Steve Jobs has Fake Steve Jobs. Shel Israel has a puppet. Paul Walsh has Walsh Watch. It seems I've now got the next best thing - my own "wikipedia" page courtesy of Mr Eoin Costello. (He was in the news earlier this week when his hosting company was swallowed up) I must say I am impressed. I didn't realise that Eoin was such a talented wit and not a bad graphic artist … [Read more...] about (In)Famous (?) At Last?
Minor Change To Comments Policy
In order to preserve what little sanity I have left I've changed the way comments are handled on here slightly.Since comment and trackback spammers seem to target old posts I've decided to automatically close comments on posts that are 6 months old or older.The old posts that were attracting the odd comment were mainly to do with older versions of Ubuntu etc., so there's not … [Read more...] about Minor Change To Comments Policy
The Waiting is Over – VPS Plans Are Go
We finally launched our VPS hosting plans about 20 minutes ago.You can now choose between Centos or Windows Server 2003 powered VPS with optional Plesk!Paul and I had been working on ironing out the last few bugs and annoying issues on the site for most of this evening, which is why I still haven't eaten anything (not that I can't go without food for a few days - I have plenty … [Read more...] about The Waiting is Over – VPS Plans Are Go
Pet Hates – People Pretending To Know Me
In my occasional series of "pet hates"...People, particularly in business, who pretend that they know me annoy the hell out of me. I may not have the best memory in the world (according to various ex-girlfriends anyway) but I generally remember if I've ever had any dealings with a company.More often than not they use the supposed "relationship" to try and get past one of our … [Read more...] about Pet Hates – People Pretending To Know Me
I Love It When A Plan Comes Together
We're in the final (painful) stages of rolling out new cool stuff chez Blacknight.I'm keeping my fingers crossed....In any case this morning we'll be emailing clients to start the migration from one system to another. … [Read more...] about I Love It When A Plan Comes Together