The Irish language is to become the 21st official language of the EU in 2007. Good news for some, but probably not for all. Who gains? I suppose the usual suspects, Irish language activists, translators and minority language enthusiasts. Who looses? Not sure yet, but I'm not 100% sure about this... … [Read more...] about Brussels to give Irish language (gaeilge) official status
tv3.ie defaced
Bernard spotted this: the bottom of the screen shows this: … [Read more...] about tv3.ie defaced
Blogging and Democracy
Chinese authorities have given bloggers until the end of June to register their blogs and/or personal sites or be taken offline. See full article in Taipei Times … [Read more...] about Blogging and Democracy
Planet of the Blogs XML-RPC ping
Planet of the Blogs now have a ping service available at: http://www.planetoftheblogs.com/xml-rpc.php You can update your blog options to send a pingback to the URL with every post. In Wordpress go to: http://yourdomain/blogpath/wp-admin/options-writing.php (edit URL to fit your setup) and add a line to point to them: … [Read more...] about Planet of the Blogs XML-RPC ping
Adventures with Typo3
Typo3 is an advanced CMS system based on Php and MySQL. I decided to give typo3 a go for a new site I'm messing about with in my free time. I needed something that could manage the content easily without looking like phpnuke with its ugly urls and box-like layout, so typo was the obvious choice. The powerful options available in terms of content management are worth the effort, … [Read more...] about Adventures with Typo3