Prior to the Blog Awards I took delivery of an iPod Nano to give to the winner. At the time I was sorely tempted to get a nano for myself, but I resisted.. at least for a while Anyhow my personal iPod Nano arrived on Friday afternoon. It was shipped from Hong Kong, as I had it etched with the Blacknight Logo. It looks kind of like this: Unfortunately I couldn't get the text … [Read more...] about iPod Nano Wins
Whois vs DAS
One of the few things that Eurid seem to have done properly is providing a DAS server to supplement whois lookups. While a whois query on a .eu domain will return none too verbose results the das query is simplistic: whois -h das.eu:4343 get 1.0 mneylon % .eu Domain Availability Server 1.0 % % (c) 2005 (http://www.eurid.eu) % %% RC = 0 Domain: mneylon Status: REGISTERED No … [Read more...] about Whois vs DAS
Domain Discussion Forum Opened
If you are interested in talking about domain names then maybe the new TalkDomains.eu site may be of interest :) A lot of the existing domain discussion forums have a US focus, while this forum will hopefully cater more to the European market. As always feedback is welcome … [Read more...] about Domain Discussion Forum Opened
Ubuntu Dapper Now In Beta
The Ubuntu project's upcoming release - the dapper drake - is now in beta. Over the last couple of days the various project teams have released beta versions of Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu etc., so the clock is now ticking until final release. The graphics are taking shape and there are probably lots of tweaks and changes under the hood. I am now seriously considering a fresh … [Read more...] about Ubuntu Dapper Now In Beta
Text Link Ads
Jason mentioned text links ads recently, so I thought I'd signup to see what all the fuss was about. What caught my attention was that not only do they offer both publishers and advertisers a wealth of options they also offer some very slick integration techniques for a wide variety of website platforms. If you are running Wordpress, for example, you can integrate the ads using … [Read more...] about Text Link Ads