Dave’s Rants

Protecting the Presidential Seal. No Joke
The White House send a cease and desist to The Onion
(tags: president bush whitehouse joke ceaseanddesist onion crazy)

Nice to see that he’s under a bit of pressure again. Some sections of the press hold him up as some sort of crusader for righteousness. It’s nice to remind ourselves of his feelings on some of the most abhorrent regimes ever to have existed.

I think the disappearance of the Soviet Union is the biggest […]

Cork City Classifieds
A Cork City Centric Use of Ning
(tags: cork irishblogs ning classifieds business buy sell exchange listings)

ISP-Server Setup - Ubuntu 5.10
A handy HOWTO if this is what you need to do
(tags: ubuntu linux setup howto web server ftp dns)

For years and year’s I’ve been pretty anti-convergence. I’ve always been of the thinking that having separate devices was better than having a `jack of all trades’ device. So it’s actually with surprise I’m writing this entry about how I think that a mobile phone that does everything is the future.
During the Summer I got […]

Making a straight through network cable
Spent lots of time this weekend doing this, and this is a good guide
(tags: network cable cat5 networking computers technology wiring)

Just an update to explain the lack of content, I’ve been really busy all week in work and this weekend then I was parked in front of the TV for the start of this year’s Heineken Cup. I love the Heineken Cup and this weekend was even better than usual. There were loads of narrow […]

Flock

Atlas: Ulan Ude
My friend has gone here for a year to work in an orphanage. Bit of a culture shock from Cork I bet!
(tags: cork ulanude russia siberia mongolia buryat charity)

Blocking Firefox Popups
If you’ve been suffering with popups recently, here’s how to fix it!`
(tags: via:dvorak firefox popup plugin ads spam evil)

What A Ripoff!
Ciaran reflects on the expense related to PPARS from his experiences in the consultancy industry
(tags: consultancy accenture ppars ireland irishblogs health scandal expense deloitte expensiv)

Be James Bond
Careers in British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS). I’m not from the UK so that rules me out
(tags: jamesbond british mi6 intelligence secretservice uk job cool)

iTunes-LAME
(tags: via:neilturner lame mp3 itunes apple music rip)

Banned iTunes Commercial
Who knows why?
(tags: itunes apple banned music ipod osx mac song eminem)

Netvisionary 2005
Damien wants John Breslin to win, agree 100%