Most years at Christmas I get a chance to read books that I normally wouldn't get round to reading.This year is no different, though my choice of reading has proved to be rather disturbing. Over the last few days I've been working my way through "Bad Men", which tells the story of some of the Bush administration's victims of torture being held in Cuba. Some of the stories are … [Read more...] about Disturbing Reading Over Christmas
IPv4 Space For Sale?
One of the hot topics at the moment is the exhaustion of ip4 space.While this may not sound very exciting to "normal" people the impact it could have on you might be quite painful. If ISPs have to pay a heavy premium for more IP space as their networks expand, then the end users may be forced to pay a premium.Jay Daley, Nominet's CTO, has an interesting post on the Nominet blog … [Read more...] about IPv4 Space For Sale?
The Run Up To Christmas
By this time tomorrow I'll probably be feeling like that pooch looks!In the morning I'm heading down to Ennis, in the west of Ireland, to collect my grandfather to bring him to Cork, in the south of Ireland, for Christmas. I'm currently based about an hour or so from Dublin, so it will probably take about five or six hours driving not counting the stops etc.,Most of the … [Read more...] about The Run Up To Christmas
ScreenClick Looks For Market Share via Tradedoubler
Online DVD rentals site ScreenClick went live on the tradedoubler affiliate network earlier today.I've had mixed experiences with ScreenClick, but I joined up as it fits nicely with a few of the sites I runTheir main competitor in the Irish market seems to be MovieStar.ieUnfortunately moviestar.ie don't seem to like replying to emails, so the query I sent them on August 10th … [Read more...] about ScreenClick Looks For Market Share via Tradedoubler
Testing Saves Time
Over the past few evenings I've been working on a new site / project. Since the backend software allows me to "easily" add new fields to the database I did. Of course I didn't test the link submission form after the last update / addition, so it broke.Moral of the story - testing things saves time.If I'd taken an extra 30 seconds to make sure that the update was working it … [Read more...] about Testing Saves Time