I grabbed a copy of it this evening just to see if it was any good. So far I am impressed. It seems to be able to find emails a lot faster than Outlook, which isn't much of a surprise. The only thing I can't see anyway of choosing which elements to search through: Maybe I'm missing an option, but if I want to find an email quickly and even respond to it the integration seems … [Read more...] about Google Desktop
Irish Government to Outsource speed traps
According to an article in yesterday's Sunday Tribune the Dept. of Justice is hoping to outsource speed traps to a private company. Considering the problems that already exist with the points system how can outsourcing improve matters for the public? … [Read more...] about Irish Government to Outsource speed traps
Adsense – invite a friend
I just noticed the "invite a friend" option in my adsense account this morning. The only thing is that there is no incentive for me to do it, which is a pity. Most other programs offer some kind of incentive, be it a onetime commission or a recurring payment. Why doesn't Google? … [Read more...] about Adsense – invite a friend
Multi-user blogging
Since I've got Wordpress MU working pretty well and will be making further improvements over the next couple of days people can now sign up for a free blog over on IrishBlogs.com. At the moment the accounts are directory based, but we should be able to convert them to subdomains without too much difficulty And before anyone thinks of it - I know the site looks ugly at the … [Read more...] about Multi-user blogging
WordPress – multiuser
I finally got wordpress multi-user working "sanely". I think I was too addled during the week to get a grip on what I was actually doing! So far I've got it working with: Autosignup Reasonably formatted welcome email Custom default links What I need to resolve relatively quickly is the URL being sent in the welcome email. At the moment it's sending out the wrong URL … [Read more...] about WordPress – multiuser