amd on software http://amdsoft.com stuff for nerds, news that matters Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:22:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Because of Their Perseverance and Consistency http://amdsoft.com/because-of-their-perseverance-and-consistency/ http://amdsoft.com/because-of-their-perseverance-and-consistency/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:42:59 +0000 amd http://amdsoft.com/?p=314

These guys have been spamming my sports blog for nigh on 10 years now, with pretty much the exact same message year in, year out. (My thanks to Askimet for nuking 99.9% of their submissions.)

I was bloody annoyed at first, but after a certain number of years, you have to admire certain spammers for their consistency and bloody-minded perseverance.

In tribute, here is their spam in full:

Dear Sir,

We introduce ourselves to you as an old, established and well-experienced manufacturers and exporters in Pakistan for the following range of Products. We have our own Tannery Unit and Production Unit and given such up-to-date manufacturing arrangements, our qualities are authentic, durable and fast-selling in an international market .

Please submit us any enquiries for the following items so that we may send you our Catalogue Pictures with best competitive export prices for your study and selection.

SUMMER MOTORBIKE GLOVES, MOTOCROSS GLOVES, CYCLING GLOVES, CROSS COUNTRY GLOVES, NEOPRENE GLOVES, FLEECE GLOVES AND LEATHER GARMENTS etc.

If you needs any thing, please feel free to contact us, we assure you that we will supply you the best quality products at extremely reasonable prices. Yours prompt reply would be highly appereciated.

Best Regards,

Maryam Ali
(Export Manager)

]]> http://amdsoft.com/because-of-their-perseverance-and-consistency/feed/ 0 How to Take a Screenshot (on any system) http://amdsoft.com/how-to-take-screenshots/ http://amdsoft.com/how-to-take-screenshots/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:18:59 +0000 amd http://amdsoft.com/?p=285

I’ve needed to capture a screenshots on several systems recently that do not have the “Print Screen” button. Here are some handy ways to take a picture of the current screen or application if you don’t have access to them.

On-Screen Keyboard on Windows XP

Windows On-Screen Keyboard:

Click Start, RUN,  type “OSK”, hit Enter. You now have a floating keyboard which has a Print Screen – sometimes labeled “PSC”, “Prt Scrn” or “Print Scrn”.  Tip: create a shortcut to the OnScreenKeyboard: right click on the desktop, click New Shortcut, type “OSK”, click next twice, and there you have it. Note: you will get a picture of the keyboard in your screenshots.

win7-osk-w500More about this from Microsoft.

Windows on an Apple Keyboard

I have this issue on my MacBook Air running Windows 7 and Bootcamp – there’s no printscreen button on Apple Keyboards.

  • Function (fn) – Shift – F11 works as printscreen on my MacBook Air.
  • If your Apple keyboard has an F14 button, that should work as PrintScreen in Windows, I’ve heard that F13 sometimes works.
  • For more information on Apple keyboards in Windows, see this article from Apple.

ScreenHunter 5 Free is a “completely free screen capture software” for you to easily take screenshots – I haven’t needed to use it but might be worth a look.

MacOSX on an Apple Keyboard

Cmd-Shift-3 takes a screenshot and saves to the desktop as an image file (Windows saves a copy to the clipboard for pasting into another program).

Hope this helps – now it’s over to you! Is there a system you don’t know how to take a screenshot on that’s not listed here? Leave a comment and I’ll do my best to find an answer for you. If you have any other suggestions, please leave them as comments too !

]]> http://amdsoft.com/how-to-take-screenshots/feed/ 2 Review – The Gathering Storm http://amdsoft.com/review-the-gathering-storm/ http://amdsoft.com/review-the-gathering-storm/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:19:21 +0000 amd http://amdsoft.com/?p=260

The Gathering Storm - cover

Book Review – The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time book 12)

I finished The Gathering Storm by Brandon Sanderson/Robert Jordan late last night, or more accurately around 5am this morning. The Gathering Storm is book 12 of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series, who passed away before he was able to finish the series. Sanderson was chosen by Jordan’s editor, (and wife) Harriet McDougal, to finish the series based on extensive notes and conversations Jordan had had with family about the series.

I absolutely loved it. I think Sanderson did an incredible job – I’d rate it as one of the top books of the series so far, up there with books 4/5/6 which were my favourites. I’d give it an 8 or 9 out of 10.

His writing style is definitely different than Jordan’s. For me, with apologies to the hardcore Jordan fans, it’s a marked improvement. He takes 500 words to say what Jordan might have said in 1000. That’s not to say that it’s staccato or not descriptive, he paints great pictures with his words. I just didn’t find myself getting frustrated with over-wordiness and lack of progress which I got sometimes with Jordan.

In terms of the plot, it certainly made progress. This was not Crossroads of Twilight (book 10), my least favourite of the series, where almost nothing of significance occurs. (I can summarise that book in 7 words – see footnote*). Loads happens in TGS and we finally see the climax of some plotlines that we’ve been waiting tens of thousands of pages for. I don’t know how much plot Sanderson is responsible for, and how much Jordan’s notes drive what happens, but there are some great bits in there which I’ll go into in the spoiler section below.

And that’s about that for the review. I know it won’t influence your decision to buy or not to buy this book – if you’re a WOT fan and you’ve invested in reading the first 11 then you’ll buy it – if not, then you probably won’t.

If, out of well-placed fear of Jordan dying before the end, and you’ve been waiting for the end of the series before starting, then I think you’re safe enough to invest yourself now. Sanderson is definitely good enough to take over the mantel.

Get The Gathering Storm on Amazon.co.uk.

I’ll have to enter spoiler territory now – if you haven’t completely read books 1-12 including this book (The Gathering Storm), then read no further down. If you ruin it on yourself, don’t come crying to me.

The plot has some brilliant twists and shocks:

  • The Verin twist was just incredibly good, my favourite thing in the whole book. She was always one of my favourite Aes Sedai characters, and characters in general (given how annoying they are as a general rule, that’s saying a lot). I have some questions about her original action in binding herself to that movement – here’s no way she could have known before doing it it that there was a get-out clause in the Oath, and she could have been stuck unable to clear herself at the end.
  • I really don’t like Fortuna as a name – it sucks.
  • I know Rand had to eventually meet his father again at some point (we’ve been waiting *books* for that to happen). It went pretty much as I expected, sadly. But what a great job of his father standing up to the Aes Sedai bully afterwards – nicely done sir! She’s been annoying the hell out of me for ages now. As for Rand heading off to the mountain, finally he’s taken some time to think about things properly. Is Lews Therin gone now for good though by being absorbed into him? Interesting to see what happens in the next book on this!
  • I was disappointed in the meeting at Falme, I thought that could have worked out positively. That could have been a massive mistake on the part of Tuon. She very nearly got Ebou Dar ripped apart by Rand – so close! And I don’t think it would have been a bad thing if he had done so – he needs to consolidate force and start fighting the dark. If the Seanchan won’t come peacefully… as my favourite moronic idiot once said “You’re either with us, or against us. Now where’s that pretzel gotten to?”
  • I thought Rand could have done much more to help when all the food spoiled in the city – like evacuated *everyone*. Maybe just emphasising his coldness and lack of emotion, but for me it was pretty poor from the Dragon Reborn.

All in all, I think I have to give it 9/10 for both plotlines and writing style – well done all involved!

* My 7-word summary of book 10? “Egwene moves army to Tar Valon, gets captured” – you can finish book 9 and start book 11 quite comfortably there (I’m counting TV as one word, sue me).

I just love this review of CoT :)

]]> http://amdsoft.com/review-the-gathering-storm/feed/ 2 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-17 http://amdsoft.com/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-05-17/ http://amdsoft.com/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-05-17/#comments Sun, 17 May 2009 14:02:00 +0000 amd http://amdsoft.com/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-05-17/

  • PrettyPrinter.de is really handy for quickly tidying up code (I’ve been using it a lot for CSS lately) #
  • Morning folks. Reverting to web interface while I try to get Tweetdeck working under Windows 7. #
  • @martharotter @iaindodsworth Cannot restore Tweetdeck on Windows 7: http://amdsoft.com/tweetdeck-on-win7/ in reply to martharotter #
  • @martharotter I’m liking Windows 7 so far. Vastly improved perceived performance compared to Vista. Love the native dual screen support. in reply to martharotter #
  • @arrington You should add a bit of context there Michael, 140 chars + irony == a lot of people going to misinterpret what you’re saying in reply to arrington #
  • @EvertB @swhelband Cheers guys. I’m thinking it might be dualscreen issues. @martharotter that didn’t work, but something else did… in reply to EvertB #
  • @iaindodsworth @martharotter Updated blog post Tweetdeck on Win7 with accidental solution: http://amdsoft.com/tweetdeck-on-win7 #
  • @martharotter I couldn’t test your solution (see post). 1 issue, I don’t see triangle on TaskBar by time (I’m showing all System Icons). in reply to martharotter #
  • Booked my flight to Swiss for Neuchatel Sevens at the end of the month. Always fun for us front row trying to play 7s rugby… #
  • Blair handed Lions call-up http://is.gd/yPWT #rugby #lions #
  • Leinster Season Ticket Holders should have got an email at this stage to say if you got a ticket for the final or not #leinster #rugby #HEC #
  • @amylong Unfortunately scrum-half is not my strongest position and I think they were looking for someone on the lighter side of 17 stone ;) in reply to amylong #
  • @willcarling What do you think of D’arcy’s chances of getting a call up for Shanklin’s spot? #
  • @TheRealAmz feck that. in reply to TheRealAmz #
  • @yenwodt Lol, I forgot about that! @willcarling Don’t tip D’arcy, Will, please don’t! in reply to yenwodt #
  • @fantomaster Particularly when we’re measuring in Celsius in reply to fantomaster #
  • Interesting experimentation from Shaun RT@Hobo_Web:Google Will Use Any H1,H2,H3,H4,H5 & H6 Headers As Titles Snippets http://bit.ly/13BwuV #
  • @boagworld Typical busy Monday, nose to the grindstone, eh? in reply to boagworld #
  • Trying to cut down the number of jQuery includes down to at least single figures… #
  • Regular expressions are fun… .htaccess moreso :) #
  • WordPress sometimes does an automatical 301 redirect after a permalink format change, anyone know when it does & when it doesn’t do this? #
  • Custom sidebar should not close the UL, tut tut tut #
  • Woohoo, down to only 8 errors on validation, all 3rd party plugins. I don’t care too much about validation but it’s great for finding errors #
  • Some of my “WTF was I thinking” domains are expiring, why am I tempted to renew? #
  • @forbairt Well,I certainly thought so at the time. I need to get the Gmail Drunk Filter put on my registrar :) in reply to forbairt #
  • @WillKnott Don’t want to list them publically :) I had 1 about arctic mining, 20 variations on a guidebook theme, some self-help, some seo in reply to WillKnott #
  • My mail is delayed. Someone sent me an email in 1966 about Genuine Rolex Watches, I only got it now. Missed opportunity. #
  • @WillKnott one of my more silly domains was reallyexpensivesoftware.com – I used to point it at one of the large software vendors for fun :) in reply to WillKnott #
  • Question for CSS gurus: how do I define a style that applies to A HREF= but not A NAME= ? #
  • @ann_donnelly I don’t like the non-semantic solution but it’s a good hack. @akohli [link] means unvisited link only? An A NAME isn’t a link? #
  • Screw it, I’ll use classes like @ann_donnelly suggests. So, is this a bug in the CSS spec? #
  • I really dislike support ticketing systems that force a new email thread on every reply #
  • Mozilla Brings Webapps to the Desktop, Challenges AIR, Silverlight http://is.gd/yWWn << I like! #
  • I’m really liking http://prism.mozilla.com — got my Google Apps running in a separate process now, sandboxes nicely from browser #
  • @cksolutions send you DM re: QT 404s in reply to cksolutions #
  • @PerfectBlogger I might try Chrome again. I think I’m a *too early* adopter – when I try stuff that sucks I don’t go back to it for ages in reply to PerfectBlogger #
  • Lol. This may not be work safe if you’re extremely prudish http://imgur.com/K4VS.jpg #
  • @duggan @JoannaSchaff @Shiminay You guys should do the internet a favour by installing http://ie6update.com/ in reply to duggan #
  • @regi Dude, I’m serious, definitely do it! boards could get away with that, business sites can’t in reply to regi #
  • Tweetdeck is playing hide and seek on Windows 7 again #
  • How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free http://is.gd/z6fj <away from ID issue, are bloggers contributing to war on expertise? #
  • @boagworld Twitter have removed your ability to see @replies from people you follow to people you don’t follow #fixreplies #
  • @not_a_real_twuser testing #fixreplies #twitterfail workarounds #
  • To @not_a_real_twuser testing #fixreplies #twitterfail workarounds #
  • @objects It appears that a single space is enough to prevent it – testing with this reply #fixreplies #twitterfail #
  • Workarounds for Twitter hiding replies http://is.gd/zsyF #fixreplies #twitterfail #
  • @objects There ya go: http://is.gd/zsyF Space doesn’t work, unfortunately #fixreplies in reply to objects #
  • Anyone know where I can verify what a genuine Heineken Cup Final ticket should look like? #hec #erc #rugby #
  • @@kitson It’s a workaround, I’m not advocating anyone else uses it but it’s a solution to restoring functionality Twitter has disabled. #
  • Link shortener is.gd is down (server is 500′ing). Wonder how many million links that breaks! #
  • My post http://bit.ly/nXZEY getting mentioned all over Twitter for #twitterfail #fixreplies. I’m updating & replying to comments. #
  • In the Dail canteen/waiting area (thanks @darraghdoyle), waiting for Ciaran Cuffe to come down and meet us #
  • RT@PreciousRings: Wanted: Logo; 8side multiling booklet; homepage mockup; bizcard; for jewellery range. 7day turnaround, €2,500 Pls RT #
  • WolframAlpha is pretty awesome – future of computations http://is.gd/zwQC #
  • @PixieVonDust @LTeeling It’s super, isn’t it? It’s kinda like the Enterprise computer in Star Trek TNG in reply to PixieVonDust #
  • This IPL cricket is fantastic. Edge of the seat stuff here #
  • @@regi It’s on Setanta, was the last 2 overs unfortunately, so it’s finished. http://tr.im/lmo4 #
  • @ayat Twitter’s really groaning under stress – a lot of missing followers and messages lately. Usually rights itself but they’re on the edge in reply to ayat #
  • Jaysus, I managed to avoid knowing the Eurovision was on til now. Head in the sand sometimes. Cmon West Indies! #
  • My teammate has 1 spare ticket to Heineken Cup final incl hotel room — any Leinster fan needs one @reply me and I’ll put you in touch #
  • RT’s on that last tweet appreciated, forgot to mention it #rugby #hec #ticket #
  • #followfriday #SEO: @Hobo_Web @fantomaster #biz: @smallbiztrends @MiriamAhern #rugby: @holyschmoke @TheRealAmz #geek @duggan @cksolutions #
  • @niamhsmith I lived with a German girl before, her mates came over with checklists & voting grids to take notes while watching it, mad. in reply to niamhsmith #
  • Share my … http://bit.ly/Z8OV0 :) #
  • I have nothing against God… http://tr.im/lqbJ #
  • @Shiminay screw the teapot, you need a drip in reply to Shiminay #
  • Latest version of Skype really sucks, looking through my backups for old installer #
  • @gregeden I don’t at all like the Skype interface changes v3->v4, plus they removed status options. I got latest v3.8.x at http://tr.im/luib in reply to gregeden #
  • Anyone setup Hibernate on Windows 7? #win7 #windows #
  • @gregeden don’t blame you in the slightest :) up to 3.8 is good, they jump the shark with 4.0 in reply to gregeden #
  • @mneylon Have a word with your hosting company, they’ve screwed something up. in reply to mneylon #
  • @shortword rofl @mneylon in reply to shortword #
  • That was a bit of a tangent… was looking for Win7 hibernate info, ended up installing self hosted OpenID server. http://tr.im/lut5 #
  • RT @WebsiteDoctor: Playing around with Wolfram Alpha, very cool!http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/ #
  • @nealwalsh Yeah, if it doesn’t work, wait a bit and give it another go in reply to nealwalsh #
  • I’m editing the most unacccessible, SEO unfriendly site evar. Dreamweaver template/JS menus/table layout/img buttons/more JS/duplicate code #
  • Even the guy “credited” with writing this mm_menu crap is disclaiming it, says it was Garry working on Netscape4. Hmmm http://is.gd/AnYm #
  • “The menus are huge, slow, inaccessible, un-crawlable…” His instructions to fix are good: Acquire one (1) shotgun, one (1) shovel… #
  • Hit mute, then watch this http://tr.im/lwgL then this http://tr.im/lwgM — cool camerawork! #
  • @Shiminay it’s Saturday now? in reply to Shiminay #
  • Heading into town to watch LI vs Leicester, probably Brogans or around there. #
  • @Kiowah more than welcome. It’s near the top of Dame St. You need GPS coordinates? #
  • C’mon Irish! #rugby #
  • Bad mistake by Irish not to kick last peno. I’d say 5-4 Tigers game, hopefully LI can do it. #rugby #
]]> http://amdsoft.com/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-05-17/feed/ 0 Cannot restore Tweetdeck on Windows 7 http://amdsoft.com/tweetdeck-on-win7/ http://amdsoft.com/tweetdeck-on-win7/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 09:43:39 +0000 amd http://amdsoft.com/?p=236

I’m seeing an issue where the Tweetdeck window stays minimised all the time under Windows 7 RC. Restarting Tweetdeck does not force it to appear, it seems to be permanently minimised. Right-click Pin to Taskbar has no effect.

Cannot restore Tweetdeck on Windows 7 - image 2
I can see the Tweetdeck application appear on Alt-Tab (and Win-Tab). When the Tweetdeck button is selected in the Task Bar the button appears to react normally – displaying selected colour, other application windows lose focus correctly etc.

Cannot restore Tweetdeck on Windows 7

To test Air I’ve installed Twhirl, which appears to be working normally. However, one difference between Twhirl and Tweetdeck is that Twhirl is minimising to the System Tray only. It does not show a Task Bar item, nor does it appear in the Alt-Tab list.

Other info: I’m running Windows 7 RC1 (build 7100) with a dual monitor configuration.

Anyone know of a fix for this? Please leave a comment below! Update: some helpful suggestions:

@martharotter: See a triangle image in the taskbar next to the time/date? Click to expand & click on TD icon from there. That worked for me

@EvertB: I have Tweetdeck running on Windows 7 without any problems. Maybe you should select “install as XP” option on the setup file?

@swhelband: Agree, Love win 7 but I’m finding the taskbar has real issues so far with dual monitor support

Update #1: Working – by complete fluke.

Missing my multi-column Twitter goodness, I installed Seesmic Desktop (it’s a more than capable replacement).

Then, after reading the suggestions above, I decided to give some of them a try. However, Tweetdeck was visible when I loaded it. So, did installing Seesmic Desktop force an update of Adobe Air?

Update #2: Hide and Seek

Ok, the above is not a permanent fix, it’s now failing randomly (playing hide and seek) for me. Here’s when it seems to happen and when it fails:

  1. First install of Tweetdeck (from memory): appears correctly
  2. Next run of Tweetdeck: minimised, does not unhide.
  3. Next run of Tweetdeck: minimised, does not unhide.
  4. [Install and Run of Seesmic Desktop (which is an Adobe AIR app)]
  5. Next run of Tweetdeck: appears correctly
  6. Next run of Tweetdeck: minimised, does not unhide.
  7. [Run then quit Seesmic Desktop (does it reset AIR?)]
  8. Next run of Tweetdeck: appears correctly
  9. Next run of Tweetdeck: minimised, does not unhide.
  10. Run then don’t quit Seesmic Desktop (does it reset AIR?)
  11. Next run of Tweetdeck: appears correctly

My conclusion is that Tweetdeck is messing up AIR status and Seesmic is resetting it to a good state.

Other info:

  • Dual monitors (2)
  • nVidea 8800GTX Windows 7 build 7100.
  • I’m not currently running Ultramon (it doesn’t properly support Win7 yet), wonder if that would improve the situation.

    • Please leave a comment with your thoughts or suggestions!

]]> http://amdsoft.com/tweetdeck-on-win7/feed/ 2 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-10 http://amdsoft.com/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-05-10/ http://amdsoft.com/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-05-10/#comments Sun, 10 May 2009 14:02:00 +0000 amd http://amdsoft.com/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-05-10/

  • In the roughhouse world of French rugby, gouging barely raises an eyebrow http://is.gd/wmDL #
  • Any news on Compteponi’s injury? #
  • Leicester deservedly get a breakaway score, 7-3 now after 24 mins. Cmon Cardiff! #
  • Good call from Roland not to yellow for high tackle, no intention there. #
  • Good defence from Cardiff there, cmon Blues #
  • @TheMenace I reckon we can beat either of these anyway in reply to TheMenace #
  • What a kick! 12-10 Blues. #
  • I don’t know wtf Stuart Barnes is giving out about, questioning the ref is always a stupid thing to do. #
  • 13-12 Leicester, this game is totally up in the air. Think both teams will be happy with halftime to look at tactics. #
  • Leicester in control here now. Still 20 mins to go though. Cmon Blues, I want to beat you in the final #
  • RT @anthonymcg: Great drive from Adam Carroll as Ireland take the A1 GP championship. #a1gp << congrats all involved #
  • Deserved yellow card, pen Cardiff, cmon Blues #
  • @patmoroney Just the rugby, and the snooker. Oh, and the A1 GP, and a little bit of wendyball earlier. :) in reply to patmoroney #
  • Great try from Blues but can’t believe Ben Blair – what a legend with 2 impossible kicks to equalise #
  • @patmoroney I’m a sports addict, love Sundays :) in reply to patmoroney #
  • Extra time! Well done Cardiff, what a great comeback to level it at 26 all. 10 mins each way of Extra time #
  • Sad for Cardiff, feel sorry for Williams. Bad way to go out. Leinster can win this HEC, that’s the conclusion from today’s #rugby #
  • @chrismehigan Very tense. I’d much rather have had Cardiff in the final, Leicester are old hats at playing finals in reply to chrismehigan #
  • @yenwodt Could be. From my own experience playing rugby in Switzerland a little, the continentals, esp the French, are very tough in reply to yenwodt #
  • Bottle of 1856 whisky likely to sell for £20K withdrawn from auction after discovery it had been made in 1950 http://is.gd/wzXY #
  • I’m looking for accommodation in Edinburgh 22nd/23rd May, B&B/hotel/anything. Anyone changed their mind about going? Let me know :) #
  • Munster folks, if you could RT that last one I’d be ever so greatful (i.e. I’ll buy you a pint) #
  • Leinster Rugby: Ticket distribution details for Heineken Cup final will be available online from Wed morning http://is.gd/wArz #
  • @BookingsHotels Thanks, but “178 Hotels found, 0 Available” isn’t very useful :) in reply to BookingsHotels #
  • @splendiacares Thanks! #Edinburgh @BookingsHotels It’s showing 0 available for 22nd & 23rd, going out to 30km radius #
  • @BookingsHotels No worries. btw it’s not a convention, it’s the Heineken Cup Final http://www.ercrugby.com/ in reply to BookingsHotels #
  • Anyone else find it amusing that Shaun Murphy is sponsored by “evolution”? :) #
  • Billy Keane’s wise foresight: “let’s go easy on Leinster just in case they flay us with our own words” http://is.gd/wBGd #
  • Shaun Murphy not having the best match, hope he can mount a good break here #snooker #
  • Leinster fans via @HammerHead4Him HEC final 1 adult +1 youth tickets available for USD$150+P&P #heinekencup #ERC #
  • @willcarling It’s got to be Leicester, Will, you have to pick Leicester! Experience and history and all that. in reply to willcarling #
  • @HammerHead4Him I have no doubts, but it would be nice to have the extra bonus of @willcarling writing us off to guarantee victory :) in reply to HammerHead4Him #
  • @yenwodt @willcarling @HammerHead4Him: Dear Mr. Carling, http://is.gd/wHzd #
  • Oops, I’ve lost my yacht http://is.gd/xdyS #
  • @technological_1 hey, I thought you were the technological 1? It’s GPS coordinates for your stalking pleasure. in reply to technological_1 #
  • @feylya I’ve no problem paying that, but it’d be the last time I’ll ever pay for a TV licence in reply to feylya #
  • Anyone know when the Quinlan citing commission make a decision? #lions #rugby #
  • Quinlan hearing unlikely to be convened until early next week http://is.gd/xfjH #erc #rugby #lions #
  • Really enjoyed the @Ruggamatrix podcast with Rocky while I was having my coffee. Well done guys, great #rugby podcast you got there #
  • Finally got all arrangements made for Edinburgh. 4 flights – check! 4 tickets – check! 4 beds – check! Relief – check! #
  • Bob Dylan is rocking the Point Depot here in Dublin, I’m lovin it ™ #
  • @longpour yes, sadly. we’ll know next wk. #
  • Bob Dylan playing a lot of new stuff here. Most of it fantastic, as expected. #
  • Irish #rugby folks, Clontarf (my club) play Shannon in AIL final @4pm, RTE2. #
  • Be interested to see how Leicester do today against Bath, they’ve started very strongly. Hope London Irish get past Quins later. #
  • Hmm, might be good for Leinster if Leicester win today – they’d be in the Premiership final 7 days before the big one. Tiring & injuries :) #
  • Leicester miss a penalty… didn’t they get enough practice last week? #
  • @TheMenace Kearney will have to play at least 60 mins, but after last night I’m confident that 15 (+Rocky) can win it. in reply to TheMenace #
  • @TheMenace Agreed, that was what most of the folks in the STH terrace thought last night. Switching to RTE2 now, c’mon Tarf! in reply to TheMenace #
  • @TheRealAmz Great game, hope we can do it! #rugby in reply to TheRealAmz #
  • @pauloflaherty I’m loving Win7rc, great to have a decent Windows again after Vista debacle in reply to pauloflaherty #
  • Aww, so close! C’mon Tarf! #
  • @sineadailill @TheRealAmz I’m very concerned, we could lose this on the technicality of who scored 1st #rugby in reply to sineadailill #
  • F*)&)!£$)(_(&_*)&!$&!@ #
  • That’s heart breaking #
  • @LTeeling That sucks. Clubhouse dead? Might head in later #
  • @therealamz @sineadailill Missed that, what was it? Turned off for a couple of mins, pissed off #rugby in reply to TheRealAmz #
  • Not sure if Irish or Quins would be a match for Leicester. Irish ahead 10-0 here, #
  • @nell_xo @TheMenace Fair play to Catt, he deserves that, deserves a title too I think #rugby in reply to nell_xo #
  • @TheMenace Love if Irish could bruise some Leicester egos and bodies next weekend for us #rugby in reply to TheMenace #
  • Heading to Harrys for a pint with @AlMcBride. Might pop into Tarf clubhouse after, probably like a morgue tonight. #
  • Kimi’s car dead? #f1 #
  • @teester1 Well, you might say he’s “lucky” to still have a drive with Ferrari according to Eddie Jordon :) #F1 in reply to teester1 #
  • Hamilton’s team reckon he can get a points finish #f1 #
  • Kimi interviewing with BBC again, better be careful what he says this time #f1 #
  • Brawn’s Button vs Barricello is the best part of this #f1 race now. Rubens needs to push big time to get #1 #
  • RT @F1grid Kimi also says he couldn’t see the start lights because of the higher rear wings. #F1 #Formula1 #
  • Agree that Ross Brawn probably prefers Jenson to take win, Rubens 2nd. Rubens ordered to push hard by his engineer #f1 #
  • RT@Jamesallenonf1 #f1 isnt over yet. Rubens will take advantage when Button, Massa & Vett put hard tyre on. Watch Vettel jump Massa at stop #
  • Fair play to Mark Webber, looks like he’s nabbed a podium barring no incidents in last 15 laps #f1 #
  • @TheLensman Good for him too, better driver than he’s given credit for. Massa’s in trouble here though #f1 #
  • Massa’s raging; he’s short fueled. He should give up 1 position or come in immediately #f1 #
  • Massa managed to crawl over the line in 6th. RT @adam_macdonald: #F1 BUT, BAR, WEB, VET, ALO, MAS, HEI, ROS. #
  • Well done Brawn again. Button embarrassed to steal it from Rubens? Lets see how they interact here… #f1 #
  • Of course, Rubens a gentleman as always. Must be desperately disappointed to lose that one #f1 #
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I was just complaining on Twitter that I’m all out of Charlie Stross and I need some new scifi to read. I am a pretty avid scifi reader (to say the least: it’s like crack cocaine to me).

Ross, Janet and Joanna had some great suggestions and we had a good chat about various options. This blog post is mainly a Note to Self for me on what they suggested so I can fill up my shopping cart next time I’m book shopping.

Here’s suggestions of stuff (that I haven’t read only) so far:

  • Cowl by Neal Asher
  • Grass by Sherri S Tepper
  • Simon R Green (both fantasy and scifi were good esp Deathstalker and Hawk & Fisher)
  • The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas (some comments on that: “most perplexing book I have read in a while” and “@JoannaSchaff oh dear Jo that’s just cruel, I know it’s Alister but still, actually given that it is him it’s worse” – hmmmmmm

Ok, give me more.

]]> http://amdsoft.com/new-reading-sff/feed/ 0 How To Stop Skype Changing Your Website Design http://amdsoft.com/stop-skype-changing-my-website-design/ http://amdsoft.com/stop-skype-changing-my-website-design/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 14:43:50 +0000 amd http://amdsoft.com/?p=217

If visitors to your website have Skype installed, it may reformat what it thinks are phone numbers on your website. This can be very annoying if you get a phone call from an angry client asking why the design is broken and you can’t see the problem.

The image here shows the contact page of my business site, WebsiteDoctor.com. Note the phone numbers at the top of the image, and the one in the middle of the text. Before I fixed this, Skype was reformatting all numbers, which severely affected the balance of the banner design (see the site to see why).

skype-reformat-number

I’ve included a Skype specific meta tag to tell it to reformat the 2nd instance of the number only.

Here’s the code to do that. First, add this META tag to the <head> section of your webpage or CMS:

<META NAME="SKYPE_TOOLBAR" CONTENT="SKYPE_TOOLBAR_PARSER_COMPATIBLE" />

At this stage, Skype will not reformat ANY numbers. If you just want to remove all Skype formatting, you’re finished now!

Ok, to tell Skype that you are allowing it to format a number you need to wrap the number with the following html comments. Note you can also specify “File As:” text for the Skype application:

<!-- sphoneid telnr="+35314404342" fileas="WebsiteDoctor Office (Dublin)" -->01 4404 342<!-- sphoneid -->

I hope this helps you out. If it does, or if you need any further help, please leave a comment below.

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]]> http://amdsoft.com/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-04-19/feed/ 0 Fixing Mikeyy and Other Twitter Security Holes http://amdsoft.com/fixing-twitter-security-issues/ http://amdsoft.com/fixing-twitter-security-issues/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:18:43 +0000 amd http://amdsoft.com/?p=202

Twitter profile infected with MikeyyIf your twitter account starts sending messages by itself, or has weird stuff that you didn’t enter in your profile like text that reads “Mikeyy” or other names, then it’s highly likely that your account has been taken over via security hole (specifically a “cross-scripting bug”).

How It Happened

Your account was probably infected when you viewed the profile of somebody else infected in your web browser. Often these are hidden behind tinyurl and other URL shorteners – bear that in mind.

Fixing The Problem

  1. To fix it, the first thing you should do is turn off JavaScript.
  2. Go to your Twitter Account Settings (You may need to get your password reset via email before you can log in.)
  3. Update your Name, Username, More info URL, One Line Bio. Press ‘Save‘!
  4. Click the Password tab and change your password. Click ‘Change‘.
  5. You should now be able to turn back on JavaScript.

Update: One other place I’ve heard there might be security issues is the background colours page of your profile design, so go and reset the colours in the design section. You need to have JavaScript on to do this – avoid visiting any other twitter profiles while fixing your design settings.

Preventing it Happening Again

To avoid problems with this in future, I recommend you use a secure browser (I recommend Firefox instead of Internet Explorer). You should either browse with Javascript turned off (which kinda sucks) or use a plugin like NoScript for Firefox which allows you pick and choose what you allow to run.

Did this help?

If this helped you out, follow me on twitter and send me a message. I get the warm fuzzies when I find out that these posts helped someone, somewhere.

If it didn’t help, then send me a message on Twitter or leave a comment below with your question – I might be able to help out with the issue!

Regards, Alastair.

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]]> http://amdsoft.com/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-04-05/feed/ 0 Dear Google, Please Index… http://amdsoft.com/dear-google-please-index/ http://amdsoft.com/dear-google-please-index/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:01:43 +0000 amd http://amdsoft.com/dear-google-please-index/

Dear Google,

Please add the following sites to your almighty index:

Thank you!

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  • RT @willcarling: you should follow @MikeHarperPiper, @AMcDermott, and @thedailymash. 7 more picks at http://twibes.com/?r=T1 — cheers Will #
  • We’re 4th in the IRB rankings behind the SH 3. Pity not enough to bump the Aussies off, but I reckon the table is fair http://bit.ly/l9Qt #
  • @patrickaltoft Twitter search up and down today. Working -kinda- now. Very slow. in reply to patrickaltoft #
  • Six Nations 2009 – Top 10 tries http://bit.ly/qFnF6 #
  • Tom Humphries “Irish rugby remains a sport from which generations of us have felt excluded and disenfranchised” http://bit.ly/tRKQ4 Muppet. #
  • @ubfid I don’t know if it’s controversial, but I’m sick of Humphries with his constant negative attitude about rugby in Ireland. in reply to ubfid #
  • @TheMenace well, I just went with “muppet” but I don’t disagree with you :) in reply to TheMenace #
  • RT @WebsiteDoctor: Whitepaper on Social Media – “the who, what, where, when and why” of social media: http://bit.ly/dl9Fo #
  • Someone (can’t remember who) asked me recently about a free Geo-location IP database – here you go: http://bit.ly/XqfX #
  • @cksolutions You could create your own local version & sell here :) in reply to cksolutions #
  • @cksolutions There’s no place like home ;) in reply to cksolutions #
  • RT @twentymajor: Come on Blogopolis – get your Photoshop fingers working – http://tinyurl.com/chmvpb #
  • RT @gavinsblog: Irish radio station visited by police http://bit.ly/VB4Td #picturegate — disgraceful from Irish gov #
  • RT @damienmulley: To my non-Irish Twitter followers. The Irish Govt just censored our news. Please RT. http://url.ie/1d27 #picturegate #
  • IIA.ie down :( #
  • Jehovas Witness at the door. Beginning to regret having been so polite to them the first time they came #
  • Heading to Stillorgan to give a talk for @IIA for the DLR Enterprise Week http://bit.ly/LSjX #
  • I’ll mention Picturegate at my IIA talk if anyone asks about Twitter :) #
  • Back home from fantastic afternoon/evening down at DLREB Enterprise Week. Well done to DLREB, @iia and all involved in today’s events. #
  • I was online at 13:30 this aft. Since then: “Realtime results for #picturegate – More than 705 more results since you started searching. ” #
  • Photoshop Cowen extravaganza http://bit.ly/23Kp0j (warning: if you’re a fascist, inept head of state, you may be offended) #
  • @davidmcdonagh how’s the twitter app & how’d the London meetup go? #
  • Photoshop Cowen Extravaganza http://bit.ly/23Kp0j (warning: if you’re a fascist, inept head of state, you may be offended) #picturegate #
  • RT @adamkaveney: #apprentice Wow. £300 for 3 cars. And such a lovely sales technique. “I think you’ve got it all wrong”. Lovely. — Agreed #
  • Those are the cars the lads have finished washing? wtf. Looks like the girls did a good job, higher standards. Nice carjack too. #apprentice #
  • Cocktail makers best thing on this #apprentice #
  • Reckon this one Mona should go. Way too annoying and ready to blame elsewhere. #apprentice #
  • RT:@mikebutcher Reminding myself that #Apprentice contestants are selected for TV cringe value, not real business — Agreed. Bloody useless. #
  • More “at the end of the day”s than a footballer #
  • More “at the end of the day”s than a footballer #apprentice All 3 should be fired here. #
  • RT @lexia: #picturegate in the Times http://tinyurl.com/casfwl — lol at them explaining what “Biffo” stands for – nice #
  • @andyaz I agree w/ @RogerGalligan that showing on news is questionable. However, fascist response + Garda is far worse offense #picturegate in reply to andyaz #
  • @andyaz not to mention crooked feckin politicians getting away with it left right and centre in reply to andyaz #
  • Ok, enough nude politicians for one evening. Here’s a great clip – POC in post GS interview, wonderful stuff! http://bit.ly/3wi7yY #
  • @enormous Great to meet you today, hope you guys had a good day in reply to enormous #
  • BBC2 NI Grand Slam special on now – they have EOS in studio!! Looking forward to this! #
  • @TheMenace Agreed. Top marks to Ryan Jones and, surprisingly from my POV, EOS too! in reply to TheMenace #
  • @TheMenace I got very bitter when his stubbornness started hurting our results, 6N 2007 then RWC was last straw for me http://bit.ly/wp1KF in reply to TheMenace #
  • @TheMenace Today is the start of the healing for Eddie and me ;) Now that his hands are firmly off the reins mind you! in reply to TheMenace #
  • RT @fantomaster: Stallman aims to free cloud-based apps http://kl.am/pO -”free software or as a breakaway faction calls it open source” wtf? #
  • RT @fintanr: RT: @amandapalmer : http://twitpic.com/2g2rw – I officially love this venue — lol #
  • Notes from my @iia talk today now online at http://bit.ly/16g8tg #
  • Formatting poor, CSS driving me nuts – ul’s are fine, ol’s fine, ul’s in ol’s appearing with decimal styling, grrrr. Stuff for the morning. #
  • RT @holyschmoke: Reading: All hands on deck for RFU to negotiate law variations http://ow.ly/1v0H (@TimesRugby) #
  • @suzybie RTE shouldn’t bring the Taoiseach’s office “into public contempt”, that’s Cowen’s job. http://bit.ly/111W8 #picturegate in reply to suzybie #
  • More airport security being idiots http://bit.ly/UvQWy #
  • This is pretty embarrassing for the German police: http://bit.ly/zg6jT #
  • Some interesting folks to follow, pretty random list @HolyGod @MiriamAhern @davidmcdonagh @chrisclarkson @kylieshort #followfriday #
  • I don’t like #followfriday because there’s lots of people I should list. Check out who I follow here http://bit.ly/xVwza – lots of good ppl. #
  • Wondering whether to upgrade my Vista machine to XP or Windows 7… #
  • @RedDave14 I have a Macbook Air http://bit.ly/tIwnc in reply to RedDave14 #
  • @RedDave14 Partly to test it out, but mainly because it irritates Apple fanboys ;) in reply to RedDave14 #
  • Star Trek TNG crew on Family Guy http://bit.ly/vesY4 (OT: Nice recursive accusation of “blogger-bait” from the author there too :) ) #
  • Damn you Twitter for being so distracting *goes back to work* #
  • RT @sineadailill: dad on the seoige show today @ 16.25, they had prob with wind on the clip so only short clip #
  • @patphelan Definition of optimising: expecting me to iron 1 shirt anyday (I’m good though – I buy non-iron shirts now) in reply to patphelan #
  • AMcDermott@patphelan Definition of optimism: expecting me to iron 1 shirt anyday (I’m good though – I buy non-iron shirts now) #
  • RT @TheRealAmz: Any ladies want to play rugby this Sunday? One of my teams is short a player. #
  • @iia @TheRealAmz hope it helps #
  • Ever found yourself looking at a tab in your browser & wonder where linked you to it? #
  • Dad on RTE now #
  • @sineadailill yeah that was bad, he gave them a full day of his time for that, jeez. in reply to sineadailill #
  • @patphelan Seriously, Thank @HolyGod its Friday << Fixed that for you ;) in reply to patphelan #
  • @enormous My company are cutting back on working hours – I’m only doing 6 days a week now. Trying to get a night shift. in reply to enormous #
  • Ok, time to down SEO tools and to the Batcave. In to PTH dinner this evening! #
  • Note to self: write #followfriday blog post & list folks there instead #
  • Score update on the Turnip match? #
  • @ruggerbits Cheers! #
  • What time is the wendyball today (Ireland v Bulgaria)? #
  • @bengoldacre Get yourself a decent Brooks saddle and you’ll have no more probs with that. Super saddles, worth the investment in reply to bengoldacre #
  • Hmm, I’m suffering withdrawal symptoms with the 6 Nations being over. Looking for decent rugby on tv. #
  • @KevinC_ @gregeden thanks guys #
  • Good game of rugby league on setanta sports 1, tight game, 10 mins left #
  • @TheChrisD I wonder how this season is going to go. I used to love F1 but got really boring the last 10 years. And no Jordan to support :( in reply to TheChrisD #
  • @sineadailill Yeah will be heading. Love to go to Dublin – Kerry in Parnell Park, but timing is wrong to get over to the RDS after. in reply to sineadailill #
  • @Thaedydal yep, wendy-ouch I’ve bruised my hair-ball in reply to Thaedydal #
  • Gloucester lost to Worcester last week, didn’t they? This could be a good game. #
  • @smallbiztrends Agree with you there – I’m watching a rugby match and installing a WordPress site, and reading email (kinda). in reply to smallbiztrends #
  • Straw poll – how many of you folks clear your browsers cookies on a regular basis? How often? #
  • @eyetracking Don’t like to store passwords in browser? I found this useful if you do: http://bit.ly/Pl0HL Export to CSV, print & put in safe in reply to eyetracking #
  • @DIYMarketers lol, thanks, and thanks Anita @smallbiztrends in reply to DIYMarketers #
  • @eyetracking you can store your passwords in the browser, but clear your cookies (in Firefox anyway) in reply to eyetracking #
  • @smallbiztrends I love lazy Saturdays – I’m getting so much done here today! All the little things that aren’t urgent during the week. in reply to smallbiztrends #
  • @willcarling lol, more scarves. Good point on Tommy Bowe there from Andy #EDFrugby #rugby in reply to willcarling #
  • Thanks to @Viriconia @nealwalsh @eyetracking @sineadailill @mneylon @alanorourke @thomasbrunkard @KevinC_ @_elj @gregeden for straw poll ans #
  • @ruggerbits I actually like Nigel as a ref now. He has had some howlers in Dublin in the past though. #EDFRugby in reply to ruggerbits #
  • I love Brian Moore’s commentary on the cheating in this game #EDFrugby @rugby nick lol,you’re right there. #
  • @smallbiztrends Tweetdeck underlines typos and has user dictionary so you can add your own terms #
  • Worst. Cross-field. Kick. Evar. #EDFrugby #rugby #
  • @TheMenace hadn’t seen it before, looks interesting. You involved or just a fan? in reply to TheMenace #
  • Osp have literally thrown this away. Poor game. @rugbynick You’ve never seen Moore before so, he’s always at it! #EDFrugby #
  • How do you feel about using partial RSS feeds these days? Wondering if people are using RSS readers less now #
  • I have a spare ticket for Leinster-Munster tomorrow, who wants? #
  • @TheMenace lol, feck it yep in reply to TheMenace #
  • @mneylon I got the game wrong, its the Leinster Ulster game I meant :) in reply to mneylon #
  • Gone! #
  • I’m quite uninspired by the #EDFrugby quality, hope our ML is better tomorrow. #
  • Can I do Earth Hour early? Been working all day (ok: semi-working). Feel like going to bed now! #
  • I think this Cardiff-Saints game is sending me to sleep. I think ML, esp Irish sides, far superior #EDFrugby #rugby #
  • @WillCarling do you watch much Magners League Will? #
  • This game has drastically improved in the first 5 mins of the 2nd half #EDFrugby #rugby #
  • How big is the attendance at #irebul tonight? #
  • @speedyian think you’re right there, I reckon 2-0 Ireland too #irebul #
  • Holy f… 1-0 Ireland after 60 seconds #irebul #
  • Ireland to defend for 89 minuts now? #irebul #
  • RT @spiller2: Why can’t we have mayors like Hazel McAllion?? http://is.gd/pr4N — what a woman! #
  • @sportspeak is tweeting a commentary of #irebul – welcome to Twitter @sportspeak in reply to sportspeak #
  • @jamesgallagher welcome. Hey, @sportspeak, who are you? Put a link & name in your profile at half-time, will ya? #
  • This cloud computing fad is all pie in the sky #
  • @mneylon The most ridiculous thing I’ve seen recently is that IBM should spend $6.5B buying Sun to get their cloud tech http://bit.ly/XAKJ in reply to mneylon #
  • @GeorgeReese @mneylon True. I wrked in Sun for ~7 yrs. I think the real gold there is R&D and their technologists. The $2B dripping away tho #
  • RT @sineadailill: feck this ye have yer wendyball so i’m straightening my hair! — lol #
  • Result: Ireland 1-1 Bulgaria. Boring. Inept. Own goal. Tactical subs in 90th min. Snores. Boos. Feckin wendyball. #irebul #
  • “Are our players good enough?” Yes, but they didn’t feckin try to win it after they were 1-0 up. Tried to defend 1-0 for 89 minutes = stupid #
  • @gerandclaire Agreed, S. Ireland discussion is a sideshow. Dunphy has a point, tthis team does look like rugby team under EOS #irebul in reply to gerandclaire #
  • The RTE montage at the end of #irebul makes the game look interesting. Might just watch that bit for #ireita next week #
  • What time is the F1 race starting (actually start time, not TV coverage) tomorrow morning? #
  • @NiallHarbison I think it’s 07.00 see here: http://bit.ly/zbmir Race: 1700 ( 0700 BST) in reply to NiallHarbison #
  • @eolai Yep, cheers for confirmation. I’ll be getting up at 6.45 for that in reply to eolai #
  • @NiallHarbison I don’t believe it. Coverage wouldn’t start at race start. in reply to NiallHarbison #
  • Got another ticket available for Leinster Ulster tomorrow evening, @reply if you want it #
  • @NiallHarbison the feckin clocks change tonight?!that’s why the time is that many hours from now. Ok, so it’s 6.45 BST tomorrow time in reply to NiallHarbison #
  • @PierreMcDermott You’re welcome, glad to help out. Let me know when you’re in Dublin for a pint in reply to PierreMcDermott #
  • RT @fantomaster: RT @slominski: Google’s Book Settlement Is a Ripoff for Authors http://tinyurl.com/cp6scr #
  • Still up because I’ve been trying to get some RSS goodness working. FeedWordPress+Feedburner+FeedburnerPlugin+exerpts+fullfeed==nightmare. #
  • But I got it working finally. Using Feedburner to create 2 feeds per blog, 1 partial, 1 full. Full is for subscribers. Partial is syndicated #
  • I’m using FeedWordPress to pull partials onto syndication blog. Messy bit was RSS.92 not having pub date & synd posts all same date. #
  • @NiallHarbison lol, I’m doing the same. It’s about 2.5 hours to kick off by my reckoning in reply to NiallHarbison #
  • Got 1 spare ticket for Leinster-Ulster, @reply me if you want to head #
  • @willcarling Pretty much all of the Irish players got through the 6N with no knocks – very happy with that! #rugby #
  • @suzybie how do you have the patience to watch and listen to so many Irish politicians? You deserve a medal for tolerance. in reply to suzybie #
  • “Rugby is meant to be a game of chess, and we are in danger of turning it into draughts.” RFU’s Cuthbertson. Great line. http://bit.ly/5T9ur #
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  • Beautiful stuff England, keep it up! #6nations #
  • @TheMenace this is great for us, eh? England taking the French out of the equation :) #6nations in reply to TheMenace #
  • All refs, coaches, pundits, commentators should be made watch the momentum rule video over and over #6nations #

  • On 1 hand, 17-0 is a big score line, esp with France being so static at the moment. On the other, France are so unpredictable . #6nations #
  • Chabal is totally over-rated #
  • Game over, and that’s the Championship for us I think. Up to us to decide if we can get the Slam. #6nations #
  • Total and utter destruction here, ANOTHER England try 29-0, only 39 mins gone #6nations #
  • Livremon hits the PANIC button #6nations #
  • Looks like France will be lucky to get 1 score here, nevermind get back into it. Clean sheet from England possible. #6nations #
  • England lucky not to get their 8,742nd yellow card of this #6nations #
  • A Goode kick from France to miss the conversion #6nations #
  • Some funny French comments on the #6nations tag http://bit.ly/PeWk #
  • England can keep giving away pens all day here. Has to go to the pocket. #6nations #
  • Armitage impressive again today – I think himself and Kearney will be fighting out the Lions #15 jersey #6nations #
  • Congratulations England, you’ve managed to get through a game with no yellow cards, shocking! #6nations #
  • Thanks England, that makes our job next week nice and clear! #6nations #
  • @AlCarlton So @befuddle is at a strip club and @Thehodge is one of the dancers? #
  • @AlCarlton @_elj lol, glad to be of help guys :) #
  • @AlCarlton Watch that @damienmulley fella, he can be Trouble (as someone I know once warned me) in reply to AlCarlton #
  • Ok #Lost fans, don’t all start tweeting #lost plotlines again #
  • @LloydDavis #kebab now trending on Twitter search, nicely done in reply to LloydDavis #
  • Delighted the Aran Island lads won. If the 6 year old won it would have been yet another step towards the Munsterisation of Irish TV #
  • @helentreacy Not at all, I love it – just not up to date & hate to get spoilers! in reply to helentreacy #
  • @kierondonoghue I dont watch it week to week: I save up episodes & watch them together. Some folks I’m following tweet spoilers though! in reply to kierondonoghue #
  • RT @Thehodge: Want to punish @tnash (the man in the white coat)? Do it & help charity: http://bit.ly/MMt6J #
  • Still in @davidmcdonagh’s house – having a beer to help recover from the wine last night. Dinner party, awesome food as expected #
  • @davidmcdonagh showed me his Twitter app, looking good, will unveil it soon enough I think #
  • @eyetracking very cool – love to hear your thoughts on that when you’re done – write up a blog post for us in reply to eyetracking #
  • RT @robgrant9: Hmm… O’Leary replaces MOM Stringer for #6nations finale http://tinyurl.com/9p2xzk — surprised at that too #
  • @TheMenace Stringer “high risk”? Hmmmm in reply to TheMenace #
  • @TheMenace Fair enough: not sure I agree w/ you about that risk compared to risk of playing TOL. Love to keep it to tight game & win by 1 pt in reply to TheMenace #
  • Can anyone recommend @davidmcdonagh a decent, inexpensive wifi-radio? #
  • Fantastic day here in Dublin, just gorgeous out. Hopefully the preamble to a great summer :) #
  • RT @daiixi: @regi If the weather gods have been listening to you and @Shiminay and summer is crap I’m going to be upset! — ditto #
  • I have a tonne of blog posts in draft, I must polish some of them up and post over the next week or two. Time. Where can I buy more? #
  • @TheMenace I get your point about TOL being less risk in that sense, good point. I’d prefer to see us beat them wide but any win will do. in reply to TheMenace #
  • If anyone needs to remove dates from WordPress URLs, here’s nice .htaccess redirect http://tinyurl.com/czsj2b #
  • Bunch of Welsh fellas abusing sheep http://bit.ly/13tBGZ #
  • Why does Facebook want me to allow an App to access my info when I click “Ignore all requests from $App”? That sucks. #
  • Strange that “Irish” is trending today http://tweetstats.com/trends #
  • Sun, my former employer, might be bought out by IBM. I must dust off my old shares & see if they’re worth more than the pennies they used to #
  • @eolai @duggan No complaints – I’m happy that our country brand gets a couple of days in the spotlight – we particularly need it this year! #
  • @GabeStrom St PaDDys Day! Paddys! in reply to GabeStrom #
  • Hanging up the keyboard for the evening, got tonnes done today despite being “tired” after Paddy’s Day excitement #
  • @johnbreslin with how far they’ve dropped in the last few years, 79% up is nothing :) in reply to johnbreslin #
  • @patphelan “secret “Black” account, which has J. K. Rowling, Stephen King and other famous authors write your tweets” — lol in reply to patphelan #
  • Scenes from the recession – photos from the Boston Globe http://bit.ly/uqY24 #
  • @johnbreslin They did a 4-way reverse split at around $5 about 18 months ago, so new price of $20. Which promptly dropped to $8! in reply to johnbreslin #
  • RT @sineadailill: student just called me ‘miss’ aaaaaaaaaaaaaah no me no likey — lol, it’s tough being grown-up, eh? :) #
  • RT @Hobo_Web: http://tinyurl.com/c58ur8 Some Stats — Shaun does some interesting SEO experimentation #
  • RT @fantomaster: Some schools may be breeding grounds for killers http://kl.am/8m – interesting til mentions games: what kid doesnt play em? #
  • Feck it, forgot lunch again. To the shops. #
  • @Iarfhlaith hey there in reply to Iarfhlaith #
  • @GlobalFusion Thank you Augusto, that was a good bit of work you put into that. I figured you’d spot the referrer or trackback quick ;) in reply to GlobalFusion #
  • @sineadailill @TheRealAmz you guys are like the photo in Back to the Future ;) in reply to sineadailill #
  • Just switched over one of my domains to Google Apps email. Still wary about putting my data in the cloud #
  • @appirio_nara hope you’re right. Moving a 2nd domain over now, first seems to have worked out just fine #
  • @sineadailill @TheRealAmz Yep – “Tweets getting deleted in error” http://bit.ly/ZcHe #
  • Oh dear, who’s hosting greenme.ie? Should have known about the #ddire effect #
  • @davidmcdonagh If the site managed to stay up under the Den effect. Not sure I agree with their all publicity is good publicity approach tho in reply to davidmcdonagh #
  • ok, back to trying to amalgamate 14 Google accounts and 3 google apps accounts – what fun! #
  • All my base are belong to Google. #
  • Fun! http://balldroppings.com/js/ #
  • “There’s controversy over the bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows” Am I trapped in a time warp? Is it 1999 again? http://bit.ly/LXWI #
  • I may have accidentally my logon.ie email for a while there today during the move over – if you emailed me at my logon address today, resend #
  • RT @irishblogs: RT @cheesemonger Carrying out survey of Twitter usage for PhD thesis: http://tinyurl.com/cpp4k4 #
  • I love this pretentious chef on Late Late giving out about restaurants being too prententious. Git #
  • West Indies: what a mistake! Deserved to lose it going for DL win instead of playing on. Well done England, about time. http://bit.ly/3MakfC #
  • @johnpeavoy @antonmannering he’s letting his argument down by speaking very poorly #
  • @johnpeavoy @antonmannering I think the senators with cop on agree that some reform is needed. I dont doubt some work hard #
  • @Iarfhlaith biased question. Var mean one thing (variables) to me, VAR another in reply to Iarfhlaith #
  • @Iarfhlaith hence you need to spell it either VARs or Vars in reply to Iarfhlaith #
  • @ghook Tis a beautiful tie George, you’re blatently attention seeking again :) Poor game here so far, not impressed. in reply to ghook #
  • What’s the hashtag for today – #irewal? #
  • Fair play to Chabal. Really unimpressed with him last week. Superb kicking there to convert that #
  • France opening up now. Really glad England did us a big favour last week by taking them out of the competition #6n #
  • Wow, floodgates are open doesn’t even do it justice. France 17 pts in 5 mins #6n Lovely chip kick up there, & good pass from Duchetwhatever #
  • @chrisclarkson There’s a few different ones. Eisenhower: “Accomplishments will prove to be a journey, not a destination.” in reply to chrisclarkson #
  • @KevinC_ lol nice one. Good dog! #irewal in reply to KevinC_ #
  • Great hit from Parisse. Pity he’s not available for Lions tour :) #6n #
  • Things that Windows do to make it harder (for an exploit to work), Macs don’t do. Hacking into Macs is so much easier http://bit.ly/2IPhta #
  • Good luck to the Scots today – reckon its a tough ask at Twickenham though. Wrote up thoughts on todays games here http://bit.ly/4nEBp #
  • Wow, what a sprint from Evans, what a super tackle from England #6n #
  • RT @sarahphelan: RT @patrickphelan: Hashtag for the Irish perspective on the Ireland v Wales game is #irewal. (Please retweet) #
  • @joescanlon That sums up my feeling on soccer too. Interesting today for once. Cmon RTE, turn this off, Eng have one. Back to studio in reply to joescanlon #
  • Time off AGAIN. @ghook tell them to cut back to you guys during #
  • @TheMenace this is bloody frustrating. Cut to study. CMON IRELAND #irewals in reply to TheMenace #
  • Ireland to win today due to same skills as past years but completely different mental strength brought in by Kidney. CMON IRELAND #irewal #
  • @patrickphelan I’m gonna be quiet during this too, too busy shouting at the TV to tweet #irewal in reply to patrickphelan #
  • Nice kick from ROG there, happy enough with first half, the longer it goes on the better for us. Allez les verts! #irewal #
  • That’s it Heaslip. Bad call by ref, thought that should have been scrum for accidental offside, not deliberate crossing. #irewal #
  • @TheRealAmz I certainly feel like it – can’t stand Davies. Agreed on RTE ad breaks – @ghook take note! in reply to TheRealAmz #
  • @TheMenace think it’s time for Stringer alright in reply to TheMenace #
  • BOD fucking YES #irewal #
  • relief across all of Ireland. CMON LADS #irewal #
  • @willcarling so do you still reckon BOD isn’t on form this season? #
  • NOW WALES TAKE IT #
  • Stupid by DOC to give away peno. We have to slow it down and calm it. CMON IRELAND #irewal #
  • Am I watching Ireland or England? How many penalties have we given away now? #irewal #
  • Loosing followers left right and centre as I rant about the rugby. Obviously not true fans ;) CMON IRELAND #irewal #
  • Ireland Grand Slam Champions – Team Ireland – Fuck Yea! #
  • Ireland to win the game by 2 points to win the Grand Slam. http://bit.ly/zpKOe ;) #irewal #
  • RT @spiller2: RT @CiaranR: It’s all over Wales 15 – Ireland 17 – Ireland Win the Grand Slam, 6 Nations and Triple Crown! #irewal – Wahey! #
  • RT @sineadailill “I want to be President, because you get a ticket to all the matches” #
  • @CormacMoylan screw the music, who cares #irewal in reply to CormacMoylan #
  • @JoannaSchaff unfortunately I didn’t – not really into losing err I mean betting my money ;) #irewal in reply to JoannaSchaff #
  • RT @robinb: “The recession is over” #irishrugby #irewal #6nations — lol #
  • @ghook What a win – all down to the Leinsterisation of Irish rugby, eh?! #
  • @KevinC_ of course you’d say that, you’re from Munster! in reply to KevinC_ #
  • RT @patrickphelan: RT @gavreilly: Making sure that #grandslam trends #grandslam #grandslam #grandslam #grandslam #grandslam #irewal :-) #
  • Excuse me Wales, did our #grandslam #grandslam your #grandslam? Very #grandslam for #grandslamming the #grandslam. #grandslam? #
  • Ireland’s Grand Slam takes 5 of top 10 trending topics on twitter #irewal #grandslam http://bit.ly/IhlSs #
  • RT alairelibre: Irlanda alzó la corona del Seis Naciones con un Grand Slam tras batir a Gales http://tinyurl.com/cyapg6 #
  • @nickwardwales Fair play. You’ll be back, but it’s nice for us to celebrate for the first time in more than a half century :) in reply to nickwardwales #
  • @AlCarlton I hope that’s Irish single malt whiskey you’re drinking tonight in respect in reply to AlCarlton #
  • @AlCarlton now that’s damn good stuff, one of my favourites is a good. All of the 10/12/16/21 year old Bushmills are superb. in reply to AlCarlton #
  • What time is Bernard Dunnes fight starting at? #
  • @chrisclarkson coming down off an incredible high, plenty of beers and very happy :) in reply to chrisclarkson #
  • C’mon Bernard, how about finishing off a wonderful day for Irish sport?! Cmon you boy(s) in blue! #
  • So can someone who knows something about boxing tell me – I’m guessing Dunne is losing on points now, that right? #
  • Figured he’ d needs something like that #
  • Reckon Dunnes gone #
  • Cordoba won that one. Very tight, both out on their feet, could go either way if doesn’t KO. #
  • G’man Bernard! #
  • OVER! GMAN DUNNE!!! #
  • @NiallHarbison agreed, he should have stopped it on the 2nd knock down. @jonathangrimes definitely, brutal. #
  • @NiallHarbison think he’s “ok” whatever that means after getting knocked out by a pro boxer in reply to NiallHarbison #
  • @jonathangrimes I’m glad to see that he’s worried about Cordoba, shows real concern. What an incredibly tough sport. I’ll stick to rugby. in reply to jonathangrimes #
  • For any insomniac sports addicts still up – some lovely ladies from England & New Zealand playing in Cricket World Cup Final now (SkySp 2) #
  • @eolai Real life is fantastic, it has really great graphics. in reply to eolai #
  • @Thaedydal lol yep! England doing well here, should have NZ all out before the 50. Reckon they’ll win this handy. in reply to Thaedydal #
]]> http://amdsoft.com/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-03-22/feed/ 0 Testing a Spambot Blocker http://amdsoft.com/testing-a-spambot-blocker/ http://amdsoft.com/testing-a-spambot-blocker/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:40:43 +0000 amd http://amdsoft.com/?p=181

bot-responseI’m testing a spambot blocker courtesy of Augusto over at Spanish SEO. So if you can’t read this blog post, please let me know asap :)

It displays a nice big STOLEN sign, as seen on the right here, to mess with their splog display.

You should be able to block bots via robot.txt instructions, but spammers aren’t known for following rules. This solution blocks the bold bots at the Apache httpd level using .htaccess instructions. See Augusto’s spambot blocker article for more information.

]]> http://amdsoft.com/testing-a-spambot-blocker/feed/ 0 Removing date from WordPress permalink: .htaccess 301 http://amdsoft.com/remove-date-from-wp-301/ http://amdsoft.com/remove-date-from-wp-301/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:54:51 +0000 amd http://amdsoft.com/?p=172

I just updated my permalinks structure on amdsoft.com to remove the dates from the URL. This is slightly better for SEO, and is nicer looking also.

So now we get URLs like

http://amdsoft.com/essential-software-for-new-macos-box/

instead of

http://amdsoft.com/2009/03/12/essential-software-for-new-macos-box/

In WordPress, this is changed at www.yourdomain.com/wordpress/wp-admin/options-permalink.php, select Custom Structure and just use

/%postname%/

Here’s the 301 redirect (replace amdsoft with your domain):

RedirectMatch 301 /([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/(.*)$ http://amdsoft.com/$4

Make sure it appears all on one line in your .htaccess file, and that it’s above the WP code in there.

Thanks to Aaron over at SEO book for this htaccess code. Edit: someone just pointed out to me that this is originally from Yoast tweaking websites blog- so thanks Joost (and also to Aaron for bringing it to my attention)! I highly recommend reading both of these guys, they’re both awesome.

]]> http://amdsoft.com/remove-date-from-wp-301/feed/ 0 100 Classic Books Meme http://amdsoft.com/100-classic-books-meme/ http://amdsoft.com/100-classic-books-meme/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:33:11 +0000 amd http://amdsoft.com/?p=166

Which of the BBC 100 ‘classic’ books have I read? As blogged by Thaeydiddlediddle. If you want the book list and instructions in clean html format, grab it here.

Instructions:

  1. Look at the list and put an ‘x’ after those you have read.
  2. Add a ‘+’ to the ones you LOVE.
  3. Star ‘*’ those you plan on reading.
  4. Tally your total at the bottom.
  5. Tag your bookish friends including the person whose list you saw!

The List:

  1. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen x
  2. The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien x+
  3. Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte x
  4. Harry Potter series – JK Rowling x+
  5. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee x
  6. The Bible – Various Artists x (some)
  7. Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte
  8. Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell x+
  9. His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman x+
  10. Great Expectations – Charles Dickens x
  11. Little Women – Louisa M Alcott x
  12. Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy
  13. Catch 22 – Joseph Heller x
  14. Complete Works of Shakespeare x (some)
  15. Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier
  16. The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien x+
  17. Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks
  18. Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger x+
  19. The Time Traveller’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
  20. Middlemarch – George Eliot
  21. Gone With The Wind – Margaret Mitchell x+
  22. The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald x
  23. Bleak House – Charles Dickens
  24. War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy x (some)
  25. The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams x+ (should refer to entire series)
  26. Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh
  27. Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  28. Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck x
  29. Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll x
  30. The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame x+
  31. Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy
  32. David Copperfield – Charles Dickens x
  33. Chronicles of Narnia – CS Lewis x+
  34. Emma – Jane Austen x
  35. Persuasion – Jane Austen
  36. The LionThe Witch and The Wardrobe – CS Lewis ? Referred to above, no?  Anyway x+
  37. The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
  38. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – Louis De Bernieres
  39. Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden
  40. Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne x
  41. Animal Farm – George Orwell x+
  42. The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown x
  43. One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  44. A Prayer for Owen Meaney – John Irving
  45. The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins
  46. Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery x
  47. Far From The Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy
  48. The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood x+
  49. Lord of the Flies – William Golding x+
  50. Atonement – Ian McEwan
  51. Life of Pi – Yann Martel
  52. Dune – Frank Herbert x+
  53. Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons
  54. Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen
  55. A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth
  56. The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon x+
  57. A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens x+
  58. Brave New World – Aldous Huxley x+
  59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon x+
  60. Love In The Time Of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  61. Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
  62. Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
  63. The Secret History – Donna Tartt
  64. The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold
  65. Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas x
  66. On The Road – Jack Kerouac
  67. Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy
  68. Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding x (should I admit to this?!)
  69. Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie
  70. Moby Dick – Herman Melville x
  71. Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens  x
  72. Dracula – Bram Stoker x+
  73. The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett x
  74. Notes From A Small Island – Bill Bryson x
  75. Ulysses – James Joyce
  76. The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
  77. Swallows and Amazons – Arthur Ransome
  78. Germinal – Emile Zola
  79. Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray
  80. Possession – AS Byatt
  81. A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens x
  82. Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell x
  83. The Color Purple – Alice Walker
  84. The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro
  85. Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert
  86. A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry
  87. Charlotte’s Web – EB White x
  88. The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Alborn x
  89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle x
  90. The Faraway Tree Collection – Enid Blyton x (don’t remember but probably, read tonnes of hers when I was a kid)
  91. Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad
  92. The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery
  93. The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks x
  94. Watership Down – Richard Adams x
  95. A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
  96. A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute
  97. The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas x
  98. Hamlet – William Shakespeare x
  99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl x
  100. Les Miserables – Victor Hugo

Think that’s around 53, though it could be less since I haven’t read 100% of the Bible, and they duplicate CS Lewis Narnia, or more, since they list lots of series. Also some of the classics I’ve read only because of school.

Apparently the BBC reckons most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here. I’m sceptical about this claim, particularly because averages lie. I’d say it’s more likely that there are people who don’t read books, who’ve read ~none, and people who read books, who’ve read probably 20+ of these.

Still, an interesting list.

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]]> http://amdsoft.com/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-03-15/feed/ 0 Essential software for new MacOS box http://amdsoft.com/essential-software-for-new-macos-box/ http://amdsoft.com/essential-software-for-new-macos-box/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:43:43 +0000 amd http://amdsoft.com/?p=158

This is a list of mostly free softare that I need to have on my Mac after it’s reinstalled. I’m posting this mainly for my own future reference, so that I have a checklist and all the links handy when reinstalling. However, it might be useful for ideas for you too. See also Essential software for new Windows box

  • Office 2008 (from DVD) OR OpenOffice
  • Smultron text editor
  • VLC video player
  • UnRarX
  • Skype

    • ]]>     http://amdsoft.com/essential-software-for-new-macos-box/feed/ 1     Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-03-08 http://amdsoft.com/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-03-08/ http://amdsoft.com/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-03-08/#comments Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:02:00 +0000 amd http://amdsoft.com/2009/03/08/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-03-08/

    • @TheMenace Watching same, super come back by London Irish, hope they can steal it :) in reply to TheMenace #
    • @TheMenace So close! Great from Irish to steal 2 bonus points from nothing. Great defense from Leicester in most of the 2nd half in reply to TheMenace #
    • @anthonymcg That was no way a peno. Ronaldo was already diving after the first defender didn’t touch him before the 2nd guy got near. in reply to anthonymcg #
    • @kenmcguire @anthonymcg Boy who cries wolf… no sympathy for him (mind you I’m looking at this from a strong rugby slant) </bias> #
    • @patrickphelan nil-all, spurs doing quite well, could go either way or to pens (personally expect Utd to steal it in 93rd) in reply to patrickphelan #
    • Wow – Utd nearly achieved my prediction – Ronaldo just hit the post in the 93rd min :) #
    • Trying http://www.xmind.net/ mind mapping software (free, cross platform) – prefer paper but will give this a go #
    • Dear #lost fans please do not tweet about #lost, or you will have #lost a follower because am not up to date with #lost. #
    • @Thaedydal 4 seasons worth (haven’t started latest) @PixieVonDust that’s like telling someone “don’t think about a purple elephant” :) #
    • @omahonydonnelly My folks are mad into ER, Ijust can’t see the appeal of it. in reply to omahonydonnelly #
    • @Thaedydal I plan to watch BSG eventually. And the 1st (and maybe 2nd) seasons of Heroes & Prison Break. Love The Shield, super show. in reply to Thaedydal #
    • The fact that I’m working after midnight on a Sunday makes it ok to sleep late on Monday, right? #
    • @thomasbrunkard I hate the fact that you’re dead right there. Time to set mobile to stun… in reply to thomasbrunkard #
    • 2 really quick surveys for anyone interested in Outsourcing (esp. freelancers & service buyers) http://bit.ly/ugBRu Please RT – thanks! #
    • Sickened – some scumbag stole my bike from Heuston station. #
    • It was my about town bicycle – single speed Giant Bowery (’08). 400 quid worth – at least it wasn’t my touring bike. #
    • Looks like they were prepared, made short work of a fairly chunky Abus lock. A plague of locusts upon them. #
    • @MiriamAhern PresentationZen.com (@presentationzen) has info about super presentations #
    • @Shiminay Fantastic :-) Enjoy it! #
    • @doctorow Outsource! Send me some shiny new sf&f please! (serious) :-) #
    • New passport obtained, fair play to Passport Office, very effective ‘urgent’ service, took only 5 hours to get. #
    • My dad will be on Matt Cooper (~101fm) in couple of mins, talking about hill walking in Ireland. #
    • Does anyone use those “Rate My $whatever” domains anymore? #
    • World_War_Two__Simple_Version_by_AngusMcLeod http://bit.ly/Y6Tvl #
    • @ghook is looking a bit under the weather there… maybe some bad Jaffa Cakes? in reply to ghook #
    • Getting ready to head to London this evening to meet old friends, and then on to Leeds tomorrow for #thinkvisibility to meet some new ones! #
    • Wonder if I’ll survive a night one in Leeds wearing an Irish jersey this weekend #
    • *out not “one” #
    • @omahonydonnelly Link requires reg. What’s RyanAir’s plan? Treat tourists so badly inflight that they’re relieved to disembark anywhere? in reply to omahonydonnelly #
    • Jon Stewart rocks, yet again. http://bit.ly/10uoAs #
    • Missed check-in for my flight to Gatwick by 3 mins, EI not very nice about it. €75 has me on next flight to Heathrow. #
    • @cloudsteph that poll/page doesn’t work on WM6 IE [/irony #
    • @cloudsteph that poll/page doesn't work on WM6 IE [/irony] #
    • Boarded finalement. #
    • Fabulous morning here in London, wanted to Twitpic it but that didn’t work out so you’ll have to take my word for it! #
    • On National Express, London – Leeds. ETA 1 #
    • Free wifi on National Express train, that rocks! Tonnes better than T-Mobile paid wifi (boo) on the Heathrow Express #
    • @kierondonoghue – I’m at Hilton “Leeds City” just south of the train station #thinkvisibility #
    • @NiallHarbison Logistics can be a pain in the ass depending on venue etc. But yeah, FOWA should have a ustream.tv stream. Anyone? in reply to NiallHarbison #
    • @davidmcdonagh You should be wearing at least 14 pieces of bling to demonstrate your individuality #
    • @Shiminay I’ll misquote it however I like – I’m an individual! in reply to Shiminay #
    • @UR7s great win from Ireland beating Australia! Delighted to see Brian Carney come over from League. in reply to UR7s #
    • … false Ryanair sites are abusing our customers… be advised: official Ryanair abuse of customers can only be found on Ryanair.com. #
    • … and at our checkin desks, boarding gates, and in flight… #
    • @BrianGreene Wow, lucky (I guess!) Why’d they leave it? in reply to BrianGreene #
    • Arriving at Leeds now, will meet up with some of the #thinkvisibility attendees later at the Hogs Head. I’m in the Leeds City Hilton. #
    • @chrisclarkson @TheHodge where are the #thinkvisibility crowd at the moment? I just arrived, back of Hogs. #
    • Fantastic win from Leinster tonight, the ugly ones are vital. #
    • @MiriamAhern Not yet, but we’ll see how it goes! Will try offer reward, no questions asked. Have let it go karma wise anyway :-) #
    • #thinkvisibility crowd just arrived at Hogs Head, gonna follow em upstairs #
    • Having a chat with @dancryer, @davenaylor and @BeckyNaylor about SEO, ISO 9001 and random stuff #thinkvisibility #
    • @patrickaltoft talking about link building now #thinkvisibility #
    • Noone admits to link baiting at #thinkvisibility- it’s just “creating good quality content” :) #
    • At a talk by @JoannaButler on Advanced Segmentation in Google Analytics #thinkvisibility #
    • @AlCarlton Life is tough, eh? I won’t make it to wherever y’all ended up, have a good one! #
    • Sickening http://bit.ly/q1ias #
    • @chrisclarkson on my way, I can’t get into too much trouble in the hotel bar! #
    • @chrisclarkson 3 minutes #
    • @AlCarlton dude, go to bed! #
    • @tnash “Scientology must be the only religion with an affiliate link” #thinkvisibility #onelastdrink #
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    • Fscking Italian’s played Irelands Call at 1/3 speed. Hoping for a total demolition job today, no mercy or holding back, CMON IRELAND! #
    • #annihilateita might be a bit long. #
    • YES!! Good man Tommy Bowe #ireita #
    • Messy game so far #ireita #
    • We should still win #ireita but not the way I hoped. That yellow looked harsh, ref trying to “equalise” count? #
    • Jaysus – another yellow! #ireita cmon Ireland drive this one over! #
    • TRY! Wow, superb defense from Italy, thought we weren’t going to get in there! #ireita #
    • Beautiful kicking there from O’Gara. Cmon Ireland #ireita #
    • Joyous break from Heaslip, deserved to score it himself. Great try Ireland! #ireita #
    • Woah, that Italian looks in pieces. Nice work lads. Turn up the pressure let’s punish these guys now. #ireita #
    • Not happy with this, we should be punishing these guys #ireita #
    • Try from nothing Ireland! Go Luke! #ireita 29-9 excluding ROG conversion attempt #
    • That’s more like it! BOD try #ireita #
    • Not happy with Ireland’s performance but at least we’re still unbeaten. Will post some thoughts on sportcrazy.net later. #
    • @Sarah_Stuart Check out #ireita :-) Ok, I’m off to the gym. in reply to Sarah_Stuart #
    • Why is @stephenfry getting so upset at people asking why he’s blacked out? Surely the whole feckin point of doing that is to raise awareness #
    • If you do something to raise awareness, don’t moan if it raises the awareness of dumb people too! #
    • Watching end of Stage 2 of Tour De California. Super ride by Leipheimer and Peterson here, feel sorry for Barredo. #
    • http://bit.ly/r2lCw has live feed & tracking info if anyone’s interested in that (Tour of California) #
    • @kuotak rofl at your kimmage/armstrong comment #atoc #
    • @therealamz Yeah it was incredible. I like Kimmage but he is messing up his own (valid) argument using language like he did. Interesting! in reply to therealamz #
    • @worldwidecycles Great blog post there btw Barry ( http://bit.ly/jwnhP ) #
    • @NiallHarbison @Twecipe That makes me cry :( in reply to NiallHarbison #
    • @Shiminay You accidentally the whole heatsink? FAIL in reply to Shiminay #
    • Please feel free to join me in referring to “Aviva Stadium” as Nivea Stadium from now on. #
    • @gavinsblog thanks for the reminder – time I was in me leaba. in reply to gavinsblog #
    • Tis a glorious morning here in Dublin, I really should get out for a spin sometime early-ish today. #
    • Really annoyed with a subcontractor who has let me down in a major way, seriously damaged relationship with client. #
    • Concentrating on more positive matters, it’s a damned fine day out there! btw big congrats to everyone shortlisted for Blog Awards! #
    • @GeorgeHook_NT I think half the Twitter population probably has a blog. I have several, love to debate the merits :) #
    • lol @ #missingSEO http://bit.ly/19Qrte #
    • My dad’s blog (just starting) http://stormthoughts.com/ :) #
    • @TomRaftery Shows potential effectiveness of trojand USB keys dropped in carpark to compromise corp/natl security http://tinyurl.com/bbku57 #
    • RT @micheleneylon: RT @guardiantech: Pirate Bay triumphant as prosecution drops half of charges http://bit.ly/1aBRt4 – gross incompetence. #
    • Kissing banned at UK train station http://bit.ly/x9bq6 Virgin spokesman says “We will apply this sensibly” #
    • @laurenceveale @cogfric I have to disagree, there definitely are best practices. May be context sensitive & have exceptions but they exist. in reply to laurenceveale #
    • @cogfric Depends on context ;) but good counter argument is success of franchise business model. Good process in business reduce complexity in reply to cogfric #
    • @cormacmoylan I got an ipod thinking Apple would have decent software supporting the device: “x million people can’t be wrong. Oh, wait.” in reply to cormacmoylan #
    • @cormacmoylan 1 thing I hate about all the media players is forced meta-data sorting. It’s nice to sort by folder. Often metadata is wrong. in reply to cormacmoylan #
    • Just classic: http://i40.tinypic.com/2mi1gdf.jpg #
    • Facebook privacy being discussed on sky news #
    • @kennyEgan woah, that looks like a normal road bike, not one of the god-awful gym spinning ones in reply to kennyEgan #
    • Wow, Sir Allen has been charged with $8bn fraud http://bit.ly/9SSPq I hope the Superstars v Eng games still go ahead next year! #
    • Having a great pint of Guinness in Harry Byrnes with @AlMcBride #
    • Morning folks. Time for coffee fix. #
    • @kennyEgan I’d research online & buy from Argos (same watch, not at Grafton St prices) in reply to kennyEgan #
    • @kennyEgan Would something like http://bit.ly/tAWAt float your boat? Or maybe something off here http://bit.ly/SjHkQ in reply to kennyEgan #
    • @kennyEgan @WillKnott $3,000 – $10,000!! http://bit.ly/DLKwR Get a nice car for that these days :) in reply to kennyEgan #
    • RT @kylieshort: any recommendations for a shopping cart wordpress plugin? #
    • Congrats @jasonroe – who’s the lucky lady? #
    • @twecipe guinness beef stew #
    • Good debate about Connacht rugby on boards rugby forum: http://bit.ly/xNMgy #
    • @willcarling @heavensgame surely this was a straight red? http://bit.ly/1ahoRI Cos was 32 seconds into the game, ref/assistant fluffed it? #
    • @willcarling It was nasty, I wouldn’t like to have been on the end of it. Kearney was up quick though. Not straight red? Hmmm in reply to willcarling #
    • @twecipe do you do deliveries? #
    • RT @Iarfhlaith: App Launch: http://twitterperch.com. Auto-follow by keyword up to 20 new people per day – very cool! #
    • @rickoshea “A La Wossy” sounds good to me :) #
    • @Iarfhlaith Love it. Haven’t seen Smarty before, excellent. Wonder if there’s any way to sign code to prove what’s running on svr is true. #
    • Having a meeting here with @JohnAMulligan talking about his last book (http://fourflannerys.com) & his upcoming new fiction book #
    • @ghook I just got @JohnAMulligan here beside me onto twitter, he says hello #
    • @Shiminay @mcawilliams You should try my DIY drink: http://tinyurl.com/54ow9v in reply to Shiminay #
    • In bumper to bumper traffic on N4, heading west: meeting in Castlebar tomorrow morning. Cycling some of Western Way on Friday :) #
    • @therealamz ah sure we’ll figure something out for you, any excuse to show off those bruises! in reply to therealamz #
    • I don’t think Icould miss the fact that the tag is #ddire, no matter how much I tried :) #
    • watching this down in bogland (Mayo) interesting perspective here. Think these guys aren’t bad, and some good questions being asked #ddire #
    • @AlanCayce It’s about the Irish version of Dragons Den – first episode aired tonight! in reply to AlanCayce #
    • cat is trying to smash through the back door, i’m not letting him in. #
    • On Westport-Dublin train, heading up to Dublin to drop MTB gear at home, fresh clothes, then traveling down to Cork for blog awards. #
    • Was mountain biking yesterday in nth Mayo, least populated part of Ireland. Route was 18miles of Western Way trail, Bellacorick->Ballyglass. #
    • Back home in Dublin now – aiming to get 2pm train from Dublin, running around getting stuff done first. #
    • That would be the 2pm train to Cork, like. #
    • @AlMcBride http://awards.ie/blogawards/ #
    • @kennyEgan Hey, congrats on the win :) in reply to kennyEgan #
    • Wondering if any1 got pictures of me in my MTB crashes yesterday, had a particularly good one at around 20mph on a corner, that was fun :) #
    • @NiallHarbison that was quick :) in reply to NiallHarbison #
    • 2pm Cork train is cancelled, 3pm next. Having a pint bottle in Heuston station bar, say hello if you’re here, I’m just inside door #iba09 #
    • @therealamz Cover your side always, loose bind and go offside as much as you can get away with ;-) in reply to therealamz #
    • @TheMenace Cashflow :-) in reply to TheMenace #
    • Arrived finally, room is fabulous here @ Cork International (1 fault: no Setanta for ML game!) Grabbing a quick shower then down to #iba09 #
    • @iCork I meant the Magners League game (Leinster-Scarlets), not that foreign sport ;) Thanks for that though, much appreciated. in reply to iCork #
    • Excellent, Leinster get my evening off to a great start with nice 31-17 win. Didn’t get to see it but nice result :) #
    • Omg @stephenfry has turned up to present Best Naturist Blog at #lba09 #
    • DublinBlog.ie sounds like a northsoider ;-) #
    • Well done on #iba09 intro videos, well done! #
    • @TrustTommy well done :-) #iba09 #
    • Congratulations to all the winners at tonight’s Irish Blog Awards #iba09 #
    • @sineadailill best photo blog was http://glasseyalley.com/ in reply to sineadailill #
    • It bears repeating – AWESOME intro videos for blog awards – congrats to all involved (@darraghdoyle tell me who to congratulate :) ) #iba09 #
    • Night folks. Back in the room after a long, long evening! Didn’t see many folks where i was waiting, quiet spot. Nn all. #
    • Murgleberg. #
    • @jasonroe til 11am – see you at 10:55, eh? #
    • @marcusmacinnes true that. btw 201 was still going at 5.20, fair play to em :) in reply to marcusmacinnes #
    • Reckon I’ll be on the 1230 train to Dub – if anyone wants to share cab to station around 12ish, let me know #
    • #IBA09 Breakfast is open until 11am, 11am. Don’t be late. #
    • I have a cab to Cork train station booked for 12 – 1230 is the first train to civilisation with no bus transfer. Ok, brekkie time. #iba09 #
    • On train back to the actual capital (as opposed to ‘the real capital’, like). Awesome night @ #iba09 – thanks to all involved in organising! #
    • @micheleneylon There is an outlook plugin that lets you send 10,000 read receipts back – great way to stop people using it :-) in reply to micheleneylon #
    • Actually being productive here on the train, dunno how but not complaining :-) Meeting @davidmcdonagh for pint later, bout time we caught up #
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    • Boardsies in Oz: Eamonn’s working a fire crew and Gemma is processing patients: http://bit.ly/2gmtns Amazing descriptions of what’s going on #
    • “There were a lot of problems with the house, now I dont have to fix them. We had rats in the roof, we don’t have rats in the roof any more” #
    • @kennyegan :) at least you look like you have fun training, can imagine it getting awful monotonous! in reply to kennyEgan #
    • Loving customer feedback “delighted that the presentation is getting great reviews in all cases – in fact ‘rave’ reviews in some cases” :D #
    • btw that last tweet re: presentation we redesigned based on @presentationzen philosophy http://bit.ly/MMIK #
    • @joescanlon That’s nuts! Re: http://twitter.com/DMHadfield in reply to joescanlon #
    • @sineadcochrane really? in reply to sineadcochrane #
    • I hate when hosting changes break functionality on sites I havent touched in months. Just off phone with client who wants to know what I did #
    • It’s .htaccess/htpasswd protection (server dependent) #
    • 6 Nations round one thoughts (blog post) http://bit.ly/oGrW #
    • @joescanlon good point! Anyone got #merde related posts that want linking from http://tinyurl.com/bnw5uf ? in reply to joescanlon #
    • @Shiminay broken phone AGAIN? in reply to Shiminay #
    • @MichaelHyatt http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/amazon.com It’s not just you! amazon.com looks down from here. in reply to MichaelHyatt #
    • @feylya oh the ironing! in reply to feylya #
    • @niallharbison on 106 right now #
    • @NiallHarbison lol, you managed! Speak up! in reply to NiallHarbison #
    • WTFLOL… incredibullshit: Pepsi Logo rebrand http://bit.ly/4yMV8Z (6MB PDF) advertising/marketing doc from http://bit.ly/4hpx #
    • @NiallHarbison Got the url in there plenty of times anyway #
    • Avg teen spends >8hrs/week browsing soft porn, cosmetic surgery, dieting, more… http://bit.ly/MAS9 Soft porn? Stats at bottom interesting #
    • That last link is SafeForWork unless you work somewhere crazy. Stats also include chatrooms, dating, youtube, samaritans, social n/wing #
    • Reading upate from Eamo (WWM) firefighting down in Oz: http://bit.ly/1yAPhC #bushfires #
    • Nice idea from sitepoint, I just donated $30 to Oz Red Cross via their ebook sale: http://sale.sitepoint.com/ – check it out #
    • Really like that idea, it gives back to people giving to charity, but costs them nothing. Gotta love ebooks. #
    • @davidmcdonagh ah, ok! Bureacracy, but the kind Gerry Coleman would approve of, hr hr hr hr #
    • Amazing #bushfires pictures from Boston.com http://bit.ly/2MIb (their photography section kicks ass) #
    • Are there any pay as you go USB broadband deals from o2/3 etc? #
    • @RoadCrew Thanks, I’ll call in to 3 tomorrow. Don’t want to get stuck in a contract with any of them in reply to RoadCrew #
    • @sineadkeogh Check out http://bit.ly/153wD – lot of rambling but he eventually explains it. Real time blog posts on their homepage in reply to sineadkeogh #
    • Going to have to cook dinner (pastabake) now cos I have nothing suitable for lunch.. will take ages. Guess I’ll have the time back later #
    • @thomasbrunkard Thanks for that! I’ll give it a go after I chat to them and figure out what all their fine print means in reality. in reply to thomasbrunkard #
    • @Thaedydal The one true editor is vi, vi, vi! (emacs sucks -it’s a nice OS but lacks a good text editor) #
    • @sitepointdotcom Can you give us an update on how much you’ve received so far via http://sale.sitepoint.com/ ? Getting loads of coverage! #
    • @TomRaftery That was Mulligan’s on Poolbeg St. Great place. Also highly recommend Grogan’s on Sth William St. in reply to TomRaftery #
    • @NiallHarbison “literally cooked a la boom boom” rofl in reply to NiallHarbison #
    • o2 rang to help reduce my bill, which I appreciate. I’m out of contract but can only go to appropriate plan if I sign new contract. FAIL #
    • On that note, o2 has been feckin expensive, time I switched. Love to go to vodafone but didn’t understand their plans last time was in shop. #
    • @sineadcochrane tempted to go off bill alright. If someone gave me the latest HTC phone I might be swayed to a new contract. in reply to sineadcochrane #
    • @shortword I was on Three about 4 years ago, was so rubbish I had to pay off contract & switch back. One reason I don’t like contracts :) in reply to shortword #
    • @kennyEgan Is your fight on Friday evening televised anywhere? I’m down west. in reply to kennyEgan #
    • Off the train, having a pint in Johnnie McHales, Castlebar. Caught the last 5 mins of match. #
    • Happy Fri 13th folks #
    • RT: @spiller2 Quick everyone unfollow @mcawilliams then he wont leave – done #
    • I gotta find a way to run iMovie on my PC, need the video processing power of a desktop. Any suggestions? #
    • @kennyEgan how do you prepare the afternoon before the fight? Just chilling out? in reply to kennyEgan #
    • @forbairt @davidmcdonagh Yeah thinking about that – can you install it in OSX? Only ever put it on Apple h/w #
    • Err, typ?meant to say is it possible to install OSX on VMware #
    • Advantage of working for yourself #422: I took morning off to go mountain biking in Srahmore (forest outside Newport, Co. Mayo). Pics later. #
    • @kennyEgan http://bit.ly/15j66c :) Best of luck later on. Unfortunately I’m down west so won’t make it in to watch. Upload it to youtube :) #
    • @peterd It’s not televised tonight, but next week’s one is. @AlMcBride: I’m down in bogland at the moment – back Sat afternoon. #
    • @NiallHarbison Morrison Hotel aint bad at all (the free wifi rocks in there these days, well impressed) in reply to NiallHarbison #
    • @kennyEgan Congrats dude – either see you on tv, or hopefully live next week! Well done on the 9! #
    • @TheMenace can’t believe how bad that match was. Hoping England can beat Wales in the next (unlikely), would be nice for us I think :) in reply to TheMenace #
    • This scheduling is desperate – Wales England should be kicking off at 5pm not 5.30. Without knowing for certain I’m blaming Murdoch. #
    • Happy Hallmark Holiday folks #
    • @TheMenace That’s what I’m hoping too ;) in reply to TheMenace #
    • Think I completed my evolution from coder-geek to business-geek: I just gave my copies of “Code Complete” & “The Pragmatic Programmer” away #
    • Ok, CMON ENGLAND (it’s rare you’ll see me say that :) ) #
    • @davidmcdonagh reckon you’re right there, piling on the pens. Awesome defensive tackles going in from Wales too. Impressed with Armitage tho in reply to davidmcdonagh #
    • YES! Try England! #
    • @eamonncarey was just thinking that, perfect bounce up to run on to. Bit like for the French last week ;) in reply to eamonncarey #
    • @willcarling Goode made up for it with that drop goal :) in reply to willcarling #
    • Got to say, I’m *really* impressed with Armitage so far. Putting himself into Lions contention vs Kearney/Byrne? #
    • HAS to be a yellow card for Goode here #
    • Think that might be the start of the floodgates. Missing the conversion leaves England a slim chance I guess. #
    • Major miss there by Flood, it’s game over man, game over! #
    • @willcarling Disagree – if it was gonna be an England MotM should be Armitage. in reply to willcarling #
    • @TheMenace Thought he outplayed Byrne by a mile. Agree about England not being a rollover. And yet again Wales fail to impress me. in reply to TheMenace #
    • @racesail if England can sort out the penalty count they’ll be tough to beat. in reply to racesail #
    • @krishnade Tweetdeck can be really inconsistent sometimes (read: often) – I think its actually due to Twitter API. Advice: quit and restart. in reply to krishnade #
    • @NiallHarbison @eamonncarey I agree 100% with what Eamonn said there. Semi-relevant: What sports events MUST you attend? http://bit.ly/GsQKA #
    • The fact that I’m working at midnight on Valentines Day is the reason that I’m working at midnight on Valentines Day. *self-reference error* #
    • @alanorourke lol, thanks Lisa! Now get off Twitter and back to serenading your wife before you get your ass kicked :) in reply to alanorourke #
    • ok, work done, time for a beer and then bed, been up 22 hours which is more than I’d like #
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    • Heading to 4th meeting of the day @ BOI Mespil Rd. Sometimes I feel like life is just a series of connected meetings :) #
    • RT @graywolf: star wars humor ROFLMAO http://zi.ma/12b1d7 #
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