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Hackers on smack

16. August 2010

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I recently realised how easy it is for a piece of malware or a virus to move into your computer and set up shop. I also realised that antivirus software does not automatically mean you are protected. My laptop got a small sniffle the other day, and my antivirus ESET completely ignored it, thanks to [...]

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Future of wordpress

17. June 2010

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Found this very interesting, and worth a watch. Have over an hour handy! Tweet

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What’s new in wordpress 2.9

21. December 2009

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What’s new in wordpress 2.9

There is a lot of under the hood changes, but some interesting changes to the media components, such as an build in image editor! Global undo/”trash” feature, which means that if you accidentally delete a post or comment you can bring it back from the grave (i.e., the Trash). This also eliminates those annoying “are [...]

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The Future of News – Mark Little

18. December 2009

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The Future of News – Mark Little

Mark Little (needs no introduction to Irish people), is about to leave RTE, talks about the future of news, and the role of social networking, a very well presented piece, worth a full watch. Mark Little, Presenter of RTE”s Prime Time and a former RTE Washington correspondent, will give a lecture on the future of [...]

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Buy & Sell FOR FREE- Beat the recession

9. December 2009

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Buy & Sell FOR FREE- Beat the recession

With everyone feeling blue, here is a shameless plug for a new website I am working on. It’s a buy and sell website, currently for free you can place your own advert and sell some of your stuff, in exchange for some dosh (or do a trade) to buy nice Christmas presents for yourself or [...]

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WordPress self hosted blogs attack warning!

6. September 2009

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Two of my friends emailed me this morning, asking if I had heard of attacks on old versions of wordpress. And yes, I have heard thanks to the wonder that is Twitter. I normally don’t blog at weekends but this is important. Based on what the wordpress experts are saying here is what you need [...]

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Blog post inspiration – Solve a problem!

4. September 2009

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Walking through the Green in Dublin city on Monday morning, I was wondering where people get their ideas for writing their blog posts. For me when I am trying to solve a problem with my wordpress blog, get some widget working, formatting a post, I go searching for the answer. For the genre I write [...]

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RSS feed tweeks to enhance reader experience & promote traffic to your website!

2. September 2009

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Real Simple Syndication (RSS) allows site owners to automatically syndicate their content to readers in an easy to read format. For the reader this is content delivered to their inbox or reader! In many instances this is a reverse of roles, the content is coming to the reader, not the reader to the content. The [...]

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