I recently purchased a Linksys ADSL2MUE, I was a bit dubious of it at first as it seemed to take forever to connect and the connection was very flaky. Also the configuration options were pretty poo...

The Linksys WRT54G is a wireless 4 port router / firewall. It has 4 wired Ethernet ports, a Wireless Access Point and router/firewall functionality. It does NOT have a DSL modem built in (so it wil...

I’ve just downloaded and installed Windows Live Writer. After playing with it for two minutes, I’ve decided it will replace w.Bloggar my current incumbent blogging tool. Don’t get me wrong, w.Blo...

Alastair Mitchell Hughes (aka ‘Wee Man’) Two weeks in and we are starting to remember how hard this stuff is… – Feeding at all hours of the night – Nigh on constant nappy changing – Sterlizing and...

He’s here !! Born at 11:10am on Friday 1st September 2006. Weighing in at 8lbs 7oz and sporting a big pair of lungs, both he and mother are fine. The bad news is that Sarah and I have both agreed...

So I’ve spent a lot of time (seems like a huge amount) trying to get to grips with the XMLSerializer in .NET. I think I have pretty much come to the conclusion that what I’m trying to achieve is no...

I’ve recently implemented the SCRUM methodology at work (C2C Systems). It has been a really interesting process, has taught us some very valuable lessons and provided a number of benefits : Th...

OK, so we’ve moved house and I’ve found my study (computing area devoted to Ken) has been downsized to what I would call a ‘cubby-hole’ – Not Good !! Anyway, alongside trying to rationalize what I ...

After months of debating, listing, reviewing, comparing and disagreeing and with only 3 weeks to BoB Day (Birth of Baby day) we almost have a name for the new baby… WILLIAM Nest is well and truly...

Well, I finally reached the halfway point (in fact I passed it by one) of “munrobagging” (reaching the summit of all 284 of Scotland’s munros – mountains over 3000ft). I left work in Reading, UK a...