David Hurst

PHP/MySQL, REALbasic, Javascript Developer

Debian Linux server farm - email server with Postfix/MySQL

We’ve really taken a giant leap forward in our hosting services from Higher Sites with the introduction of a new server farm. It’s been 6 months in the planning and testing phase, and on the 1st June the servers were installed into a datacentre in Manchester where we have rented a cabinet. Suffice to say […]

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Microsoft XBox 360 versus Sony Playstation 3 versus Nintendo Wii

Three next-gen consoles, two of which I own. The web is thoroughly saturated with enthusiastic gamers swearing allegiance to one of the mighty three to the total exclusion of all others. Personally, I think what we have here are three different, and very nice, consoles to choose from - it’s a buyer’s market, and most […]

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Sony Vaio FS315S - broken. Yet again.

I bought the Sony Vaio FS315S just over a year ago, and was initially impressed with the quality of construction and general performance of the machine. I looked after it and used it regularly until I bought my MacBook Pro, at which point it was used in my company.

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Linksys WAG54G & WAP54G - constant failures of wireless and ethernet

Man these things are shoddy. In fact, pretty much all Linksys kit I’ve used in the past two or three years has failed. I’ve had 3 wireless access points just stop working. Hard resets and reconfigures can bring them to life for increasingly short periods before they fail again. Eventually the damn things just won’t […]

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My MacBook Pro 17 inch has arrived!

I’ve been trying to decide between a MacPro desktop to replace my aging G4 PowerMac, and the MacBook Pro 17″ for some time. I finally came to the decision to go with the MacBook Pro, on the basis that it would not only replace my G4, but also my Sony Vaio machine, as I can […]

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