I went along to Mobile Monday yesterday evening. I don't know what I was expecting. I was more or less prepared to politely smile at boring presentations and demos. I probably wasn't expecting to be as impressed as I was!There were three companies presenting their products and services last night and they were all fascinating.First up was Mobile Aware's Rotan Hanrahan who … [Read more...] about Mobile Monday Fun
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Local Authority Sites Don’t Need to be ugly
I just visited the Carlow website. It's horrific. It's embarassingly bad.Why can't they do something like Clare or Donegal?Does a county have to rely heavily on tourism to have a decent looking website?I'd have thought not.Earlier this week Carlow decided to have a carfree day before the rest of Europe. Whether this was a good idea or not isn't important, but if you were a … [Read more...] about Local Authority Sites Don’t Need to be ugly
Loads of Dell Kit Chez Blacknight
If you're a bit of a geek you might appreciate the photos I posted on the company blog:Loads of boxes from DellMore stuff from Dell … [Read more...] about Loads of Dell Kit Chez Blacknight
Amazon Joins INEX
Amazon has joined INEX, the Irish Internet Neutral Exchange.I haven't had a chance to talk to any of their technical staff about what they will be peering, but anything will be welcome :)Now if they were to start offering access to S3 etc., over their INEX link it would be really cool! … [Read more...] about Amazon Joins INEX
How to Find Commands in Your Bash History
One of the things that drives me mad is typing long commands or sequences that I need to type over and over again.Luckily there is a way to search your previous commands in bash.Simply type CTRL R and you will get a new command prompt. Then start typing part of the command.To keep looking back through other instances of the command just keep hitting CTRL R. Once you've found … [Read more...] about How to Find Commands in Your Bash History