For various reasons I decided to finally sort out a secure VPN connection back to my home network. I am … More
Author: simkin
Adventures in Media Centre
So I now have the MC bug and have decided that my Media Centre PC will: Act as an interface … More
Finally Getting into the Christmas Spirit
We finally have the decorations up and the tree is lit-up. I also managed this week to get the Vista … More
N95 Video Centre Fail
So I ripped some new movies and my Nokia refused to play them. It seems there is an obscure bug … More
007 Shaken not Ripped
I went to see Quantum of Solace last night with my god friend Dom. I thoroughly recommend the film. Ignore … More
Cloning VirtualBox
After reading that cloning VirtualBox VMs is difficult I thought I had better work out how to do it. Because … More
VirtualBox Rides again
After discovering that my stack of intel-based 2U servers will not run VMWare, I’m going to revert to running VirtualBox … More
New York and the Nokia N95
Nokia have snuck out the 16GB micro SD card and it is compatible with my N95. Oooh. I found this … More
Thecus N299
I finally bought a NAS. The chirpy little Thecus N299 (Those marketing guys earnt their money the day they thought … More
Nickelback Rocks!
Went with Adam to see Nickelback at the O2 last night. It was awesome. We drank far too much beer, … More