orkut… or not to orkut…

It looks like orkut has had a make over http://en.blog.orkut.com/ but I can’t help but wonder if its too little too late.
I scanned through some of the forums and they have the feel of a heavily hacked website with all the spam that they contain. One of the problems at the start with orkut was [...]

And so it would seem the iPhone has been hacked…

Seems like a teenager in the US has cracked the iPhone
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6963696.stm
But … it looks like he had help from 2 russians .. and 2 other guys …
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20424880/wid/11915829?GT1=10252

Is stealing wireless wrong …

I tend to read the BBC technology website quite a bit and was surprised to find the article Is stealing wireless wrong my NTL cable has been acting up recently … a lot actually when I came back from france I didn’t turn on my pc for a day or two and then was [...]

Limerick Tourism Board Joke video gets a revival

I just saw there a few minutes ago that Breaking News has an article on the Limerick Tourism spoof that was doing the rounds a few years ago ..
Breaking News Article
Tourism chiefs and political leaders today rounded on pranksters behind a bogus advertisement ridiculing Limerick as a polluted, lawless and trigger-happy backwater.
The spoof Fáilte [...]

Hostwars: Back to the future

So far I’m happy with my new hosting provider
One of my websites on my old hosting provider:
$ping forbairt.com
Pinging forbairt.com [66.33.213.36] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 66.33.213.36: bytes=32 time=192ms TTL=51
Reply from 66.33.213.36: bytes=32 time=196ms TTL=51
Reply from 66.33.213.36: bytes=32 time=195ms TTL=51
Reply from 66.33.213.36: bytes=32 time=195ms TTL=51
Ping statistics for 66.33.213.36:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost [...]

Hostwars: A new beginning…

Strange title for a post you’ll probably say and you’ll be right. Last night found me battling my demons so to speak. I’ve been with a US hosting company (dreamhost) for a long time and they have served me well. I’ve been able to live with their occassional down time, the US time difference [...]