OK, I know it's a bit late but I've been really busy ...
Continue reading Halloween Macro.
Marks and Spencer have a high profile "Plan A" which, amongst other things, pledges to reduce waste:
We'll significantly reduce the amount of packaging and carrier bags that we use, and find new ways to recycle materials.
Continue reading M&S Plan A Fail.
Yup, it's Halloween and yet again I'm expecting to be subjected to demands with menace.
Continue reading It's that time of year again.
The Apple Mighty Mouse is pretty good as far as I am concerned, but it has one fatal flaw, the "nipple ball" collects gunk over time and despite all cleaning attempts, eventually it becomes unusable.
Continue reading Mighty Mouse.
I've got a Mac Pro, the famously quiet workstation
Continue reading Apple Fan Boy?.
These are quite nice little switches for home networking purposes, gigabit capability with jumbo frames, 16 ports, no fan, 12W power conumption and a basic managed capability for the adventurous.
Continue reading Dell Powerconnect 2716.
The new DFP is designed to fit over either a single box (if no mains connections used) or a dual-box, whereas the MFP mounts on a double box. As I discussed in my DFP post, the DFP mounting back plate is not compatible with a double box. So my DFP has remained deskbound for quite some time.
Continue reading DFP retro-fit to MFP position.
I built a new Node-0 cabinet to replace my metal wall cabinet type. The main reason was to get a bit more height and also some more depth at the bottom where it tucks under the roof apex so that I can fit some deeper server cases in there.
But whilst I was at it I changed my fan arrangement. Instead of trying to suck hot air out I now blow cooler air in. This means that in hot weather I am not sucking hot air from the roof void into the cabinet through any leaks. The air is blown in at the bottom rear corner and passes to the front through a plenum, since most equipment I have seems to suck in at the front.
Continue reading Too Darn Hot.
Today is a special day and so before it is out I thought I'd put up a post.
Continue reading Special Day Today.
One of the frustrations I have with accessing my Cortex computer remotely using RDC sessions from a Mac is the lack of a key mapping for \ (backslash). This can be infuriating when you want to enter a file path, for example.
Continue reading More Mac only stuff.
