If, like me, you subscribe to several feeds from separate blogs as well as aggregators, that collect blog feeds either by topic or region, you may notice certain trends. For example, last Sunday night Damien Mulley announced the opening of votes for the Irish blog awards online. Although the press picked up on the story over the following days, the "blogosphere" had already … [Read more...] about Are Blogs Killing Journalism?
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Irish Adult Content?
Every few weeks the topic of adult content in Ireland raises its head. In some cases people are looking at domain names, whereas in others they are interested in the content itself. I've gone over a number of these topics in the past, as they were topical due to the release and subsequent shelving of the .xxx TLD. So where do people think the line should be drawn? Should a line … [Read more...] about Irish Adult Content?
Hotlinking Scum
Stealing content or another person's bandwidth is despicable. Earlier tonight while reviewing the logs of Irish ISP Test I discovered that a "charming" individual (or company) had decided that it would be a really "good" idea to abuse the test by hotlinking to it via an iframe. We've always offered the test for free, so why the hell would someone abuse it in this manner? Will … [Read more...] about Hotlinking Scum
One Year Older!
Thanks to all those who have sent me best wishes for my 33rd birthday. I was presented with a lovely cake by one of our new staff this morning, which was very touching and totally unexpected :) … [Read more...] about One Year Older!
Things Not to Blog About
There's a lot of talk about what you should be blogging about, but what about the things you should not mention? Bodily functions - and I don't meant the "I'm not feeling very well" type posts What you really think of your partner - if they know you at all, they can probably read your blog What you really think of your boss Your next big idea before you've actually … [Read more...] about Things Not to Blog About