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Trip to Scotland

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Clayton) — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:38:00 +0000

Have just returned from a two week trip to Scotland, and all I can say is...wow! I travelled up via the overnight sleeper service to Aviemore, a small town just off the side of the Cairngorms. I...

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More blogger template modification

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Clayton) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:05:00 +0000

So, after my previous post on hosting your domain name with Blogger I've been making more customistaions to the site layout, look and feel. I found that the Blogger template system is really good...

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Biking

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Clayton) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:24:00 +0000

So, I've been learning to ride a motorbike, which is both great fun and absolutely bloody terrifying in equal parts. There's nothing quite like flying down a dual carriageway at 70 mph, clinging on...

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Portable Connectivity

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Clayton) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:24:00 +0000

In my current situation I move around a great deal - I'm on public transport, which means waiting at stations and cafes, and each weekend is usually spent somewhere else, be it at the house, visiting...

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More on peer pressure

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Clayton) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:14:00 +0000

I found this humerous clip on MetCafe showing a Candid Camera style test of peer pressure and group behaviour: Elevator Candid, Must See... - video powered by Metacafe

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Multilingual Support

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Clayton) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:50:00 +0000

I've added the Google Translator applet to this site, so you can now get a translated version of my blog in your preferred language. No guarantees on the quality of the output though - but hopefully...

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General stuff

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Clayton) — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:10:00 +0000

So I'm finally posting a new blog entry, after a shameful 4 months of inactivity! Practically everything has changed - house, job, lifestyle, outlook...I'm even sitting here blogging on a rather...

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Disgruntled ranting is justified!

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Clayton) — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:10:00 +0000

Traffic Jam Mystery Solved By Mathematicians - (via Lockergnome) Ha! My previous ranting is justified! :D

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Creating secure passwords

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Clayton) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:07:00 +0000

The commonly accepted minimum standard for a secure password, and the adopted default security level by Microsoft Active Directory, will be least: 8 characters in lengthA mixture of any three of the...

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Rants of a disgruntled motorist

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Clayton) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:50:00 +0000

So as I approach my final week at HIBT / Navitas, I can't help but feel relieved that, very soon, I will never, ever have to trek the A1M rush-hour again. Hooray! My journey of just 19 miles...

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More Sharepoint + mod_proxy woes

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Clayton) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:20:00 +0000

After making the adjustpents previously posted the following error is received when creating document libraries and web parts: Invalid postback or callback argument. Event validation is enabled...

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Site update: Google Reader shared items feed

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Clayton) — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:19:00 +0000

For those of you who may not have noticed yet, I have added a box on the right hand side of this page with shared items from my Google Reader. I'll be flagging interesting articles that caught my...

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Sharepoint and mod_proxy with client certificates notes

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Clayton) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:33:00 +0000

Before unleashing the Internet upon my poor little Office 2007 Sharepoint Server, I wanted to add some neat features that (realistically) are best done with Apache. Specifically, there will be one...

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Wrapping pre tag contents in CSS3

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Clayton) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:59:00 +0000

A minor niggle in the CSS for DaveClayton.info spotted recently meant that any code posted within a pre tag wasn't wrapped, and strayed outside of the container. pre tags are fantastic for posting...

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EMC Retrospect 7.5 Group Policy notes

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Clayton) — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:46:00 +0000

EMC Insignia's brilliant Retrospect 7.5 software can be installed using Active Directory group policy as per most Windows software packages. To build the MSI installer, navigate to the...

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Sharepoint ACL SNAFU

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Clayton) — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:22:00 +0000

Symptom: Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 reports HTTP 403 "The website declined to show this webpage" immediately after clicking the Upload button, and when trying to view properties for a...

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Exchange 2003 front-end server OWA problems

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Clayton) — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:36:00 +0000

Symptoms: Forms authentication with OWA 2003 on IIS6.0 (Win2k3) fails with a "400 - Bad Request / Page Unavailable" after user enters credentials and appears to successfully log in. At point of...

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Office 2007 setup - SNAFU

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Clayton) — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:59:00 +0000

By default, Office Sharepoint Server 2007 Std does not automatically configure the search service - particularly useful for anyone who wants to install a broken server. Symptoms describe exactly...

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Office Pro Plus 2007 error

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Clayton) — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:48:00 +0000

An upgrade from Office XP to Office 2007 Professional Plus fails on install with unhelpful "Installation Failed" message. A check of the Application Log reveals error 11708 - but again, no further...

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Checking SQL Server with NAGIOS for Ubuntu 7.04

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Clayton) — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:56:00 +0000

Most of the scripts for checking MSSQL via nagios rely on tsql - a command line SQL-interface utility provided as part of the FreeTDS package. Instead of installing FreeTDS at work, I use the Sybase...

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Quick tip: proxy settings for apt-get

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Clayton) — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:51:00 +0000

If you're sitting behind a proxy and using apt-get from the command line (Debian / Ubuntu) it's very likely your install scripts will not have updated apt's proxy configuration. This is certainly...

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Monday musings....

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Clayton) — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:15:00 +0000

So, I lashed out an extravagent £12 yesterday on some pencils and paper. I'm determined to teach myself how to draw properly - it's something I've always wanted to do. I also downloaded lots of MP3...

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Islay on the Internet

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Clayton) — Wed, 30 May 2007 12:01:00 +0000

Here's a quick notice to announce the release of my parents' new website (link). My parents are currently sailing around the world in a yacht called Islay of Lorn, and - more impressively - haven't...

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Building a blog for free with your own domain name

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Clayton) — Tue, 29 May 2007 08:55:00 +0000

Following on from my previous article (link), here's a step-by-step guide to setting up a free hosting service with integrated Flickr site using Google services. You will need to have your own...

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More coolness for DaveClayton.info

noreply@blogger.com (Dave Clayton) — Sun, 27 May 2007 12:01:00 +0000

I've added a few neat features to my website and public services to make things easier for readers. First off, some of my Flickr posts will be automatically added as items in the web feed. I've...

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