I just found this Microsoft KB article which is a very comprehensive list of what services use what ports. Anyone working with enterprise software solutions or Microsoft back end infrastructure should find it useful. GEO 51.4043197631836:-1.28760504722595
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Listen Live
July 21st, 2008
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Too much effort reading my ramblings ? Want to listen instead ? Now you can !! Courtesy of the excellent odiogo, the excellent text to speech service. This is a free service that bloggers can use, it takes your RSS feed, splits it out to each separate post and then creates a MP3 for the [...]
NikePlus Gets An F Minus
July 13th, 2008
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One of the things I find really helpful in terms of motivation (for running) is having easy visibility of weekly, monthly and total mileages, times, paces etc. So, a couple of weeks ago I bought myself a Nike+ Sportband. This promised it all – a senor that fits in your shoe and automatically records your [...]
Homebrew Home Server
February 13th, 2008
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So a while back (31st Dec 2007), my beta license for Windows Home Server (WHS) expired and I hacked together an alternative solution. I have been updating my (almost) free/opensource alternative (it still needs a Windows OS) over the past couple of days and now have a pretty viable solution. I have a machine (the [...]
New home backup regime
January 5th, 2008
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The king is dead, long live the king. Over the Christmas break the license for my beta of Windows Home Server ran out, so I needed an alternative backup / storage solution. I briefly considered Linux with some iSCSI software, Windows with DFS or FRS, or indeed forking out some of my scheckles for a [...]
Do it yourself ringtones
October 11th, 2007
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Sarah wanted ‘Ruby Ruby Ruby’ by the Kaiser Chiefs as her ringtone. Her mobile doesn’t have any easy way of connecting to a PC, so she joined one of the rip-off ‘Ringtones R Us’ services that force you into paying £4.50 / week for as many ringtone downloads as you want (aside: I must be [...]
Automating Installs
August 27th, 2007
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I was spending far too much time installing OS’s – virtual machines, lab machines etc. In order to automate / streamline this I wanted to look at not just the Windows tools as well as other options. Remote Installation Service (RIS) and unattended.txt files go so far, but during my investigations I came across ‘Unattended‘. [...]
Local Dialects for Office Dictionaries
June 14th, 2007
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This is pretty cool. Microsoft (in the UK) are creating downloadable dictionaries for Office that contain words from local dialects.It is only a matter of time before I can type: It wisnae me that smashed the windae wi the fitba! (TRANS: it was not I that smashed the window with the soccer ball) Without the [...]
We are looking for good Support Engineers.
February 12th, 2007
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The company I work for (C2C) are hiring. We are looking for Technical Support Engineers to work in our Reading, UK office. We’ll consider any experience level as long as the individuals show commitment, determination to learn / succeed and have a passion for technology. You might be right out of school / college, looking [...]
A good week
February 1st, 2007
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This week (so far) has been good – in terms of completing things, productivity and new products. First off, Microsoft finally released PowerShell for Vista. No more having to ‘play’ on my old lab machine to get to grips with this stuff. There seem to be a number of people reporting failed installs(due to EFS [...]
