A site I am involved in to a certain degree is currently receiving a certain degree of media attention due to a comment posted there by someone. The comment, which was not pleasant, was removed by one of the moderators and the user banned. This kind of thing happens on bulletin boards all the time. It might be a cause for irritation if you are the moderator, but it's hardly … [Read more...] about Privacy and online users
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Search.ie – revamp underway
Over the last year the traffic and submissions to search.ie have grown exponentially. Unfortunately the number of spammers submitting rubbish has increased as well. The site was originally using Links 2 which uses a flatfile database with a perl frontend. Although it was very flexible in terms of templates etc., it did not scale very well, so I moved it to using a MySQL based … [Read more...] about Search.ie – revamp underway
MI5 Sinn Fein bug not for sale
This auction is for part of a British MI5 bugging device found hidden in the floorboards of a Sinn Féin office in Belfast in September 2004. Included is a handwritten letter of authentication from Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams. The handwritten letter has been framed and there is a display board for the device. This is a unique opportunity. A historical item such as this has … [Read more...] about MI5 Sinn Fein bug not for sale
Amazon is trading in Ireland – Weckler strikes again!
The Sunday Business Post is proud of its ABC1 figures and is more than happy to quote them ad nauseum should you ask about advertising with them. Surely a newspaper of this stature is capable of producing factually correct articles? One would have thought so, but one would have been sadly mistaken. According to a recent article, penned by Computers in Business editor, Adrian … [Read more...] about Amazon is trading in Ireland – Weckler strikes again!
Ebay.ie to open
According to a recent announcement ebay.ie will soon be open for business. The domain had originally been registered by an Irish company, but was handed over to ebay earlier this year With Ebay.ie to open the days are probably numbered for operations such as ebid.ie which has been stumbling along for the last couple of years … [Read more...] about Ebay.ie to open