You might just have noticed over the last couple of weeks, this Website has undergone a bit of a transformation. One of the extra abilities that some of this work has given me is the ability to gain a little …
Category Archive: IT
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Jun
27
Can’t Fault the Service!
Long time followers may be aware that I’m lucky enough to be part of a test programme run by a certain large PC & Printer manufacturer. On two previous occasions I’ve been sent an all-in-one Printer/Scanner/Copier/Fax to “test” and report …
Jun
17
What’s in my Toolbox?
Prompted by some fellow Networksy types, (Jeff and Jeremy), who’s recent entries on the contents of their toolbags I found extremely interesting; I thought I’d go through mine as I have a few unusual items! Starting with the fairly standard …
Feb
03
I just want to say… I want one..
… nay, I NEED one! What am I on about you may ask? The answer is simple…. one of these: It’s an LG N2B1DD2 2 Bay Blu-ray Network Attached Storage 2TB which connects to the Network and provides Network Attached …
Sep
19
Entertaining and Thought Provoking…
Quite an interesting clip of Clifford Stoll in action. I can thoroughly recommend his book “The Cuckoo’s Egg” for any Computer Security types out there.
Jan
07
A glimpse of the future!
Here’s hoping this vision becomes a reality, but I think there’s actually a fair chance on this one! I found this article today about a Wearable Flexible OLED screen that has been developed by an American company. Now my imagination …
Dec
24
MPLS Cheat Sheet
Good old Ivan Pepelnjak has collated an MPLS Cheet Sheet over on the IOS Hints & Tricks Blog, which may well come in very handy! Or go straight for the PDF Download here: http://wiki.nil.com/wk/images/b/b1/MPLS_VPN_cheatsheet.pdf I could think of one or …
Dec
19
How to create a free Windows 200x TFTP Server
… how to create a “Free” TFTP Server under Windows 2000. (Haven’t tested this under Windows 2003 Server yet) Using a fairly standard Windows 2000 install (tested under server, not sure about workstation) Copy “tftpd.exe” from “c:\winnt\system32\dllcache\tftpd.exe” to “c:\winnt\system32\tftpd.exe” Get …
Oct
11
Technology: MSN Woes
I’m a fairly big MSN Windows Live Messenger user, but I’m starting to think that might change fairly soon. I started to experience some annoyances with the current 8.5 version of WLM. It started to “jump” to focus, if I …
Oct
10
Technology: SPLUNK! Take the SH out of IT….
Yes, you read it correctly!That’s one of many clever tag lines used by Splunk’s Marketers! And it’s not half as clever by far as the Application! It’s another free product! Amazingly, the basic version of Splunk is gratis! and can …
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