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How to lose all your customers if you are a WISP
First off I better explain what a WISP , it means Wireless Internet Service Provider. For this sorry tale the WISP in question is OceanTelecom who operate in West Waterford/East Cork. I got a call the other day from my friend’s wife who was having problems receiving mail from her eircom.net account when using POP [...]
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So sue me
Apparently just by copying & pasting the quotes below I can be fined up to €25,000 as The Republic of Ireland’s utterly draconian blasphemy law has come into effect just a couple of hours ago. I’m an equal opportunity offender though so courtesy of blasphemy.ie here is as much blasphemy as I can copypasta. List [...]
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Synergy
The Merriam Webster dictionary defines synergy as “a mutually advantageous conjunction or compatibility of distinct business participants or elements (as resources or efforts)” Anyone with any experience in a workplace will know it as a management buzzword that smacks of horseshit. When asked to define what synergy is you would invariably get the reply “1 [...]
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Hotlinking is bad but I can make it worse
I feel so ashamed. I’ve just been extremely bad. Someone in Brazil changed their theme on blogspot and very nice it is too I have to say. His design is excellent but for one thing. He is hotlinking to an image on my server. I’m getting hundred of hits for it so I figured I [...]
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To prove my point in my last post
Cork City Councillor Sean Martin who is a brother of Foreign Affairs Minister Michael Martin has been hauled over the coals for issuing political statements from .. wait for it.. A Department of Foreign Affairs e-mail address. Why has a Cork City councillor got a DoF e-mail address anyway? More here in the Indo.
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So they want us to bit the bullet eh?
The dreaded April fools day arrives tomorrow, a week late. Of course I’m talking about tomorrow’s impending budget that is. We have been told to expect a drop in the standard of our living and that we will have to bite the bullet and lots of other cliches by the assholes who are partly responsible [...]
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BBC Formula One coverage – My thoughts
Overall I’m pleased! That Leggard fella is terrible! Who is he anyway? And why is does he insist on cutting Martin Brundle off at any given opportunity? The tall lad presenting with Coulthard and Jordan is quite good. Excellent ad-lib abilities. Everytime the tall lad says “OK” I stand up and head to the kitchen [...]
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Banker to banker
It was interesting listening to the news on the radio this morning while driving to college to hear that the opposition parties are not too happy at the appointment of Richie Boucher as the new head of Bank of Ireland.I imagine they are not pleased because Mr. Boucher was already a BoI employee having taken up [...]