spam bots and captcha
I have enabled captcha. so for not a single spam. We’ll have to see how cleaver the get
BT VDSL /BT infinity/fiber to the cabinet
BT will give you their business hub and the modem. modem is fine but if you like to replace the router any cable router will do that trick. need to be authentication on PPOE and use the same ADSL username if you are upgrading
Call of duty – Black ops
Playing it for a while now campaign is bit difficult but interesting I like it . I got the signature edition. Car is cool but need 12 AA battery. it’s uses battery like crazy
Parrot A R Drone
This is my gift from my wife got me from HK. I didn’t expect it at all. It’s bit difficult to fly than I thought it would be. battery life is not good doing abt 10mins for a hour and half charge. Lots of fun
Spam bots
if I don’t post any thing for a while spam bots will go crazy. Lucy I have akismet protecting me. It’s a wonderful service. I get about 100 spam messages a week and Akismet will put me all on a folder for me to click “empty spam ”
O2 broadband PPTP VPN issues
As many of you guys know O2 really messed up with their firmware update 8.22 for their O2 Wireless Box II , which stopped all users from using PPTP VPN which is widely used by the windows and less secure minded people
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I found a good site which help me resolve the issue by downgrading the router’s firmware.
1) http://www.o2help.co.uk/router-upgrade-firmware/ <— this will downgrade the router to 7.4
2)http://www.o2help.co.uk/router-close-port-7547/ <—- this will stop O2 updating the router’s firmware ever again.
UK’s Vintage Computer Festival 19-20 June
here is what I got from their news letter
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With only a few weeks to go to Britain’s first Vintage Computer Festival, things are going well and large numbers are expected. You can get free entry with TNMOC membership http://www.tnmoc.org/supp-menu/membership.aspx – otherwise advance tickets are available online now through the Bletchley Park website http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/shop/index.rhtm/130872/cat.html
The OMD concert sold out within a few hours – apologies to all those who couldn’t get tickets (but they have an upcoming tour this summer we hear). The OMD publicity also helped widen the appeal of the VCF beyond the geek community and many are now seeing it as a great family day out.
Tickets will soon be available for another musical VCF event: Matthew Applegate / Pixelh8 will be appearing both days with a re-showing of Obsolete?, his work featuring TNMOC machines, on the Saturday.
The latest addition to the line-up is David Ahl, author of the first million-selling computer book. Other main speakers include Sophie Wilson of BBC B and Acorn fame, journalist and broadcaster Christine Finn, ZX Spectrum expert Chris Smith and Karl Pantling-James of the Retro Computer Museum. Not forgetting TNMOC’s very own Tony Sale (Colossus) and Tony Frazer (Harwell/WITCH computer).
VCF updates: http://tiny.cc/tnmocvcf
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