darragh murray

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Archive for October, 2006

The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006)

Monday, October 16th, 2006

The Decemberists “Picaresque” was my favourite album of last year. Songs like ‘Engine Driver’ and ‘Of Angels and Angles’ became my Saturday night drunk-alone-reflective tunes (you know you’ve been there - weeping for your lost loves/pets). I walked into my local record shop to discover that the Decemberists have released a new album - “The [...]

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Again, Linux disappoints.

Monday, October 9th, 2006

I’m not much of a computer geek, despite having completed a information technology degree. For me, computers are like cars. If it can get me from point A to point B, then I’m happy. Windows XP has always, in one way or another, done the job for me - however, I’ve been getting rather annoyed [...]

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Don’t Worry, Be Happy

Thursday, October 5th, 2006

While driving my automobile the other afternoon, I found my mind wandering. I was thinking ‘you know if everyone was happy all the time, and had no fear from belligerants etc etc, that would really damage some parts of the economy’.
If people were happy, they wouldn’t need self-help books, drugs, gym memberships, make up, perfume, [...]

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