Techie :: Techno ::: September 2005 Archives

Bleeding edge technologies and new techie toys are great, but they can also be a nightmare to support.

I like listening to music, but I'd also like to be able to use my plantronics headset to "skype" friends, colleagues and clients. I seem to be cursed with PCs that always have all the audio outlets at the back.

You can cast your vote in the IIA Netvisionary Awards from today until November 10th. I've been nominated under the "Internet Enterpreneur" category :)

An interesting use for Google maps is mapstats from the developers of blog flux It's pretty cool, so I've added it to my sidebar. If you can't be bothered looking for it there here's a direct link EDIT: As I only added the stats code to this blog a few minutes ago the cities list is a bit short plus I've also spotted some "interesting" php errors on their site. I still maintain it's a cool use for Google maps though :)

Getting skype to work on Ubuntu shouldn't be an issue, however the most recent .deb available on the Skype site will not work with breezy.

Weekends are the best time of the week for me to "mess about" with sites.

Skype users can let their friends know that they have Skype installed. That is not a bad thing, except when people you hardly know start sending you inane "skype me" emails via the Skype website. I know it's not Skype's fault that people are abusing their system, but they really should consider putting in some form of warning eg. please do not abuse this service by sending messages to people you hardly even know

As I mentioned last week we sponsored this year's IIA Internet Congress. The event was held on Monday in the regal surroundings of Clontarf Castle in Dublin.

As I've mentioned on previous occassions, the IEDR has been making significant changes to their methodology over the last year or so.

I've just upgraded the software running on IrishBlogs.info

Euro kill. Or to be more precise, the euro symbol if tapped into this blog can have a very "interesting" effect on some blog aggregators.

Domain scams are not new. I mentioned one of them not so long ago

I'm looking forward to the IIA Internet Congress on Monday. Working in the Irish internet industry can be fun, but you rarely get to put faces to names except at these kind of events.

Justin mentions that SA 3.10 has been released

The position of CEO of the IIA has become vacant:

Creative Ireland is probably the most important site for designers in Ireland and it just got a facelift.

Depending on what you are doing your domain can be central to your business. If someone starts messing about with the ownership and control of the domain it can cause headaches.

Like most bloggers I have an aversion to comment spam.

Frisk have released new versions of F-prot for *nix systems. The updated version is free to existing users. I've been using F-prot on windows for the last year and have been delighted with the results and when you consider its low price tag it really is attractive (yes I am biased)

I've mentioned phishing scams in the past. Some of them are very well crafted, whereas others are pretty amateurish. Today being the first Sunday of the month you can get Computers in Business with the Sunday Business Post. If you are involved in the Irish ICT industry you may find this publication to be worthy of reading. You may want to reassess that view if you read this month's editorial.