Grainne from InterTradeIreland got in touch with me yesterday regarding the All Island Seedcorn Competition 2008.
The competition is aimed at startups and has a prize fund of 280 thousand euro. The first prize is 100 thousand euro (I wish we'd had that kind of money to play with a couple of years ago!)
Full details including entry criteria are on the site
The competition is aimed at startups and has a prize fund of 280 thousand euro. The first prize is 100 thousand euro (I wish we'd had that kind of money to play with a couple of years ago!)
Full details including entry criteria are on the site
Anyone who randomly sends forwards me .doc press releases without even making an effort to personalise the email stands zero chance of getting a favourable mention from me ever.
It's not terribly hard to use some mailing software to send out press releases.
Why do people presume that everyone uses Word?
How hard would it be to actually address an email to me personally? Is that too much of a challenge?
It's not terribly hard to send email - thousands of spammers manage it, don't they?
So why on earth can't someone send a press release properly?
And since Donncha has already "named and shamed", I will too.
Ifoods.tv - you really need to get a clue.
It's not a matter of web2.0 vs web 1.0 or anything like that. It's simply a matter of using, as we say in Cork, a bit of "cop on".
You may have been nominated for an award, but it obviously wasn't in marketing or email usage based on the rubbish you sent me today and the way you sent it.
It's not terribly hard to use some mailing software to send out press releases.
Why do people presume that everyone uses Word?
How hard would it be to actually address an email to me personally? Is that too much of a challenge?
It's not terribly hard to send email - thousands of spammers manage it, don't they?
So why on earth can't someone send a press release properly?
And since Donncha has already "named and shamed", I will too.
Ifoods.tv - you really need to get a clue.
It's not a matter of web2.0 vs web 1.0 or anything like that. It's simply a matter of using, as we say in Cork, a bit of "cop on".
You may have been nominated for an award, but it obviously wasn't in marketing or email usage based on the rubbish you sent me today and the way you sent it.
When I was a lot younger I used to be a big Prince August fan.
At the time they didn't have as many moulds and models to choose from, but over the last few years their range has been expanding quite a bit.
Their latest crazy offer is the moulds for the soldiers on the left for a mere EUR2.50 during the month of May.
I think I still have all the original moulds and other bits and pieces in a box somewhere and I really should get round to digging them out.
At the time they didn't have as many moulds and models to choose from, but over the last few years their range has been expanding quite a bit.
Their latest crazy offer is the moulds for the soldiers on the left for a mere EUR2.50 during the month of May.
I think I still have all the original moulds and other bits and pieces in a box somewhere and I really should get round to digging them out.
Last.fm's team have made available a couple of web applications that they put together in their spare time.
The "Playground" currently has three applications which take advantage of the huge amount of music data that last.fm aggregates.
You probably won't improve your life much with any of these little apps, but they are fun to play with.
Checking the typos of artists names can be a great way to while away the time, but you could also use the info for seo.
Of course if you wanted to manipulate the data yourself they do offer both data feeds and a full API (though there are licensing conditions to be aware of). For the top artists for users in Ireland try this XML feed
The "Playground" currently has three applications which take advantage of the huge amount of music data that last.fm aggregates.
You probably won't improve your life much with any of these little apps, but they are fun to play with.
Checking the typos of artists names can be a great way to while away the time, but you could also use the info for seo.
Of course if you wanted to manipulate the data yourself they do offer both data feeds and a full API (though there are licensing conditions to be aware of). For the top artists for users in Ireland try this XML feed
Earlier today both Debian and Ubuntu maintainers announced a serious security issue with both Open SSH and Open SSL.
There is, of course, a post about it on SlashDot, but if you'd rather skip the crud (ie. some of the rather inane comments) and are running a Debian (or derivative system such as Ubuntu) do a dist-upgrade as soon as you can.
If you're using SSH keys you'll need to generate fresh ones, as any keys currently "in the wild" maybe vulnerable to brute force attacks.
There is, of course, a post about it on SlashDot, but if you'd rather skip the crud (ie. some of the rather inane comments) and are running a Debian (or derivative system such as Ubuntu) do a dist-upgrade as soon as you can.
If you're using SSH keys you'll need to generate fresh ones, as any keys currently "in the wild" maybe vulnerable to brute force attacks.
Don't you just love dumb spammers?
itext.ie seem to fit neatly into that group.
Their bulk unsolicited email this afternoon checks all the boxes for spam of the worst kind.
The email looks like a viagra spam or similar to be honest, so I wonder how successful it will be
itext.ie seem to fit neatly into that group.
Their bulk unsolicited email this afternoon checks all the boxes for spam of the worst kind.
- spammy subject line - check
- html email with bad use of colour - check
- zero personalisation - check
- no unsubscribe options - check
- no explanation of why email sent - check
- non-compliance with EU directives on email - check
The email looks like a viagra spam or similar to be honest, so I wonder how successful it will be
Damn - two Blacknight related posts in the one morning ....
Anyhow .. .As of about half an hour ago we've dropped the price on IE domains to 21 euro.
Go to our main site to check for available domains or to transfer your existing domains.
Anyhow .. .As of about half an hour ago we've dropped the price on IE domains to 21 euro.
Go to our main site to check for available domains or to transfer your existing domains.
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