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A Flash mp3 player is now embedded into MyDiskServer so that you can listen to your music collection on your Wii. Viewing photos has also been enhanced.

The main upgrade in this release was to the private networking code. This update means that MyDiskServer will work fully with devices on your local network even if netbios name service is not implemented. This was an issue with Macs and some Linux distributions including the Nintendo Wii.

There is also a Dutch translation thanks to Melroy van den Berg.

To ensure you have the latest version click here.]]> MyDiskServer http://hostyourself.net/blog/index.php?itemid=47 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:59:48 +0000 http://hostyourself.net/blog/index.php?itemid=46 WetWii.com has evolved into a music and photo file sharing portal for the Nintendo Wii. Simply upload a JPEG or MP3 from you desktop PC and you can than view or listen to the file using the Internet Channel on your Nintendo Wii. Simple and effective.]]> Hosting and SEO http://hostyourself.net/blog/index.php?itemid=46 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:50:41 +0000 http://hostyourself.net/blog/index.php?itemid=45 CartoonIntros.comOver the christmas period I have been developing a new website featuring classic 80s and 90s cartoon intros. I developed the website to brush up on my SQL database skills and also to share the collection of cartoon intros that circulated Kent University's student network a while back. I hope to add a simple comments section to each cartoon page in the near future. Take a look.

www.cartoonintros.com]]> Hosting and SEO http://hostyourself.net/blog/index.php?itemid=45 Thu, 4 Jan 2007 11:59:16 +0000 http://hostyourself.net/blog/index.php?itemid=44 The software I put together a while back to fix stuck pixels and screen burn-in on LCD and plasma screens has been getting a lot of attention recently. I decided it deserves its own domain name. The updated JScreenFix can now be found at http://www.jscreenfix.com.

After numerous requests for a DVD version to run on standalone TV systems I have put together a downloadable DVD image too. Additional videos are also available for other devices.

According to various web sites online, JScreenFix is the best method of fixing stuck pixels on LCD screens.]]> Other Software http://hostyourself.net/blog/index.php?itemid=44 Wed, 8 Nov 2006 15:38:37 +0000 http://hostyourself.net/blog/index.php?itemid=43 free broadband with Talk Talk. After complaining multiple times, being lied to, waiting for months and reading about other peoples problems online I asked them to cancel the 18 month contract. Turns out that it costs £70 to cancel! It's two months on now and broadband has not even been connected. I've calculated that Talk Talk's FREE broadband is going to total £382 in hidden costs for the 18 months duration of the contract. I'm pretty disgusted they can label this as free, and I know I'm not the only one pissed off with Talk Talk so I've set up a forum for others to share their experiences.

Please add your experience regarding Talk Talk Broadband here:

Talk Talk Broadband]]> Hosting and SEO http://hostyourself.net/blog/index.php?itemid=43 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:57:53 +0100 http://hostyourself.net/blog/index.php?itemid=42
I've had quite a lot of feed back regarding the page I put up about my frustration with 123-reg.co.uk. I had several people suggest making it into a forum for other people to share their experience too. So I did:

Avoid 123-Reg for web hosting]]> Hosting and SEO http://hostyourself.net/blog/index.php?itemid=42 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:54:15 +0100 http://hostyourself.net/blog/index.php?itemid=41
I've been very busy moving house, finishing off PhD thesis, looking for jobs, being interviewed by google etc...

Anyway, enough with the excuses, I'm here to ping everyone with the news that an updated version of MyDiskServer is online. It's minor bug fixes really. I've fixed an issue with files not being properly closed if a download was disconnected before completion and also fixed the java.lang.LinkageError which occured when multiple copies of the same plugin were shared.

Simply visit MyDisk.co.uk and click launch and your version will be updated to 2.11 automatically.]]> MyDiskServer http://hostyourself.net/blog/index.php?itemid=41 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:30:24 +0100 http://hostyourself.net/blog/index.php?itemid=40 Googleoids Logo
Another Java Application to add to my collection. This time its something different. - A game.

The idea is simple: poke pictures to release letters, use the letters to make words.
The words are then sent to google image search to make more images. Lots of search results and long search phrases get you more points.

I've been sitting on this a while waiting for google to respond to my email to confirm the name and inclusion of their image search technology, but I have now given up waiting. I have registered www.googleoids.com and put an alpha test version online. I plan to put more work into this soon.

In the mean time have a play and contribute on the googleoids forum.]]> Other Software http://hostyourself.net/blog/index.php?itemid=40 Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:06:26 +0100 http://hostyourself.net/blog/index.php?itemid=39 JADS Promotional Postcard
Today I released a new version of JADS to incorporate a number of improvements including template rotation and aspect fix.

Both Keynes College and the Electronics Department at the University of Kent are now running the new version.

If you have not heard of JADS or would like to experiment with what the new version can do, head over to: Jads.co.uk]]> Other Software http://hostyourself.net/blog/index.php?itemid=39 Wed, 9 Aug 2006 01:08:00 +0100 http://hostyourself.net/blog/index.php?itemid=38 Screenshot of JFirewallTestA number of websites claim that a complete port scan to fully test a firewall can not be performed across the Internet because it would take many hours, possibly days to complete.

JFirewallTest is a two stage approach that can test all 65,536 ports in under 10 minutes.

The first stage is to create a list of ports that are waiting for connections locally. JFirewallTest performs this action by making dummy connections to all ports on your local machine. To speed up operation JFirewallTest is multi-threaded and is therefore not slowed down by pending responses. The list of open ports is sent to this web site for the second stage.

The second stage is to test each open port to see if it is accessible from the Internet. This is performed by a cgi script on this server and the results are displayed live to the user.

The cgi script needs a bit more work, I'm hoping to link it to a port database and list common trojans in the next few days.

More information here:
http://firewalltest.hostyourself.net/]]> Other Software http://hostyourself.net/blog/index.php?itemid=38 Fri, 4 Aug 2006 10:33:10 +0100