How I learned to stop worrying... http://blog.pduggan.net/ ... and love the Celtic Tiger en-us Paul Duggan Mon, 26 May 2008 08:04:02 GMT newtelligence dasBlog 1.8.5223.0 paul@pduggan.net paul@pduggan.net http://blog.pduggan.net/Trackback.aspx?guid=26795b38-c6fe-43d4-b73e-9557367fcae0 http://blog.pduggan.net/pingback.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,26795b38-c6fe-43d4-b73e-9557367fcae0.aspx myemail@myemail.com (Paul Duggan) http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,26795b38-c6fe-43d4-b73e-9557367fcae0.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/SyndicationService.asmx/GetEntryCommentsRss?guid=26795b38-c6fe-43d4-b73e-9557367fcae0

Long time no blog. Just a post to confirm I'm alive!

Long time no blog... http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,26795b38-c6fe-43d4-b73e-9557367fcae0.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,26795b38-c6fe-43d4-b73e-9557367fcae0.aspx Mon, 26 May 2008 08:04:02 GMT <p> Long time no blog. Just a post to confirm I'm alive! </p> <img width="0" height="0" src="http://blog.pduggan.net/aggbug.ashx?id=26795b38-c6fe-43d4-b73e-9557367fcae0" /> http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,26795b38-c6fe-43d4-b73e-9557367fcae0.aspx Blogging;Life http://blog.pduggan.net/Trackback.aspx?guid=80da117d-8f1c-406e-b407-ebee34975b3d http://blog.pduggan.net/pingback.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,80da117d-8f1c-406e-b407-ebee34975b3d.aspx myemail@myemail.com (Paul Duggan) http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,80da117d-8f1c-406e-b407-ebee34975b3d.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/SyndicationService.asmx/GetEntryCommentsRss?guid=80da117d-8f1c-406e-b407-ebee34975b3d

If you are running two separate GMail accounts you can stay logged in to each permanently by using Firefox for one and Internet Explorer for the other.

GMail Tip #1 http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,80da117d-8f1c-406e-b407-ebee34975b3d.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,80da117d-8f1c-406e-b407-ebee34975b3d.aspx Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:17:50 GMT <p> If you are running two separate GMail accounts you can stay logged in to each permanently by using Firefox for one and Internet Explorer for the other. </p> <img width="0" height="0" src="http://blog.pduggan.net/aggbug.ashx?id=80da117d-8f1c-406e-b407-ebee34975b3d" /> http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,80da117d-8f1c-406e-b407-ebee34975b3d.aspx GMagic;GMail;Google http://blog.pduggan.net/Trackback.aspx?guid=cf736322-931d-48fd-9fcf-c84ab3c2e8a8 http://blog.pduggan.net/pingback.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,cf736322-931d-48fd-9fcf-c84ab3c2e8a8.aspx myemail@myemail.com (Paul Duggan) http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,cf736322-931d-48fd-9fcf-c84ab3c2e8a8.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/SyndicationService.asmx/GetEntryCommentsRss?guid=cf736322-931d-48fd-9fcf-c84ab3c2e8a8 A Very Happy New Year to all my reader(s).
2008 Rocks already!

New Years Resolution - more, longer blog entries.

Happy New Year - 2008 - The Year of the Rat http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,cf736322-931d-48fd-9fcf-c84ab3c2e8a8.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,cf736322-931d-48fd-9fcf-c84ab3c2e8a8.aspx Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:34:55 GMT A Very Happy New Year to all my reader(s).<br> 2008 Rocks already!<br> <br> New Years Resolution - more, longer blog entries.<br> <p> </p> <img width="0" height="0" src="http://blog.pduggan.net/aggbug.ashx?id=cf736322-931d-48fd-9fcf-c84ab3c2e8a8" /> http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,cf736322-931d-48fd-9fcf-c84ab3c2e8a8.aspx Blogging;Life http://blog.pduggan.net/Trackback.aspx?guid=b63d513b-78aa-4f70-9c04-516505c10fb0 http://blog.pduggan.net/pingback.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,b63d513b-78aa-4f70-9c04-516505c10fb0.aspx myemail@myemail.com (Paul Duggan) http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,b63d513b-78aa-4f70-9c04-516505c10fb0.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/SyndicationService.asmx/GetEntryCommentsRss?guid=b63d513b-78aa-4f70-9c04-516505c10fb0 Essentially, Facebook takes your URL and puts it in an iFrame.
Anyway, I've written my first Facebook app and in fact its my blog. I am actually writing this entry inside Facebook!
More anon if anything interesting comes of it.

Facebook apps are quite easy http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,b63d513b-78aa-4f70-9c04-516505c10fb0.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,b63d513b-78aa-4f70-9c04-516505c10fb0.aspx Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:24:07 GMT Essentially, Facebook takes your URL and puts it in an iFrame.<br> Anyway, I've written my first Facebook app and in fact its my blog. I am actually writing this entry inside Facebook!<br> More anon if anything interesting comes of it.<br> <p> </p> <img width="0" height="0" src="http://blog.pduggan.net/aggbug.ashx?id=b63d513b-78aa-4f70-9c04-516505c10fb0" /> http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,b63d513b-78aa-4f70-9c04-516505c10fb0.aspx ;Facebook http://blog.pduggan.net/Trackback.aspx?guid=0946d930-88fe-459e-ab6a-a3dcfbab9511 http://blog.pduggan.net/pingback.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,0946d930-88fe-459e-ab6a-a3dcfbab9511.aspx myemail@myemail.com (Paul Duggan) http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,0946d930-88fe-459e-ab6a-a3dcfbab9511.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/SyndicationService.asmx/GetEntryCommentsRss?guid=0946d930-88fe-459e-ab6a-a3dcfbab9511

Got this error four times today. Count them, one - two - three - four. Thats so far. Grist to the mill of the anti-Vista crowd. BlueScreen? More like NoScreen!

Serves me right for poking fun at the java crowd.

Is it just me, seriously? http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,0946d930-88fe-459e-ab6a-a3dcfbab9511.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,0946d930-88fe-459e-ab6a-a3dcfbab9511.aspx Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:31:40 GMT <p> Got this error four times today. Count them, one - two - three - four. Thats so far. Grist to the mill of the anti-Vista crowd. BlueScreen? More like NoScreen! </p> <p> Serves me right for <a href="http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,341a955a-9d5b-45ad-a306-fc1162e59d9d.aspx">poking fun at the java crowd</a>. </p> <img src="http://blog.pduggan.net/content/binary/is it just me seriously.png" border=0><img width="0" height="0" src="http://blog.pduggan.net/aggbug.ashx?id=0946d930-88fe-459e-ab6a-a3dcfbab9511" /> http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,0946d930-88fe-459e-ab6a-a3dcfbab9511.aspx .NET;Life;Microsoft http://blog.pduggan.net/Trackback.aspx?guid=341a955a-9d5b-45ad-a306-fc1162e59d9d http://blog.pduggan.net/pingback.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,341a955a-9d5b-45ad-a306-fc1162e59d9d.aspx myemail@myemail.com (Paul Duggan) http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,341a955a-9d5b-45ad-a306-fc1162e59d9d.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/SyndicationService.asmx/GetEntryCommentsRss?guid=341a955a-9d5b-45ad-a306-fc1162e59d9d

Did you hear the one about...?

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Some nice Irish Irony http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,341a955a-9d5b-45ad-a306-fc1162e59d9d.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,341a955a-9d5b-45ad-a306-fc1162e59d9d.aspx Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:13:17 GMT <p> Did you hear the one about...? </p> <p> <img title="Irish Irony" height=441 alt=javadotnetirishirony.png src="http://blog.pduggan.net/content/binary/javadotnetirishirony.png" width=625 border=0> </p> <img width="0" height="0" src="http://blog.pduggan.net/aggbug.ashx?id=341a955a-9d5b-45ad-a306-fc1162e59d9d" /> http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,341a955a-9d5b-45ad-a306-fc1162e59d9d.aspx .NET http://blog.pduggan.net/Trackback.aspx?guid=08d31b9b-a094-4197-a372-05fa312e0362 http://blog.pduggan.net/pingback.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,08d31b9b-a094-4197-a372-05fa312e0362.aspx myemail@myemail.com (Paul Duggan) http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,08d31b9b-a094-4197-a372-05fa312e0362.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/SyndicationService.asmx/GetEntryCommentsRss?guid=08d31b9b-a094-4197-a372-05fa312e0362

Seems Joel is doing a Java gig as well while he's in town! Now whats the connection between Joel and Java? Should be a lively affair.

Click here

Joel Spolsky 2.0 http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,08d31b9b-a094-4197-a372-05fa312e0362.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,08d31b9b-a094-4197-a372-05fa312e0362.aspx Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:01:51 GMT <p> Seems Joel is doing a Java gig as well while he's in town! Now whats the connection between Joel and Java? Should be a lively affair. </p> <p> <a href="http://ijtc.firstport.ie/"><img alt="Click here" src="http://ijtc.firstport.ie/images/IJTC-champagne-Postcard.jpg" border=0></a> </p> <img width="0" height="0" src="http://blog.pduggan.net/aggbug.ashx?id=08d31b9b-a094-4197-a372-05fa312e0362" /> http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,08d31b9b-a094-4197-a372-05fa312e0362.aspx Web http://blog.pduggan.net/Trackback.aspx?guid=dc7e0304-e954-4706-b576-b152cd15ece0 http://blog.pduggan.net/pingback.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,dc7e0304-e954-4706-b576-b152cd15ece0.aspx myemail@myemail.com (Paul Duggan) http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,dc7e0304-e954-4706-b576-b152cd15ece0.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/SyndicationService.asmx/GetEntryCommentsRss?guid=dc7e0304-e954-4706-b576-b152cd15ece0 1

You know you gotta go: http://worldtour.fogbugz.com/

Joel Spolsky is coming to Dublin http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,dc7e0304-e954-4706-b576-b152cd15ece0.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,dc7e0304-e954-4706-b576-b152cd15ece0.aspx Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:07:06 GMT <p> You know you gotta go: <a href="http://worldtour.fogbugz.com/">http://worldtour.fogbugz.com/</a> </p> <img width="0" height="0" src="http://blog.pduggan.net/aggbug.ashx?id=dc7e0304-e954-4706-b576-b152cd15ece0" /> http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,dc7e0304-e954-4706-b576-b152cd15ece0.aspx FogBugz http://blog.pduggan.net/Trackback.aspx?guid=b684f670-3311-46a9-bf02-1e4b5158ebec http://blog.pduggan.net/pingback.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,b684f670-3311-46a9-bf02-1e4b5158ebec.aspx myemail@myemail.com (Paul Duggan) http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,b684f670-3311-46a9-bf02-1e4b5158ebec.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/SyndicationService.asmx/GetEntryCommentsRss?guid=b684f670-3311-46a9-bf02-1e4b5158ebec
If you are a software developer earning even part of your living working with Microsoft .NET, or even if you just do it for fun, and you don't listen to DotNetRocks podcasts, start running, not walking, in the direction of DotNetRocks now!
Hosts Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell deliver highly professional, humorous and educational shows.
You can download from the site or, my preferred method, subscribe in iTunes.
A perfect complement to HanselMinutes
So, go check it out.
 
P.S. Note to self - Check out DNRTV from the same stable when I get some time.
 
Update 06/11/2007
Don't subscribe in the iTunes library itself - you'll only get the last twenty episodes. Rather, grab the RSS feed from the DotNetRocks site and then subscribe using the Advanced menu option in iTunes. That way you can see all the shows.
DotNetRocks - don't walk, run! http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,b684f670-3311-46a9-bf02-1e4b5158ebec.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,b684f670-3311-46a9-bf02-1e4b5158ebec.aspx Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:39:33 GMT <div>If you are a software developer earning even part of your living working with Microsoft .NET, or even if you just do it for fun, and you don't listen to <a href="http://dotnetrocks.com">DotNetRocks</a> podcasts, start running, not walking, in the direction of <a href="http://dotnetrocks.com">DotNetRocks</a> now! </div> <div>Hosts Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell deliver highly professional, humorous and educational shows. </div> <div>You can download from the site or, my preferred method, subscribe in iTunes. </div> <div>A perfect complement to <a href="http://hanselminutes.com">HanselMinutes</a> </div> <div>So, <a href="http://dotnetrocks.com">go check it out</a>. </div> <div>&nbsp; </div> <div>P.S. Note to self - Check out <a href="http://dnrtv.com">DNRTV</a> from the same stable when I get some time. </div> <div>&nbsp; </div> <div>Update 06/11/2007 </div> <div>Don't subscribe in the iTunes library itself - you'll only get the last twenty episodes. Rather, grab the RSS feed from the <a href="http://dotnetrocks.com/">DotNetRocks</a>&nbsp;site and then subscribe using the Advanced menu option in iTunes. That way you can see all the shows. </div> <img width="0" height="0" src="http://blog.pduggan.net/aggbug.ashx?id=b684f670-3311-46a9-bf02-1e4b5158ebec" /> http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,b684f670-3311-46a9-bf02-1e4b5158ebec.aspx .NET;Microsoft http://blog.pduggan.net/Trackback.aspx?guid=14175791-cb98-4d22-b197-a47145e73621 http://blog.pduggan.net/pingback.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,14175791-cb98-4d22-b197-a47145e73621.aspx myemail@myemail.com (Paul Duggan) http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,14175791-cb98-4d22-b197-a47145e73621.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/SyndicationService.asmx/GetEntryCommentsRss?guid=14175791-cb98-4d22-b197-a47145e73621 1
I have been playing on and off with Amazon EC2 for some time now, having been lucky enough in the first place to get an account. I originally had an Amazon AWS account for S3, the storage part of the service. Hence the lucky bit -- getting an invite for EC2 -- the elastic compute cloud.
For me it has been a highly educational experience, coming from a Windows background. It gives me a remote linux workstation to play around on with plenty of storage and bandwidth available.
Install Apache? No probs.
Install MySQL? No probs.
OpenOffice? Easy.
All in all an interesting experience. Not free though, you pay by the hour and it can add up over time.
Well worth checking out.
I am planning a blog post showing how to get Ubuntu up and running and then connecting to the server using VNC. I've done it a few times and I know it would be of interest to a lot of people.
As ever... Stay tuned.
 
Update:
Here's a very cool link on this topic.
http://dotnetrehab.blogspot.com/2007/04/vnc-on-ubuntu-feisty.html
Amazon EC2 is the business http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,14175791-cb98-4d22-b197-a47145e73621.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,14175791-cb98-4d22-b197-a47145e73621.aspx Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:06:45 GMT <div>I have been playing on and off with Amazon EC2 for some time now, having been lucky enough in the first place to get an account. I originally had an Amazon AWS account for S3, the storage part of the service. Hence the lucky bit -- getting an invite for EC2 -- the elastic compute cloud. </div> <div>For me it has been a highly educational experience, coming from a Windows background. It gives me a remote linux workstation to play around on with plenty of storage and bandwidth available. </div> <div>Install Apache? No probs. </div> <div>Install MySQL? No probs. </div> <div>OpenOffice? Easy. </div> <div>All in all an interesting experience. Not free though, you pay by the hour and it can add up over time. </div> <div>Well worth checking out. </div> <div>I am planning a blog post showing how to get Ubuntu up and running and then connecting to the server using VNC. I've done it a few times and I know it would be of interest to a lot of people. </div> <div>As ever... Stay tuned. </div> <div>&nbsp; </div> <div>Update: </div> <div>Here's a very cool link on this topic. </div> <div><a href="http://dotnetrehab.blogspot.com/2007/04/vnc-on-ubuntu-feisty.html">http://dotnetrehab.blogspot.com/2007/04/vnc-on-ubuntu-feisty.html</a> </div> <img width="0" height="0" src="http://blog.pduggan.net/aggbug.ashx?id=14175791-cb98-4d22-b197-a47145e73621" /> http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,14175791-cb98-4d22-b197-a47145e73621.aspx EC2 http://blog.pduggan.net/Trackback.aspx?guid=025ed263-25a4-441b-92f5-e3c7d7f2b89f http://blog.pduggan.net/pingback.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,025ed263-25a4-441b-92f5-e3c7d7f2b89f.aspx myemail@myemail.com (Paul Duggan) http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,025ed263-25a4-441b-92f5-e3c7d7f2b89f.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/SyndicationService.asmx/GetEntryCommentsRss?guid=025ed263-25a4-441b-92f5-e3c7d7f2b89f
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This is a test of blogging from GMail http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,025ed263-25a4-441b-92f5-e3c7d7f2b89f.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,025ed263-25a4-441b-92f5-e3c7d7f2b89f.aspx Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:25:08 GMT <ol> <li> Numbered list <li> Numbered list</li> </ol> <ul> <li> Bulleted list <li> Bulleted list</li> </ul> <div><font face="courier new,monospace" size=6>Change typeface</font> </div> <div>&nbsp; </div> <img width="0" height="0" src="http://blog.pduggan.net/aggbug.ashx?id=025ed263-25a4-441b-92f5-e3c7d7f2b89f" /> http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,025ed263-25a4-441b-92f5-e3c7d7f2b89f.aspx GMagic;GMail http://blog.pduggan.net/Trackback.aspx?guid=8dd0cba9-14ad-40d9-9862-f70119a8d9d6 http://blog.pduggan.net/pingback.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,8dd0cba9-14ad-40d9-9862-f70119a8d9d6.aspx myemail@myemail.com (Paul Duggan) http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,8dd0cba9-14ad-40d9-9862-f70119a8d9d6.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/SyndicationService.asmx/GetEntryCommentsRss?guid=8dd0cba9-14ad-40d9-9862-f70119a8d9d6 1
I think gmagic should definitely support this in the the HTML editor.
Stay tuned
dasblog Mail To Weblog feature is cool http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,8dd0cba9-14ad-40d9-9862-f70119a8d9d6.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,8dd0cba9-14ad-40d9-9862-f70119a8d9d6.aspx Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:03:56 GMT <div>I think <a href="http://gmagic.net">gmagic</a> should definitely support this in the the HTML editor. </div> <div>Stay <a href="http://www.gmagic.net">tuned</a> </div> <img width="0" height="0" src="http://blog.pduggan.net/aggbug.ashx?id=8dd0cba9-14ad-40d9-9862-f70119a8d9d6" /> http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,8dd0cba9-14ad-40d9-9862-f70119a8d9d6.aspx GMagic;GMail http://blog.pduggan.net/Trackback.aspx?guid=708520ee-3842-4cb7-ad91-d892df453e78 http://blog.pduggan.net/pingback.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,708520ee-3842-4cb7-ad91-d892df453e78.aspx myemail@myemail.com (Paul Duggan) http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,708520ee-3842-4cb7-ad91-d892df453e78.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/SyndicationService.asmx/GetEntryCommentsRss?guid=708520ee-3842-4cb7-ad91-d892df453e78

GMail really is an excellent email program and general allround web tool. I've tried hotmail and yahoo but keep coming back to gmail.
I'm creating a new tag here with this post called GMail as I intend making quite a few gmail-related posts soon primarily to publicise the up and coming gmagic.

GMail is excellent http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,708520ee-3842-4cb7-ad91-d892df453e78.aspx http://blog.pduggan.net/PermaLink,guid,708520ee-3842-4cb7-ad91-d892df453e78.aspx Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:47:11 GMT <p> GMail really is an excellent email program and general allround web tool. I've tried hotmail and yahoo but keep coming back to gmail.<br> I'm creating a new tag here with this post called GMail as I intend making quite a few gmail-related&nbsp;posts soon primarily to publicise the up and coming <a href="http://www.gmagic.net/">gmagic</a>. </p> <img width="0" height="0" src="http://blog.pduggan.net/aggbug.ashx?id=708520ee-3842-4cb7-ad91-d892df453e78" /> http://blog.pduggan.net/CommentView,guid,708520ee-3842-4cb7-ad91-d892df453e78.aspx GMagic;GMail;Google