The shortlist for this year's Golden Spiders was announced last Friday. As usual people are none too pleased with the list and I'd be a hypocrite not to agree with them. Why so much displeasure? Well you could look at the entry criteria...... Even though the awards are sponsored by large companies you still have to pay to nominate a site. Why do I get the feeling that a lot of … [Read more...] about Golden Spiders – Not So Shiny
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Driving Test Waiting Times
Following on from my earlier post I thought it timely to mention one of the key issues with driving in this country - the crazy waiting period for actually sitting a test. The Department of Transport provides some details on the average pass rates and waiting times by testing centre. A quick scan of the list is both revealing and worrying! You can be waiting up to 54 weeks for … [Read more...] about Driving Test Waiting Times
Irish Driving
Over the last few weeks a lot of media attention has been focussed on the "current" problems with Irish roads and in particular the high incidence of deaths. Damien Blake's post has given me the extra "push" to post this... As some of you know I recently got a car - I didn't really need one when I was living in the centre of Milan and hadn't got round to getting one when I came … [Read more...] about Irish Driving
Commenting your code may not be a good idea
While most people are encouraged to comment code in any programs or scripts that they produce you may want to revisit that concept now.... Why? Well imagine if someone left a comment that wasn't that flattering in the midst of it all. For example: "the user is a w**nker" I'm sure we've all done it :) I haven't ever written that much code, so I'm less likely to have … [Read more...] about Commenting your code may not be a good idea
Golden Spiders 2006 – Not all paid this time!
Unless I'm mistaken it seems that you can nominate people in some categories of the Golden Spiders this year without having to pay. Unfortunately it's not at all clear from the website which categories are "free" and which ones you need to pay for. Best Social Networking, Community & Not for Profit website seems to be free and is described as: " The Golden Spider for the Best … [Read more...] about Golden Spiders 2006 – Not all paid this time!