Category Archives: Internet

wikileaks.beecher.org

Posted on 04/12/2010 by Adam

Wikileaks is having to play a ridiculous game of musical chairs this week. They were forced to move their hosting to Amazon, from which they were promptly booted; and then the DNS for their primary domain name wikileaks.org was deleted … Continue reading →

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Justin Mason’s Nose Flute

Posted on 12/10/2010 by Adam

Is there any end to that man’s talents? Between his 1337 skillz on the nose flute and his highlighting of the crap Justice Charleton parroted in his judgement on UPC v Dumb Greed Merchants, you have to wonder. Course he’s … Continue reading →

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LLU Line Share finally a reasonable price in Ireland

Posted on 25/01/2010 by Adam

(Line Share allows other operators to rent just the internetty part of the line, without having to take the phoney part.) ComReg set it to 77c in August of last year and Eircom, predictably, appealed. The case is now settled, … Continue reading →

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Google Public DNS

Posted on 03/12/2009 by Adam

Could spell trouble for OpenDNS. I’m jealous of their netblocks. Google Public DNS is a free, global Domain Name System (DNS) resolution service, that you can use as an alternative to your current DNS provider. To try it out: Configure … Continue reading →

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Cad é an Gaeilge do spam?

Posted on 02/12/2009 by Adam

Good god, I just received spam from a Chinese electronic goods firm as Gaeilge. Looks like someone’s having great fun with Google Translate. Had they not heard of Babelfish? Dia duit, a chara Is é do thoil logh linn chun … Continue reading →

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Hosting365 loses ICANN Accreditation

Posted on 01/12/2009 by Adam

Over 28k? Absolutely bizarre. I wonder is it actually Hosting365, or is it misdirected mail for Register365. They only have 900-1000 domains, which hardly seems worth accrediting for in the first place. (Accreditation costs $2.5k up front, $4k a year, … Continue reading →

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Pirate Bay Bought Out?

Posted on 30/06/2009 by Adam

This is all over the news today. Sounds to a bad April 1 prank, have the lads their dates mixed up? The Pirate Bay has been (effectively) acquired by a gaming company called Global Gaming Factory X, who is plunking … Continue reading →

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Alan Ralsky & Scott Bradley plead guilty to stock fraud

Posted on 24/06/2009 by Adam

Holy god, I never thought I’d see the day. The names won’t be familiar to most, but these are two of the biggest guys in spam. Alan M. Ralsky, 64, of West Bloomfield, Mich., and Scott K. Bradley, 38, also … Continue reading →

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Opera Unite

Posted on 16/06/2009 by Adam

While I won’t assign it the “reinvention of the web” tag others are giving it quite yet, Opera Unite is something new in a space where we really don’t see truly fresh things very often. In a nutshell, it’s a … Continue reading →

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Blackout Ireland Avatars

Posted on 04/03/2009 by Adam

Didn’t really fancy the one on the Blackout Ireland site, so I made one of my own for Foot.ie. a few size variants below. If you haven’t been paying attention, this is happening in protest against Eircom’s capitulation to the … Continue reading →

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