To celebrate the visit of President Obama to Ireland we thought we’d run a “wee” offer on hosting and domains No prizes for guessing where we got our inspiration for the graphic from! So if you use the coupon code: obama (all lower case, no spaces) you can avail of the following special discount pricing: [...]
The Funny Side To .Tel
I “hangout” on a lot of domain related fora and blogs, so when I saw this I just had to share it with our readers (click to enlarge) Comic strip reproduced with permission from Chef Patrick

Blacknight To Rebrand And Offer Scuba Gear
At times I get out of bed in the morning and I wonder why on earth I’m involved in this “game”. Maybe I should have got into something else. But what? The last couple of weeks’ rain has inspired me, as well as soaking me to the skin. Add to that the flooding of some [...]

Cave Art – Blacknight Style!
It’s amazing what designers come up with at times! Mouse over it to see what it’s all about ….
Funny Penguins and Other Print Advertising
For the last few months we have been regular advertisers in a number of UK magazines including Linux Format. Print advertising is an interesting “game”. You can spend a fortune and reap no return or spend very little and see your sales jump over night. For the first few months of our advertising “run” in [...]
Explaining RAID Disks
I hate acronyms. Of course they’re impossible to avoid if you work in IT, but that doesn’t mean I have to like them. RAID is one of those acronyms that really wrecks my head. Not RAID itself which means simply Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks, but the different types of RAID array that can exist. [...]
Don’t Take Yourself Too Seriously
I’d like to think that we don’t take ourselves too seriously. Sure – hosting is a serious business, but there’s nothing wrong with having a bit of a laugh from time to time – even if its from a competitor! One of our competitors posted a link to a YouTube video today that was quite [...]

Thanks for the product name feedback
A couple of months ago (time flies!) I was asking people both here and on LinkedIn for product name suggestions. I was expecting some feedback, but I was totally unprepared for the sheer volume of replies I got. Wow! Thanks for taking the time to exercise your grey matter and help us out! Some of [...]
Will it all go pop?
A lot of our clients share a common trait. They are confident that their idea will succeed. It’s great to see so much optimism, but people shouldn’t take themselves too seriously! Have a look at this (pump up the volume if you can!): With thanks to Jimmy for sharing the link! Edit: Pointed to update [...]
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