I got quite addicted to the Assassin's Creed game a couple of years back. Now it's being made into a movie starring German-Irish actor Michael Fassbender The "first look" images dont' reveal a whole lot The movie is due to be released in 2016.. … [Read more...] about Assassin’s Creed Coming To The Big Screen
A Very Practical Marketing Gizmo
When I first started attending conferences I used to pickup a lot of marketing "tat" from the various vendors exhibiting. Over time you realise that you really don't need to have most of this junk in your life. I really don't need 20 backpacks, 15 water bottles, 500 pens or 100 notebooks. So these days if I do bother bringing back any of the "freebies' I restrict it to things … [Read more...] about A Very Practical Marketing Gizmo
Eircode vs UK Postcodes
Eircode has launched as Ireland's official postcode system.. A LOT has been written about the issues with how it's been rolled out, including some rather "impressive" faux pas like sending Eircodes to dead people .. However one of the things that I was curious about was the lookup system. The Eircode website offers a lookup service, but it has a limit - you can only do … [Read more...] about Eircode vs UK Postcodes
Registering Premium .Irish Domains Is Now Easy
With the launch of new TLDs a lot of the domain registries introduced quite complex pricing models. You had a "standard' registration fee, but you also had a lot of different ways of handling "premium" domain names. Unfortunately getting those "weird" prices to "play nice" with our billing system was far from easy, as the system essentially sees a domain extension as being a … [Read more...] about Registering Premium .Irish Domains Is Now Easy
The Upside To Living In A Small Town
I've lived in Carlow for the past 12 years. Prior to moving to Carlow I was living for about 3 years in Milan. Milan is a big city. Carlow is a small town. The contrasts between the two are huge. While I sometimes regret moving to a small provincial Irish town, it's not without its upside. Even in the centre of the town the air is clean. Compare that to Milan, where the … [Read more...] about The Upside To Living In A Small Town