Well for the last two days I have been out flat (due to putting my back out that is). During a two day spell while I was mostly incapacitated I got the chance to suffer some daytime television. Programmes are rubbish but the ads provoke thought. On English channels there are constant ads during the… Read More »Observations
Heard about this on Today FM this morning on the way to work and thanks to Rob O’Connor for reminding me to follow up the story. It seems as though the analysis of sonar data retrieved from Muckross Lake last April in Killarney (Co. Kerry) has shown the existence of a previously unknown occupant. Already… Read More »Look! Guess! Monster!
Looks like the new worm that reared its ugly head on Monday is starting to cause some unease in the sector. So far it has had an astounding infection rate but experts fear that the worst may still come in the form of a supposedly scheduled DOS (Denial Of Service) attack this weekend. Read on…… Read More »Master Blaster
Old news at this stage but worth a mention again after a recent article in the Irish Times (08/08/2003: subscription only) showed that the affiliate program for Google AdSense was actually paying good dividends to small website owners. It’s a handy way of making your website work for you and generate a bit of revenue… Read More »Google AdSense
No it’s not the game but for anyone out there following the IBM vs SCO legal battle for the sale of Linux systems, there seems to have been an interesting turn of events. Originally SCO were sueing IBM for selling on the system but now IBM are counter sueing SCO for claiming that bits of… Read More »Counter Strike
Well I had to wait for a few days before I posted this to my weblog (had to tell family and friends first). Anyway Siân… Read More »And She Said…
The master of storage concepts and organisation is at it again. In this recent article, Jon Udell cites the marriage of XML and SQL and the desire of many developers to store their data structures in XML. Although the points discussed are valid, the article fails to reflect upon the poor quality/efficiency of existing XML… Read More »Mr and Mrs XML (nee SQL)
For those of you not tuned into the news over the past couple of days, a plot by the US security department to launch a website where people could buy and sell shares on the likelihood of terrorist activities has been quashed. The idea planned to analyse the “terror market” and use the information to… Read More »The Fall of Off-the-Wall Street
Seems as though genetic modification has stemmed into a glowing tribute to the world’s ecosystem. The latest in controversial releases is the production of a flourescent green jellyfish. Engineered by a Taiwanese “developer” hoping to make big profits from a decorative pet this genetic alteration has reopened the debates on the danger of releasing genetically… Read More »There’s Plenty More Fish in the Sea