Moving house

Right, I’ve had enough of the crappy service I’m getting here at Bluehost. Every single day, this site goes down. The outages are becoming more and more curious. I sent a complaint into Bluehost asking why the server kept on going down. On why they were unable to maintain good uptime and failed to get [...]

Writing their bio

Call it the curse of a geek, with the plethora of new Web 2.0 services coming out month after month, don’t you sometimes find it difficult to write that little bio blurb on your profile page? Yes, I know that somewhere in the not too distant future there’ll be a hot service that plumbs all [...]

Tweetup 4, kicking off the planning

I’m kicking off discussion today as I see that Mr Rick is DJing at Soundcheck on September 5th. I’m sure that there’ll be some cheerleaders and general blogger tail in town to support him,  so is this a good date for the next Tweetup?
If Soundcheck kicks off at 7pm, maybe dinner ought to start at [...]

How to check if your site gets through the Great Firewall of China

With all of the talk about how Chinese authorities have backed down from their promises of free and unfettered web access for the Olympics, eyes rest on the Great Firewall.
Wanna check to see if your site is accessible? Try Just Ping. It’s a free service with servers across the world that will ping your site. [...]

Stone’s W. Trailer

Via Miss Penny, the trailer for Oliver Stone’s W. due out in the Autumn. Oh, how I resisted linking using Miss Moneypenny as the anchor text!

Quietness

Not feeling too well today, hence the relative quietness around the shop. See you soon.

Evil Bins


Red Links 30/07/08

My favourite Dark Knight review.
Silicon Republic has a Facebook application. Check it out. (Requires login, of course)
Watch the teaser trailer for Lemmy the Movie. I’d link directly, but it’s a Flash site, so some manual clicking is necessary.
A miniature, scary you for less than 200 bucks.
Love the name of this sweetshop. Would make a good [...]

Picturing your world with Pixie

Today’s Tuesday Push victim is Pixie, the photosharing site. Pixie is a photo site meets social network where, just like Facebook you can add people as friends. And just like Facebook, you can comment on photos. Your photos are talking pieces.
Pix.ie’s biggest competitor is Flickr, but Pixie wins on the deft touches. For example, with [...]

Supporting human rights means supporting the Beijing Olympics

Photo owned by damon.garrett (cc)
It’s just a little over a week until kickoff of the Beijing Olympics, the biggest sporting event of the year. The care at which China has been manicuring her capital city and her image to the rest of the world demonstrates the importance she holds in a successful staging of [...]

Happy Birthday NASA

On this day in 1958, President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act establishing NASA. Yeah, it was born into the Cold War, but the amount of discoveries that have sprung forth from NASA R&D efforts are astounding. NASA pushed discoveries made in the pursuit of space exploration into our homes and workplaces, making [...]

Brands on Twitter

Okay, I love Twitter. Sometimes I find myself evangelising it to people that haven’t heard about microblogging. The best way to explain it is in terms of examples; case studies of companies that have adopted it and are making it a part of their daily business regime. Of course, regular users of Twitter on the [...]

Book Your Blog Awards Room Now!

The Irish Blog Awards has officially found a date and home for 2009. The Irish Blog Awards are set for February 21st at the swanktastic Cork International Airport Hotel. There’s a special rate of €100 a room or €55 per person sharing when you quote ‘Blog Awards’.
Much thanks are due to the dapper, charming and [...]

Red Links 29/07/08

Another reason why Pat is the man. He never fails to inspire me.
Carlow <3s Ebay.
Dublin Metblogs is looking for fresh blogger blood.
Long exposure shots of planes landing. Dreamy. Via Ed Wilde.
Fústar goes all Arnold.
The Oyster card hack will be published. Good news for Luas too.
Irina interviews Alex Lindsay, a SFX guy behind the last Star [...]

LouderVoice, a lesson in never standing still

One of the big areas where a lot of Irish firms are failing is continuing to integrate new technologies; for the want of a concept - it’s a case of failing to see the Big Picture. For example, online stores should all have blogs, newsletters and email marketing. Street teams, exclusive content and competitions should [...]

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