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Wed, 3/12/08 | One Comment

It was whilst reading a comment posted on Stephen Fry blog that led to me looking at Pixlr. Pixlr describes itself as “…a free online image editor, jump in and start edit, adjust, filter” and …

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Article Archive for July 2007

Where has July gone?
Tuesday, 31 Jul, 2007 | No Comment

I’m not sure if I’ve slipped through a time break or simply been asleep too long but the end of July seems to have crept up on me fast. I have my entry for the …

Being on call-out
Monday, 30 Jul, 2007 | No Comment

As Brother Mouse Matt has discovered one of the problems of being on 24 hour emergency call is that it’s very difficult to ‘let your hair down’ because should that time occur when you feel …

Broadband Blues
Monday, 30 Jul, 2007 | No Comment

Whatever the advantages of broadband it is still an administrative and technical pain in the nether regions. We provide broadband for a number of field based workers and yours truly gets to be the central …

3Com NBX Upgrade
Monday, 30 Jul, 2007 | One Comment

Following on from my recent post (3Com NBX Upgrade blues) regarding the 3Com NBX 100, I’m happy to report that we’ve finally reached and taken the massive step to firmware version v6_0_44 from v4_2_9 and the …

Exchange Server 2007 and Office Sharepoint Server 2007
Friday, 27 Jul, 2007 | No Comment

Best Practice time again. The decision to make this time is whether to install Office Sharepoint Server 2007 onto the same server that is hosting Exchange Server 2007. Search Exchange seems to imply this is …

SonicOS Enhanced v4 released
Friday, 27 Jul, 2007 | No Comment

I’ve just discovered on the Sonicwall update site that SonicOS Enhanced has been updated to version 4.0.0.0.e (released on June 30, 2007). This is a bit of a step up from the previous version of …

USB Memory Stick in a 60 degree Spin Cycle
Friday, 27 Jul, 2007 | 2 Comments

Imagine my horror when my other half found my 8Gb USB Memory Stick this morning - in the washing machine. The machine had been on early in the morning doing a 60 degree spin cycle …

Exchange Server 2007
Friday, 27 Jul, 2007 | 2 Comments

I seem to have some to a bit of a halt with the roll out of Exchange Server 2007. Yes, I’ve attended the roadshows and read the forums, blogs and newsgroups and yes I was …

The Techie Strikes Back
Friday, 27 Jul, 2007 | One Comment

According to an article by Andy McCue in Silicon.com [1], “Techies lack communication and leadership skills.”
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Heaven knows what sort of survey this was based upon. In a …

Ubuntu and Nagios under Microsoft Virtual Server continued
Thursday, 26 Jul, 2007 | No Comment

Further to my previous post (Ubuntu and Nagios) about installing Ubuntu and Nagios under Microsoft Virtual Server I’m happy to report I’ve hade quite a bit of success after re-creating the Virtual Image. This time I …