but they have refused, something for which I believe they could be brought to task on under company law.

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I went to a party the other night, in a pub called 'Messrs. Maguire' on Burgh Quay in central Dublin.Organised out of work, and starting with lunch, it was a farewell bash for Rebecca, the second of our two IT Graduates to leave us in the last two months, and we had a blast.I got home at three a.m., something I haven't done in a long, long time, and slept until ten, something I do whenever

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...but perhaps much later to a cinema near me, is Whiteout, starring Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht and Tom Skerritt and based on the graphic novel of the same name by Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber.Here's a trailer:A tale of murder, mystery and suspense in the frozen Antarctic wastes, if it's anything like the printed work it'll be a cracking movie.One to which I've been looking forward for some

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I had something of a school reunion today.Primary school, that is...We had an engineer in today from one of our service providers to fit a new control panel. He paused for a moment when I introduced myself."Your face is familiar," he said, the way you do when you're trying to place someone but can't quite."I get that from time to time," I joked."You went to St Benedict's* National School, didn't

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Back to work today after a week's leave. Didn't go anywhere; I'm trying to get my apartment in some sort of shape to be worth putting on the market.Not that there's much wrong with it - but informed sources tell me that the "spartan" look gives the impression of greater space - and no, that doesn't mean Gerard Butler greeting potential buyers with spear and shield.Lena Headey, though - that might

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Ex-ETby Esma-MovieJust relax and enjoy...

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...until I saw what it was advertising:Rassa frassa Budweiser...Video posted on YouTube by darraghdoyle

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I was going to blog about how, last weekend, a maintenance exercise undertaken by my colleagues in the network team led to the non-functionality of a disaster recovery setup on my Storage Area Network, and the subsequent recovery of the situation in less than 15 minutes by a man who is nothing less than the equivalent of a living legend among IT engineers, whose input code to resolve the issue

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As Fred* will confirm, I've always been a fan of Sesame Street.Excuse me while I remove a fly that's crawling on Jo Whiley's face...Okay, that's better. Now where was I?Oh, right - Sesame Street. Every now and again, a guy in a trenchcoat and hat would try and sell Ernie things for a nickel, like an empty box, or air, etc., with varying degrees of success.His name is Lefty the Salesman, and one

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1947-2009

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Okay, the Cubs won 6 to 5, the beer's still gone.But it's nearly Friday and so far, no callouts...Today I got my new laptop with MS Vista on it, so my training course on Tuesday would not have been for nothing.It's smaller than the machine it replaced, with a whole raft of cool features that our IT Security Dept has seen fit to disable, so I'll have to be creative when it comes to personalising

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Haven't the energy...Watching Chicago WS vs Chicago Cubs on ESPN.5 to 5 in the bottom of the 9th, Cubs at bat.Beer gone...

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So I was supposed to go to this supplier roadshow in the Four Seasons Hotel this morning, but several team members had also expressed an interest so, as it was closer to their areas of expertise than mine, I elected to take a raincheck and hold down the fort with Ciaran and Tony.In truth, I didn't mind - it meant I didn't have to be up and out at 7:30am, something I hate.So I strolled into work

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No breakfast.But it's a nice day, which counts for something.My first job this morning was to investigate why half of a backup job failed twice the previous evening. It was localised to one particular server, so the application of some patches might prove effective.Tune in tomorrow...More backup maintenance - a client returned his backup request form with updated details of his requirements -

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