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• QR-Code Generator
  Generate your own 2D bar codes. Now that more people are carrying iPhones and such, more people are able to scan codes and get info.
  (tags: barcode qr)

• 2010 Torrents (Home of the (UNOFFICIAL) SXSW Torrents)
  A collection of music from all the artists appearing at South-by-Southwest. Gigabytes of free, legal music.
  (tags: music mp3)
• flame | peter blaskovic | escape motions
  Very cool drawing tool.
  (tags: design wallpaper art)
• Wordpress Themes – SimpleThemes
  One of the best collections of Wordpress themes I've ever seen.
  (tags: wordpress themes)

• Google Analytics for Facebook Fan Pages – PHP, Web and IT stuff
  An easy technique for using Google Analytics to track your Facebook fan pages. Handy!
  (tags: facebook analytics)
• Ugolog – Video monitoring online
  A free service to offer online webcam monitoring of your home.
  (tags: webcam security)

• Free For All: Web Design Resources | CreativePro.com
  A great collection of resources for web designers – wireframing stencils, browser testing, free icons, etc.
  (tags: icons design web)

• The Best Android Developer Resources — Constant Contact Labs
  A great list of resources from someone who's currently working on developing an Android app.
  (tags: android development)

• Expand Your Web Design Font Choices, Part 1 | CreativePro.com
  An easier way to embed fonts within your web using an online hosted service.
  (tags: font design css)

• Cool Infographics – Cool Infographics – 16 Infographic Resumes, A Visual Trend
  A really awesome collection of resumes for designers – presented as information graphics.
  (tags: infographics design)

Congratulations to our friends at the Council of Rural Initiatives on the launch of their new web site, developed by Irish Rose Consulting. This was a short-timeframe project, so we made use of Wordpress with a pre-developed template. We’re happy to be able to support the efforts of this new organization working for rural Wisconsin.

 

Since our time living in Ireland, I’ve been using a great online service called ConnectMe Anywhere. This service allows you to purchase phone numbers in dozens of countries and forward them to your own phone. Using this, I was able to provide a U.S. phone number that rang my mobile phone in Ireland, and since we’ve moved back I’ve been able to keep an Irish phone number that rings here in the U.S. Their rates are incredibly reasonable, and their web site makes it very easy to set up a list of phone numbers to be rung.

I recently learned that one of our Irish numbers was ringing straight through to a strange voicemail system rather than our cell phones. I emailed ConnectMe Anywhere’s support department mid-day last Friday. I was pleasantly surprised to have the problem resolved in less than 24 hours, and I was delighted to get that information in the following email:

I have had an engineer look at the problem and it appears when they were doing some testing with Irish numbers on the system and your numbers where pointed to one of our developers by error.  This has now been rectified and are back pointing at your account.  My sincerest apologies and I have added 20 Euros of free credit to your account.  Just to let you know that the technician responsible will be made to wear a dunce cap for 2 weeks and get no mint cookies with his tea.  Again our apologies for the inconvenience and please let me know if you require any further help or have any questions.

That reply, by the way, was from the great, fabulous and good-looking Belinda (ahem, she told me to say that…). While I’d been perfectly happy with the service to this point, this kind of quick and humorous response from their support folks has made me a committed customer. Kudos to Belinda and the entire team at ConnectMe Anywhere!

Congratulations to Irish Rose Consulting client Hartung Brothers, Inc. of Madison. They’ve signed an agreement to sell their wholesale fertilizer division to The Andersons, an agribusiness based in Maumee, Ohio. We’ve enjoyed working with the folks in the fertilizer division over the past several years, helping with custom software as they expanded their operation. We wish them all the best in their new home.