Archive for July, 2006

Posted in Computing, Opinion, Personal

IE Start Page Hijacked by Microsoft

Date July 25th, 2006 Comment 1 Comment

Why is it that, even though my Automatic Updates are turned on, Microsoft in their infinite wisdom decided that periodically my IE start page should be the Windows Update site?

Posted in Opinion, Personal

Much, Much More Money Than Sense

Date July 25th, 2006 Comment 1 Comment

As you may or may not be aware, the Open Golf Championship in coming to Carnoustie next year and, as in previous years, the rental market for the week of the event is beginning to hot up.
Now when I say hotting up, I mean hotter than the surface of the Sun, hotting up, as you [...]

Posted in Personal

New House

Date July 25th, 2006 Comment 1 Comment

So I’ve been in my new house for a few weeks now and it’s great. Lots more space etc., and it’s been DIY all the way. Major cutback on the Leylandii at the weekend which took most of the day, and were hopefully getting gas central heating put in at the start of September so [...]

Posted in Computing, Technology

OpenDNS

Date July 19th, 2006 Comment 4 Comments

I found this site tonight while I was surfin’. Looks to be sound good way to stop phishing websites and the like. I’m currently testing it at the moment regarding DNS look-up speed improvements. I’ll keep you posted.

Posted in Personal

W00t! I’m back!

Date July 18th, 2006 Comment No Comments

And at 8Mb a second!
Took long enough, though. I couldn’t get connected.
I had to phone PIPEX after receiving my activation email today only to discover that the guy who was running me through the usual numpty tests (have you got your modem plugged in etc.) was giving me a different username than the one I [...]


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