Network Ned<\/a> for excellent service), we have White Box, Centos and Solaris 10 as install options and it’s been moved to a sturdy table so he has plenty to be getting on with. I was going to post a photo of him getting on with his work but a friend has my camera which is a shame because I wanted to take a few photos in Birmingham. It sounds like there’ll be others taking care of that, though<\/p>\nI’ve been meaning to praise Yahoo’s spam filter for some time. It does such an excellent job that I worry sometimes that I’m going to miss a genuine email that doesn’t slip through the net. This week that’s happened a couple of times so maybe I need to be more careful, which is a shame because I appreciate the massive reduction in spam.<\/p>\n
I hope to provide regular updates from Birmingham<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’m packed and ready to fly down to Birmingham in the morning to attend UKOUG 2005. After a long debate, we’ve decided that The Dog is going to stay behind and keep working on the server build. 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