September 2004

Monthly Archive

Thu 30 Sep 2004

Practical tips for Wikis

Posted by antoin under The Web and Usability
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Justin gives some practical tips about how to use Wiki software to support the SpamAssassin online community effort. Wiki software is a very flexible, free-form system for allowing fast editing of website content.

 

Sat 11 Sep 2004

The terror and media merry-go-round

Posted by antoin under Media
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According to Dave Hooper there is a hint of hypocrisy about the commemorations of 9/11. To me the problem is deeper; we are all participants in the drama around the terror attacks and most of us have no idea of how much we are being manipulated.
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Tue 7 Sep 2004

Government services - paying car tax online

Posted by antoin under Ireland
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I just paid my Irish car tax on the Internet. It’s pretty neat. Now they will mail me out a little disc to show that I’ve paid. The only question is, why do I need the disc at all?
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Sun 5 Sep 2004

The moleskine notebook of the web

Posted by antoin under The Web and Usability
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I just spent the guts of 14 euro on a notebook. Notebooks are basically all just the same. Why would I spend that much on one? It’s like software - why would you pay for something when you can get something that does almost the same thing for a lower price?
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