Month: July 2005

  • Business blogging – what NOT to do!

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    Tom Raftery
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    There is loads of advice out there telling you how to blog successfully – there aren’t so many warning you of the pitfalls and advising how not to blog! The latest chapter of Naked Conversations is just such a guide. The advice it offers is: Don’t do character blogs Listen to what the blogosphere says…

  • Mrs ESTHER ROBERTS – is a scammer!

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    Tom Raftery
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    I received the following 419 scam email yesterday: From:Mrs ESTHER ROBERTS Address:Avenue 44 Rue 12 Treichtown Lot 87 Marcory Cocody 1863 Abidjan,Cote D’Ivoire,West Africa Respectfull one, Good a thing to write you. I have a proposal for you-this however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your will.…

  • Firefox 1.0.5 released

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    Tom Raftery
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    Firefox has been updated to 1.0.5 – the release notes are available here – they are not very comprehensive and basically simply say: Here’s what’s new in Firefox 1.0.5: Several security fixes. Improvements to stability. I hope this version is more stable than 1.0.4 – I found 1.0.4 to be a memory and processor hog…

  • Tiger updated to 10.4.2

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    Mac OSX 10.4.2 Update has been released and is available via Software Update According to Apple: The 10.4.2 Update delivers overall improved reliability and compatibility for Mac OS X v10.4 and is recommended for all users. It includes fixes for: file sharing using AFP and SMB/CIFS network file services single sign-on authentication and reliable access…

  • Why aren't the Irish blogging?

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    Tom Raftery
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    I saw an article on Loic Le Muer’s blog about the numbers of French people blogging – it is estimated that up to 5% of French people have a blog. This compares very favourably with the US where it is estimated that around 3% of the population have a blog. Now, if we look at…

  • Hotmail's 2mb storage

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    Tom Raftery
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    I have a hotmail account (I feel like someone in group therapy – Tom: “Hi, my name is Tom and …. I have a hotmail account” All: “Hi Tom!”) and my Hotmail account’s storage is still only 2mb. I know, I know, Gmail is 2gb – I have a Gmail account too and I think…

  • Irish Blogosphere cleanup

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    Tom Raftery
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    I did a bit of a tidy up of Loic Le Muer’s Wiki page on the Irish Blogosphere this morning. I noticed that some of the sites listed had Technorati link numbers which were inaccurate so I did a Technorati link search for each of the listed sites and corrected the numbers – note these…

  • WordPress theme Kubrick update K2 Alpha released

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    Tom Raftery
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    Michael Heilemann – author of the WordPress theme Kubrick (the default theme in WordPress 1.5.x), has released an alpha version of the updated Kubrick theme which he calls K2. There are bugs in this build – you have been warned! Michael outlines the ones he is aware of in his post announcing the release and…