Bird's gone!
I know it doesn’t look very special, and it was the first rushed shot, when daylight was fading this evening, and there was a Long Tailed Tit on my nuts. But the special thing about this photo was it was taken with my Digital SLR attached to my spotting ‘scope. The bird feeder was 100 metres from the position of the camera.
I hope to get some birds on the next shots!
Spent most of the day un-taggling network cables…but I can now see the light at the end of this very long tunnel.
In case you were wondering the old switches have been divided into two distinct areas, because they are two different physical networks, that will be VLAN-ed on thje new switches. The new switches are installed, and configured, all the VLANs tagged and untagged, so all I have to do tomorrow, is to hopefully connect all the cables back!
Happy Pancake Day!
had your pancakes yet?
TomTom have released a new Map Update 845.2645 today, (it could have come out late yesterday, as was promised on the 15 February 2010 – but I didn’t see it!). If you’ve just purchased your TomTom SatNav (in the last 30 days)
Use the Lastest Map Guarantee from within TomTom HOME to download for free. Otherwise you’ll need to sign up for the quarterly Map Update Service.
One of my projects on a client site, is to replace all the defunct, old 3COM network equipment with a new core HP Switch. This network communications cabinet currently has seven (7) old 3COM switches (3300, 3300XM, 3000SM) all requring power, the communications cupboard gets very hot with all this old network switch equipment, and there is no more room for additional networking. So it’s being replaced with an HP core switch. It’s a very tedious job, labelling all the cables pulling them all out, removing all the older networking equipment, and re-installing the new switch, and cabling up again. But it’s a job that needs to be done…
So whilst your reading this today, give a thought for me, in a dusty, dark cabinet, with a rats nest of cables…..
In the long term, the advantages are clear, lower power consumption, less heat, electricity, CO2, and more network connections for more computers!
Planted out my Rhubarb crown temporarily before it gets transferred to the allotment.
rhubarb crown planted in exhibition potatoe bag
close-up of rhubarb crown planted in exhibition potatoe bag
and a few pictures to show how my garlic is coming in planted last September 2009.
Iberian white garlic in February
elephant garlic in February
These garlic bulbs were obtained from The Garlic Farm on the Isle of Wight.
Fed up with how bloated AVG has become over the years since v7, it now seems to really slow down all my computers when installed. In search of a better anti-virus product I came across Microsoft Security Essentials at http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
The slogan says “Proven antivirus protection for free? That’s what I need”. I’ll try it and see!
There’s also a true 64bit version available as well.
This is the wrapper from my last British Fry’s Turkish Delight! I gave up Terry’s Chocolate Oranges when they left our shores, so I’m going to do the same with Fry’s Turkish Delight!
The last Frys Turkish Delight to be made in Britain!
at least the label will be right for the future “full of eastern promise!”
Windows Azure - Cloud Computing - An Operating System Online
I’ve been experimenting with Windows Azure and Microsoft Online Services. Very interesting and workable stuff – inexpensive too! Windows Azure: operating system as an online service!
I’ve been changing some mail records on DNS systems, and I got a mail bounce… It’s no wonder why I didn’t receive the email!
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username@company.co.uk
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