I have some mixed opinions of Media Temple tonight. On the one hand, I was completely unable to access swinny.net (IMAP/SSH/HTTP) or domains under the same account (10AM PST). Support told me (reasonably promptly - 10:52AM) that they could ... (more)
We had a situation recently where our Windows Media Center (running on Vista x64) would change channel and volume without our doing. Some nights it wouldn't do it at all, and other nights it was terrible. Eventually it dawned on us: we occasionally ... (more)
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/3822-virgin-media-50meg-product-is-it-a-revolution.html Broadband has come a long way in eight years, from 0.5Mbps to 50Mbps that Virgin Media is launching. The question is how much will we pay for it? ... (more)
It's not unusual for web hosts to make changes to their platform, for security reasons or whatever, but this one on Media Temple's (gs) platform can break web scripts that access API applications: curl's FOLLOW_LOCATION options has been disabled ... (more)
Hitting the power button on my iPhone this evening, I was shocked to discover that the screen was zoomed in - the 'Unlock' slider was massive, so large that I couldn't even see the chunk to drag across! My first thought was to turn it off and ... (more)
Our current lounge PC is rather noisy and ugly, and is also prone to crashing. High-graphics games will suddenly hang, until allowed to continue by task manager intervention. Windows Media Center will occasionally (quite rarely really) bomb ... (more)
Swinny.net has been hosted on MyServerWorld.com (previously part of HostEurope, now Pipex) for many years, since 2001 in fact. Performance and quality of service have both been good, and at £25 per year for a 1GB account and 10GB per ... (more)
Best prices were found at AfterHours.co.uk SilverStone Grandia GD01S-MXR with MCE Remote and LCD Display Silver Case SST-GD01S-MXR Usually ships 24 hours £110.63 / £129.99 inc £103.02 / ... (more)
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Cromer: A Great Seaside Resort! The North Norfolk coast can be shrouded in mist or blasted with freezing winds when the rest of the county is sweltering. Catch it on a nice day, however, and you should have a great time. Cromer is the ... (more)
This is a guide to updating your Linux server for SSL-enabled, IPv6-happy email transmission using sendmail! Here are the things you need to have already: An IPv6 address for your server. Your internet hosting provider will be able ... (more)