Red's Ramblings v.2

My VPN problem has been resolved.
I came home yesterday to find my network dead and my DHCP pool missing. Amid a host of flashing lights and APIPA addresses I unravelled the problem and got everything back up and running. O2 had remotely applied firmware 7.4.20.5 to my router but still I had no VPN.
I [...]

It may as well be a murder mystery. I’ve killed the best part of a week on this and I’m still without a satisfactory resolution.
The story goes like this. I rely upon a VPN connection to access the office from home. I don’t use it all the time but when something goes wrong and I [...]

I’m not referring to my own although you would be forgiven for thinking that I am such are the lack of posts. No, I’m referring to the blogs that are lovingly cared for on a commercial host where the owner has a met a fate most foul (or maybe just died) and has stopped paying [...]

for no particular reason I decided to post a photo of a cat

My plans (not that I had worked them out yet but that’s how I start this post)… My plans, have been dealt a mortal blow. Not by Somalian pirates, not even by good old Cornish ones, but by my good lady wife. Well not so much her but by her flat tyre. The net result [...]

Its often good practice to slow down, stop and take a look around. That’s just what I’m doing now. Its a quiet Sunday morning post Christmas and Boxing Day. Having sat in front of the screen for a while catching up on the news and my dismal Fantasy Premier league score this week I realised [...]

Many of you know that I’ve been involved with ugvx.com for many years. You’ll be excused for thinking from the title of this post that its been a millstone around my neck. Far from it and I’d describe it as more of a labour of love. There is no denying though that it was in [...]

I have VMWare on my MacBook Pro but its only for occasional admin work. I get the impression on performance that I’d be better with a Boot Camp install but i don’t want to reboot or have another full OS install. I spotted an article on iGadget Life the other day that suggested using CrossOver [...]

I’ve had a steady stream of Tweets and photos posted via Twitter but its been a while since I’ve put anything meaningful down in the form of a blog post, how rude of me. In my defence I have been quite busy lately and the periodic Tweet is all I’ve been able to muster. That [...]

To commemorate Talk Like A Pirate Day 2009 I give all you iPhone/iPod Touch users my current wallpaper (for the day anyway).