Andrew Beresford's Blog

Unfortunately 20% of people on the internet won’t be able to view your site.

The site I work on is supposed to fairly secure. I don’t mean “security with machine guns” secure, but I do mean “ID required to get on site” secure. However, on my motorbike I have never had to show ID to get on site. So, now my bike is in Yorkshire and I’m having to use my car, I thought I would see how easy it is to get on site without showing valid site ID.

Monday – Exhibit A

I waved an old Visa card at the security guard as I drove in. He waved me through.

Tuesday – Exhibit B

I waved an empty Tropicana Orange Juice bottle at the security guard as I drove in. He waved me through.

More to come…

If anyone has suggestions to other things I could use to get on site, please add a comment!

I found this article on tweaks when running VMware Server on a Linux host very useful. Some simple changes that have made a quite a difference to our internal VMware servers.

Unless you automatically offer me your very best quote on my renewal, I will take insurance from someone else.

My insurers had the cheek to increase my premiums by twenty quid, even though I now have a year’s no claims bonus more than the previous year. When I check on their website, the quote comes in far lower than the renewal quote.

So now, I’ve changed my insurer.. saved myself £80 and reduced my excess.

In reference to your article, “Court ruling strengthens patent protection for UK software“, the correct UK English spelling of “program” in the context of Computer Software is “program” and not “programme”. That is all.

A friend just sent me a link to Birmingham International Airports Reports and Accounts 2007-2008″, in particular Page 11, which discusses “Safety and Security”.

May I present Exhibits A and B

Exhibit A – Page 11

Exhibit B – Enlargement of Page 11 – Coloured red

I wonder if this was intentional!

If I say “Om nom nom nom” at work, everyone knows I’m asking “Are you ready for lunch?” (from omnomnomnom.com), but I was wondering if anyone else had weird phrases that they use that other people just don’t understand?

Yesterday I handed my notice in on my flat and my job. I’m moving back up to Yorkshire to start a new job in November. I’m really looking forward to going back up, but I’m going to miss so many people down here in Ipswich

Yesterday I did my first 10000 miles on my bike. It took me around 11 months.

This made me laugh. Seriously.