There's no reason why ordinary household objects can't be a bit of fun.I've got several boring door wedges that I use when I need to give the house a bit of an airing (like today!), but I'd be tempted to get a couple of these for a laugh:More info here … [Read more...] about Door Wedges Can Be Fun
Procrastination – A Short Film
Mailing List Moderation Is Wrong
I've mentioned the rather stupid way in which Enterprise Ireland mismanage their ebusiness mailing list.My previous comments were primarily aimed at the "anonymity", which I felt was problematic on a number of levels.But what about the actual editing and twisting of people's words?When I write an email, an article or a blog post I do so consciously. I may, from time to time, … [Read more...] about Mailing List Moderation Is Wrong
Site Downtime Tomorrow
Image via WikipediaThis site, and several others, will be offline for up to an hour tomorrow. The server already got a RAM upgrade recently, but it's now getting a CPU upgrade.While the performance of this site and most of the others on here hasn't been an issue there are one or two sites that might perform a bit better with slightly beefier hardware. In any case I thought it … [Read more...] about Site Downtime Tomorrow
House Buying Saga Continues
Image via WikipediaWhile I'm still getting emails alerting me to new properties for sale in Carlow every few hours I decided to check out prices in other parts of Ireland.Why oh why did we base our business in Carlow? If we'd based ourselves closer to the Shannon (ie. Limerick, Clare, Tipperary) the cost of houses would be significantly lower.Of course the infrastructure and … [Read more...] about House Buying Saga Continues