I upgraded this site's backend, Movable Type, to the latest version earlier today.While the upgrade itself went pretty well there seem to be some really odd issues affecting this site. All the other sites running of this MT install are behaving fine, but this one is having issues with templates.I'm currently trying to work out what the best course of action is, so please excuse … [Read more...] about Post-Upgrade Oddities
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Free Books Courtesy of Penguin
Image via WikipediaPenguin are giving away books - the only catch being you have to write a review of the book you get within 6 weeks of receiving it.More info on their special holiday reading site … [Read more...] about Free Books Courtesy of Penguin
Todaynic – The Spamming Registrar – Wants Me To Change My Post
Image via WikipediaI have little or no patience for spammers, as most people know.Since I run several sites that deal with domains and the internet industry in general I seem to have been targetted by TodayNic's comment and forum spammers. Over the past year or so I've had to remove multiple spam comment attacks from several sites.It's annoying. Very annoying.However it's even … [Read more...] about Todaynic – The Spamming Registrar – Wants Me To Change My Post
More Irish Online Idiocy – Enterprise Ireland Fund Template Monster Clone?
Image by Irish Typepad via FlickrI'm always amazed at the silly / insane / nonsensical junk that comes out of some companies and organisations.Enterprise Ireland seem to be funding a Template Monster clone, which is linked into Digiweb. Why should tax payers be paying for another Eoin Costello project? If it's commercially viable shouldn't it be able to stand on its own two … [Read more...] about More Irish Online Idiocy – Enterprise Ireland Fund Template Monster Clone?
Bloggers Taking Themselves Too Seriously
Xkcd's latest cartoon pretty much sums up how I feel about a lot of this social media rubbish that you keep reading about.Although the prize for most offensively described event has to go to IT@Cork with their idiotic description of an event to "increase an organisation's IQ"! Talk about marketing speak gone insane! … [Read more...] about Bloggers Taking Themselves Too Seriously