Thoughts On The Book “The End Of Mr. Y”
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I bought the book “The End Of Mr. Y”, by Scarlett Thomas, as a Christmas gift but for a number of reasons I ended up reading it and I am glad I did, in fact …

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Data Consolidation
Tuesday, 19 Jun, 2007 | No Comment

From time to time it’s worth checking all your server drives to ensure there isn’t redundant data on them, or data that needs to be consolidated onto the central file server.
It’s easy for spurious files …

Recovering Lost Data
Tuesday, 19 Jun, 2007 | No Comment

A tool I have used for some time which has come in particularly handy on a number of occasions is HandyRecovery. There is a 30-day trial which allows the recovery of 1 file per day …

BladeCenter S
Monday, 18 Jun, 2007 | No Comment

Reported in IT Week (18th June 2007) IBM announced the launch of BladeCenter S management system specifically targetted at the SMB, pencilled in for late this year. This device is a chassis for up to …

Day 20 Low-Carb
Monday, 18 Jun, 2007 | No Comment

Fortunately I stayed the same at weigh in but Sunday was a complete wash out so I need to be extra careful the week ahead. I have a couple of seminars this week too which …

Day 17 Low-Carb
Friday, 15 Jun, 2007 | No Comment

Well this is it … the Weekend is ahead and it looks to be a wet one. That means staying indoors and that means visiting nice places like cafe’s or retaurants, or cafe’s and restaurants.
Diet …

PAT Testing Again
Friday, 15 Jun, 2007 | 2 Comments

It seems we’re on the PAT test trail again, and as Monk found out it’s worth a) Employing professional testers and b) Understanding the requirements yourself. With this in mind I have decided to …

KeePass
Friday, 15 Jun, 2007 | No Comment

I wrote previously regarding Password Management Solutions and after evaluating several I have settled on KeePass Password Safe[1]. It is a free open-source package that sits happily on a USB memory stick and provides a …

Taking Windows Live Writer for a spin
Friday, 15 Jun, 2007 | No Comment

Anything, within reason of course, that purports to make life a little easier is worth investigating and it is with that in mind that I’m testing Windows Live Writer[1] an editor for creating blog entries.
I feel …

Uni Results
Thursday, 14 Jun, 2007 | No Comment

Wow, I just got my Uni Masters results and was very pleased to get A’s across the board. I laboured long and hard over my paper on the “Ethics of Intelligent Agents” reading paper after …

Day 16 Low-Carb
Thursday, 14 Jun, 2007 | One Comment

I’m starting to lose grip on the low-carb and I have to reassert my control. Yesterday was DJ’s 1st birthday so we took him out for the day with a picnic to the Italian Garden …