Category Archives: tech

how to use the google DNS servers with an O2 Wireless box

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Nic Wise

Steps: telnet into the router: telnet 192.168.1.254 (you will need a telnet client. Windows, MacOS and Linux all come with them) login as SuperUser, with a password of O2Br0ad64nd (this is public knowledge BTW, but only useful INSIDE your network. … Continue reading →

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QuickTime, iPhoto, Mac and AVI files (AviImporter crashes)

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Nic Wise

This is more a google post, if it helps someone. Since I upgraded to Snow Leopard, I’ve had problems with iPhoto and AVI files (ie, videos off my camera) – and also preview and anything else which uses QuickTime to … Continue reading →

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learning PostgreSQL – being a n00b once again feels strange

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Nic Wise

It’s been a while since I’ve been a n00bie*. I’ve been coding for a long time now, but most of it has been in technologies that have evolved from what I knew before – Delphi to Java to c# and … Continue reading →

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facebook stats from Dare

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Nic Wise

Dare Obasanjo has a nice summary of the Facebook Engineering Road Show. They have some scary / fantastic stats: Mike Shreopfer started his talk with a number of impressive statistics. These stats include the fact that 2 billion pieces of … Continue reading →

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it’s a matter of trust (or: I dont trust Time Capsule anymore)

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Nic Wise

So, my time capsule died this morning. No light, no nothing. Dead. Of course, that takes out the rest of the network, too. I took it into Apple today, and they swapped it out for a new 1tb model (I … Continue reading →

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4 a day. only 4 a day – or: going back to working in .NET, at home, with good coffee

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Nic Wise

Next week I’m starting a new job. Off the PHP, back onto the C#. Off web apps, back onto back-end server development. Out of an office, into working at home, on my own (well, when Leonie isn’t at home anyway!). … Continue reading →

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Why FaceBook, Digg and Twitter are so hard to scale

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Nic Wise

This is a very good read. Even if FaceBook and the BBC homepage (which I work on at the moment) was doing the same traffic (we are not, not even close), the work load wouldn’t even be in the same … Continue reading →

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TortoiseGit vrs Mac: How to get around git-upload-pack: command not found

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Nic Wise

Just a quick one, as I’ve having fun with TortoiseGit talking (via SSH) to my Mac Mini, which has a SVN-pulled codebase on it. I got this error when I tried to do an initial clone (or anything else): git-upload-pack … Continue reading →

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lucene.net guest post up on simo’s blog!

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Nic Wise

I wrote up a guest post for Simone, about how I’ve used Lucene and Lucene.NET in the past. He’s put it up today! This includes my experience at IDG (in the first .COM boom/bomb), AfterMail/Quest and on the Top Gear … Continue reading →

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excellent lucene.net posts from simo

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Nic Wise

If you havn’t read them – or dont know what Lucene.NET is, read them. Now. :) How to get started with Lucene.NET Lucene.NET – the main concepts Lucene.NET – your first application More coming soon, but good if you want … Continue reading →

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