Category Archives: General Tech

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Do you like the Pretty links?

Getting the pretty Permalink’s to work on this blog has been a bit of a pain, According to word press you click on the format you want under the settings and then they should all work nicely. so rather than have a link that looks like “http://www.devilwah.com/?p=344″ you … Continue reading

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A step up from Minority Report interface.

OK so the real life Minority Report interface did not do it for you? Well lets try a bit of Brain control! OK so its not perfect yet, but I have been following these over the years and they are … Continue reading

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Minority Report The Reality

OK not 100% there, but it’s amazing to think how far we have moved on in such a short time. When he says it will be in every PC within 5 year, I have my doubts, but with in 10 … Continue reading

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Slip Streaming XP,

Today I was upgrading some from windows 2000 to XP, and 99% of the upgrade I was able to do over the network. The only part I needed to go out to the PC was due to the network card … Continue reading

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The Peculiar case of the missing bandwidth.

Where I work we have a slightly strange network set up, as an agency of the government we run under what is knows as the GSI (government secure internet). What this means in practice is that our main site + … Continue reading

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TED Ideas Worth Spreading

I have had this site in my book marks for ages, but only today have I had a proper look in to it. IT is a non profit organisation who have got together with many world leaders in the fields of science, technology, politics, business and more to produce hundreds of … Continue reading

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SSH port Forwarding (or how to Remote Desktop over SSH)

I found this one out quite recently, but wish I had come across it years ago. Image you have SSH access to a device inside a remote network, what you really want is a remote desktop to a device inside, … Continue reading

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CISCO SDM why oh why oh why!

You would think a company like cisco would be able to produce a management tool that works. Now I know SDM has issues with different java versions in windows and that in its self seems to be pot luck if … Continue reading

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503 Errors and CBT nuggets

I was just trying to find a plug in to allow mobile phones to better browse the site when I came across the 503 error below. Something has gone wrong with our servers. It’s probably Matt’s fault. We’ve just been notified of the problem. Hopefully this … Continue reading

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