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Hmmm. I'm always inclined to steer away from the massive companies that are trying to do everything and own the world. My logic is that a company doing a single task is more likely to develop and retain expertise in relation to that task. Amazon's 'Drive' department will have to deal with a...

Okay, So it was more 'existential crisis' than technical nightmare? I definitely need to back stuff up.

Why did you get rid of it?

Ha ha! Fair enough. Thanks, d.

I'm thinking of forking out for Crashplan or something similar. Any recommendations? Pros, cons of the various options? My main concern is that I don't want to install something that's going to interfere with my day to day use of the computer i.e. that it doesn't hog cpu to back stuff up when...

Ros Kavanagh and I just did something for Tulca in Galway. ( www.tulcafestival.com ) This website ( www.basbeatha.ie ) is part of the project. There's a decent quality version of that Irish Civil Defence "Survival in a Nuclear War" pamphlet embedded on the site. d.

The screening is a one off. Part of a day of talks - (see the link in the first post). Sorry andy. The show is on till March 8th - Saturday week is the last day. There are some shots of the show here : http://www.greenonredgallery.com/exhibition.php?intProjectID=66 I'm not involved in this...

Thanks tommy. That would be cool. I was over at the back of tcd yesterday, surrounded by guards in fluoro jackets. Thought it was some kind of bizarre training exercise until I heard the news. The reaction was a bit ott! d.

The newspaper coverage of the film when it was screened in the Irish Life Mall in 1980 says "the film shows the construction of the new bank from a water filled hole in the ground in 1972 to the day when the bank's staff took over in 1979. It's an industrial film, so it concentrates on the...

Hello, I thought that this might be of interest to some of you, so here it is: http://dennismcnulty.com/afterthoughts.html It's a day of talks/discussions relating to city stuff. It's happening next Saturday (March 1st). It's free but you have to book. More details at the link above. d.

Hi, Daniel Burke aka Illusion of Safety is looking to play some gigs in Ireland in March or September next year. If anyone is interested in putting on a gig for him get in touch with me (my email address is on my site) and I'll pass on the details. Links to his sites below...

Bill Drummond's current project: http://www.the17.org/ There'll be a book out about it towards the end of the year. It ties in with the 'No Music Day' idea : http://www.nomusicday.com/home.htm d.

That sounds interesting Niall. I might be in touch in a while :) By the way, I was reading the thred about the Hope doc. I'd like a dramatisation of the time your broke your bass string when NOW were supporting Fugazi at McGonagles. What a tragedy! d.

When you say stranger do you mean me or the people who are going to let me play music in their home? Why not trust a random stranger? d.

No meal, no deal. d.