This weekend is a long weekend here in Ireland. It's our national holiday - St Patrick's Day. Now I could ramble on about the history or the culture, but let's face it that's not what I'm interested in writing about. I'll keep it very very simple. It's St. Patrick. Patrick or Padraig. So it's either St. Patrick's Day or Paddy's Day. Either option works. It is not … [Read more...] about It’s Paddy NOT Patty
Irish Times New Site Is A Bandwidth Hog
The Irish Times has been trying to reinvent itself over the last year or so. Both the online and offline editions of the newspaper have been given design overhauls, but the online version might need a few more tweaks. Running it via a couple of tools that check how quickly it loads the results are a bit .. well see for yourself below .. GTMetrix gives it a score of C … [Read more...] about Irish Times New Site Is A Bandwidth Hog
In The Tub On Kickstarter
I've been following the "In The Tub" project via Flickr on and off for several months. It's now on Kickstarter and the video explains what it's all about: I'd love to get a copy of the book, so I'll probably back the project over there .. … [Read more...] about In The Tub On Kickstarter
Big Companies Trying To Monopolise .blog, .cloud and more
ICANN is currently evaluating a couple of thousand applications for new top level domains. Most of the applications are for new and interesting domain extensions (the bit on the right of the dot) that will provide greater consumer choice and foster competition. Unfortunately a smaller subset is from a companies that believe they have special rights to corner off entire … [Read more...] about Big Companies Trying To Monopolise .blog, .cloud and more
Dealing With Cold Callers
Cold callers can be incredibly annoying. This hilarious call turns the tables on a cold caller: [youtube]http://youtu.be/ttrzG5F4R3o[/youtube] … [Read more...] about Dealing With Cold Callers