My son said that it seems to him that our home internet connection drops out every half an hour or so. Perhaps he's right, perhaps he just gets impatient every half an hour. Time for some research.
First of all, one of the problems is that the cable modem is connected to a wireless router so if there is a problem, is it the modem or the router?
Whoa there! Step back. Firstly, do we have an intermittent dropout? Here's what I did first. My desktop box uses Linux (Fedora Core 11, to be exact. I have tried to update to 12 and 13 but both barf on me so I'm sticking with 11.) I create a shell script thus:
#!/bin/sh
while(true); do sleep 5 ; ping -c 1 www.google.com >> plog ; done &
while(true); do sleep 5 ; ping -c 1 www.bbc.co.uk >> plog ; done &
while(true); do sleep 60 ; date >> plog ; done &
then I let it rip and examine the (p)log file later. Indeed, the internet connection is lost on a regular half hourly basis. So, next question, is it my ISP (Virgin Media, so I'm inclined to jump to conclusions here!), or does my wireless router go to sleep every half hour? Time to put the thinking cap on. Tune in for the next exciting episode of Internet Repair Man....
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Friday, 12 June 2009
Too Many Mark Fergusons
I've noticed that in many cases people with blogger blogs pop up on top with Google. Not me, seems that there are too many other Mark Fergusons out there. From Professors to Lord of The Rings actors, I'm in a competitive field here! Perhaps if I blog about Mark Fergusons I'll get up the rankings.
Here goes!
Here goes!
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
Chakkilam Infotech
So, time for a new job.
Why Chakkilam? First and foremost, it's about the people. I was out in Hyderabad last week checking things out, and they were checking me too! We all agreed that there is a sea change in the outsourcing and offshoring business. Cheap is not just the driver. Value for money is what sets the agenda today. That means providing an agile service to our clients and being able to offer the services that people need, not just services that make good marketing collateral. And we can still offer a price that beats the competition! And, if you are still sceptical, take up out try before you buy offer. Contact me for details!
What's getting attention today? Looks like cloud computing, security, interoperabilty and portability are picking up. As well as that, performance testing, especially distributed web load testing, is still a hot topic. And a speciality of ours!
Look forward to talking to you!
Why Chakkilam? First and foremost, it's about the people. I was out in Hyderabad last week checking things out, and they were checking me too! We all agreed that there is a sea change in the outsourcing and offshoring business. Cheap is not just the driver. Value for money is what sets the agenda today. That means providing an agile service to our clients and being able to offer the services that people need, not just services that make good marketing collateral. And we can still offer a price that beats the competition! And, if you are still sceptical, take up out try before you buy offer. Contact me for details!
What's getting attention today? Looks like cloud computing, security, interoperabilty and portability are picking up. As well as that, performance testing, especially distributed web load testing, is still a hot topic. And a speciality of ours!
Look forward to talking to you!
Sunday, 12 April 2009
Who is smith_www777@yahoo.com?
smith_www777@yahoo.com got hold of my gmail account for a few days. As far as I can tell, it started when ebay sent me an account reminder. Since then, email to my gmail account got forwarded to this joker. I think I've sorted it now, but I'm sure there is some damage to repair.
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Make Money Fast on Facebook !!!! Even if you're retarded!!!
There are an awful lot of links down the right hand side of Facebook for 'Making Money Fast!!!!', or whatever. They all seem to be pretty much the same. Google is going to pay you $$$$!!!! for posting links. Why didn't I think of that! Perhaps it's because I don't TYPE EVERYTHING IN CAPITALS AND USE LOTS OF EXCLAMATION MARKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't say for certain, because I'm not daft enough to sign up, but I think that you essentially get some info on how Google AdSense works and how to sign up for it. The sneaky (dishonest, in my mind) is that you have to send $1 (some small amount anyway) for this info. Of course this is just to cover shipping and handling, it's not trying to rip you off for $1 is it? That would be silly. No, they're looking to rip you off for somewhere bewteen $25 - $40 a month until you spot the transaction on your credit card. There is always somewhere on the payment page, a tiny paragraph telling you that the $1 is a promotional fee for joining their club. Thereafter you get stung for the monthly $$$ until you opt-out.
I've got a funny feeling that opting out won't be as easy as opting in! And guess what, it won't be you making the $$$$$!!!!!!! out of Google scams.
I can't say for certain, because I'm not daft enough to sign up, but I think that you essentially get some info on how Google AdSense works and how to sign up for it. The sneaky (dishonest, in my mind) is that you have to send $1 (some small amount anyway) for this info. Of course this is just to cover shipping and handling, it's not trying to rip you off for $1 is it? That would be silly. No, they're looking to rip you off for somewhere bewteen $25 - $40 a month until you spot the transaction on your credit card. There is always somewhere on the payment page, a tiny paragraph telling you that the $1 is a promotional fee for joining their club. Thereafter you get stung for the monthly $$$ until you opt-out.
I've got a funny feeling that opting out won't be as easy as opting in! And guess what, it won't be you making the $$$$$!!!!!!! out of Google scams.
Monday, 2 February 2009
M&S Clothing for deformed childern
Looks like M&S are trying to attract a hitherto ignored market segment.
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