Tim Long

Forever in Electric Dreams
The life and times of a Small Business Server MVP and all-round technology enthusiast. Tim is founder of TiGra Networks, a company based in South Wales UK specialising in small business IT. This blog is aimed at Microsoft Small Business Specialists, IT professionals, Astronomers and anyone interested in science and technology.

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Is Your ISP patched?
Is your ISP patched against the DNS cache poisoning ( US CERT advisory ) exploit? There are confirmed attacks in the wild . My ISP is patched. I asked them, and actually got an intelligent response. They escalated my ticket and a day later came the response...
We're Back! Better, Faster, Cheaper
New broadband installation is complete but was not without some pain. That's not really surprising as domestic providers aren't really geared up for supplying businesses. The line was swapped over by about 10am and I promptly got a text message...
Scheduled Broadband Upgrade
TiGra Networks is having a broadband upgrade this week so we'll be offline for perhaps a day while that happens. We'll be completely off the air for a while and there will be a bit of disruption while we install the new equipment and update our...
Microsoft MVP renewed
I'm proud to announce that Microsoft has renewed my Most Valuable Professional award for 2008/9. Once again my competency is Windows Server System - Small Business Server. There are currently (as of today, according to the MVP web site) about 55 such...
ServerQuest: eighties retro chic
Move over Minesweeper! I received a link to this from my MVP lead and I'm hooked, despite the blatant advertising. The cleverly done retro-chic "plinky plonky" music, chunky graphics and office politics takes me straight back to the early...
Sam Knows Your DSL Performance
An interesting project to measure UK broadband providers is being conducted by Samknows Broadband. Volunteers can sign up to receive specially modified Linksys routers that collect performance data and 'phone home' with the results. Until now...
The Silverlight Train is Coming
I'm convinced that Silverlight 2.0 (currently in beta) is going to be the biggest thing to come out of Microsoft this year. Amid all the hype of the 2008 launch wave, Silverlight is almost getting overlooked, but to me, Silverlight is going to be...
Two Dragons
Via David Overton , there's a preview of Microsoft's " SeaDragon " technology which is a way to do deep zooming on images over the Internet and streaming exactly the right amount of data into the browser for whatever zoom level you're...
Business Communications into the 21st Century
I attended a seminar a few days ago that explored current and emerging uses of technology and communications in business. The event was hosted by Rhondda Cynon Taff Business Club . There was a presentation by Light Age Communications on what's currently...
Spending Money While You Sleep
I have taken on a new customer this week and they have an interesting business that deals with energy (gas and electricity), measuring consumption with smart meters and ultimately using less of it to reduce your carbon footprint and save money. They showed...
Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 Go Gold
The 2008 launch wave is gaining momentum. Microsoft announced a few hours ago that both Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 have been released to manufacturing. Windows Vista service pack 1 will likely impact most users in the short term...
Into The Groove?
Chris Rue has a stinging appraisal of Groove over at the funcave. "Groove has to be the worst software I’ve ever used in my life. [it] has the most idiotic user interface seen since cc:Mail. [...] To top it off, [...] this thing totally sucks at...
Ever Closer to the Solid State Hard Drive
SanDisk is now up to 72Gb with the SSD SATA 5000 - directly equivalent to what many servers have in the form of SAS or SCSI drives, which come in 74Gb capacity. However, imagine how many of these little cards (5mm thick x 1.8 inches wide) you can fit...
Heroes Happen at the Hilton
I've spent most of today at the London Hilton attending Microsoft's partner pre-launch for servers & tools. Grace and I were lucky enough to get a front row seat just 6ft away from Bill Gates as he gave the keynote speech and held a Q&A...
How Not To Store Contacts (or, The Migration From Hell)
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I will begin. I've had fun migrating one particular company to a new server recently. It started out before Christmas as a simple redeployment swing migration, but what I didn't know when I started the job is...
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