Loads of people I talk to really want to get their own weblogs, but they don’t have the time or the technical knowledge to get things up and running for themselves. Wouldn’t it be great if they could get a little help?
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Jaume Maza on the Bewleys debacle
Jaume Maza, who worked in Bewleys Grafton Street for eight months comments on my earlier article on the subject. Jaume reckons it all went pear-shaped when they decided to cut the all-day breakfast.
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Postcodes again
A few months ago I publsihed an article about postcodes in Ireland. (Ireland is the last country in the European Union that doesn’t have a postcode). That work is still proceeding.
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The Corporation
I went to see The Corporation on Tuesday. It’s a bit like Fox News. On the surface it’s interesting and it professes to tell an important story. In reality, it’s just a thin veneer designed to attract a certain type of audience and win a certain type of acclaim.
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Tough on Spam, Tough on the Causes of Spam
Steve Hedley is speakingin TCD tomorrow, Tuesday 2 November, on the topic of ‘What can the law do about spam?’ Minister of State Tom Kitt (who has responsibility for the Information Society) will also be there making some opening remarks.
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Bewleys Cafe in Grafton St. – end of a tradition
Bewley’s Cafe and Tea Rooms in Grafton St. as well as a number of other locations is closing down. It’s a shame. It’s another tradition gone on a main street that is now full of foreign chain stores.
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Buytel, a telco that doesn’t rip you off senseless
Buytel, who have recently set up in Ireland have OK rates. 2.48c/minute to landlines in Ireland, 4c/minute to many foreign countries. This isn’t too bad.
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Wikis are useful
I’ve started using a Wiki to keep track of all those little bits of information and addresses you pick up on the web. A wiki is basically a very simple, very open content system that makes it very very easy to make changes, add new pages and link to them.
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More Dumbness at Smart Telecom
Smart Telecom won’t send me a list of their tariffs. They say the list is too big to send by email. I have now made a complaint under Comreg 04/86, a regulation which requires telephone companies to publish accurate, comprehensive tariff information. – UPDATED with pricelists for Smart Telecom and Tele2
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Media as a divider
Mass media, especially television, used to bring people together and give them a common experience. Not anymore, according to a report on Tuesday on RTE. A Dutch Muslim explained how a large proportion of Muslim homes now had access to channels like Al Jazeera, which give them a completely different perspective on Middle East conflicts from their neighbours.