Smart Telecom blocking SMTP mail port 25
Smart Telecom has implemented a new policy on blocking outbound connections to SMTP mail servers. This policy affects all customers and means that smart users will no longer be able to send mail via...
View ArticleIreland to spend 170 million on broadband
I found this article quite interesting. This highlights how far behind Ireland is on improving infrastructure. One can only hope that this investment might help to speed up the process of providing...
View ArticleGoogle Browser Sync plugin for Firefox
A new firefox plugin called Google Browser Sync was announced by google. The plugin allows users to synchronise browser settings including bookmarks, history, cookies and saved passwords. Google has...
View ArticleiSoldIt Ireland – Ebay Easy Way to Sell Online?
Brick and mortar e-commerce has stumbled over from the USA and landed in Ireland. “iSoldit� seems to be a fairly unique idea, its essentially an eBay power seller who sell item on your behalf....
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Text Link Ads.. $54 and Counting!
I’m glad to see that Irish users have started to latch onto the idea of text link ads. To be honest they are fairly cool. I have made about $54 so far from them. It’s like money for nothing....
View ArticleIrish Link Directory / Directories for SEO(ers)
Following up from Michele’s post “Irish SEO – Where to Submit Your Siteâ€? I decided to have a look for a few more Irish directory sites. Here are the results of 10 minutes work. Some of the sites...
View ArticleIrishdev.com slip-up kills dole.ie!
Dole.ie provides a one stop shop for job hunters, the site spiders and indexes many of the larger Irish job sites. One of the notable features that dole.ie provide is a RSS feed. Many of the job sites...
View ArticleFluffy Links – 30 Nov!
I normally don’t do fluff but here we go! Mobile Web Design: Tips & Techniques “We’ve examined the mobile web landscape. We’ve covered four approaches to developing for it. Our discussion now...
View ArticleFluffy Links – 1st Dec!
Link Building Strategies: Video – Prime Example “One of the exciting trends in link building right now is leveraging video to increase interest in websites, as well as creating another reason for...
View ArticleFluff Zone 2nd Dec!
CSS Styling for Print and Other Media “There are many different media types that you can apply to CSS, some of which are more useful than others, and they let you specify the look, feel, or sound of...
View ArticleDell Outlet Deals, Discount Offer
I have never been a big fan of Dell. However, today I found a post in the Bargain Alerts section over at boards.ie. The Dell Outlet store has some nice deals going at the moment. I picked up a 3 Ghz...
View ArticleThe day after tomorrow for SEO wordpress blogs!
Well it looks like everyone is just about online again after the phantom SEO hacker blitz. I have been hearing some insane conspiracy theories banging about. They all seem to revolve around the theory...
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Magnet Entertainment Support Email / Phone
I don’t want to sound a bit too much like Tom on this one so ill keep it all above board! Ever since Smart went boombastic on their customers on the phone/broadband front I have been with Magnet...
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Linksys WRT54GS Hanging or Crashing? Try DD-WRT
I have been having a lot of trouble with my home network as of late. The problems all started when I hooked up my new Linksys WRT54GS ap/router about 3 months ago. I heard great things about the WRT54G...
View ArticleSearch Marketing world in review
As you know, search marketing world was on yesterday in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. I must admit, this was an amazing venue to pick for such an event. It had the old school nature of the 17th...
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Coworking in Ireland
I have been toying with the idea of coworking for some time. For anyone that hasn’t heard of coworking yet, the concept is fairly simple: “Coworking is a movement to create a community of cafe-like...
View ArticleBusy, busy, busy Im back!
It’s been a very busy month for me. Fear not, Im back! Coworking Ireland has really taken off over the last month. We now have 4 active bloggers contributing to the project. Pop over to coworking.ie...
View ArticleFree WIFI Internet Dublin!
Ok we have all been hearing about this free WIFI internet extravaganza that’s going to hit Dublin in September. The idea seemed to be great! well in theory anyway. So then the whole project gets...
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Cheap Solid State Drive, DIY SSD from €180
I had a bit of a brainwave today. I started looking into using SD cards in an array that could be used as a cheap solid state drive. With the price of SD memory dropping it seemed like a sensible...
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ifood.tv
ifood.tv Site seemed to be down after a pitch on the Dragons den? The site seems to be hosted by Layered Technologies, Inc. Might as well host in the USA What the dragons said was correct .. its...
View ArticleTweet tweet SMS twiter to your phone
Yesterday I had the pleasure of helping Donncha O Caoimh out by contributing to the WordPress Tweet Tweet plugin. I added support for vodafone.ie free texts. You can now receive a SMS message (via...
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Software Freedom Day 2008
Photo owned by Isha.Net* (cc) The event will start at 11am on Saturday, September 20th. The location is The Digital Exchange, Crane St., Digital Hub, Dublin 8. What can you expect? Talks [approx....
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Blogger / Webby Meet-up Dublin Thursday 27th Nov
As part of the latest round of ad-hoc meet-ups in Dublin, I decided to arrange a Blogger / Webby / Twitter (whatever) meet-up for people in Dublin. The date is Thursday 27th (evening time) , the venue...
View ArticleWebby / Blogger / Whatever – meet up, in review
I would like to say a big thanks to everyone who turned out last night for our meet-up. I was taken back by the number of people actually who showed! There was a good mix of new and old faces, we must...
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Meteor Broadband working on Ubuntu
I was interested to find out how to get Meteor Broadband to go working on Ubuntu. I found a number of threads on forums about the topic, but no one had found the answer yet. Meteor don’t pitch this...
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Artcamp Dublin, Spring 2010
I’ve managed to get involved with helping to organise another barcamp. We have done barcamps, bizcamps and all that jazz, now its time for Artcamp. The main idea being to help bridge the divide...
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Weedle Weedle Weedle to launch today
Weedle Weedle the new job search thing is due to launch later today. I was at the Weedle preview last night and it looked kind of cool Basically Weedle are another social network but are a mixture of...
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Anothers Life brings the lives of others back to life
The lives of others was an experimental blog that was started back on March 18th 2008. What made this blog compelling was an anonymous format that provided the ultimate freedom to share or to speak,...
View ArticleJohnston Press’s pay wall falls over..
Days after my blog post “Pay walls going up for Irish traditional media“, the very people who inspired confidence in pay walls for online regional new publishers are now taking them right back down...
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