August 23, 2006
This one’s for the geeks. The error message, above is sometimes displayed when trying to start Apache on your PC. It can happen when there’s some other software running that’s using the 443 ports. However, in my case it was a bit misleading and I wasn’t quite sure what was causing the problem. So what did I do?
August 23, 2006
Well, okay, not quite the whole thing. But I did win 55 euros, which ain’t bad. Actually, I’m not really the lotto-player type. But my father-in-law plays it religiously (when it’s over a million he plays the same numbers), and he buys tickets for my wife and I, and now our daughter too. Which brings me to the point of the blog — the lotto.ie website.
August 21, 2006
Standard touch screen’s only allow someone to have a single point of contact with the screen and so only allows one ‘click’ or action at a time, similar to the mouse having a single pointer.
However, this piece of hardware and software allows people to directly manipulate what’s on the screen infront of them, no mouse or keyboard in sight.
August 17, 2006
Tom Raftery, the Cork-based podcaster and blogger,posted recently on Blogs and Search engine optimisation. Tom thinks that blogs are one of the best SEO tools around and we definitely agree. But should they be used primarily as an SEO tool? We don’t think so.
August 16, 2006
Since the New York Times redesigned their website a few months ago, it’s received quite a lot of attention for a variety of design innovations they’ve introduced. As a daily user of the site, there’s one feature that I’ve found surprisingly useful — the most emailed list.
August 15, 2006
On Sunday, YouTube was mentioned in the Observer as one of the most influential websites to date. Now meet Peter who, in his own words, has “been there and done that”. The 79 year old has become one of the most popular video posters on YouTube over the last week and is being talked about all over the web. In his videos, he talks about growing up, his wartime years and his love of motorcycling.
August 10, 2006
Today, on digg.com, I followed a link to a blog post about the poorly designed USB ports on a Dell Latitude laptop. It reminded me of a recent rant I had in the office about a similar problem I had with my Dell tower PC (an Optiplex GX 280). As a result of my venomous rant, I was even given honorary membership of the iQ Content Apple fan club, increasing the number of cardholders by 25%. It was a proud moment. What was my beef with Dell?
