We finally launched our new site this evening. There are still a couple of minor bugs, but nothing too serious. Most of the new site validates as XHTML 1.0 transitional which is nice. Getting the rest of it to do likewise shouldn't be too hard :mrgreen: You can see it here As you can guess from the URLs it is running off a CMS. In our case we are using Typo3 which is very … [Read more...] about New site – finally!!
Steam in your home
Hornby have launched a new product line called "live steam". There was a 30 second advert on Channel 4 this evening and more information is on their site. The Hornby site does contain plenty of information, unfortunately it is painfully slow to load. The "live steam" range of models start at around UK£500 for a full kit and is not aimed at children :mrgreen: Of course you could … [Read more...] about Steam in your home
Spam Assassin book
It arrived a couple of days ago and so I've been reading my way through it in my free time. I'll write a proper review of it once I've actually finished it, but so far I am very happy with it. It explains a ,lot of concepts in very clear language and clarifies a number of elements in SA3 that were not as clear as I had originally thought. … [Read more...] about Spam Assassin book
IIA Conference
I spent all day Monday at the IIA conference in Clontarf. Most of the bigger names were represented, including Microsoft, Macromedia and Realex, though the quality of the talks had little to do with the size of the companies involved. The IEDR gave an interesting talk on DNS and updates within the IEDR, while Realex provided some general tips on implementing credit card … [Read more...] about IIA Conference
Firefox PR1
This browser is really taking off! The latest preview release added a bunch of new features including: - RSS support: bookmark any RSS feed - SSL: The location menu changes colour if you are using SSL - Search: much more advanced - Live Updates - download patches on the fly without quitting the browser. This works on windows at least. I haven't been able to test it on Debian … [Read more...] about Firefox PR1