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This server has been running under beta mode for several months and 2 days ago I took the plunge to update it. We are now running the full Leopard Server 10.5.2. While I was at it I took the opportunity to update WordPress to the latest version and now all is working happily.

Also new with this version I’m trying out backing up the Server with Apples Time Machine and so far it seems to be doing its job.

Will be adding more Virtual Hosts on here soon using Apples wiki and blog posts. Will keep you updated.

In last weeks view on the iPhone I covered the first line of icons on the phone itself. These were SMS text messages, calendering, photos and the built in camera. This week I’m looking at the rest of the icons, the calculator, stocks and shares, Google Maps, weather, YouTube, notes, clock, system preferences and the new mobile iTunes. Those icons in the bar at the bottom, the main use of the phone, I’m going to leave till next week.

Using the calculator function on the iPhone brings back the memories of those old Texas Instruments calculators with the green 7 segment displays. There is nothing special about these, simply arithmetic operations with a memory function. I’ve used it several times just to quickly tot up something or other. It would be nice to see a slide down full function calculator being developed for the iPhone with various base settings, or maybe it’s just me.

This has to be something that I quite frankly don’t think I’ll ever use, Though it can be interesting to look at how a company has progressed over the last year. It would, I’m sure be of benefit to those into stocks and sharesor to keep an eye out for market trends quickly.

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Had a job interview today in Dublin and wanted to take my laptop with me, but, battery was dead. Decided to take it anyway, there might just be a plug socket somewhere.

On my way from Belfast to Dublin, called into Halfords to purchase a new windscreen wiper and there was the E:Can from Ring. This little wonder container is a power inverter for your car. Plug it into the power outlet of your car and anything up to 150 watt into the other end. It’s shaped, as the name suggests, like a can and fits into the drinks holder of the car. There is even a separate USB connector to charge the likes of Apples ipod.

By the time I’d reached Dublin the MacBook was charged enough for over an hour of usage. This is one great little gadget that I’ll be using quite a bit.

I work one day a week in a relatively small school in County Antrim. My job there is to help out with the computer systems, networking, etc…

Today was a Baker day. No kids, just staff. This means that its time to start cleaning the computers. I usually start of with the mice, removing the mouse ball cover and cleaning the ball and rollers. It really does surprise me how much gunk can get on those small rollers. We’ve tried many a product and all either, simply don’t do their job, or tend to make a bigger mess.

The only real solution I’ve managed to find is using you finger nail. I know, I know, it sounds gross, but it does work. After about 50 computer mouse roller later you have a nice concave section in your nail that just cleans the black tar like muck off no problem. No fuss, no mess.

If anyone comes across a cleaning product that really does “what it says on the tin” and can be used in over a hundred computers then please let me know.

A few weeks ago the company I’m involved with, infurious, suggested for me to start a blog, and get involved with the whole blog-a-sphere thing. This is my attempt at doing such a thing.

I’m still trying to figure out what sort of items to blog about, creating a few categories to get the old mind going, and plenty of coffee to help remind the old mind to blog. I think that makes sense.

Okay, keep posted.