Archive for 2005

Get Your own Domain Name

by on May.26, 2005, under Tech Tips

I’m sure everyone would agree that its nice to have your own name on your email or website rather than whatever random string you were forced to use when you signed up to hotmail or your webhost, stephen197857342934754875389 @ overusedmailserver.com just isnt very memorable (oh and I just that up so if anyone actually has that address sorry). Instead you could get something like webmaster@yourdomain.co.uk, you can actually replace the webmaster with anything you like, I just chose it because its the one I publish here. Of course the domain (bit after the @) would be the address you keep your web pages, your name or a name you like. Its a lot easier for you and your friends to remember an if you’re a company you definitely want to get your own ID on the net.

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Changing the CGI Timout in IIS 6 on Windows Server 2003

by on May.10, 2005, under Tech Tips

IIS 6 has a default cgi timeout of 5 minutes or 300 seconds, this is fine for most web applications, however I had need of a longer timeout for quite a large complicated php script that outputted to a web browser.

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Lazy Tuna and Pasta

by on Mar.21, 2005, under Food

Well I got home tonight and had to make my own tea. Well I had a look thinking maybe a tin of spaghetti bolognaise on toast or chips but we didn’t have and bolognaise, but we did have a tin of spaghetti in tomato source, and there’s always tuna.

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Bad Programmers

by on Mar.14, 2005, under Rant

Being a geek one of my jobs is to clean up peoples computer when things go wrong, they either get spyware, adware or a viruses, either are bad enough when they do their job, but what good is malware that just crashes your computer or causes a program to fail?

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Avoid Spyware

by on Feb.23, 2005, under Tech Tips

This sounds a bit like my don’t get viruses, and it is really.
There are a few ways to avoid getting infected with spyware or adware, here area few.

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