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  • New Buildings and Apologies

    In the grand tradition of this blog, I need to apologise for not posting again. I don't have much of a defence, except that I've been very busy at work for reasons that I can now talk about: My employer has finally received all the confirmations, funding and planning permission we need in order...
    Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 07-21-2008

  • Waiting to switch...

    Glenn Wolsey posted today about his experiences with migrating from a desktop machine to a MacBook Pro and how it's caused him to re-think his storage strategy. This got me thinking about my own computers and storage needs. I'm actually very happy with my MacBook even if it isn't a 'pro'...
    Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 11-29-2007

  • Stupid Command Line tricks.

    In the cases below I’m talking about commands that can either be run natively by the operating system, or (in the case of Windows at least) are available as free addons. Windows Remember that Windows commands are case INsensitive, e.g. "PING" and "ping" are the same command. pathping – Effectively performs...
    Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 09-20-2007

  • Open for Business.

    Yet again, it's the start of a new academic year where I work. We've done our best to get everything lined up and ready for the return of our lecturers and students. And mostly, we've managed. A couple of things spring to mind: Software is supposed to be about ones and zeros. Binary. It either...
    Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 09-09-2006

  • More WGA madness

    Well it seems people won't stop complaining about WGA no matter what. Wonder why that is. I would be really interested to break down the list of complainants to find out what portions are made up of the following groups People who'll moan and whine about anything Microsoft do (sorry dudes I meant to...
    Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 06-30-2006

  • Robert's WGA FAQ

    Why should I install this latest version of the infamous Microsoft program dubbed 'spyware' by various respected online publications such as PC Advisor and Softpedia ? Good question. I certainly would advise against it unless you absolutely needed to. In fact this is good general advice to be honest...
    Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 06-27-2006
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