No one reads manuals, right? How difficult could it be setting up a pair of computer speakers? I just couldn’t wait to get my Soundsticks on my desk. There is a nice big volume control on the back of the sub-woofer, but I noticed the volume just wasn’t sufficient overall, even with maxing out iTunes [...]

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I’m not quite sure why it took me so long to see Million Dollar Baby. Considering all the talk around the film, I had fair warning on how it was going to end. Clint certainly gets sentimental as a director, and I suppose this is as good as it gets when it comes to Hollywood. [...]

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Another night at the Leitrim Mobile Cinema brought a second opportunity to see Pan’s Labyrinth. I was waiting for an opportunity to see it without shielding my son periodically from what was happening. I may had said before, this is NOT a film for kids. It is a perfect film. Maybe not for everyone, but [...]

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The picture isn’t too hot from my mobile phone, but over lunch today, the Archaeology department shared a rare recent find. It was a glass Viking necklace, probably 1000 years old, that was discovered in the back of a cave in the Burren. The original glass would have been a pale, transparent blue, though it [...]

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