I have got my self a virtual dedicated linux server hosted in a pucker internet datacentre,
A virtual dedicated server is a entire real installation of a linux server to which i have full root access but on a shared hardware platform, making it cost roughtly 50% less than a proper dedicated box
So this blog is [...]

Just changed the back pads on my frontera as they were making a noise
I was however somewhat surprised by what I found
3 of the pads are 40-50% worn and have plenty of pad left
And are comparatively clean
1 pad, ( an inner pad as it happened) was totally destroyed and has very different dirt patterns
The calliper [...]

Had a fantastic time away over easter in the caravan, weather was OK, Did absolutly nothing, which was the whole point
only issue was the pitch, right next to some 30-40 foot trees, and guess which way the satelite dish needed to point

I have recently been called to a friends house to look at an issue with their broadband connection being very unreliable, dropping out etc.
Having been on site for an hour broadband seem to work fine, line stats were good etc etc,
and then the phone rang…. and the ADSL dropped
Hmmmmm. Faulty filter? I thought, Pull out [...]

Just read this “Big Brother & email”

Which to cut a long story short , links to an interesting vnunet artilcle, which goes on to say
China Bans Running Your Own Email Server, outragous !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The girlfriend has been badgering me about doing a proper web site for her after the wedding count down expires. however she can’t be bothered with layout, html, css etc, so I figured I need a CMS (Content management system) !
Hmmmm, main site is windows, windows CMS systems are either expensive or crap. So I [...]

Check this out? http://www.helpwinmybet.com/
Basically the story is this,
Jim said to his girlfriend that any stupid website could get tons of hits, simply because people are bored all the time. She said that He was an idiot and couldn???t make a website that could get tons of hits if he wanted to. After a long [...]

Let me start at the begining,
As i own my own domain, like many IT literate people these days, I make up email address’s as I go along, depending on what I need it for, homeshopping@, mobile@, cars@ etc, I am sure you get the picture, I then run a catch all system (with some fairly [...]