It's a couple of days into a new year and the media is saturated with reviews of 2005 and predictions and previews for 2006. I've never been much into either, nor have I ever been particularly good at new year resolutions - I know that I'll never fulfil them, so I gave up making them. Browsing other people's blogs over the last few days hasn't been overly exciting, as most … [Read more...] about The Obligatory New Year Post
WordPress 2 Released – Time to Upgrade?
Wordpress 2 has been released, so the big question now is whether to upgrade immediately or wait until things settle down. … [Read more...] about WordPress 2 Released – Time to Upgrade?
DVD Support on Ubuntu Breezy
The other evening I wanted to watch a DVD on my new laptop. When I originally setup my desktop PC I installed all the required libraries and codecs for DVDs etc., without keeping any record of where I got them from. … [Read more...] about DVD Support on Ubuntu Breezy
The Famine Mentality
Why is it that anytime there is a bank holiday the shops go crazy? I can understand that people need to buy their "last minute" Christmas presents etc., but do they really need to buy that much food??? You'd think the shops were closing for a week or two. On my way out of Carlow the other afternoon we tried to get into the local Tesco, but there was a tailback. Today I ventured … [Read more...] about The Famine Mentality
Google Customer Disservice – eWeek
I've posted a couple of times in the last few months about my mixed feeling towards Google. Yesterday I was contacted by an American journalist who was doing a story on Google's customer service - or rather the lack thereof. Yesterday evening was also the evening that I was heading out to meet some of the guys for a pre-Christmas drink, so I replied to the journalist's email … [Read more...] about Google Customer Disservice – eWeek