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We in studio are amazed with this device and I have finally got my hands on one, while the rest of the studio are now waiting for theirs. Patience is a virtue. At first sight it is slightly bigger than expected although it is still the width of a credit card. To be able to get a computer for around £30 (incl. shipping and vat), while still re...

Looking at the date of this blog post you wouldn't guess it was April would you? Instead of nice weather or rain that you would usually accustom with April we all woke up this morning to find it snowing so, instead of the white Christmas we never got, it is more likely looking to be a white Easter. After the temperatures last week Simon made the c...

Those of you who were listening to Sunshine 855 on Thursday at 2 o'clock may have heard a familar voice (for those who didn't we'll be posting the audio here soon). A few days ago, managing director, Simon met up for a chat, along with a few cups of coffee for an interview, which was focused on giving our take on business, and how we work within ou...

We have just bought at a CCTV system. Our requirement were quite specific: We needed an IP based system (off-the-shelf is way too expensive!) The location of the camera was a considerable distance from our internal network We didn't want to hard wire the system over such a distance We needed the camera to record and be accessible to many devi...

We are slightly gutted! Yesterday morning was the first time that the new Raspberry PI mini computer went on sale to the general public. I think it can be safely said that the project was a tad oversubscribed! High Demand Crashes Websites The two retail outlet, chosen by the project: Premier Farnell and RS Components, simply were not geared up f...

The server maintenance has been completed, on schedule. As usual Rackspace have done a great job and the maintenance was completed within the  allocated window. I would also like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to Matt Price (one of the Visualcode developers), for is diligent work during the migration of all of the websites and...

We have some scheduled server maintenance coming up this weekend. Maintenance is scheduled for the very early hours. A small 30 minute window will be opened, as Rackspace physically move one of our servers. During this period, services will not be available on one of our servers. This operating period should have minimal effect to our clients. ...

Raspberry Pi - The idea behind a tiny and cheap computer. We are looking forward to getting our hands on a Raspberry Pi. Due for general release at the end of February 2012, this low cost personal computer may just revolutionize the way we buy, use and develop applications and code in the future. For more information on Raspberry Pi, check out th...