Using RemoteApp with VMware ESXi in 7 Easy Steps
18/01 2012 Posted in Technology | 0 comments
Have you tried XP Mode in Windows 7? Or VMware Unity in Workstation? Quite cool isn’t it! Wouldn’t it be nice if you could have the same seamlessly integration of applications running on a remote computer or from a virtual machine running on a VMware ESXi host?READ MORE
Enabling NTLM Authentication (Single Sign-On) in Firefox
1/11 2011 Posted in Technology | 0 comments
If like me you use Firefox within a corporate environment, you perhaps repeatedly get prompted for your username and password when you use internal web applications whereas Internet Explorer just lets you log right in using Single Sign-On (SSO). Some people don’t realize it, butREAD MORE
Logitech Squeezebox
27/10 2011 Posted in Technology | 4 comments
Here at Liquidstate, we have a growing family of Logitech Squeezebox devices. For those that don’t know, Squeezebox is a range of network music players originally from Slim Devices, who were aquired by Logitech. Much like their more expensive and arguably more popular Sonos counterparts, theREAD MORE
Supercharge your website with CloudFlare
20/09 2011 Posted in Technology | 0 comments
CloudFlare is a Content Delivery Network (CDN) and distributed Domain Name Server (DNS) service aimed at enhancing the performance and security of websites. According to CloudFlare, on average, a website using their service will load twice as fast, use 60% less bandwidth and will stopREAD MORE
Using Dell OpenManage with VMWare ESXi 4.x
7/12 2010 Posted in Technology | 0 comments
At home, I’ve got a Dell PowerEdge 840 server running VMWare ESXi 4.x. I was looking for a method to monitor and manage the underlying hardware – particularly BIOS settings and a way to ‘reset’ the alert light on the front of the chassis afterREAD MORE
Sailing Weekend
29/08/2003: After a really long drive all the way from Edinburgh to Ardfen, we finally arrived in what looked the worlds most unlikely place to put a harbour. Anyway, after lots of well wishing from the previous crew, they handed over to us, and weREAD MORE
Sailing Weekend
02/08/03: After a wee bit of pontoon bashing at Troon, we headed out towards Arran, an up towards Milport, where we could stop, catch a buoy, and have some well deserved lunch. Our original plan was to nip round the top Arran, and stay overREAD MORE
Ireland Holiday 2003
First of all, we got the crew together – who had mostly not met each other before! Thankfully, we were mostly all from Edinburgh, apart from Stan, who we picked up from the airport on our way through to the west coast.
28/06/03: The plan forREAD MORE
Ocean Diver Training Dive 5
A shore / scenic dive with Sarah Forbes at Dunbar Harbour.
- Max depth 20m
- Practice dive planning and leading
- buddy monitoring
- air management
- rescue skills
Ocean Diver Training Dive 4
A shore / scenic dive with Sarah Peal at Dunbar Harbour.
- Max depth 20m
- Rescue skills from 6m
- controlled buoyant lifts
- pilotage
- buddy monitoring
- air management
Ocean Diver Training Dive 3
A shore / scenic dive with Sarah Peal at Dunbar Harbour.
- Max depth 15m
- Deep water entry
- vertical decent
- buoyancy control
- mask clearing
- regulator retrieval
- air sharing
- vertical ascents
- deep water exits
Ocean Diver Experience Building
A rib / scenic dive with Stuart Duff at St Abbs.
A quick bit of RIB diving at St Abbs. Unfortunately, the weather wasnt on our side, so only a few of us managed to squeeze a dive in.
Ocean Diver Training Dive 2
A shore / training dive with Sarah Peal at Conger Ally, Loch Long.
- Max depth 10m
- Alternate air sources
- stuck inflator drills
- buoyancy control
- inversion recovery
- regulator retrieval
- mask clearing
Ocean Diver Training Dive 1
A shore / training dive with Sarah Peal at Conger Ally, Loch Long.
- Max depth 6m
- full kit up and buddy check
- walk in entries
- finning
- buoyancy
- regulator
- partial mask clearing
- weight checks