For the next couple of days I'll be in Dublin for the TRAFFIC conference.It's the first time that there's been a serious domain industry event in Ireland, so it's nice to see so many familiar faces on my "home turf".The lineup for the event is good, but I'm really looking forward to seeing how the auction tomorrow afternoon goes. There are some really good names on the list... … [Read more...] about Hanging Out With Domainers In Dublin
iPad – First Impressions
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I won an Apple iPad while I was at the ICANN meeting in Brussels. So today was "D Day", with the latest "shiny object" arriving in my office. The packaging is very similar to other Apple products, so it's neat and functional. The guys in Ascio made sure I got the right kind of plug, which was thoughtful of them. It's the WIFI model, which was … [Read more...] about iPad – First Impressions
UK Food Exports Are Spammers
They're at it again UK Food Exports, which claims it's an independent guide to to sourcing products from the UK, is spamming me and others again. They're still using that stupid disclaimer and their phone number goes to a fax machine. So since I can't contact them directly I think I'll just see if the UK data protection lot have anything to say about them ... … [Read more...] about UK Food Exports Are Spammers
Quick Reflections on the Leaving Cert
Today thousands of Irish teenagers will be collecting / checking their Leaving Cert results (Ireland's answer to A Levels / Bac / SAT). Based on the media hype surrounding it you could be easily conned into thinking that the world actually cares. Reality - they don't. The Leaving Cert is a bit of paper. You can use the points / score to get a place in a university. That is … [Read more...] about Quick Reflections on the Leaving Cert
Sky Player On Mac – Quick Review
Sky have been promoting their Sky Player service for quite some time.At the moment you can access it on the XBox, though for some odd reason the XBox version doesn't have access to the "premium" content ie. Sky Box Office.So if, like me, you don't have a phone line setup with your Sky box and you don't run Windows, your options are a bit limited.You can, however, watch Sky Box … [Read more...] about Sky Player On Mac – Quick Review