According to an article on The Register, UK ISPs have been asked to retain data prior to last Thursday's attack as it is felt that the bombers may have coordinated their efforts electronically (a not unreasonable assumption). Although this request is reasonable it is a bit impractical: Does a common format for logs exist? - No What volume of data is involved?- an unknown, but … [Read more...] about Data Retention – ISPA calls on ISPs following bombing
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cdwow – gah!
I posted about issues with paying for goods online with laser a couple of months ago. Since then I have been in contact with CDwow, who assured me that they would resolve the matter. They haven't. Friday afternoon/evening is a good time for me to browse online shops such as cdwow and I would have handed over the bones of €100 today if their payment gateway had let me. It didn't … [Read more...] about cdwow – gah!
“Open Source” Map of Ireland
Alan has made available a vector map of Ireland for designers/webmasters to use. Brilliant! … [Read more...] about “Open Source” Map of Ireland
Plain English vs. verbose junk
Every day I read marketing material from other companies. What never ceases to amaze me is the total lack of content in some of their blurbs. Regardless of what they are trying to sell you, whether it is a service or a tangible product they seem to think that "more is better", ie. if you can say it 10 words then it will probably sound even better in 30 words or more. Shove in a … [Read more...] about Plain English vs. verbose junk
More blog tweaks
This seems to be the week for tweaking my blog :) Two new plugins I found whilst browsing have now been installed. One of them is only viewable by the site admin (me) and changes the admin interface entirely. WP Tiger only works with CSS2 capable browsers and downgrades automatically for CSS challenged browsers such as IE 6. The other one is for the actual RSS feeds. … [Read more...] about More blog tweaks