The recent publication of the Ryan report on child abuse has revealed a side to Ireland that makes me ashamed to hold an Irish passport.The following clip from an Irish current affairs show is very disturbing and shows a very brave abuse victim going into some detail of what he went through. To whoever put this up on Youtube - thank you! … [Read more...] about No Comment
Eurid, IIA and More IIA
I'll be heading off to Dublin later today...Tonight Eurid are holding their first registrar dinner in Dublin (they've held several others across Europe) while tomorrow I'll be at the IIA Congress while the evening will be the IIA Net VisionaryIf anyone wants to grab a coffee / beer let me know :) … [Read more...] about Eurid, IIA and More IIA
More Swine Flu Fun Via XKCD
As you can probably guess my Sunday morning browsing involved catching up on XKCD's strips .. I would apologise, but they're too damn funny!Here's their take on the entire swine flu thing and Twitter ...Original here … [Read more...] about More Swine Flu Fun Via XKCD
What Does Your Buying Pattern Say About You?
Marketers just love knowing what we all spend our money on, so that they can formulate better ways of getting us to part with our cash. Some people find this disturbing. Personally I don't really mind. My buying patterns have always been a bit odd anyway, though I'm unlikely to to end up on any watchlists:XKCD - sheer genius! Pity that there aren't that many (if any) ebay … [Read more...] about What Does Your Buying Pattern Say About You?
Scaremongering Stupidity
At some time in the last couple of months an Irish website got hacked and its member database was stolen. The database contained email addresses and the associated passwords to login to the website. The list of email addresses and these passwords was published on a website which has since been taken offline (though you could find it in Google's cache as recently as 48 hours … [Read more...] about Scaremongering Stupidity