Inside The Apple iPhone
February 28, 2007
Watching this just makes me want it even more…. So long as it doesn’t turn out to be the flop that my iPAQ 6515 did I’ll be happy.
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Sydney Sure Looks Good In Hi-res
February 28, 2007
The recent Australia Day (well, fair enough, it was a month ago) saw Google update their images of Sydney for Google Earth and Google Maps. Gotta say, it looks impressive in high-resolution!
Really wish they’d get Ireland mapped to that degree…. we can but live in hope.
Loving Video Chat
February 28, 2007
Spent the bones of three hours on a video chat between myself, Daw (of KilkennyMusic.com) and James Doran (Itchy Trigger Finger, a Kilkenny band). Results of which can be seen on my photo blog today.
We had been working (between myself and Daw) on a funding application for KilkennyMusic.com and thought we’d jump into Google Talk for a while, as normal, IMing back and forth. Of course, Mr Dawson has just splashed the cash on a 17″ Mac Book Pro so we thought Skype would be a good alternative, use the video chat.
Whatever it was though, Skype was awful. Stuttering video, massive feedback, echoes, the whole lot. Queue a quick search for instructions on connecting to Google Talk via iChat and away we go. So good was the quality of the service that kept going for around 3 hours or so, no interruptions, no noticeable lag and one of the greatest alternatives to IMing I’ve had the pleasure of, fact.
I’ll certainly be looking at doing this again in the future for our regular meetings, often is the the problem that people (even between the four of us), need to be in a certain place, don’t want to get up away from the computer, or its raining and you don’t want to walk, spring for a taxi or go to the hassle of finding parking in town. Not that we’ll be taking away the personal side of going to meetings but, novice as I am to video chat, I’m going to be pushing for it a hell of a lot more.
Almost Live On The Radio
February 27, 2007
If you’re online, the ‘Over To You’ show is about to start on KCLR with the four of us from KilkennyMusic.com on it. Runs from 8pm to 9pm, you can get a live stream from KCLR96FM.com as well. I’m hoping to have a copy of the show on CD to stick up on the site over the next week or so.
10 Reasons To Ditch Windows Vista
February 27, 2007
Been looking for reasons to go to Windows Vista (not that I will, but I’m just looking….) and came across Chris Pirillo’s post from the wee hours this morning who it seems is breaking up with Windows Vista.
Greatest thing about it, I think, is this little quote….
When I know I have time, I’m “upgrading” from Windows Vista to Windows XP
That about sums it up….
Hello! Its The iPhone Oscar Ad
February 26, 2007
Had been hoping this one would turn up online… then it did. (edit: Pat’s also got it - the ad that is!)
Word at the weekend was once the iPhone hits the US it will likely be in the $300-$400 contract price bracket. I know that US contracts work a little different, many starting out in the minimum-24-months category but that price sounds the phone will be a little more affordable. Highly doubt that any Irish network will carry the phone which means you could end up forking out anywhere up to 700 quid for it when it reaches European shores, sim-free that is. Now might be a good time to start saving those pennies.
Heading To KCLR Tonight
February 26, 2007
In a change to plans for this week, we’re going to be pre-recording a KilkennyMusic.com show for KCLR tonight which airs tomorrow on KCLR 96FM (Kilkenny / Carlow) from 8pm to 9pm.
The four of us should be in the studio and we’ll be looking at upcoming gigs, plans for the few months ahead and we’ll be taking some music from bands who have appeared under the KilkennyMusic.com banner in the past year. We’ll also be looking ahead to the Irish Blog Awards which (for those who don’t already know) will be taking place this coming Saturday evening in the Alexander Hotel in Dublin.
Should be a laugh anyway. Was hoping for a live show but there you go!
Have Your Say On The .eu Code Of Conduct
February 26, 2007
I’ve got a .eu domain, more as a novelty than anything else as it is used simply as a redirect to kenmc.com and the name itself (kenmc.eu) certainly isn’t promoted in any circles. Tens of thousands of people applied over the Sunrise period for .eu registration a year ago or so. A lot of people got the domains they were looking for. Of course, hundreds of domain registrars were created and used during the landrush once the gates opened for public registration and many people lost out on domains and the whole registrations process turned into one big farce.
Without any decent controls in place from the outset, what was deemed a good TLD and a good idea at the time for European businesses and individuals has become a domain joke.
In an effort to correct or prevent further disputes and also guide the public on choosing a .eu registrar, the .EU Code Of Conduct has been launched.
In broad terms, the .eu registrar Code of Conduct describes what principles subscribing registrars are to adhere to when registering domain names on behalf of their customers. It also details the level of service quality they are to provide, the data privacy policies they are to adhere to and the conditions surrounding the use of the official Code of Conduct Affiliate logo.
Home come this wasn’t laid out at the very start? EURID has already lowered the base cost of registering a .eu domain, supposed to be 5 Euro but I’ve yet to see a registrar bending to this price.
The document in full, the .EU Code of Conduct can be downloaded here (.pdf) or view the website.
Preferred Online Advertiser
February 25, 2007
Just out of interest, if you serve ads on your blog, who or what is your preferred means of advertising excluding Google’s Adsense…?
Personally, I prefer AdSense out of the lot, always seems to produce the better, more targeted ads. If I was to go beyond that I’d say Amazon. But thats just me…
Online Filing Facility Needed For Local Authority Grants
February 25, 2007
I’ve been mulling over the Arts Act Grant application for 2007 for Devious Theatre since this morning and it has only just occurred to me that there is no means by which to submit the application electronically. Forms can be emailed out or picked up from the Arts office but as of yet there’s no means to register your interests online and submit your application for review.
The Arts Council itself doesn’t have this problem - for their revenue grant at the end of 2006 we were able to pick up application forms online, log in to a secure area on the Arts Council’s own site and upload our finished forms for approval on or before the deadline date.
So why can’t local Arts offices do the same? The Kilkenny County Council’s own website was the recent subject of a massive overhaul and why it has come on leaps and bounds (believe me, the previous iteration was a disaster of a site and I’ve no problems in saying that) but it still lacks in certain areas - filing grant applications is one of them.
Instead, we’ve got to rely on our trusty postal system to deliver the goods. Fingers crossed we’ll be successful in the application, worked wonders for KilkennyMusic.com last year as we hope will happen this year - the funding really does help to keep the whole thing alive - and with costs already seriously mounting for Devious Theatre in 2007 we hope that we’ll be just as successful there too.
So attention Kilkenny County Council - sort it out!
