Scumbag Culture - Part 2 "When integration is actually exclusion despite what the letter of the law says." Towards the end of 2009 I published the first of a planned series of articles on the tide of scumbag culture that is...
Facebook overtakes Google (Stateside) New figures from Hitwise reveal national domination for Facebook. For the week ending March 13, Facebook grabbed 7.07 percent of all U.S. web traffic, barely beating Google at 7.03 percent. This...
This is what the SAR Helicopter means to the Southeast Kayaker rescued off Wexford coast Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:37 A man who was reported missing while kayaking off the coast of Co Wexford has been rescued by helicopter this evening. The...
Hero Problem on Meteor Network For some time now, anyone with their ears open will have heard of the "lock out" problem that is supposedly attributed to a 2G/3G handover issue on Meteor Ireland's network for all users of the HTC Hero....
It's Like Blogging a Dead Horse Regular readers (ahem, cough) will no doubt notice that my rate of updates has been somewhat stifled in recent times; I don't blog like I used to anymore. So, what's happened? Has everything in the...
After all the controversy of the new Apple iPhone name it turns out that Apple and Cisco have reached an agreement whereby they will both share the name “iPhone”. No financial details have been released but the deal is rumoured to open up a working relationship between Apple and Cisco in future communications developments. source: BBC NEWS
We all remember the moving statues in Ireland back in the 80s, the sightings of Mary around Europe but now it looks like the holy figures are moving for wider coverage and a better reception. This report from Uganga cites that Jesus was spotted atop of a mobile phone mast. I wonder was it 3-Jesus? :cringe: source: The Register
I hate spammers but sometimes they make me laugh. Whether it’s a hillarious version of the Monty Python dead parrot sketch or suggesting that my name might be Rocky Wagner.
Just reading Bernie’s RSS feed, as I do every day (he’s worth subscribing to), and noticed this posting on the use of pseudonyms and proposed legislation with respect to internet identities. It makes for shocking reading that it might be illegal to set up an e-mail account with inaccurate information about yourself. Let’s hope that this gets stopped in its tracks sooner rather than later. source: IrishEyes
Now here’s a quirky idea that you don’t hear about every day. Somebody has gone off and done the math of exactly how much energy would be saved if Google’s homepage had a black background instead of white. Makes sense I guess. source: the thinking blog
Make a badge for your site’s RSS feed, give one to your friends, share them around. The world needs more badges!
Here is a really quick example of what you can do with a little JavaScript and Yahoo! Pipes, I can feel the PHP draining from me. I don’t like that you have to put content in your page head element to make it work though as that really ruins the idea of a quick, pluggable badge for your site. It’s a start anyhow.
Just what do you think if you wake up to see the inside pane of a double glazed sliding door shattered, knowing that nobody inside your home hit it from the inside? That’s exactly what happened to Alan Graham and he wants answers to save his sanity – I would too. My own personal theory would be whatever inert gas was used to fill the glazed cavity reacted badly to the temperature changes and blew out the weaker of the two panes. Although I’m sure there are many other explanations… via: Boing Boing
Well that’s the claim of an ‘independent’ researcher. Us Mac users are seemingly nonchalant about security issues, living in our fortresses of incorruptable software and viral immunity. So what’s his point? source: BBC NEWS | Technology
