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I’ve just gotten an email and a phone call from the organisers of the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival informing me that assigned seating for the showing of ‘There Will Be Blood’ is suspended. I bought a ticket for the showing. Basically if you have a ticket assigned to a specific seat, then your claim to that seat is up for grabs.

We are writing to you in relation to the forthcoming screening of There Will Be Blood in the Savoy 1 on Saturday 16th February at 7pm, for which you have booked tickets. Due to a technical issue with the seating plan, we have had to make a change to the allocation of seating in the venue. Rather than being assigned specific seat(s), you will now be invited to choose from unreserved seating in rows J – V inclusive on arrival. We apologize for any inconvenience caused, and would like to reassure you that your original tickets are still valid, except that they no longer relate to specific seat numbers. As seating will now be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, we recommend that you arrive at least 30 minutes before the screening is due to commence. The time, date and venue of the screening have not been affected by this change.

Better news for me, I hope. I wanted to sit with a friend for the show, but we were unable to snap up adjacent seats. Fingers crossed.

Taxi To The Dark Side

Chicago 10

The Counterfeiters

The ACE Team carries out security analysis in Microsoft. They have some nice nuggets on ways of securing apps.

How file copying has been improved upon for Vista SP1.

Mass virtualisation a step closer, IBM to open its first Cloud Computing Centre in China.

Via Pat. Got mobile wireless modem woes? Solve ’em by using wire.

Hertzberg comment piece on Clintons vs. Obama.

Magyar Posse ‘Whirlpool of Terror and Tension’

Be Kind Rewind

Elbow ‘Grounds For Divorce’

Polydor have just pushed Elbow’s video of ‘Grounds For Divorce’ onto Youtube today and you ought to check it out. The last album ‘Leaders Of The Free World’ is absolute gold. Love all their stuff. They’re doing some shows in the UK soon, alas, none here. Their new album, ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’ is out in March.

If you jump over to Ticketmaster.ie now, you may be lucky enough to pick up early bird tickets to next year’s Electric Picnic for E199. Via Conor on Jaiku.

I’ve got a case of the sniffles.. Here’s a few interesting links I fell across.

I love trends, me… Is the rising tide of sushi restaurants over steak restaurants in US, a boon to Democratic party hopes for Election 08?

Excerpt from Craig Unger’s ‘Fall of the House of Bush’ on how George W. found Jesus. Yes and that story of being converted by Billy Graham that was telegraphed during the 2000 election is apparently a lie. Interesting piece. Another tome added to my want list.

More trends.. Top 1000 Bloglines Blogs. Via Jezlyn.

Buffalo Springfield ‘For What It’s Worth’, just the audio for this, but what audio.

Matt, the t-shirt king, celebrates his TCritic win.

3G doctors - the future of far-flung and out of hours medicine? Via Conor of BlogNation Ireland.

Richard Delevan’s piece on gay marriage for last Sunday’s Trib. Thought provoking. Love the line, “In the Dail debate last week, Dr Martin Mansergh, a guy whose IQ is as distant from many of his party colleagues’ as theirs is to a carrot….”

The Budweiser Clydesdales, because it’s getting colder and I’m wearing my Winter socks

Lucozade fireball.. Impressive, but look at the responsible parents.. Like, c’mon.. Okay, and don’t try it at home…

More evidence that pop music flows in Swedish blood. Sambassadeur ‘New Moon’