Back in 2010 I did a quick and dirty review of where Irish political parties were hosting their websites. Back then I was curious since so many of them were talking about "the knowledge economy", yet so few of them actually hosted their own websites in this country. Six years later things have changed. But what has also changed is the privacy regime. While back in 2010 … [Read more...] about General Election 2016: Where Do The Irish Political Parties Host?
Domain Name System
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
A New Broadband Connection
Last week, while I was up in Dublin, UPC came along and hooked me up to their fibre. Yesterday I got the fixed IP details and with Paul's assistance switched the UPC box over to bridging mode, reconfigured my Fritzbox and moved my home connection into the fast lane. It's nice With the standard UPC wireless access point I could get a respectable 35 megs, but once I … [Read more...] about A New Broadband Connection
Is Bebo Gone?
I haven't logged into my Bebo account much over the last couple of years. I did login earlier this year almost by accident. I logged back out again within a couple of minutes. Last night, however, the site seemed to go offline completely. Looking into it further it's pretty clear that either something is wrong or they've pulled the plug: dig +trace bebo.com ; … [Read more...] about Is Bebo Gone?
Attractive Pre-Christmas Domain Discounts
With only a few shopping days left to Christmas we've been having a bit of fun in work. Since we became an ICANN accredited registrar earlier this year we've been working on getting our accreditation up and running. We've also been working closely with a lot of the registries to get good pricing on domains, so that we can pass on discounts to our clients where possible.So a … [Read more...] about Attractive Pre-Christmas Domain Discounts