Author Archives: Donncha

32 speed CD writer for 69 Euro.. wow!

Boob Licking Scam Busted – Thanks James for this one!

DangerousMeta: A teetotalers’ guide to social drinking – I didn’t drink until 2 or 3 years ago. What? You’re Irish and you didn’t drink from the age of 12? How could you?! Such are the stereotypes we all live with..

Tab rollin’
Voidstar: Julian found war chalking in London.

2012: Some people have the parts of more than one person in them!

Saw/heard these 2 on the news, links via bottomquark
Construct a Deadly Virus
Oldest Hominid Skull Smashes Record – Up to 7 million years ol! There’s more links about this.

PHP Traveller: PHP acceleration – I probably linked to this already.

Winterspeak: <a href="http://www.winterspeak.com/2002_07_01_archive.html#
85238127″>Clueless lawyers

webword: You may not have received this email because it has strings in it identifying it as spam. Spamassassin does a good job though.

Via <a href="http://scripting.com: John Robb talks about creating deadly viruses in your garage.

Via the Smarty mailing list: There’s a new release of Smarty available!

Cam caught a lot of spam this morning!

How to test mod_gzip with benchmarking software.

Thank God I can right click and select which tab I want. 20 in one browser is a lot of open pages! Go Galeon!

Tab-rollin’
Falling Coconuts Kill More People Than Shark Attacks

Novel class of anti-AIDS drugs called a ‘lifeline’

PYTHON: Yes, You SHOULD Be Using it! One of these days.. Python Warts – nothing is perfect!

Analemma – what would happen if you took a picture of the sun at the same time every day?

Gearoid’s back online! He has a dim view of consultants though..

Cam got Spam Assassin working! You won’t regret it!

TAB-ROLL, these are some of the links I have open in the tabs of my browser today:

THE INTERNET DEBACLE – AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW – article by song writer Janis Jan on why the RIAA has it wrong.

Nokia 6210 bugs – I have one, it has an old firmware. It has bugs (only one showstopper found so far: write a text message, select the recipient from the address book, pause 4-5 seconds, click send, it makes you click send 2-3 times then crashes. Phone has to be reset)

A Developers’ Guide to ROI – Definitions and 6 rules to follow.

The BOFH restores harmony in the workplace. hehe.

Downtown Framework City – Developers like to “roll their own” and we’re all guilty of it. Shane looks at this and what Zope offers.

From the above article: Dive Into Mark: CSS

How to Ask Questions The Smart Way

What if It’s All Been a Big Fat Lie?

Labels to Net Radio: Die Now

Oh yeah, Minority Report. I went to see it on Friday night. Excellent movie, but it dragged on a small bit and the ending was a bit disappointing. The audience could see the twist at the end at least half an hour before the film ended, so I felt we were just waiting for the film to end, twiddle yer thumbs time. Still, if you haven’t seen it, go do so!

Every now and again someone new makes an impact on the ILUG for the wrong reasons. Of course, some people are less restrained than others. It’s quite funny once you don’t get involved and ignore the person in question! James Baldwin summed it up brilliantly! Welcome to the ILUG Brian O’Donoghue!

Garret wasn’t too hopeful for his grandmother a few days ago. I hope she isn’t in pain and you get to tell her all you want to.