I normally don't mention when sites or services are offline, as it's the kind of whining that I hate.However in the case of Jaiku the 24 hours or so downtime is actually welcome.If Jaiku can resolve some of their scalability issues by going offline for a couple of days, then I'm more than happy to do without my daily dose.There's more information on their official blog, where … [Read more...] about Jaiku Offline For Maintenance
Tick Tock, Tick Tock. Off To LA Thursday
I'm heading off to LA on Thursday at the crack of dawn (I wish I was being metaphoric!).You'd think that at this stage I'd be that bit better organised, but of course I'm not. I've organised hotels, my pickup from LAX and all that stuff. I've even got myself a fistful of dollars, albeit a small one.What I haven't done, yet again, is even start to pack my bag.I guess I could say … [Read more...] about Tick Tock, Tick Tock. Off To LA Thursday
DomainFest Spices It Up With Playgirls!
I found out last year that the guys behind DomainFest liked to party and the 007 themed night was pretty incredible (even if some of it can never be spoken about in polite company!). This year it sounds like they're trying to top themselves and, according to Frank, will have not one, not two, but three Playboy stars at the opening night cocktail party!More sordid details chez … [Read more...] about DomainFest Spices It Up With Playgirls!
Blacknight Sale & Technology.ie Finally Semi-Live
Couple of quick notes....I've finally put some content on a subdomain off technology.ie. I've setup some forums there to take over from a now defunct forum I was running... Why? Well the old domain name wasn't particularly "strong" so using a more generic domain may work out better. Of course I could be completely wrong, but experiments like this are fun !On a completely … [Read more...] about Blacknight Sale & Technology.ie Finally Semi-Live
What are the current hot topics?
What are the current hot topics in technology and more specifically, the internet?Web 2.0 was a hot topic. Is it still?Social networking? That's been around for quite some time, as has blogging, so they're probably not that "hot" and newsworthy as they might have been 18 months ago.What about micro-formats? All this talk of Jaiku (and how broken it's become since the takeover) … [Read more...] about What are the current hot topics?