The ICANN meeting in San Juan officially starts tomorrow, however there have been meetings this weekend and I'd also expect that a lot of people would have been arriving in the venue from Friday onwards. As I can't be in two places at once I won't be attending, though I'll be trying to follow it from a distance! … [Read more...] about ICANN San Juan Kicks Off
How to Screw Up Your Holiday
Yesterday morning I became yet another statistic. I was pick pocketed on the Paris Metro. My wallet, which contained my credit cards, Laser, cash and various other bits and pieces, was stolen. So I spent a good part of yesterday hanging around Parisian police stations. I was able to cancel all of my cards fairly quickly - hats off to the AIB call centre staff - they're very … [Read more...] about How to Screw Up Your Holiday
IrishWhiskey.com sells for 8k
Irishwhiskey.com has sold for $8k. I'm not sure if that price is high or low, as the "e" might cause issues for non-Irish users. In any case it was just one of the hundreds of domains to go under the hammer at the Moniker live auction in New York yesterday. Full results are here and here … [Read more...] about IrishWhiskey.com sells for 8k
More Irish Business Abusing The Internet?
If you want to do something dodgy online there are ways to do it without getting caught. Of course some people obviously think that they won't get caught and try some really dumb things. Damien got crap service from an Irish company recently and blogged about it. There are several ways that the company in question could react to this kind of situation, but obviously someone in … [Read more...] about More Irish Business Abusing The Internet?
Orange Wifi Smtp?
I'm currently in Paris for my aunt's wedding, so i'm staying in a hotel in the 15th... Anyhow, the hotel offers Wifi via Orange.fr.. The only problem is that I can't find any information on their SMTP (if they even have one for wifi users). It's not the end of the world, as I can always use webmail to send if I need to, though I'm supposedly on holidays.. Now it's time to head … [Read more...] about Orange Wifi Smtp?