Techie :: Techno ::: December 2007 Archives
It seems that Yahoo is going to make an effort to comply with standards for their webmail service, which is excellent news.
Of course in typical "we know better" fashion it sounds like Google is ignoring standards yet again. Of course they still hide the source IPs as well ...
If you just send plain text email then none of this will probably matter that much to you, but once you get into HTML email it's a totally different story ....
Full story here. Picked it up here
Of course in typical "we know better" fashion it sounds like Google is ignoring standards yet again. Of course they still hide the source IPs as well ...
If you just send plain text email then none of this will probably matter that much to you, but once you get into HTML email it's a totally different story ....
Full story here. Picked it up here
My sister's boyfriend gave her an iBook G4 for Christmas. The spec isn't bad and I've been updating it and installing a few bits and pieces for her today.
Since she's a fulltime student she needed some form of word processing package, so I opted for NeoOffice, which is a Mac port of OpenOffice. I also installed Firefox and Acrobat Reader.
As far as I know she only uses MSN, so Adium would be overkill.
What other software would people recommend for a student? Ideally it should be free or open source, but if it's a really worthwhile addition I don't mind forking out for a license.
I can't think of anything offhand...
One of the hot topics at the moment is the exhaustion of ip4 space.
While this may not sound very exciting to "normal" people the impact it could have on you might be quite painful. If ISPs have to pay a heavy premium for more IP space as their networks expand, then the end users may be forced to pay a premium.
Jay Daley, Nominet's CTO, has an interesting post on the Nominet blog about the possible creation of a market in IPv4 space. It's an interesting read and it will be interesting to see how things pan out in the coming 12 - 36 months.
Of course if more ISPs were to start actively using ipv6 then none of this would really matter... I wouldn't hold my breath though, as so much consumer equipment in active use at present isn't compatible
While this may not sound very exciting to "normal" people the impact it could have on you might be quite painful. If ISPs have to pay a heavy premium for more IP space as their networks expand, then the end users may be forced to pay a premium.
Jay Daley, Nominet's CTO, has an interesting post on the Nominet blog about the possible creation of a market in IPv4 space. It's an interesting read and it will be interesting to see how things pan out in the coming 12 - 36 months.
Of course if more ISPs were to start actively using ipv6 then none of this would really matter... I wouldn't hold my breath though, as so much consumer equipment in active use at present isn't compatible
Over the past few evenings I've been working on a new site / project. Since the backend software allows me to "easily" add new fields to the database I did. Of course I didn't test the link submission form after the last update / addition, so it broke.
Moral of the story - testing things saves time.
If I'd taken an extra 30 seconds to make sure that the update was working it would have saved me time in the long run.
Of course working on something when you're suffering from lack of sleep might not help ....
Or is that just a feeble excuse?
Moral of the story - testing things saves time.
If I'd taken an extra 30 seconds to make sure that the update was working it would have saved me time in the long run.
Of course working on something when you're suffering from lack of sleep might not help ....
Or is that just a feeble excuse?
I've been subscribed to some of the Irish Computer Society's newsletters for some time, though I am not a member.
Some weeks ago they sent out a newsletter without a subject line, which would have struck me as slightly odd, but when it came from ICS it struck me as incompetent. I contacted them about it, naturally, however they obviously still haven't learnt how to send out emails!
After getting back from the office I opened my personal mail to find another "helpful" email from them without a subject line and to add insult to injury the entire content of the email is a graphic!!
Accessibility where are you?
Usability level zero
Well done!
Newsletters and announcements sent via email are possibly the only direct contact people might have with an organisation. Getting the basics right is essential
Some weeks ago they sent out a newsletter without a subject line, which would have struck me as slightly odd, but when it came from ICS it struck me as incompetent. I contacted them about it, naturally, however they obviously still haven't learnt how to send out emails!
After getting back from the office I opened my personal mail to find another "helpful" email from them without a subject line and to add insult to injury the entire content of the email is a graphic!!
Accessibility where are you?
Usability level zero
Well done!
Newsletters and announcements sent via email are possibly the only direct contact people might have with an organisation. Getting the basics right is essential
INEX, which is the Irish neutral exchange, increased its bandwidth capacity in advance of yesterday's budget, but the spike in traffic may have been greater than some of the ISPs were expecting.
Have a look at this week's traffic graph:
Seemingly some of the ISPs connections into the exchange were maxed out during the peak!
Have a look at this week's traffic graph:
Seemingly some of the ISPs connections into the exchange were maxed out during the peak!
