Colm expresses his slight exasperation with the ILUG over doubts about the new gmail service from Google! heh. I signed up a few days ago.
Monthly Archives: April 2004
First Post From Blarney!
Finally got the computer connected to the phone line a few days ago! Connection speed is good, even if it’s still only dial-up. No DSL in Blarney yet.
After the first weekend of the smoking ban I have to say it’s great! I was out in Cork on Friday night and it was strange to see so many people outside pubs, but the air inside is so clean and clothes the next day don’t stink to high heaven!
Last night was the first night out in Blarney. Headed to the Muskerry Arms and it’s not a bad pub at all! Again, the lack of smoke in the pub is a huge boon!
IRC Quotes
<allmanj> there’s something altogether too funny about a government where bush, dick and colon (his pronunciation, not mine.he probably means colin) are prominent figures…
Buying Property? Look Here..
Walter lists a few famous properties now on the market. The won’t suit everyone, but for the Star Wars fans among you they’re a must see!
Who collects the household rubbish in Blarney?
When you’ve a question, who do you ask? Google! I searched for rubbish collection blarney ireland in an effort to find out who, besides the council, operate garbage/rubbish collections in Blarney, Co. Cork. Damn blogs have polluted the search results! 🙂
Much Later … On a more serious note. Here’s a list of Bring Sites in Co. Cork. Looks like I can recycle glass, paper and cans in Blarney but I hope that list isn’t out of date now! Here’s a commentary on the woeful state of recycling in Ireland. We’re way behind everyone else.
Earlier today I noticed that Ballincollig has an extensive “Bring Site”. You can recycle paper, cans, glass and even plastics there!
Kids Fly Free! *
On Ryanair.Com today they have a special offer! Kids fly free! .. for as long as they can hang on! hehe.
Pensions in Ireland
It’s one of those things everyone should have but nobody wants to think about, until it’s too late in some cases! A representative from the Pensions Board was on the radio this morning reminding people to look into pensions!
Apparently you can get half of what you contribute to a pension back in tax relief! That’s something I must look into in the next year or two.
C64 Python!
Ooh! Cool! Python on the C64! including a screenshot of the interpreter working. Must download and play with this! hehe.
Spammers have been busy!
The spammers were busy last night and this morning! I received some 20 comment spams and notifications are still coming in. So, now when you go into the comment moderation page, when you “delete” comments, they actually are deleted from the database now.
To delete old comment spams simply open up the “Deleted Comments” page and hit “Submit All”.
So, to the spammers.. don’t bother. You’re not going to get through here!
Later.. On suggestions from Pronnsias I modified the Comment Validation page further and put the comments inside textareas, and added links to the New, OK and Delete header fields. Clicking on them will auto-select the associated checkboxes. A Javascript error occurs but it still seems to work, in Mozilla at least.
Later still.. Until the storm of comment spam drops off, notification emails are disabled. Check the Comment Moderation link during the day if you see comment number increase during the day!