While visiting friends in Palermo I was handed a tape by Palermo group Agricantus. I'd never heard of them nor had I ever heard any of their music. I fell in love with the rich sound immediately. When I got back to Milan I scoured the record shops for CDs and was able to pick up a pretty good one of them in concert, which I seem to have misplaced somewhere. That's one of the … [Read more...] about Agricantus
Web Development Basic Reading
I was chatting to an entrepeneur early this evening who has some really interesting ideas. He knows his business area very well. He's familiar with his target market and he has managed to win recognition at various levels for his business acumen and marketing skills. … [Read more...] about Web Development Basic Reading
Broadband ISP acting smart?
According to a post on Jason's blog (welcome to the blogosphere by the way!) Irish ISP Smart Telecom have decided to block port 25. It seems that the new policy affects all customers unless they have a static IP and specifically request that the restriction be lifted. It's an interesting and quite brave move for an Irish ISP to make and probably won't be the last one. From the … [Read more...] about Broadband ISP acting smart?
Bad Language
Anyone who knows me well is probably aware that I have a strong dislike for badly written English and have little or no time for grammatical errors and spelling mistakes. If you are selling a product or service then you need to convince people that you are a professional and take pride in the presentation of the product. The slicker and more professional the package the more … [Read more...] about Bad Language
Swiss Registry to Drop Pricing
The Swiss domain registry has announced that it will be dropping its pricing on new registrations from March 1 2006: SWITCH, the registry for domain names ending in.ch and .li, is discontinuing the registration fee of CHF 40 as of 1 March 2006. The annual fee of CHF 35 will remain unchanged. This price reduction has been made possible through the continuing growth in the number … [Read more...] about Swiss Registry to Drop Pricing