Today we have started a twitter feed for Octagon Technology. Up until now we had been using Clive and Diana’s personal accounts – now you can follow us @OctagonT
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Refurbishing a PC for Charity
Here at Octagon we have been asked by one of our client’s to see if we can refurbish a couple of PC’s for charity. I am currently doing the task and as they are being donated to charity Octagon will not be billing for the job as we are happy to donate our time for
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UPS beep beep beep!
The other day we were called out to deal with a beeping UPS that’s Uninterrupted Power Supply. It turned out that due to the constant power fluctuations in the building the battery had failed. We were able to source a new battery and fit it for them. This is what a typical battery looks like.
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That building melted my car…
There are some stories on the internet you just have to pass on – see below how a building melted a car! BBC News – How does a skyscraper melt a car?.
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iPad Mini – screen protector
We have been doing a lot of work recently on Cloud technology and helping clients work away from their desks – emails in Spain, websites from canal boats, updated meeting notes whilst in London, backups alway available when needed etc. Once freed from their desk many people then look to be free of having to
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CCTV on the web
This week I was asked to make a CCTV system accessible from the web. This basically allows you to view your business or home premises from your mobile or pc. Firstly I had to cable the unit to the Internet by putting in sockets as the network was in a separate building to the CCTV
Photo of the Day
Clive’s WordPress website, today features a “photo of the day” from one of our client’s sites – The Bell at Coleby, where we provide a variety of technical support services, including email support last weekend, when the business critical reservations email address was not working correctly.
Too little, too late – but don’t worry BT is in charge
Rory Cellan-Jones has written an interesting article examining the state of the Government’s rural broadband plans. BBC News – Rural broadband verdict – too little, too late. For those of us who work in IT, I am sure we are pleased that BT has a government subsidised monopoly, with both local and national government paying
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The pig that ate the webcam…
This week has been a week of contrasting jobs. We were called out to Rand Farm Park earlier this week to fix the webcam for them. It required little time for us to diagnose the problem – the client was correct – the pig had eaten the webcam. No repair was attempted we simply bought
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