Link rot is the bane of directory editors. If you run a niche directory site, such as I do, one of the things you want to make sure of is that your links are current ie. that they do not give 404s or other errors. There is no point in fooling yourself into thinking that you can take on the likes of Google, but you can offer good resources for your chosen subject. The backend of … [Read more...] about Avoiding Link Rot – Browse.ie link checker
Business Blogging – Sunday Business Post
The front page of this month's Computers in Business, the Sunday Business Post's monthly IT magazine, is dominated by the caption: Bosses who ... Blog - How Irish CEOs are using weblogs to boost business The actual article can be seen here. … [Read more...] about Business Blogging – Sunday Business Post
Blogging for a living. Pipe dream?
One of the things that make blogs so attractive is the way you can jump from one topic to another so seamlessly. They are all interconnected in some vague way, but there can be almost a sense of adventure exploring them. It reminds me in some ways of the early days when you could browse "neighbourhoods" on Geocities and come across some real gems. This evening I was reading Bob … [Read more...] about Blogging for a living. Pipe dream?
War of the Worlds.. an epic or a flop?
I was lucky, or unlucky, enough to see War of the Worlds last night. Yes, you guessed it. I wasn't as impressed by it as I would have liked to have been. Directed by Steven Spielberg, you know that its been made with a massive budget. And from a technical point of view it probably is a masterpiece of CGI. The visual effects throughout the film are impressive, but why did I find … [Read more...] about War of the Worlds.. an epic or a flop?
Content Filtering with MailScanner – Part 1 – File Types
Mailscanner allows for a very fine level of control over email content and security via its configuration and ruleset files. This article shall look at setting up per user or per domain rules for file types. It is based on my experience with MailScanner on RPM based systems, however it should work on any system running a standard install of MailScanner. Why would this be of … [Read more...] about Content Filtering with MailScanner – Part 1 – File Types