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Month: December 2011

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31 December, 2011 Blog

Raspberry Pi – $25 computer with a huge amount of potential

I’ve just stumbled across the Raspberry Pi (RasPi) and have spent the past 3 hours contently reading about it and

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28 December, 2011 Blog

Creating a wireless network with multiple access points

Following on from my earlier article on converting an old wireless router into an access point you can have many dotted

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27 December, 2011 Blog

Converting an old wireless router into an access point

A “” is actually quite a complex device. It comprises of a , a and a . A router is

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26 December, 2011 Blog

Port Trunking (Link Aggregation) on Netgear GS748T Switches

Port Trunking/Link Aggregation allows you to combine multiple switch ports into one. For example, you may combine 8x 1gbit ports

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22 December, 2011 Blog

PHP: Find the last day of the month

In PHP you can pass the t format character to the date() function in order to get the number of days

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22 December, 2011 Blog

Netgear GS748T Heatsink Pins – Design Flaw

We have had, in the office, a GS748T for a while now. This is a mid-range 48 port managed switch

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21 December, 2011 Blog

Using ImageMagick to create thumbnails for the web

You can use ImageMagick’s convert tool to resize images on the command line in a Linux, BSD or Windows environment.

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11 December, 2011 Blog

Kwik Fit Rugby: Avoid at all costs

The Short Story Kwik-Fit have featured on more episodes of than I care to count. They have been criticized for inflated

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6 December, 2011 Blog

PHP – Accurately detecting the type of a file

When files are being uploaded, you cannot rely on the the sends. This data is entirely under the control of

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6 December, 2011 Blog

PHP – Why you should use the Factory Method Pattern and how you should do it

This article assumes you’re using PHP version 5.3 or above. If you are not, you should note that “the PHP

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