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Bored of Waiting

By Jon on August 19, 2010

I know I only ordered it a week ago, but I really want my kindle.

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Quote #4 Sys Admin Style

By Jon on August 17, 2010

Passwords are like underwear. You shouldn’t leave them out where people can see them. You should change them regularly. And you shouldn’t loan them out to strangers. – ???

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Over the next few weeks I will be putting up some of my favourite quotes. I am a big fan of quotes and I hope you enjoy them. And here is the first one. “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to [...]

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One Page Linux manual (well 2 pages actually)

By Jon on July 23, 2010

Found this on edocr.com a simple two page Linux cheat sheet. Pretty useful. It was added by user Budda Enjoy

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HootDroid Review

By Jon on March 7, 2010

After using HootSuite as my desktop Twitter Client for some time now I was pretty pleased to see it making an appearance on Android. There are 2 versions Pro and Lite, with the Pro currently $1.99 and the Lite Version free. I choose the Pro Version and started using it as my main client from [...]

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Basekit Review

By Jon on March 1, 2010

I first heard of BaseKit about 12 months ago after they where chosen as a winner of Seedcamp 2008, I did not pay much attention at the time as they did not have a launch product and I was not looking around at hosting solutions. Fast-forward to the end of 2009, I was having a look [...]

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My Man Shelf

By Jon on February 27, 2010

Do you have a Man Shelf? Put a pic up and link.

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New Mug

By Jon on February 20, 2010

I know its pretty sad but I saw this mug at my local home bargains and had to have one, well two actually. One for home and one for when I am at HQ.

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Free Laptops & Broadband for the less well off.

By Jon on January 12, 2010

I saw this on Twitter earlier today and have just had chance to have a little read about it on the BBC website and on the face of it I think it is a brilliant idea. I personally believe everyone should have the opportunity to access the internet from home as it can create a truly level playing field. However on [...]

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ADSL online but still a bit of a farce

By Jon on January 7, 2010

My ADSL has been down for 22 days as of yesterday as I had a new phone line installed into my property. As this was a brand new line I had to have the ADSL activated and due to some bizarre systems used by BT this takes up to 21 days. I received a letter from TalkTalk informing me [...]

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