Drupal Camp in Galway was great fun! It was a two day event, but Eleanor and myself could only go to Saturday, which meant we missed out on the site building day for the charity websites.
The much-loved-by-the-media Conficker virus is the current 'fear of the month'. This is partially justified, but a clever, simple, and elegant detection method has been proposed. This method is not foolproof, but a nice check nonetheless.
Google do some cool stuff, and there have been long-running rumours about the cool stuff they were doing with their servers.
It's well known that the servers they use are commodity, off-the-shelf type, but it turns out now that they do make some modifications to what you have sitting in the box at your feet.
According to an Irish Times article, Kerry County Council is talking about imposing a 3% levy on derelict houses. If this was to happen, there is a potential for house prices in Kerry to drop to the floor. Suddenly owning an empty house is a liability, there is a potential for what is happening in Detroit in the US: houses are being sold for $1.
Apple just released new iPod shuffles. Some new features:
Small gets smaller.
The new iPod shuffle is amazingly small and even easier to use. The controls are now conveniently located on the earbud cord. It’s so easy, you can use it with your eyes closed.
