The French branch of the Amazon empire is 6 years old. Happy birthday! I've been buying DVDs off it for the last couple of years as I either couldn't get them elsewhere or found that I was being charged premium rates. For example Banlieue 13 (District 13) has been available on DVD in France since late 2005, whereas the English version was only released on DVD in the last … [Read more...] about Amazon France is 6 years old
Podcast interview about Ruby on Rails Hosting
I did a short piece with one of the guys from PR Web the other day about our new Ruby on Rails solution. I hope I don't sound too crazy :) It's available in a choice of formats .... … [Read more...] about Podcast interview about Ruby on Rails Hosting
Pet Hates..
Some things get on my nerves: Suppliers that lie People that can't use the "quote" option on forums Top posting emails Amazon's delivery policies Google's customer service Needing to sleep People eating crisps / popcorn loudly in cinemas People who talk through films … [Read more...] about Pet Hates..
iWorld Rock!
I've bought two gadgets from iWorld in the last couple of months and I have to say I am really impressed. Their site and service simply works. There are no silly delays. You get nice informative tracking emails and best of all your order arrives nice and quickly (courtesy of DHL) I just got my latest toy - I can't wait to play with it this afternoon / evening :) … [Read more...] about iWorld Rock!
Blogs and Forums Converging
If you spend much time on blogs and forums you may have noticed that the admins are bringing them closer together. Tagging forum posts or viewing "tag clouds" may have been a dream (or nightmare) a year ago, but now it is becoming increasingly popular. Over the past couple of months I've been working on the Irish Webmaster Forum and have been playing with a number of mods. One … [Read more...] about Blogs and Forums Converging