Fluffy Links – May 30th 2007

Hang on. If the IEDR’s revenue from domains dropped by 2%, how come they had a 15% drop in profits? The crap from Curtin about .ie being a safe domain is a bit of a joke when certain non-Irish companies are squatting on dozens of lucrative generic domain names.

Make steel using microwaves. You need more than one though.

Iain Dale was on “The Panel”. Is Guido next? Or is he waiting for Podge and Rodge?

BP is back in Libya. I love this bullshit about “embargoed” countries. There are so many loopholes that allow oil companies to still trade with Cuba, Libya, Syria, Iran etc. etc. They can’t trade directly so they trade with companies in Dubai who trade with them or they create new companies in the country who hire their services through someone else. PR stunts is all they are. If there’s oil, there is no embargo.

The Indo are looking for SEO people. Looks like they really are taking their online business seriously. Online Search Manager. Online Search & Marketing Coordinator.

He linked to me, I link to him. Anthony’s blog.

Gavin is back.

Lots of videos to prove if those “tricks” for unlocking your car are true. Like the tennis ball one and the unlocking car from miles away by pressing the alarm fob on your keyfob and ringing someone next to the car.

A building has two sides of it covered in grass. Amazing video.

And now video of the waif thin laptop:

3 Responses to “Fluffy Links – May 30th 2007”

  1. John Collins says:

    “Hang on. If the IEDR’s revenue from domains dropped by 2%, how come they had a 15% drop in profits? The crap from Curtin about .ie being a safe domain is a bit of a joke when certain non-Irish companies are squatting on dozens of lucrative generic domain names.” – Damien, I had a fairly comprehensive interview with Mr Curtin on Monday more of which will be featured on Friday’s technology pages in the Times. He touched on all of these issues and I’ll be discussing them then.

  2. Matt says:

    I am amazed that the National Theatre in London actually looks good covered in grass, being as it is, an enormous concrete carbunkle.

  3. Jim says:

    More IEDR nonsense, remind us again how expensive they are? Remind us of the hoops that they make people jump through to obtain one of their supposedly “safe” domains? Why not open access to the domain and leave the squabbling to the courts when necessary? It’s a typically Irish solution, viz, wrap everything up in pointless beaurocracy and charge over the odds for it. Nobody wins (perhaps not even the IEDR!)