Every now and then I feel the need to change things up. While I liked the old theme for this blog I must admit that it was getting kind of stale. For those of you reading this on Facebook… nearly everything I post to my Facebook account is syndicated from my blog. That’s what I’m [...]
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Fun with IPv6
Posted: 2nd February 2011 by John in GeneralTags: 2011, geeking, IPv4, IPv6, Networking
Every device connected to every network on the planet has an “IP Address”. This dotted decimal string of digits represents your unique* location on your network. An IP address will typically look something like this: 192.168.1.100. That’s IPv4, anyway, an ageing protocol which is running out of addresses to allocate.
Quick Fix for Missing Music/Video After iOS 4.2 Update
Posted: 23rd November 2010 by John in GeneralTags: 2010, iOS 4.2, iPad, iphone, iPod Touch, Technology
Yesterday heralded the much anticipated public release of iOS 4.2 (giving the iPad it’s first dose of iOS 4 and all the goodies contained therein) and the update was downloaded by quite a few people – myself included. Unfortunately, it would appear at first glance as though the update completely wiped out all of [...]
Maintaining a positive attitude in the face of stress
Posted: 17th November 2010 by John in GeneralTags: 2010, Stress
Maintaining a positive attitude in the face of stress is as simple as making a choice. That choice is whether to let the stress bring you down, or whether to remain positive and focus on the good. Too often we become mired in the bad things, however small, that have happened. We fail to [...]
Don’t bite off more than you can chew
Posted: 29th October 2010 by John in GeneralTags: 2010, Musings
In life – both personal and work – it’s easy for us to bite off more than we can chew. We get great ideas of grand and wonderful things that – if done right – could be awesome and helpful. What actually happens is we get mired down in other things and never get [...]
