Monthly Archives: January 2012

WordPress – a client enabler

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A client required a training session on the use of WordPress to augment their web presence. The choice of wordpress is no accident – looking at the alternatives and the range and breadth of plugins and add ons made the decision very  easy for the client. The training was required to ease the transition from […]

An IPad2 arrives

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Due to a lucky circumstance I acquired a new IPad2. I wasn’t planning to upgrade as the original ipad was more than sufficient but I was curious as that the real differences between the two devices. Initially the battery life and the speed combined with the additional camera – this does show a slight benefit […]

ADSL testing in the field

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Investigating a problem for a client required documenting the current adsl2 and adls2+ line performance as a means of understanding some performance issues. Initially checking the available services through SamKnows for the two BT lines gave some odd results. The two lines were based in Runcorn in the UK and a visit onsite was arranged. The […]

ESX5i enabling ssh the easy way

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A colleague asked me about enabling ssh access on esx5i and I directed him to the traditional method of editing the config file and restarting the service. Vmware have actually made it some much easier by allowing this to be done without having to modifying the file. The steps are   On the start screen […]