I have a bit of an obsession with remote control and accessing data on systems across the web with a caveat that it has to simple enough for anyone to use.  FTP used to be the answer but realistically it is unsecure, so these days mobile users who don’t have access to a company VPN [...]

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What to do on a rather wet and cloudy British Bank Holiday?  How’z about remotely tuning ham and short wave radio receivers from all over the world perhaps. I’m currently using an  Icom receiver system in Ham Lake, Minnesota USA that allows me to tune from the shortwave and local AM bands  thro’ ham and [...]

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If like me you are a fan of that cult Gerry Anderson/Doctor Who/Star Trek stuff  switch on your DAB radio or Freeview box and tune in to BBC Radio 7,  they are airing a Blake’s 7 special this morning!   Listen Live should work too as will  Listen Again but only up until September 7th. I [...]

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Well, not really but I though this video was quite clever..

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Can’t say I’ve ever  been cruising but there’s a tempting one coming up next year;   US based Pink Floyd Tribute Band Think Floyd are playing a 4 day cruise on board the Carnival Imagination.  The cruise, entitled The Great Gig in the Sea promises material from Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, [...]

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