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Ransomware Panic on the desktop
Malware is a useful catch all term, but sometimes things are nastier than viruses and auto-deleting thingamajigs. For example; Ransomware put simply it is a nasty program which put itself on your...
View ArticleI have been busy with nerds
It seems like months ago that a US based TV crew came to film a Coder Dojo session and interview a few of the participants. Well folks the video is up and it shows sessions in the NCS Cork and the...
View ArticleThe rain falls down
The icy weather across the country has broken for rain. And I'm playing catch-up with the Loose Bloggers Consortium, again. The missed topics are "Rains", "Doom and Gloom" and "Music" so the song below...
View ArticleJust saying that this is Dublin
"I still believe in Bewley's"… I think that's the only line you would need to change to do a version of this in any Irish town or city. I still believe in Sir Henry's, I still believe in King John's, I...
View ArticleCheese, onion and Chocolate
I can only assume that the Tayto cheese and onion crisp chocolate bar is a childhood dream come true for someone. In the days when mixing your snacks together (probably with fizzy orange and birthday...
View ArticleWant to influence EU copyright law?
The EC is looking for feedback — but not much, and pretty sharpish.Go to http://www.copywrongs.eu and answer the questions which are important to you. You do not have to answer all the questions, only...
View ArticleGrow your own
Want to play with biotechnology in the same way that others are playing with programming and 3D printing? More and more people are grappling with this question as DIYbio becomes a household word, but...
View ArticleWe need to talk about Paddy's
Podcasting does odd things to time. You are listening to a up-to-the-second broadcast, but its a few days old. That's why I'm talking about March 17th now. The Morning Ireland (yes I listen to the...
View ArticleExploiting the orphans
Orphaned works are that special case in copyright law. You can tell, roughly, when they were created, but you can't find the owner. It effects books, newspaper or magazine articles, or films that are...
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And Hello from Carlow
Have you ever gone to Google Maps to see your own house from satellite and discovered something, well, weird nearby. Well this is what happened to someone I work with (his parents house is near this...
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