The redesign for this website is almost complete. The pages look similar to the old version however the entire site (rather than just the blog section) is now produced with Wordpress. The new site layout is based on the old...
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I had to go and sort out a client the other day as their router (a Bigpond branded Netcomm unit for a home NextG connection) had, somehow, been compromised and dodgy DNS server addresses were being handed out via DHCP....
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I've had all sorts of issues installing the Fiery E10 driver (installed in a KM Copier) to work under 10.6 - after installing it, the Printer preference pane would have a yellow warning triangle and when you opened the printer...
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Whisky Tango Foxtrot. Apple has announced that they are discontinuing the Xserve hardware platform. I know that they're selling a lot more Mac mini Servers, and that the Mac Pro is currently (in some aspects) a more powerful hardware platform,...
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I've set up a few brand-new Xserves lately and two of them wouldn't stop blinking their System Identifier light. The System Identifier light would blink rapidly four times with a short pause and then repeat. Normally this happens if you...
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If you can read this, you have a computer and access to the Internet. You therefore have probably not opened a Yellow or White Pages directory in a number of years. Go here and cancel the delivery of your paper...
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If you create a share point on OS X Server (10.5 or 10.6) and it doesn't have the magic Spotlight ACL, then Spotlight may not be able to index the content. To enable, or re-enable it, enter the following in...
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Had I the bandwidth, I'd probably post the results here, but I don't so I'm going to tell you how you can easily make your own Creative Suite Combo Updater. I'm not happy when I roll out a new copy...
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As if iTunes doesn't go off the rails enough with the rest of it's window controls, it now makes the Close/Maximise/Minimise buttons (AKA the traffic light buttons) sit in a vertical line at the left of the window. Fortunately a...
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