Archive for February, 2008

Nottingham Rocks!

At least, it did last night! Just before 1am we were woken by an earthquake. Not strong enough to do any real damage, although it gave us a good shaking. The epicenter was somewhere in Lincolnshire (our neighbours to the East). Reports vary, but it was about Richter strength 6 at epicenter, dropping to about [...]

At last, a games console for me!

I’ve never had much use for a games console, other than a once-in-a-blue-moon session of “silly monkey games” on the PS2, which is always a giggle. However, I’ve always been impressed with the Nintendo Wii, especially after spending a while playing on one on Boxing Day. Thanks again for that afternoon, Chris & Rita, it [...]

pembi.net mail now spam-resistant!

It took a lot of reading, but the actual implementation of SpamAssassin across the entire pembi.net mail domain turned out to be surprisingly easy. Now live and working very well. Some (very little) spam is still getting through untagged, but there have been no false-positives. I may up the sensitivity a little shortly to catch [...]

Just got back from the doctor…

…where I was just told I’m diabetic. Oh poo.

Name that tune #1

No Googling allowed, that’s cheating! “Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the Sun. But Mama, that’s where the fun is.”