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About Me!

Hello....My Name is Alan Doherty and I 'currently' live in Dublin, Ireland. If you just need to contact me go to my contact page

my news such uninportant stuff that it is

• 21Oct09 17:35 oops been test driving a new IM client
• 13Aug09 20:06 The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security
• 12Aug09 14:57 Jericho another great series that never finished
• 12Aug09 14:23 website designers
• 05Jun09 16:20 well as the rule is never buy anything from a spammer

or just check out my livejournal directly

I'm currently

an Independent Network Consultant for hire! via http://www.alandoherty.net/ all the work related info is there.

I've worked for

Stream International, EUNet which became Esat Net & I.N.S.L Ireland {website and company gone}

I am a graduate of

University of Ulsterat Magee College, where I studied computing between parties and work. If you want you can check out my C.V. Job/contract offers welcome.

For the truly bored here are some pics

Photo gallery stolen from submissions to dominions photo section

My Favorite things

Computers

but you don't want to hear about that so heres a collection of Geek Humour instead

• I must advise everyone to read The Bastard Operator From Hell.
• and for the more visual humour XKCD

Travelling

• hitch hiking around Ireland and England {Going to concerts, parties and visiting friends};
• My six weeks in beautiful Canada {thanX to the generosity and hospitality of my aunt & uncle};
• My fabulous time in Dallas, Texas,ThanX to all who made me so welcome over there! I'm trying to find a way back honest I am!
• Whitby goth weekend Twice a year Every Year, I love this town! Roll on WgW Apr 2008 {sometime I'll get round to putting some details pictures on this site honest}

Friends

Too numerous to mention so here are some of their web pages

Listening to music

(Gothic mainly but some Punk, Indy and Metal)

Drinking

• Absinthe, I've built quite a nice collection of different varieties of this delicious stuff
• (copious amounts of Tequila
• Newcastle Brown Ale unfortunatly not so readily available here in the republic, miss it most about Derry and the student union bar
• Smithwicks gets a mention not because it's a great ale, but because it's the only one generally available in this godforsaken land thus tends to be my staple drinking choice
• Shiner Bock i lived on this stuff while in Dallas

Going out to pubs / clubs

Derry,

The Gwedore bar {no longer even worth mentioning}

now they have Hybrid, its great cos ....THEY MADE ME SAY IT WAS!

Belfast,

Lavery's, Intermission both gone

ok now they have cornucopia

Dublin,

Fibber Magee's now Aquarium oops fibbers again! Parnel St. {crap beer, dingy/smokeystinky but has a sheltered smoking area

Dominion, O'Connel St. / Isaac Butt Now at home in The Cellar, Peadar Kearney's (formerly Rogue), 64 Dame St., Dublin 2 {The only place to be on a saturday night if your goth/alternative} yes i'm biased i work there

London,

The Slimelight, Islington, London { the best goth club in the world, Official! }

Full Tilt @ The Electric ballroom friday nights in camden;

Dallas, TX

The Church {Great club great people, beautiful women & some of my friends}

And of course web surfing here's a few of my fave' links.