Ciarán Walsh

Category: Misc

  • Upgrading to WordPress 2.5

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    I got a strange email today from Anonymous Security Specialist telling me my blog had been hacked and I should upgrade to the latest version of WordPress. Initially I was suspicious, but my usual checks for dodgy emails showed no hidden HTML or strange attachments, and some of the info in the email made me…

  • New Scientist – Climate Change Myths

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    I recently saw the documentary on Channel 4 that promotes the view that human’s contribution to global warming is negligble compared to the effects of the Sun and cosmic rays. The documentary was well produced and quite convincing, and prompted much discussion in the media. It was certainly a topic in several conversations I had…

  • WordPress upgrade

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    I’m about to attempt to upgrade WordPress to the latest version (v2.1.3), so the site may be unavailable for a little while. Hopefully this will go smoothly 🙂 UPDATE: Looks like things are working well so far. I’ve had to tweak the template stuff to make things work, and the Google Sitemap Generator plugin doesn’t…

  • WordPress PDA Plugin

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    I just installed the WordPress PDA Plugin, and it’s absolutely great. I tested it out via the browser in my Sony Erricsson K800i, and the display is much cleaner, and much quicker too. I’ve also added it to My Halo News.com. I may play with the templates a little, but the defaults are good enough…

  • Sinclair ZX Spectrum is 25 years old

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    I came across this article from BBC News about the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and how it is now 25 years old. The Spectrum was an affordable home computer popular in the UK and Ireland in the days before PCs came to dominate. You hooked it up to your TV in a similar way to today’s…

  • Let’s get this show (back) on the road

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    So, as you can tell, this is the first post in a long while. I’ve been doing lots of work in the background moving to use WordPress, and consolidating posts from several Blogger blogs into this blog. Plus I’ve been doing work on My Halo News.com and Halo Screen Saver.com, which has taken up a…

  • Focus vs. Mass

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    Seth Godin has another interesting post over on his blog. He talks about the affect of the “new media”. It seems to boil down to: “Focus is no longer expensive. Mass is.”

  • Changing Minds

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    Seth Godin is a marketing author who talks a lot of sense (in my opinion!). In this post on his blog he talks about the challenges of changing people’s minds: Being right isn’t the point. Being right and being persuasive don’t seem to matter much either. Being right, being persuasive and being with the right…

  • PPL Progress

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    While I’m catching up with the past couple of weeks events, I should mention that I’ve had my third PPL lesson with Sky Trace. I had a different instructor this time – Dennis, from Lille I believe. We did a lot of exercises this time round, since he was pushing me to see where my…

  • Come fly with me…

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    Last Saturday I had my first introductory flying lesson with Sky Trace flying school, based in Weston Aerodrome in west Dublin. The weather was lovely, with little wind and only the occaisonal cloud to spoil the sunny morning. Since it was to be the first flight of the day, my instructor Augustin showed me all…