'work' Category

• PPTP VPN, dd-wrt and private DNS resolution

  March 24, 2011

  The number of network devices in our house has increased significantly recently. With two Apple TVs, a wii, iPad, two iPhones, a Kindle, an xbox, two laptops, a desktop and a nettop, my creaky old AirPort Extreme was struggling to cope, particularly streaming media across the network. I also need to bridge two sections of [...]

  posted in home, work by gtm12

• Working in Cambridge with clever people doing clever things with computers

  October 24, 2010

  We were the first generation to grow up with computers at home. Iain got one first – a BBC Micro, just as we were leaving primary school, but many of my friends got BBCs, Spectrums and Commodore 64s for Christmas 1983. Although 1984 has significance in the history of computing in other ways, it was [...]

  posted in work by gtm12

• Russell Brand and SQL Monitor

  October 22, 2010

  Watching Russell Brand on the PVR, and looking at the servers at work. Cube looks a bit busy. Nupe. Quiet again. Cool. One more beer before bed?

  posted in work by gtm12

• Poisson d’Avril

  April 1, 2009

  Password Resets – please read This message was sent with High importance. Sent: 01 April 2009 08:31 To: Red-Gate A few people have run into problems where they’ve been asked for their password, mid-afternoon while accessing file shares or Exchange. This is occurring because we’re changing our password expiry cycle from the current 1 year. [...]

  posted in work by gtm12