Hey,
The task with which I am currently charged has sparked off the second “Things That Piss Me Off” post.
My laptop has been running a bit sluggish recently. And after a bit of thought it became obvious as to why. It currently has running on it the following:
- Microsoft SQL Server Express
- Microsoft IIS Manager
- Microsoft Visual Studio IDEs
- MySQL Server
- PHP Server
- Apache Server
Plus all the other things which come with my life, like Adobe CS4 Master Edition and the like. What I have realised is that most of the above services are not used 100% of the time, especialy the Microsoft IIS and SQL servers, as most of my dev work at home is PHP/MySQL based (note that at work I am a Microsoft SQL and .NET developer).
As such I have decided to fire up a few Virtual Machines to hold my Microsoft Servers, and another to hold my LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) servers. That way when I am not working on local servers, they can just be paused!! As such saving the resources.
BUT ANYWAY!! The Thing That Pisses Me Off is….
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Hey,
I saw Avatar in 3D the other day and I was very much impressed, great movie and amazing effects. But away from the movie I have been made aware of these two websites:
A Na’vi name generator:HERE
And a Na’vi Avatar generator: HERE
And yes I tried them, my name is Ateyo, and my avatar is…
Thank you to my Girlfriend Emma for pointing the websites out…. Yes Emma you have been mentioned on the internets!
Nite,
James
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Hey Everyone,
Had a few problems, an upgrade trashed my theme so I’m re-writing it as we speak. So sorry if some things don’t look quite right.
Feel free to let me know of any bugs you find!
Thanks
James
UPDATE: Well the theme is fixed now, and hopefully works better now that it did originally! Still let me know if you find any bugs in the blog, or the rest of the site for that matter! James.
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Hey,
Just a quickie, I just spent all evening installing a new router, carefully running the cables, etc ,etc ,etc.
It was a DLink DIR-615 that I brought new from Amazon. Once I had it all set up and entered all my port forwardings, I sat down to test it. And low and behold it didnt work. I mean yea the internet worked, but port forwarding didn’t.
Turns out that the one that was sold to me was a Virgin Media firmware’d version (V1.0VM), which is renowned for having screw ups. So back to my trusty Linksys WRT54G for the time being. And an email to the Amazon seller explaining that selling me someone else’s property (Virgin Media’s) is just not on!!
UPDATE: the man from amazon has refunded me and told me not to bother refunding it. So all is good. Nice man!!
Night All,
James
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