I keynote, write, and podcast about Sustainability, CleanTech and Supply Chain
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I have just seen the line-up for IrishDev’s Java Conference and it is extremely impressive. The conference is on in Dublin on November 7th and has speakers from Apache, Sun, Iona, JBoss, Oracle, and Microsoft amongst others. Kudos to Fergal…
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Ubuntu 7.10 DNS issue
Ubuntu 7.10 (aka Gutsy Gibbon) has a DNS-related bug. I referred to it when I posted about having upgraded to 7.10 last week but since then I have found how to get around it. First the problem – After the…
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Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) launched
Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) launched yesterday. Ubuntu is a linux distribution with a focus on desktop systems and usability. It issues major releases at pre-scheduled six monthly intervals. I installed the previous version of Ubuntu (7.04) on one of my…
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Pedophile caught after Interpol published his photo
I posted a photo of a pedophile last week which Interpol had released to try to solicit help in capturing him. A week later and I was delighted to see that the Guardian is reporting that he was caught in…
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A sad day for Internet freedoms in China
If this were any other country you wouldn’t believe it but the Great Firewall of China has started re-directing traffic from the three major search engines (Yahoo!, Live.com and Google) to the Chinese owned search engine Baidu.com! Other sites such…
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Is Mac OS X Leopard's Mail App Junk?
Om Malik is taking a poll on his site today about the new features in OS X Leopard. He is asking readers to say which of the new features will compel them to move to Leopard. Om’s own choice is…
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First Gphones shipping?
Rumour has it that the first 50,000 Gphones will ship from Taiwanese handset-maker HTC‘s manufacturing facility before the end of the year. While 50,000 may seem like a modest number, “These initial phones are not going to be for sale, 
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Using Energy Demand Management to increase wind energy in Ireland
Wind energy currently contributes around 6.5% of the electricity generation in Ireland. The government has committed to increasing this to 33% by 2025. That is a good thing, right? Well yes, but it brings with it some problems which will…
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