I was brought up in a household where newspapers were bought and read regularly. Nowadays I usually buy at least one Sunday newspaper, while I read a certain amount of news online. Whenever there is a big news story you can expect bloggers to reference "authorative" sources, such as newspapers, be they Irish or international. However the reverse is not true. Irish newspapers do … [Read more...] about What’s up with Irish newspapers?
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ICT Expo 2006
The ICT Expo is on next Thursday and Friday in the RDS. I'll be there on the Friday for most of the day, as I am giving a talk in the afternoon on Open Source software in the enterprise. If you're going to be around during the day let me know :) … [Read more...] about ICT Expo 2006
WordPress Revisited
I just installed one of the nightly builds on a new blog and it all works perfectly. No issues with permalinks. No weirdness with templates (at least not with the ones I've tried so far). No strange things with posts. The new features that will be included in the upcoming release are not going to be groundbreaking, but they will improve some areas. I haven't been keeping up … [Read more...] about WordPress Revisited
Should IEDR Reassess Its Rules?
IEDR unlike Nominet does not have a democratic structure, nor does it have committees or other organisms to oversee rules, regulations and many other aspects of the registry's development. Who is even on the board of the IEDR? Who chooses the board members? While personally I think this should all be addressed I have to admit that some areas of the registry's activities are … [Read more...] about Should IEDR Reassess Its Rules?
iPod Nano Wins
Prior to the Blog Awards I took delivery of an iPod Nano to give to the winner. At the time I was sorely tempted to get a nano for myself, but I resisted.. at least for a while Anyhow my personal iPod Nano arrived on Friday afternoon. It was shipped from Hong Kong, as I had it etched with the Blacknight Logo. It looks kind of like this: Unfortunately I couldn't get the text … [Read more...] about iPod Nano Wins