Home / October, 2006

Free UK to UK Calls with Skype

Oct 27, 2006 20:54 -

I am a big fan of Skype and have been using it more and more recently both for my contacts with family and friends but increasingly also for work. I have invested in a decent USB phone – one that actually looks like a phone rather than a plastic mobile with a USB cable on [...]

A Lesson in Bad Programming

Oct 25, 2006 14:46 -

I’ve had some problems recently with diary entries in Outlook appearing one hour later than I thought I had created them. This caused much head scratching until I came across the following on the Microsoft support web site: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=910268.
It seems that Exchange has been hard coded to believe that there are only four weeks in [...]

Technorati

Oct 21, 2006 15:58 -

I’m told that if I include this link (Technorati Profile) in a post and “release the spiders” I am able to claim my blog on Technorati, so here goes…

Back on-line

Oct 19, 2006 21:47 -

You will no doubt have noticed the lack of website over the last couple of weeks. This was caused, initially, by my site being hacked (again). Normally it would have been a matter of ripping down the rogue code and plugging the gaps. However, this time my ISP (Easily) blocked the site and refused to [...]

 

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Neil Thompson is an IT professional with over 20 years’ experience in start-ups, software houses and commercial organisations.

In 2009 he set up Ammat Consulting to deliver strategic consultancy and tactical support to software companies of all sizes.

Neil has a keen interest in all things technical and mobile and cloud computing in particular. This blog reflects those interests.