The Pokey Hat Blog

I have my own Squeezebox server running on a Netgear ReadyNAS which I have made accessible from the outside world, allowing me to listen to my music collection from pretty much anywhere. The last few weeks i’ve been working pretty much exclusively from the office, so have had the opportunity to clock up some serious …

I haven’t posted on Pokey Hat for a while – which is mental, because doing what I do now for a job (Senior Network Engineer), it’s likely someone out there could benefit from the situations I find myself in. Heck, I spend enough time trawling blogs and forums looking for answers – I guess this …

A few weeks back scores of Apple fanboys and girls lined the streets eagerly waiting to get their grubby little paws on the new IPhone 4. Now it seems there will be scores lining up to return them as antenna problems and software issues blight the image of what was heralded as the smart phone of …

So, the wife was out for the evening – i cracked open a bud and kicked back to watch the latest offering from Mr Kevin Smith – one of the finest film-makers working today. The film in question – Cop Out. Prior to watching, I had listened with interest to the opinions of the critics …

Chances are, if you have a broadband or cable connection at home, you probably have WiFi enabled. Technically, this makes YOU responsible for securing this connection and ensuring no one illeagally accesses your internet connection. So – how secure is your connection? What encryption do you use and can it be easily hacked? Following a …