Mogwai gig review from March, 2009
Hollywood says hello to confusion
We keep hearing that Hollywood is dumbing down, but with Inception being just the latest mindbending blockbuster to beat the box office is an era of smart storytelling on the rise?
Smiles amid the ruins of Cambodia
There has been growing tension between Cambodia and Thailand over the past few weeks over the disputed territory near Preah Vihear Temple. We visited both countries in September, and there’s no love lost between them, that much was clear. Here’s a piece I did on Siem Reap and the temples of Angkor Wat. From The Irish…
Steve Jobs gets sick, and Wall Street has a panic attack
From The Irish Times, Saturday, January 22nd, 2011 MOORE’S LAW, the prediction that computer chips double their performance every 18 to 24 months, underpins progress in the industry. But perhaps it’s time to coin a new law of computing, which we might call Jobs’s Law: every profile of Apple’s co-founder and chief executive, Steve Jobs,…
Turning on Turn at Kopernikus
Welcome – it’s the belated debut of Davinodwyer.com, where I’ll be posting my articles, ideas, links, anecdotes and photographs on a regular basis. Along the way, I’ll be dipping into my back catalogue of previous hits, namely articles written over the past few years that might become momentarily relevant once again. As for the site’s…