The PIrate Bay. Love it. Hate it. Unless you spend little or no time online, you've probably heard about it.The site has been controversial for years and has been forced to move home several times in the last few months. Most recently it's ended up in the Netherlands.But the site's operators still have a sense of humour:If you don't get the reference I'd gently point you in the … [Read more...] about PirateBay Taunts Record Industry
Archives for October 2009
Amazon Free Shipping To Ireland Is Live
I mentioned the introduction of free shipping to Ireland yesterday. At the time it didn't appear to be available and the article in The Irish Times hadn't specified when it would be ..This morning I can confirm that it is live and available.I placed an order a few minutes ago for over £25 and did NOT pay shipping!See screenshot below:Great news for everyone! … [Read more...] about Amazon Free Shipping To Ireland Is Live
Amazon To Introduce Free Shipping To Ireland
Seemingly Amazon UK has finally "seen the light" and is planning on introducing free shipping to Ireland for purchases over £25.There's more coverage in The Irish Times, but it's not exactly clear WHEN they are going to start offering this. (They obviously aren't today) … [Read more...] about Amazon To Introduce Free Shipping To Ireland
SEO Tweaks For JobberBase
Paul from Blackdog was chatting to me earlier today about Jobberbase, so I naturally asked him if he'd managed to hack around its rather annoying "200 status" issue on "pages not found" ie. ones that should return a HTTP response of "404".I've been using the software for the last few months on two free job sites that I setup - freelancejobs.ie and technicaljobs.ie.Not only did … [Read more...] about SEO Tweaks For JobberBase
Streaming Video From A Mac Via Xbox360
Image via CrunchBaseI've been toying with the idea of getting some form of media server solution setup for quite some time. I had initially been interested in setting up some way of streaming all my audio CDs, but more recently I was interested in doing something similar with AVIs and DivX.I don't use Windows that much and I currently don't have a functioning desktop PC at home … [Read more...] about Streaming Video From A Mac Via Xbox360