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The light – it burns
Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 | No CommentsIf anyone visited the Frog stand at BETT this year, you may have noticed Bob the Frog glowing with the light of a thousand suns. Well, he’s still glowing – only now he’s glowing at the front of the office, blinding visitors with his incandescent... -
Frog 3.0
Posted on Sunday, January 11, 2009 | 1 CommentI’ve been meaning to post something about this to my site for a while, but I’ve been busy. Oh, alright – I’ve been playing Guild Wars. Sheesh. Anyway, on Friday I was treated – along with the rest of the staff at Frog - to... -
Santa comes to Frog!
Posted on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 | 1 CommentWell, not Santa per se… More one of his helpers. Okay, it was company MD Gareth (no relation) Davies in a daft hat handing out the results of the Secret Santa we’ve been running. I’m pleased to say that I came away from it with... -
The DL claims continue
Posted on Sunday, September 14, 2008 | 9 CommentsDavenport Lyons, the by-now infamous lawfirm situated, sadly, here in the UK, is continuing its campaign of sending threatening letters alleging possibly copyright infringing actions and demanding money. You may remember a post I made in which I drafted a response asking to see the... -
Busy bee
Posted on Thursday, August 14, 2008 | No CommentsWell, I’ve been lax in updating this ‘ere site – but with good reason. My new job is keeping me extremely busy, and conspires with my commitments to bit-tech to keep me away from anything that might resemble free time. Case in point – on... -
First day
Posted on Monday, August 4, 2008 | No CommentsWell, I’ve survived the first day of my new job. Everyone seems really nice, and there’s certainly plenty to keep me busy. Between a full audit of software and hardware, the installation and configuration of an internal WSUS server, and sundry other tasks it looks... -
Davenport Lyons
Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 | 7 CommentsMembers of the //bit-tech// forums are reporting receiving letters from UK law firm Davenport Lyons demanding dosh – £520 and upwards – for ‘making available’ a range of games on peer-to-peer networks. If the money isn’t forthcoming, they threaten court action with a plentiful supply... -
Cat 6 joy
Posted on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 | No CommentsEugh. If anyone ever tells you that Cat 6 UTP cabling is just as easy to work with as Cat 5e, tell them to bite your shiny metal ass. Guess what //I’ve// been doing today. That’s right – crawling around a filthy loft space running... -
New job
Posted on Monday, July 7, 2008 | No CommentsMy first change of career in six years. I’ve just had a ‘phone call from my friendly neighbourhood headhunter confirming that I am now (well, 4th August, anyway) employed by FrogTrade – a Halifax-based producer of magic Linux-based boxes that do everything a school could... -
Long Spike: Intel Dunnington
Posted on Sunday, June 22, 2008 | No CommentsWhen I write articles for bit-tech I occasionally happen upon a topic that a full-time staffer is writing about. When this happens, one of the stories gets put on the long spike – usually mine. Below is one such story, which I figured I’d reclaim...