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Amazon Web Services

By dom | Published: 2011-10-11

I’m suddenly working with a few different AWS setups. I definitely like the flexibility and sheer scope of it. But that’s where its biggest problem comes from: the learning curve is considerable, just based on the massive number of services Amazon offer in AWS. Once up the curve, it’s actually all very simple to work [...]

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Adding extra IP addresses to Debian

By dom | Published: 2011-10-10

I was just asked to add a new IP address to a Debian cloud host. It’s a simple thing, but depending on how often – or how seldom – you do it, you often still need to look it up to remind yourself. So, having previously decided to do a post every time I do [...]

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Bluetooth headphone adaptor

By dom | Published: 2011-03-19

This has been one of my better buying decisions recently. I was looking at Sennheiser Bluetooth headphones, but as I have a few pretty decent ear-canal phones, Sennheiser headphones and others it seemed a little wasteful. So I started looking for a BT adaptor. Sony devices were getting good reviews, so I looked at the [...]

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Ooh, nice digs!

By dom | Published: 2011-01-06
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[Update: removed.] Hmm, maybe I’ve found that house with a garden I’ve been looking for…? Er, no. Very nice, but 2 megaeuros is a bit much for my bank manager – I made a new year’s resolution not to give him another break-down! Nice though, if you have the wedge, and you fancy living near [...]

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Themetastical

By dom | Published: 2010-12-14

So I’ve finally – FINALLY! – moved from the WordPress theme I’ve had on this site for nearly FIVE years. For now I’ve just got a very standard Thematic-based child theme, but I’ll be working on that shortly. At least I can move some widgets around now! Watch, as they say, this space…

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exim vulnerability fun

By dom | Published: 2010-12-14

Lots of fun over weekend for admins with not-quite-latest exim… I’m getting emails from various services saying their user information databases were compromised, which I assumes related to the rootkits that the vulnerability allows you to install. Which makes me wonder: how many sites are storing passwords unencrypted? If a user database is compromised, and [...]

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By dom | Published: 2010-11-09

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iMovie '09 – tsk

By dom | Published: 2009-10-18

Spot the deliberate mistake:

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Just keep your eyes peeled!

By dom | Published: 2009-09-22
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IE6 CSS – let them eat cake?

By dom | Published: 2009-05-22

An interesting idea is presented on “for a beautiful web” regarding how best to deal with IE6 and its many failings. Universal Internet Explorer 6 CSS proposes that IE6 always gets sent a standard look and feel, so that the experience for its users is not bad – just not the full shebang. It’s clear [...]

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