Recently we had some problems with our DNS provider for the business which caused us to look at moving the domain over to another more reliable provider. In the end we decided to settle with hosting the DNS with pipex and while they may not have always had the best reputation they are one of [...]
As anyone in IT will tell you most of your time is spent in front of a computer and if you work in support then a whole heap of that is spent watching progress bars descend into the abyss of life. I would estimate now that I have spent approximately 40% of my working time [...]
Over the weekend I was onsite finishing off and installation for a client of a VoIP PBX system that we had provided. What they had got was one of IP PBX’s with 4 Linksys SPA941 IP Phones connect to 2 ISDN2e lines so that they had 4 incoming calls. Due to the nature of their [...]
How many business do you either deal with directly or know that do backups? A large percentage I would say however how many individuals (home users) actually do backups? Not so many. If you ask a home user about backups then they will usually tell you on of two things: I don’t really have anything [...]
At the moment business is going from strength to strength which given the current economic climate is quite amazing because if the media are to be believed then we are on the brink of global recession. Now while I run an IT business I do not claim to be the global economist nor a great [...]
I was round to see my dad recently and he showed me a video he’d found on youtube and it had me rolling. The video is of Jeff Dunham with "Achmed the dead terrorist", below is the video for your enjoyment !!!
I’ve been working in computers now for about 15 years and seen many versions of software come and go. My time in IT started with DOS 6 and Windows 3.1/Windows NT3.51, from there it build through the various Windows versions going to Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Windows 95, Windows NT4, Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows [...]
I had a call from a client (whose also a friend of mine) the other which at the time made me laugh, the kinds of laugh that makes you fall of the seat. It goes a little like this: Client: Hi Rob, I’m probably going to regret asking this but I have been asked and [...]
As an IT guy I have heard this so many times that if I had a pound for each time I’m sure I could have retired by now. For anyone that has had this happen it is the most sickening feeling you can get and it goes something like this. You arrive at the office [...]
One of the thins that I am looking at now is stuff regarding personal development and the reason for this is that however good you are or however good you THINK you are; the bottom line is you can do better. This is an area that I find interesting as I have found that there [...]