Apparently, I run message boards on this website… somewhere. Have you seen them? I like posting in forums, so please tell me where these so-called message boards are if you’ve seen them :P

I’m posting this because the internal security team at BT, who control the blocking of “bad” websites on their corporate networks have apparently found a message board here… So they blocked my entire domain!

I’ll see if I can get a screenshot of the funky error message - you have to see it to beleive it… dark blue background, big bold yellow text everywhere. And then they stick BT logos all over it too

This post marks the opening of a new category, designed specifically for posts like this

Edit: I’ve updated the post with a screenshot of the message :P

I got a new network switch for my home LAN today. It’s an HP Procurve 2324, which retails for about £240 including VAT.

The Procurve 2324 is a 1U rack-mount switch, and has 24 10/100 Base-T Ethernet ports. It can handle about 6.6 million packets per second, has an internal switching rate of 9.6 Gbits/second, and has a delay of less than 10 micro-seconds. It also has two tranceiver slots for extra Gigabit uplink or stacking modules.

I’m not actually using it yet, as it has a rather noisy fan inside. Once I move into my new room, I’ll find a place where it can run without interrupting my sleep

I found this great blog - it’s definitely worth reading this page. And when you’re done, download Firefox or Opera, install it and then remove IE

- Fr3d

Another small addition was added to my downloads today

Fr3d’s Now Playing Script for mIRC

A short script that gets your current info from a plugin called AMIP and displays it in a channel, private message session or dcc chat in mIRC.

Screenshot of what can be done with a bit of creativity:

Download Now Playing for mIRC

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I have created a new downloads page, where I will put interesting programs I create when I’m bored

Here is the latest entry:

Fr3d’s Hosts File Editor

A simple application to edit your hosts file easily. It lets you add, edit and remove, as well as temporarily disable existing entries.

It’s free, but not open source.

Download Fr3d’s Host File Editor

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