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From music to code, taking a detour through insanity and all the way back.
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The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.Steve Jobs
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Some of the best music gathered from known music blogs around the internet and then ranked on popularity. Epic
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50 told me, go ‘head, switch the style up And if they hate then let ‘em hate and watch the money pile upKanye West - Good Life
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Photo reblogged from eff yeah nerdfighters!
(submitted by statictransmissons)
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Things the leaving cert has caused me not to do this week
- Read things that are interesting and not on some arbitrary curriculum
- Learn more music on the piano
- Write more code
- Meet up with friends
The sum total of the personal importance of these things at the moment is greater than the need to get 600 points. Couple that with the fact that the maximum points I predict I need for my 1st choice this year given a huge rise will be ~400 it’s hard to motivate oneself to hit the books.
Leaving cert be gone!
/rant
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Fueling the Ben Folds addiction. Absolutely love this song from the latest album. Great work
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So today I sat down to type out some Hamlet quotes for the mocks and it hit me that I was finally seeing an improvement in my typing, not only with a slight speedbump but that the rate of mistakes seems to have gone down quite a bit as well. So it seems that the change is finally starting to pay off ever so slightly. Don’t know how many hours practice I’ve had since I changed over but I’d hope that this level of improvement continues for the next while.
Now back to study….. which delights me not, nor exams either
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Last night I had the opportunity to see the ever amazing Ben Folds live in concert for the first time and I can say it’s a concert I won’t soon forget. Ben played an incredibly good mix of both his old stuff and songs from his latest album “Lonely Avenue” to a very enthusiastic audience in Vicar Street.
The supporting act, Kate Miller-Heidke and her husband Kier, though are what I’d like to talk about. They’re an Australian 2-piece that are touring with Ben for his European tour and last night was their first time playing in Ireland. The music was fantastic with Kate singing and occasionally taking to the keyboard with Kier on the guitar singing backing vocals. Kate has an amazing voice (she’s won awards in Aus for classical singing) and the variety in the music was really really enjoyable, so much so that I rushed to pick up her “Curioser” as soon as the show ended. It’s been playing on repeat ever since and it keeps getting better and better every time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ojoqHbPmzg
I’d embed that video only youtube won’t let me. Give it a look. It’s very good
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Why have I got the feeling that Cowen and company are having a laugh at our expense? They know the election is lost and are having a bit of craic. Biggest in-joke ever? I think so…
