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Was rooting around in the attic today, wiring a second connection from the TV aerial up there down to a TV downstairs. All was going swimmingly until I slipped and put my foot between two beams and through the ceiling. Didn’t look too bad from inside the attic, but looks like a fecking disaster from the hall down below. Bits of plaster and fiberglass hanging out all over the place. I wonder if the house insurance covers it?

I just updated my iPhone to version 3.0. It was quick and painless, although my jailbreak and carrier unlock have been removed by it. Fortunately the iPhone Dev Team crew are promising to release their jailbreak tools for 3.0 tonight, and unlock tools (called Ultrasn0w ) on Friday.

I don’t need the unlock since I’m on an O2 SIM anyway, but its always nice to keep one’s options open… and to use cheap foreign SIM cards when roaming.

I particularly like the new spotlight search, which will search the entire phone (including emails, music tracks, podcasts, contacts, etc) for content matching your keywords. See the screenshot below for example.

Also, some long overdue features that should have been present from day 1, such as MMS messaging and copy & paste finally arrived. Its free it seems to have come with no performance penalty, although I have read about a few people on boards.ie experiencing difficulty performing the upgrade and having to wipe and restore their devices.

I still recommend it. This update is available to iPod Touch users as well but Apple will charge you for it

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Today Ireland goes to the polls for local and european parliament elections, as well as two Dáil by-elections in Dublin. Go and vote, if you don’t you have no right to bitch and moan about the result!

Also, down with the stupid media “moratorium” on election coverage until after the polls close.
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Usually I find events like E3 to be a big media wank-fest but there’s some solid gold coming out of this year’s E3, such as:

Left 4 Dead 2 (PC, Xbox 360). Due November 16th, 2009. Yes, only 1 year after the previous one, but damn it looks good.

Forza Motorsport 3 (Xbox 360). Due October 2009. Several years after the previous one, which I loved. Trailer.

Also, they’re remaking 1990’s PC/Amiga classic The Curse of Monkey Island for Xbox 360. One of my all time favourite games. Video here. They’re also making a new episodic Monkey Island game.

Recession? What Recession? I’m going to have to drop the cash for all of these.

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