As I work for a hosting company that monitors a LOT of network traffic data it's only natural that my own DSL line is being "watched" (it makes talking to our ISP a lot more interesting!) If you look at the screenshot below you will see a very big difference in the connection from around lunchtime today: So what changed? The only thing that changed was the firmware on the … [Read more...] about OpenWRT – Followup – Improved Latency / Ping
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OpenWRT
As I mentioned before, I have been using a number of different linux firmware versions on my LinkSys WRT54G. For the last few weeks I was using SveaSoft's firmware, as the previous firmware had caused me headaches. The Sveasoft solution worked quite well, but I had some crazy routing issues which left me rather confused. It was as if certain blocks of the internet simply ceased … [Read more...] about OpenWRT
Irish State Funded Agency Sends Internet Business Overseas
A couple of days ago I came across a post on Ken's blog about the new Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann website. It seems that it's now being talked about in other places. I'm not a designer, so I won't get into the entire debacle about whether Irish designers are "good enough", though you won't find me using non-Irish designers anytime soon... What does rile me however are a couple … [Read more...] about Irish State Funded Agency Sends Internet Business Overseas
Addicted To Web Stats – Hittail : Worse than caffeine!
Anyone who works with me learns very quickly that I am a coffee addict. I can go for hours without a cigarette, but if I can't get decent coffee I get quite upset. While discussing how much people were paying for clicks recently a new service, HitTail, was mentioned by one of the regulars.So, as my curiosity was piqued I signed up for an account last night. Then another. And … [Read more...] about Addicted To Web Stats – Hittail : Worse than caffeine!
Marketers Playing With Statistics Again – State of the Net 07
I love reading marketing material. Sometimes you learn something new. Sometimes you giggle. Sometimes you giggle so much you fall off your chair. According Amas' latest report: Almost two-thirds of businesses, or 64%, had websites in 2006, a rise of four percentage points on the previous year. Wow! Are they talking about the same country I live and work in? Oh wait.. there's … [Read more...] about Marketers Playing With Statistics Again – State of the Net 07