When even the shared symbol of the Red Hand upsets at least one bigot, is it any wonder we get divided over terminology? There seems to be some disagreement over what exactly constitutes Ulster and when it is and isn't appropriate to use the term. Ind… more »

I've upgraded the blogging software (a couple of hours on Wednesday night and some more time on Thursday) resulting in a few changes. Captcha's gone The anti-spam security code isn't required anymore. The upgrade is supposedly much better at fight… more »

Despite being proclaimed as a truly democratic and open medium, this week sees another instance of web censorship hit much closer to home. Yesterday the New York Times had a leading article entitled Details Emerge In British Terror Case which was unavail… more »

It was brought to my attention today that non-members have recently been unable to comment here at EU due to a problem displaying the anti-spam authorisation code. At the moment I'm blaming my webhost, however in the mean time I've removed the need to en… more »

beano's off on a summer holiday. No more posting for a week or two ;) I'm off visiting sunny (?) Donegal. Be good while I'm gone. more »

Just a quick headsup about the new Everything Ulster Search page. I've developed this little tool to make use of NorthernIrishBlogs.com, which syndicates a number of (you've guessed it) Northern Irish Blogs. If you have google as your home page at the… more »

Excessive spam has resulted in EU implementing a Captcha verification mechanism. Those of you who have commented here over the last couple of days will already have noticed the new captcha here (the image/word verification field on the comment form). Yo… more »

Please update your RSS feeds to this RSS 2 feed. I upgraded the b2evolution software that powers the blog to 0.9.2 for some anti-spam stuff and it's been nothing but hassle. Warning: semi-technical stuff ahead - technophobes, go read another post!… more »

I've just f**ked up my first exam. There will be (bar one or two small exceptions) no more posts until they're over on 1st June. more »

No not your last chance, mine. Having received a free iPod from freepay in December, it looks like with their new 3 month time limit (and my ignoring it for a month and a half) I'm not going to get an Xbox (everybody say aww). Looks like I'll just have t… more »