Month: August 2005

  • Robert Scoble blogger dinner in Cork wiki

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    Hugh from Gaping Void has started a Wiki for the Robert Scoble Blogger Dinner in Cork. The dinner will be after the IT@Cork annual conference at which Robert Scoble is a guest speaker in the Rochestown Park Hotel Cork on November 30th. If you are thinking of going to the blogger dinner, sign up at…

  • Google starts to embrace Search and Subscribe

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    Finally Google are starting to allow subscriptions to their search results – this is a feature that has long been missing from Google’s search function but they appear to be rectifying that now. The subscriptions are currently only available on searches in the Google News site but hopefully they will be extended to all the…

  • Rod Johnson in Cork

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    Rod Johnson is coming to Cork in September – Rod is a leading authority on Java and J2EE development and he will be speaking at a FREE half day conference on Tuesday September 6th at 2pm at the Maryborough House Hotel, Douglas, Cork. The event is organised by IT@Cork and sponsored by DeCare Systems Ireland.…

  • Microsoft releases critical fixes

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    Overnight Microsoft released 3 critical, 1 important and 2 moderate fixes for Internet Explorer and Windows. The vulnerabilities patched allow remote code execution, denial of service and local elevation of privilige. Any internet Explorer and/or Windows users are strongly advised to patch their systems with these upgrades. More info and updates available here.

  • Reasons for developing paid blog post ethics

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    In a couple of recent posts on this site (here and here) and on other sites (here, here and here), the issue of bloggers reviewing for reward has come up. Discussions have varied but most people seem to agree that if a blogger reviews an item but fails to reveal any benefit accruing to them…

  • MySQL 5.0 looking good

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    MySQL is an open source database engine and its latest version (5.0) is due for imminent release. According to an open letter :”open letter(from MySQL’s founders)”:http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/news/article_925.html from MySQL’s founders David Axmark & Michael “Monty” Widenius – new features in v5.0 include stored procedures, triggers and views. The lack of stored procedures, triggers and views in…

  • Linknotes plugin

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    Through Craig’s site I came across a plugin which allows you to make links in your blog posts appear like footnotes – the plugin is called Linknotes and was coded by Jeremy Curry. Installation is a snap (as you’d expect from any WordPress plugin) but usage is a little clunky, compared to normal links (simply…

  • Blog posts for sale II

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    In reply to my post on Blog posts for sale, Michele said The real matter that needs to be resolved is not whether the reviewer keeps the product or not but whether the promoter is willing to accept that not all reviews are going to be positive and that they do not expect them to…