Archive for July 2006

Cars

July 27, 2006, 8:02 am

Since I sold the BMW the other week, I’ve started to focus on working on the TR6. Over the past few days, I’ve fitted the new radiator hoses,
removed and cleaned both rear drums (after a lot of fighting with a crowbar), replaced the rear brake shoes, and removed the radiator. Once we
get a new radiator, the engine can be started up and checked for general roadworthiness. The front brakes have been checked, and just need brushed down as the pads and discs are just slightly rusty. All that remains after that is a replacement exhaust system, new seat rails, refitting of the dashboard and some wiring, some cosmetic bodywork touchups, and a new set of tyres. Sounds so simple and quick… :-)

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Friends

July 27, 2006, 7:51 am

A big congratulations to Gordon and Carolyne! Who, just a couple of days ago, announced their engagement :-D I hear the party is coming soon :-p

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Holiday!

July 27, 2006, 7:50 am

I haven’t updated this in a while, have I?

Charlotte and I went off to Denmark on the 1st of July, and had a lovely week over there. We managed to visit quite a few folks, including Nina who was up from Strasbourg, and Cecilie up in Arild, Sweden. We spent the last couple of days in Arild with Cecilie, and it was absolutely gorgeous. Even warm enough to go swimming in the North Sea. Some photos are still up in Arild with Cecilie, but the ones I managed to get home are here. One the day we were due to meet Melissa and Ulrich, we had a completely unexpected encounter with Nick and Jo from GUSCDC, outside of Copenhagen Central. They were up from Germany for a few days visiting a friend of Nicks that was getting married. It really is a small world. :-)

Absolute Studios were kind enough to give me the week off, even though I had announced my resignation 2 weeks beforehand. I came back to work for one week, then left to join NHS Education for Scotland. NES is cool, and a completely new environment. I’ve never worked with Novell kit before, so it’s a brand new learning experience. I seem to be doing well at it though :-)

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VOIP

July 13, 2006, 10:17 am

There are two big problems with 999 on voip. Firstly, there is no way of working out where people on the internet are. Secondly, BT is a gigantic paper generating machine.

Whilst we wait for Cisco and the IETF to solve the first problem, we have to deal with the second, and the only way to do 999 over VoIP in the UK is to send BT’s operators a CSV file of caller id and address. You can do this (I think) upto 4 times a day.

Then you connect the call over the normal TDM network like a regular 999 call, set a few extra flags, and hope the 999 operator picks up on the big flashing warning they get on screen which says “this address is probably meaningless”.

Peter Gradwell on why 999 on VOIP in Britain is doomed

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