Michele Neylon :: PensieriComments http://www.mneylon.com/blog/ Technology, internet, marketing, business en Copyright 2008 Sun, 11 May 2008 13:44:39 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Lar said: <![CDATA[We got <a href="http://www.tshirthell.com/store/product.php?productid=357">this one</a> as a present]]> Lar said:

We got this one as a present for our little fella. I still chuckle.

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on the entry More Despair.com Tshirts http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/04/30/more-despaircom-tshirts/#comment-119622 http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/04/30/more-despaircom-tshirts/#comment-119622 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:11:58 +0000 Kevin said: broken online catalog. broken email request for ordering the printed brochure. fail. Kevin said:

broken online catalog. broken email request for ordering the printed brochure.

fail.

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on the entry Jones Business Systems Rock http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/04/28/jones-business-systems-rock/#comment-119995 http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/04/28/jones-business-systems-rock/#comment-119995 Thu, 01 May 2008 20:59:04 +0000 Francesco said: What does the article say? Besides the mortal sin of confusing Homer with CBG, they seem to believe Francesco said:

What does the article say? Besides the mortal sin of confusing Homer with CBG, they seem to believe the page was actually on the real wikipedia... rather than on a mockup of a wikipedia page... what kind of newspapers do you read??

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on the entry Sunday Business Post Coverage http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/05/06/sunday-business-post-coverage/#comment-120922 http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/05/06/sunday-business-post-coverage/#comment-120922 Tue, 06 May 2008 16:02:23 +0000 David Behan said: Yeah, I thought it was comic book guy, no? I like the way they showed how to pronounce your name cor David Behan said:

Yeah, I thought it was comic book guy, no? I like the way they showed how to pronounce your name correctly :D

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on the entry Sunday Business Post Coverage http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/05/06/sunday-business-post-coverage/#comment-121002 http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/05/06/sunday-business-post-coverage/#comment-121002 Tue, 06 May 2008 21:56:02 +0000 Eoin Costello said: Ah well as Oscar Wilde said the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. Eoin Costello said:

Ah well as Oscar Wilde said the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

Francesco: The journo was reading the screen shot Michele has on his blog, the screen shot cuts off 50% off the text that was in the mock page. As it was only a wind up I took the page off my website shortly after it went live.

Given that this blew up a month ago it is strange that the journo picked up on it now. I rang Michele personally weeks ago about the page on my site and its removal.

Eoin

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on the entry Sunday Business Post Coverage http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/05/06/sunday-business-post-coverage/#comment-121252 http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/05/06/sunday-business-post-coverage/#comment-121252 Thu, 08 May 2008 10:32:11 +0000 Fin Keegan said: The week before last Morning Ireland were celebrating the 15th birthday of "the Internet"... Fin Keegan said:

The week before last Morning Ireland were celebrating the 15th birthday of "the Internet"...

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on the entry Irish Media Confuses Terminology Again http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/05/08/irish-media-confuses-terminology-again/#comment-121305 http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/05/08/irish-media-confuses-terminology-again/#comment-121305 Thu, 08 May 2008 22:40:35 +0000 Fake Recruiters Run Dublin!!! said: Fake ads where jobs are not available that's one thing. To be used as a Speculative Candidate (this Fake Recruiters Run Dublin!!! said:

Fake ads where jobs are not available that's one thing. To be used as a Speculative Candidate (this is how they call it) that's another thing. Many times people are interviewed for roles which are not live so there are no vacancies but recruiters/bullshitters are trying to sell them into companies.

TRY TO AVOID INTERVIEWS WITH AGENCIES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE! AND NEVER TELL THEM WHERE ELSE YOU HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED (AS THEY WILL SEND THERE CVS TOO)! EVEN IF THEY REALLY PUSH. NEVER!!! DO NOT HELP THEM!!!

What else? Many things. Many things are wrong. Agencies offer service of a high street standard.

Last week I went to Cork as CPL's client wanted to see me there. It did sound like the opportunity I was waiting for all my life. And? There wasn't any role like this! But a totally different one for a German speaker. I don't even speak German. I lost €150 for taxis, Irish Rail, etc. Nice.

Some of them i.e. Celtic Careers send a CV across without permission. Happened to me twice!!! Gilligan Black Recruitment, CPL, Manpower,Fresh, Bond Personel, 1Stop, Synergy, Career Central or Sabeo are agencies of the same calibre. That really sucks. Here is a nice link, have a look guys:
http://iain.cx/words/recruitment/
And it happened to me many times.

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on the entry Why I Dislike (Despise) Recruitment Agencies http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/02/13/why-i-dislike-despise-recruitment-agencies/#comment-121322 http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/02/13/why-i-dislike-despise-recruitment-agencies/#comment-121322 Fri, 09 May 2008 02:27:07 +0000 John McCormac said: It may be that my.cnf needs to be tweaked as well. The query cache might be one thing that could be John McCormac said:

It may be that my.cnf needs to be tweaked as well. The query cache might be one thing that could be increased. Google seems to be hammering some db backed sites recently in trying to extend its deep web spidering.

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on the entry Dvds.ie Offline Temporarily http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/05/08/dvdsie-offline-temporarily/#comment-121325 http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/05/08/dvdsie-offline-temporarily/#comment-121325 Fri, 09 May 2008 02:35:55 +0000 Michele Neylon said: John Do you have any suggestions on how to optimise my.cnf? Michele Michele Neylon said:

John

Do you have any suggestions on how to optimise my.cnf?

Michele

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on the entry Dvds.ie Offline Temporarily http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/05/08/dvdsie-offline-temporarily/#comment-121425 http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/05/08/dvdsie-offline-temporarily/#comment-121425 Fri, 09 May 2008 09:46:16 +0000 Peter K said: Visions of this spring to mind <a href="http://instructors.cwrl.utexas.edu/jbrown/files/hackers_car Peter K said:

Visions of this spring to mind

http://instructors.cwrl.utexas.edu/jbrown/files/hackers_cartoons.jpg

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on the entry Irish Media Confuses Terminology Again http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/05/08/irish-media-confuses-terminology-again/#comment-121430 http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/05/08/irish-media-confuses-terminology-again/#comment-121430 Fri, 09 May 2008 11:37:05 +0000 Michele Neylon said: Fin - well nothing would surprise me at this stage :) Peter - nice! Where on earth do you find thos Michele Neylon said:

Fin - well nothing would surprise me at this stage :)

Peter - nice! Where on earth do you find those?

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on the entry Irish Media Confuses Terminology Again http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/05/08/irish-media-confuses-terminology-again/#comment-121459 http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/05/08/irish-media-confuses-terminology-again/#comment-121459 Fri, 09 May 2008 19:53:51 +0000 Will Knott said: I at least try to... Will Knott said:

I at least try to...

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on the entry Official Google Blogs Now Accepting Comments http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/05/09/official-google-blogs-now-accepting-comments/#comment-121474 http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/05/09/official-google-blogs-now-accepting-comments/#comment-121474 Fri, 09 May 2008 23:46:44 +0000 Peter K said: I found it on this thing called the internet - apparently they have it on computers :) Peter K said:

I found it on this thing called the internet - apparently they have it on computers :)

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on the entry Irish Media Confuses Terminology Again http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/05/08/irish-media-confuses-terminology-again/#comment-121503 http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/05/08/irish-media-confuses-terminology-again/#comment-121503 Sat, 10 May 2008 13:07:17 +0000 alan@spoiltchild.com said: While i count myself as a huge Bond fan i have never actually looked at the books. I worried that wi alan@spoiltchild.com said:

While i count myself as a huge Bond fan i have never actually looked at the books. I worried that without the John Barry theme, Sean Connery delivery and sexy babes they wouldnt stand up. So do they?

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on the entry More James Bond Goodies http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/05/11/more-james-bond-goodies/#comment-121590 http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/05/11/more-james-bond-goodies/#comment-121590 Sun, 11 May 2008 16:51:07 +0000 Michele Neylon said: Alan The books are great. I've read them all several times at this stage. There are, of course, di Michele Neylon said:

Alan

The books are great. I've read them all several times at this stage.

There are, of course, differences between the books and the films, but that's only to be expected

Michele

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on the entry More James Bond Goodies http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/05/11/more-james-bond-goodies/#comment-121593 http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/05/11/more-james-bond-goodies/#comment-121593 Sun, 11 May 2008 18:08:02 +0000