Over the last couple of years it's become increasingly obvious that "government' wants to be able to control more of what we all do online. Unfortunately some of the issues they're trying to deal with won't simply "go away" but forcing service providers to treat their clients as if they were criminals will cause a lot of problems for everyone. Go read my rant over on the … [Read more...] about Guilty Until Proven Innocent?
Domains & DNS
Some More Fun With Dragons And Montenegrins
Bert is out and about again today :) It's been amusing to see the reactions to him. Conn and I are going to be talking to Nataša from .me tonight about all things ME related - if you want to ask a question let us know. Related articles So Now We Have A Dragon(michele.me) … [Read more...] about Some More Fun With Dragons And Montenegrins
Is Bebo Gone?
I haven't logged into my Bebo account much over the last couple of years. I did login earlier this year almost by accident. I logged back out again within a couple of minutes. Last night, however, the site seemed to go offline completely. Looking into it further it's pretty clear that either something is wrong or they've pulled the plug: dig +trace bebo.com ; … [Read more...] about Is Bebo Gone?
On SOPA
I'd been meaning to post something about SOPA, but Christmas got in the way. I finally got round to posting on it last night: Blacknight Does Not Support SOPA … [Read more...] about On SOPA
XXX Advertising
The .xxx domain went live yesterday afternoon, so we've been having a bit of fun coming up with imagery to promote it. This one might not make a lot of sense to non-Irish people, but it's influenced by a popular postcard that used to be on sale back in the 1980s: And this one is my personal favourite: There's a whole load more over here. And if you want to … [Read more...] about XXX Advertising