Author Archives: Stephen

Hetzner vServer (VPS)

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Stephen

Hetzner recently started offering VPS (Virtual Private Servers) since October 2010. Being a Hetzner customer and avidly interested in virtualization, I was keen to find out what setup they had in place and what functionality they offered VPS customers (I’m … Continue reading →

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Thompson Broadband Router (UPC) Model: TWG870

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Stephen

So I recently got 100Mbps Broadband from UPC 🙂 My Cisco EPC2425 got replaced with a Thompson Broadband Router (Model: TWG870UIR). Default Settings Login URL: http://192.168.0.1 Username: <blank> Password: admin SSID: UPC00XXXXX  (AFAIK, the SSID of Thompsons will be in … Continue reading →

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Auto Login, and Logon Messages with XP, Vista, Windows 7

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Stephen

To enable Auto-Login in XP, Vista or Windows 7 START -> run -> control userpasswords2 (In Vista or Windows7, you can go START -> (in the search box) cmd    In the Command type control userpasswords2) (uncheck “Users must enter a user … Continue reading →

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How to make a CAT5e Network Cable

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Stephen

So I have 30Mbps Broadband, but because of the wireless g router I was given, I could only get ~1.8MB/sec download. Using a wired connection to the router let me get full 30Mbps down. As a result I wanted to … Continue reading →

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Book review – Build your own wicked wordpress themes

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Stephen

I was disappointed with this book (Build Your Own Wicked WordPress Themes). I picked it up recently when on holidays, for a read on the flight home, ahead of a web design project I had ahead of me. It was … Continue reading →

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