Recent tweets- @ElTanner nah, all raid 6, and rebuild time is short. Also, most seem to be preemptive smart failures. Of course, could be a fw bug :-)
- @markfendley @ElTanner yeah, coz SSDs don't have lifetime problems :-)
- @ElTanner yeah, just weird we had almost none until new year :-) It's as if the batch are hitting some sort of EOL :-)
- "Need an admissions system? There's an app for that" I like that idea :-)
- @KentishExpress can we have a summary of what's happening? What are tesco wanting now? #missedthestartofthis
- @ElTanner 270 in this array - first one died new years day, been regular since :-)
- gah, thanks to @paulmutton I've ended up reading about http://t.co/th1bWWgB (via bat bombs, and anti tank dogs)
- another SAN disk goes pop. Not quite one a week dying now, but not far off...
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Barclaycard fraud fail
I get in this evening to find an answerphone message on my mobile: barclaycard voicemail Hmmm. That’s not great. My card has been compromised? Hang on, maybe this is a scam and it’s not barclaycard at all. Lets google the … Continue reading
Zavvi.com fail?
Jake has been saving up for the new release of Dirt 3 for the Xbox. I’d forgotten all about it till today when I suddenly realised it was out tomorrow. No problem, Amazon have it and with prime it’ll be … Continue reading
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spoke too soon :-)
Just got my bill from vodafone, and seems I was a little premature in my earlier post where I suggested it was all sorted. Seems I’ve been charge 75p a call and still have passport on my account. Don’t really … Continue reading
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Disneyland Paris iPhone app data usage
Since posting about the Disneyland App I’ve had a couple of emails asking what the data usage was, and also how good the app is. Well, it works – and the queue times appear “live”. We were standing at the … Continue reading
Disneyland Paris hurrah!
Well, we are back – a fantastic few days at Disney. After Disney’s cockup with our booking, we didn’t know if we would be able to complete the check in process at ashford or not. Turns out we could, although … Continue reading
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end of UK TiVo, launch of UK TiVo
Getting on for 10 years ago, I bought a TiVo. Never really pushed in the UK (but now massive in the US) it was pretty much the first PVR available – and remains one of the best for several reasons. … Continue reading
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Vodafone – beware their online support chat
Off to Disney Paris for a few days next week, and Disney have a new App that lets you see queue times (and other less useful propaganda) while you wander around the park. Could be handy if it works, but … Continue reading
Disneyland Paris… yay (and grrrrrr)
We are off to Disneyland Paris again next week, and this time we are taking my parents (mum has always fancied it). We booked in Sept 2010, and my parents also booked separately and then I phoned Disney to get … Continue reading
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Ah, still seems to work then. Excellent….
Egyptian Scaffolding (better Ben? :-))
IMG_8044, originally uploaded by c1t0d0s2. Given there aren’t many trees around in Sharm, it amazes me the amount of wood that is used as scaffolding. Huge hotels being built with millions of bits of wood. Morocco was similar. Seems quite … Continue reading
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