Outlook is a horrible MUA, but I am yet to find a viable alternative. I have, however, ended up extending its functionality through the addition of a number of plugins. The latest one was recommended to me by Tom Doyle is a handy indexing utility called Lookout It works a lot faster than the Google desktop search and integrates with the UI of Outlook. … [Read more...] about Making Outlook Usable
Spammers!!! – Link submission gone mad
I am getting really annoyed with having to deal with silly amounts of spam submissions to search.ie every day. The site gets approximately 50 new submissions every day, which could be seen as a positive sign if it were not for the quality of the submissions (or more importantly the lack thereof). What does a site selling pet urns in Texas have to do with Ireland? The idea that … [Read more...] about Spammers!!! – Link submission gone mad
IEDR Releases deleted list
The IEDR have released a list of some of their deleted domains to the public. The list, which can be seen here, is broken into two sections: General domains (aka generic) 3 letter Although the list only includes a selection of the 8500 odd domains that have been deleted in the last 2 years, it is still a very interesting resource for anybody interested in the domain name … [Read more...] about IEDR Releases deleted list
Overselling Hosting
Somebody posted a link to a very good article that explains the concept of overselling in a clear and balanced way. It's definitely worth reading if you are getting tired of reading marketing junk from hosts claiming NOT to oversell. Of course they do, they just don't like admitting to it. Even if they think they aren't they are still part of an oversold chain. Read the article … [Read more...] about Overselling Hosting
ENN Website of the week
Irish ISP Test was chosen by ENN as their "website of the week" … [Read more...] about ENN Website of the week