Last Thursday afternoon, while the ICANN meeting was wrapping up in Buenos Aires, a historic moment was reached. At 5pm Irish time the .irish top level domain entered "general availability". In simpler words - from that moment onwards anyone, anywhere can now register a .irish domain name. This is cool. It's something that I've been looking forward to for several … [Read more...] about The .Irish Domain Is Now Available
Archives for June 2015
Counting Down To .Irish Launch
In a few days time the .irish top level domain name will be available to the public. From June 25th they'll be open for registration on a "first come, first served" basis, though you can currently pre-order during landrush. It's going to be interesting to see who registers one and how they end up using it. We're currently running print ads in some of the Irish media - … [Read more...] about Counting Down To .Irish Launch
Omniplex Carlow Official Opening
I don't often get invited to official openings and launch events. So getting invited to the opening of the new cinema in Carlow was nice. Combine that with the screening of Jurassic World and it was impossible to pass it up. So last night a few of us headed over to the Omniplex in Carlow, which is in the centre of the town. They gave us VIP tickets, which made us all feel … [Read more...] about Omniplex Carlow Official Opening
Maybe It’s Time To “Cull” My T-Shirts
I wear t-shirts most of the time. I sometimes wear shirts, but I'm generally more comfortable in t-shirts. So over the years I've amassed quite a large number of geeky, funny, weird t-shirts, as well as a reasonable number of t-shirts from specific events. While some of the t-shirts are fun / cool. Others are pretty awful and I wouldn't bother bringing them back from an event … [Read more...] about Maybe It’s Time To “Cull” My T-Shirts
Food Porn Withdrawal?
I travel a lot and when I travel I tend to post photos of the food I eat. So while some people might get annoyed by their social streams filling up with photos of my various gastronomic adventures, some of them miss them when I'm not on the road: I usually post to my Instagram account or Flickr :) … [Read more...] about Food Porn Withdrawal?