Category: tech

Server Issues

You’ll have noticed (I hope) that this site (along with a number of other sites I host on this server) went missing for a few days earlier this week. It just dropped off the internet at about Saturday lunchtime and didn’t reappear until Tuesday evening. I’m still trying to find out exactly what happened, but… Continue reading Server Issues

Sun RSS – Still Broken

Two weeks ago I wrote about how the new, “improved” RSS feeds from The Sun are, in fact, completely broken. In that two weeks nothing has changed and the feeds are still broken. Much as I enjoy seeing the Sun web team making a fool of themselves like this, I would actually like it even… Continue reading Sun RSS – Still Broken

Using TinyURL

The BBC Backstage mailing list has briefly turned its attention from the iPlayer’s DRM and Ashley Highfield’s estimates of Linux usage and is actually having an interesting conversation about URL schemes. This was all set off by an email sent out to participants in the BBC archive trial. The mail used TinyURL to shorten a… Continue reading Using TinyURL

Sun RSS Feeds Broken

It’s been a while since the “sensational soaraway” Sun started publishing RSS feeds of their stories. I’m subscribed to a couple of their feeds (it keeps my blood pressure up) but I noticed a couple of hours ago that the feeds I was subscribed to no longer exist. It seems that at some point in… Continue reading Sun RSS Feeds Broken

Password Basics

I’ve banged on before about the need for web sites to store passwords encrypted. This is a good example of why it’s necessary. Fasthosts, “the UK’s number 1 web host”, has fired off emergency emails telling customers to change all their passwords after police were called in to investigate a major data breach. Also note:… Continue reading Password Basics

New Toy

I treated myself to a Nokia N800. It arrived yesterday and it looks like a lot of fun. Expect many N800-related links in my delicious feed over the next few weeks as I get to grips with it. Now. What applications should I be installing?

Windows Users Trying Linux

This is a brief follow-up to my piece from a couple of weeks ago where I jokingly suggested that everyone should move away from Windows to Linux. I found this blog entry where a Windows user has been trying Ubuntu Linux for a couple of weeks. His findings make interesting reading. He’s had a bit… Continue reading Windows Users Trying Linux