Tony Kenny from Beaumont Hospital has been giving an excellent talk on using open source software. What makes his talk so interesting is that he is completely pragmatic. Unlike some of the open source zealots, Tony is able to see how you can combine proprietary AND open source solutions in a real world situation. Fascinating stuff! … [Read more...] about When to use Open Source – It@Cork
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Migrating And Upgrading ….
I finally took delivery of my new "toy" yesterday afternoon, so I've added a new server to my personal collection. It's a little HP DL 140 running Ubuntu server which I'll be using for some of my personal projects, such as the webmaster forum and a few other things. Migrating the various sites in from other machines dotted around the place shouldn't be too complicated, but I am … [Read more...] about Migrating And Upgrading ….
Post BarCamp Blues?
I was at BarCamp on Saturday. I would have said I was there "all day", but I was called away for a few hours by my mother, who had managed to get a puncture and needed rescuing (that adventure maybe worthy of it's own blog post!). The event was incredibly well organised and I must thank all the organisers and volunteers for making it such a great success. The venue itself is … [Read more...] about Post BarCamp Blues?
Anonymous Mailing Lists Aren’t Good
I'm on a large number of mailing lists that cover a wide range of topics including open source software, web technologies, spam filtering, dns, networking and a range of other topics. Nearly all of the lists show who the message poster is and allow them to include their own email signature. Only very rarely does any of the list content get "out of hand". Unfortunately not all … [Read more...] about Anonymous Mailing Lists Aren’t Good
Ruby On Rails Hosting In Ireland!
Just thought I'd let my blog readers know. After testing it for the last few weeks we've now made Ruby on Rails hosting available on all our linux hosting plans. Yet another first for Blacknight :) … [Read more...] about Ruby On Rails Hosting In Ireland!