I know there is a long way to go before April, but I figured I would start looking at choices for Training plans….and I’m glad I looked now.

There are so many choices!  In fact, it’s quite bewildering how many variations there are.  Some focus on time-based runs, some on mileage, while others different again.

So far for other training , I have been using the plan feature of the Asics website and I quite like this as it syncs with my Google Calendars.

This week the ballot results for entry into the Virgin London Marathon 2016 are being sent out.

I have seen a lot of posts on Facebook from friends receiving the pack through the post, containing the magazine indicating whether the ballot entry was successful or not.

Well, yesterday, Royal Mail visited my letterbox and popped my pack through.   It too was a Sorry! version of the magazine - no ballot result for me.

This is the first of my blog posts about my journey to run the London Marathon 2106

This document is intended to walk-through the steps I took to successfully implement a free SSL certificate for use with WebVPN on a Cisco IOS Router.

I had tried a couple of times to use StartSSL certificates but fell at different hurdles.   However, this time I crossed the line. The credit for this success goes 100% to a member on the StartSSL forum, dlambert - he documented his steps and I merely followed them!  This post is as much for my own reference, and if it helps someone else along - great! Dlambert’s original post can be found at https://forum.startcom.org/viewtopic.php?p=6568&sid=1750512d3d6a4bbcc95dcd3cd94d228b#p6568

Saw this great post over at behindthemixer.com fron anyone who is involved in mixing live sound.

Check it out:  http://www.behindthemixer.com/content/cant-get-mix-right-blame-eyes

I’ve been banging my head against a brick wall recently with what should be a straightforward task.

I look after an SBS 2008 install and we are preparing to rationalise the email setup in the very near future by using Exchange 2007 that comes as part of SBS 2008

In preparation for that switchover I needed to create a shared mailbox for the “Admin” team. However, in SBS2008/Ex2k7 you can’t create a shared mailbox through the GUI’s, it can only be done by the Exchange Management shell (aka Powershell).

I recently ran into issues with a Windows Sharepoint 2010 environment that is load-balanced by Cisco ACE modules. 

I’m no Sharepoint expert so if I get the WSS terminology slightly wrong - you’ll know why!

Basically the issues presented themselves in the following ways:

1. A Sharepoint site had some sort of webpart that enabled “live” view of Excel spreadsheets within the browser.

When you first visited the page, everything was fine and the spreadsheet loaded successfully, however upon navigating away to a different page, any subsequent requests were either met with a browser dialog box stating that an error occurred finding the file, or an HTTP 503 Gateway error.

Wow - what a title!!

Hopefully this post will make things a bit clearer.

I have a Cisco 1721 router configured to be a VPN server for a few IPsec client PC’s. Currently the user authentication part is just being done with local users setup within the router config.

However we have Windows SBS 2008 internally providing Active Directory services, amongst other things.

So, my aim in this piece of work was to get the Cisco VPN using the AD accounts for client VPN user authentication.

Well, with the sun shining, and a bit of breeze blowing it was time for the maiden yesterday, of my Dave Smith Models Saphir 40.

The Magnum 70 (Tuned by West) produced loads of power and with controls checked it was time to take to the sky. After a bit of trimming out, Paul put the Saphir through it’s paces - it looked fantastic in the air, and flew brilliantly. Once that flight was over, (and a quick cuppa) it was my turn.

Here is a build log for my Dave Smith Model’s Saphir 40

I first started building this plane about 18 years ago (when I was very young an inexperienced). I didn’t learn to fly until October last year, and since properly getting the ‘bug’ have been trying to complete it.

It’s nearly done, and will post a photo or two shortly.