GNUCash 2.0 on Ubuntu Dapper
It’s that time of the month again when I have to do a VAT return, so my attention is drawn towards accounting software for Linux. Having just got the latest and greatest version of GNUCash installed on...
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CD WOW! vouchers – Caveat Emptor
Vouchers, the greatest and bestest gift you can give someone, or the lazy man’s way out of thinking about a present. Whatever way you look at them, they’re useful. All the high-street shops stock them...
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Buying a house in Ireland
Buying a house will probably be the biggest purchase most people will make in their lives. The process is littered with the baggage of ages, you have to get your own engineer, a solicitor must check...
View ArticleSpaceblog is in orbit
Peter announced that the Soyuz spacecraft carrying Anousheh has achieved orbit! Hopefully we’ll see her post to the blog from space soon. It’s amazing to read all the comments on the announcement, from...
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Hammond may have brain damage
Richard Hammond, one of the presenters on BBC’s Top Gear, crashed in a jet powered dragster while trying to break the British land speed record of 300.3mph. He had reached 300mph on his first go, and...
View ArticleNews overload again
You go away for a few days and come back to a news aggregator that’s just brimming with posts and articles and teasing you with nuggets of information that you really don’t have time to read. 10 posts...
View ArticleSimple UTW Performance Boost
The Ultimate Tag Warrior plugin for WordPress is a great plugin. It does the job of handling tags rather well. I’ve noticed many hits from Google searches that go to a tag page instead of a category...
View ArticleDrowning in the flood
I have noticed a strange thing in the past week or so. Google has referred legitimate looking browser user agents to this blog and In Photos.org and within seconds that browser tries to download all my...
View ArticleI'll be there too
See you tomorrow at BarCamp Ireland! There’s going to be a big crowd and great speakers. Tom will be there and he has volunteered to speak twice. I won’t be talking, but come up to me and ask me about...
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Live from BarCamp Ireland
Here we are, live from BarCamp, predictably I’m late, but just in time for lunch! play_blip_movie_84252(); Mark Twomey talking at BarCamp Ireland. If you see yourself, leave a comment! Some of those...
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