Add a bit of Christmas cheer!
With Christmas only a couple of weeks away we thought it was time we got some seasonal banners and button ads, so we contacted our friends in SpoiltChild Design and this is what they came up with: 120 x 60 button – suitable for blogs, sidebars and other sites where screen space is at a […]
See you in Cork
We’ll be in Cork tomorrow at the IT@Cork conference. It looks like there could be an interesting line up, with a combination of both Irish and international speakers included in the day’s lineup. We’ll also have stand, as we are one of the event’s sponsors, so if you’re down that way feel free to drop […]
Beware – Internet Register Ireland Scam
A number of our clients have reported receiving letters from a German company today called “Internet Register Ireland” which seems to be a trading name of DAD Deutscher Adressdienst GmbH. The letter is nicely presented and includes a business reply envelope (all printed on recycled paper no less!). See below for sample: The issue arises […]
And Now More Bandwidth to make you happy
You may remember a while back that I mentioned some of our network and hardware upgrades. As our core network peers at INEX with a growing number of Irish ISPs we felt the time was right to upgrade bandwidth on all our shared hosting plans, so that’s exactly what we’ve done. Our entry level hosting […]
Fast Loading Sites Sell More
If your website takes more than a couple of seconds to load then you could be losing business. A recent study conducted by Akamai and Jupiter research shows that 4 seconds is the maximum delay that a potential shopper will put up with before going elsewhere. We’ve probably all had this problem where a website […]
Verisign Implements Changes to com transfers
Verisign, which manages the registry of .com and .net, have recently moved their platform over to use EPP. While this is primarily a “backend” change it also affects both ourselves and our clients. As you may be aware to transfer a .org, .info or .biz domain you need a special code or key. This is […]
It@Cork Podcast Series
I like us to get involved with interesting projects, so when Tom Raftery asked us if we’d be interested in sponsoring the It@Cork conference this year I was interested. Rather than merely shoving our name on the sponsors’ list we’re actually sponsoring the pre-conference podcast series, where Tom will be speaking to some of the […]
Logos for Net Visionary Nominees and Sponsors
If you have been nominated for a Net Visionary Award this year you can now put a tasty logo on your website or blog. (The sponsors haven’t been left out either, as you can see from the main page of this blog.) Adding the logo to your blog is quite easy. In my case I […]
Free SpreadShirt Upgrades!!!! Save 60 Euro!
We’ll be letting all our clients know about this really cool special offer later today, but I thought I’d give our blog readers the inside track first. Blacknight in partnership with SpreadShirt is offering free upgrades to the premium SpreadShirt shops. This upgrade will save you €60!! Spreadshirt is an online platform that allows you […]
IIA NetVisionaries 2006 – Don’t forget to vote
We are proud sponsors of the Irish Internet Association Net Visionary Awards again this year. This year’s awards sees the introduction of two new categories that reflect the growing popularity of the media in question – namely blogging and podcasting. Here at Blacknight we’re passionate about new technologies, so it’s little surprise that several of […]
The Big Move 2006 – In English
At the end of last week our technical team sent out a notification to a group of clients to forewarn them of a pending IP renumbering. As this kind of thing is quite technical I thought people might appreciate a more detailed explanation. The explanation will include technical information, but hopefully it will be easier […]
BarCamp Cork – Thanks to the organisers
I was down in Cork on Saturday for BarCamp which we were sponsoring. I had a really good time and met some really interesting people. None of this would have been possible without the hard work of the organisers and volunteers, so I’d like to take this chance to thank them for all their selfless […]