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  • The Freelancer’s Kitbag

    The Freelancer’s Kitbag

    Okay, so the title is a misnomer - it's more of a kitbox.  Still, it's my new toy and I'll love it and hug it and never let it go. The kitbag - designed as a one-grab container for everything I'm likely to need if ...

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  • The light – it burns

    The light – it burns

    If 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 ...

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  • Frog 3.0

    Frog 3.0

    I'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 ...

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  • Busy bee

    Busy bee

    Well, 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 - ...

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  • First day

    First day

    Well, 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 ...

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  • Cat 6 joy

    Cat 6 joy

    Eugh. 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 ...

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  • New job

    New job

    My 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 ...

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