Watch Sean O’Sullivan pitch MySay.com at ETEL (you need to scroll down a bit and wait for the video to load) What’s MySay? Its a a social network for your phone, think twitter for voice.

If you listen carefully you can hear me bleating about setting up a router on one of the clips he demos.

(Fixed duffed up link to actual presentation!) 

With all the furore surrounding the Dublin pedophile ring its worth checking out this article by Danah Boyd. The short story is that young people are much more likely to be abused by friends and relations than anybody they might meet on a chat site or social network.

WordPress 2.1.2 2.1.1 has been compromised. If you installed it recently you should immediately upgrade. This is from the official WordPress website.

Today’s gouge, the Netgear DG834UK, wireless Modem and router. On Expansys.ie €78.95 on dabs.ie €67.05.

MySay.com the Web 2.0 VOIP play from Rococosoft has been chosen to present at the ETEL Launchpad for new startups in San Francisco.

Go Rococo!

Belkin Wireless High Speed Mode USB Adaptor €63.83 at expansys.ie (including VAT, postage and packing). The same adaptor at www.dabs.co.uk is only €42.

I know registering .ie domains is expensive but come on!

Matt Ogle of Last.fm has kindly posted his notes to the tutorial he gave at FOWA on building scalable LAMP applications. Lots of good stuff in here, but the quick summary is use perlbal and memcached.

Thanks Matt!

Chris Horn is blogging. Who is Chris Horn? The  founder an twice time CEO of Iona Technologies.  (Tip o’ the hat to Tom for the news).

1. You have to pay for WIFI
2. They haven’t left enough room n the reception area outside the hall (its full of sponsor stands) so its very crowded (bordering on claustrophobic) in there

This post (via stumbleupon.com) drew a chuckle. Here’s a few I liked,

• Teamwork is essential; it gives the enemy other people to shoot at
• If you are short of everything but the enemy, you are in the combat zone
• Incoming fire has the right of way
• The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire
• It’s not the one with your name on it; it’s the one addressed “to whom it may concern” you’ve got to think about
• Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder