While talking to a friend last night the conversation swung round to that of analogies and how best to explain "our" world to the non-technical. Using an analogy can help, as for some people the concept of websites, hosting and domains is far too intangible and abstract for them to comprehend. Hosting companies sell or rent online real estate (space). They can help mark out … [Read more...] about Online Real Estate Vendor
Archives for February 2006
Apple Victim of Own Success?
Apple users love to tell the rest of us how secure and user-friendly Apple computers are. However this may soon change, as Apples have been hit with the second security issue in the last week. OSX/Leap-A was, according to some reports, the first virus designed specifically to target OSX. It has now been followed OSX.Inqtana.A which is a bluetooth worm. … [Read more...] about Apple Victim of Own Success?
Irish Blog Awards Shortlist Announced
The shortlist for the Irish Blog Awards has been announced I've been nominated under two categories, which is more than a little surprising, but considering who I am up against I don't expect to win. It's nice being shortlisted though: Best Contribution to the Irish Bloggersphere - Sponsored by Firstpartners.net John Breslin - PlanetOfTheBlogs Roger Galligan - … [Read more...] about Irish Blog Awards Shortlist Announced
Palm on Ubuntu with Kpilot
Although I've had a Palm (Tungsten T2) for quite some time I haven't really been using it actively. However I've found recently that I need something that falls between my mobile phone and my laptop in terms of mobility and power, so it's been dusted off and is coming back into use. By default the Palm comes with software to integrate with Windows and Mac, but there doesn't … [Read more...] about Palm on Ubuntu with Kpilot
Ubuntu Development – Flight 4
The fourth milestone CD released as part of the Dapper development cycle is now available. Although the CD images are not production ready, they are described as being "reasonably free of showstopper CD-build or installer bugs" More information on the developments and changes here, while downloads of the isos are available here, here and here … [Read more...] about Ubuntu Development – Flight 4