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Well said!
Commented Mar 2, 2011 on Don't do it, Enda and Eamon at TechWire
Don't do it, Enda and Eamon
Dear Enda and Eamon, The outgoing government -- which you trounced last Friday -- has put together a few documents in preparation for the introduction of a 3-Strikes law. When your ministers for Communications and Enterprise get into their departments, they'll be told by department mandarins tha...
'Argos has (for once) a decent clearance sale on TVs. 32-inch 1080p Samsung sets for €300.'
For what it's worth, that URL doesn't have any 300-euro 32" 1080p sets any more. so either they're sold out, or they've had a web update that removes those from the online-visible catalogue.
I'm gutted, as I spent a few hours at the weekend attempting to source a good 32" 1080p LCD set, browsing various traditional Irish bricks-and-mortar retailers' online sites -- none had good deals in stock. Argos.ie had an attractive LG set, but none were in stock when I used their stock-checker tool. I eventually gave up and bought online from the UK via eBay, for EUR360.
Maybe I just missed Argos' good deals by a hair...
Commented Jan 14, 2011 on Facebook beats mobile for teens (and other bits) at TechWire
Facebook beats mobile for teens (and other bits)
Damien Mulley has conducted a survey among 101 teenagers on their mobile and digital habits. It throws up some interesting trends. For example, more teens use Facebook than phone calls to contact mates on their mobile. (The Irish Times takes a slightly different tone in its coverage of the surve...
I'm curious either way ;)
Commented Jul 16, 2009 on Notice less spam? at Perl NOC
Notice less spam?
I just (~11:30PM PDT, July 15th 2009) put into place a new source of data for our spam filtering. Hopefully this will result in less spam getting through to @cpan.org addresses, @pm.org addresses, and into the moderation queue for @perl.org mailing lists. As with any spam filtering change, the...
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