I picked up Doug Isenberg's excellent guide to internet law, The Gigalaw Guide to Internet Law, the other week. While it is written from an American perspective it goes a long way to explain many of the basic concepts that are as relevant in Ireland as they are in any other country. The main topics covered are: Copyright Law Domain Names and Trademarks Patent Law Privacy Free … [Read more...] about Gigalaw Guide to Internet Law
Broken Websites
Websites that do not display or function correctly in browsers other than Internet Explorer are very irritating. Yesterday afternoon I tried to book a driving test online. While the site displayed perfectly in Firefox the order form did not work correctly, so I was forced to use Internet Explorer to complete the booking. It's 2006! Surely high profile websites are tested … [Read more...] about Broken Websites
Podcasting Equipment?
I'm currently toying with the idea of doing some podcasting. My problem at the moment is that I really don't have a clue where to start in terms of equipment. So what should I be using? I know I could throw a lot of money down the drain very easily if I'm not careful, so if anyone has any recommendations to share I'd love to hear them. … [Read more...] about Podcasting Equipment?
Avoiding Photos
I may have not done it intentionally, but I seem to have become the least photographed person at the blog awards last Saturday! If you are lucky (or unlucky) you may spot the back of my head in a few photos … [Read more...] about Avoiding Photos
mp3 support for rhythmbox on dapper
I originally mentioned setting up mp3 support for Rhythmbox on breezy. I've since upgraded to dapper and have had to go through the process again. This time round the solution was to install the oddly named package gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly Depending on which repositories you have enabled you may find more than one version of it and as dapper is still in active development you … [Read more...] about mp3 support for rhythmbox on dapper