I shared an image via Facebook last night, as it caught my attention and disturbed me. Sharing the image is an action that probably means a lot more than you'd immediately think and this was reflected by the level of feedback that I got on Facebook from different people. Here's the image, which is from the Brady Campaign site, which has some pretty damning statistics on gun … [Read more...] about Gun Death Figures
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Irish Mobile Operator With Sane Roaming In Serbia and Montenegro?
I just got back from Montenegro last night. I'd a great time (check out the photos!), but I was really hampered by not having data either in Serbia or Montenegro Vodafone have a network in Serbia, but for some stupid reason I didn't have 3G roaming with them. No idea why. Once I landed in Montenegro I ended up without any data at all. This is really really … [Read more...] about Irish Mobile Operator With Sane Roaming In Serbia and Montenegro?
Dominos Ireland Misleading Customers?
I don't know what Dominos Ireland are up to with respect to their site. It's quite confusing and misleading. If you go to the Irish site and login you get the below front page which clearly says that Paypal is available as a payment option. It's been like that for a couple of months: But if you try to pay via Paypal you simply can't: No explanation as to why … [Read more...] about Dominos Ireland Misleading Customers?
Get Your Head Out Of The Cloud
I've been working online in some shape or form since the mid 1990s when I was an undergraduate at the University of Limerick. Back then the internet was novel and I used it mostly to compensate for the lack of books in the university's library (they did have lots of books - just not that many on topics I needed). Now in 2012 a lot more people are online. Broadband speeds … [Read more...] about Get Your Head Out Of The Cloud
Guilty Until Proven Innocent?
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?