Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Valve Software have let me down – IP Ban since the 27 of August 2005

Well I’ve been waiting patiently since the 27 of August 2005 for my ISP IP to be un-banned from the Steam Forums http://forums.steampowered.com/ as it has been banned for no reason at all, though my guess is that somebody who uses the same ISP as me did do something and that they banned him which also banned everybody else using

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Visual Studio 2005 coming out on the 7th November

Microsoft is launching Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 and Biztalk Server 2006 on the 7th November followed by events all around the country, dont miss it! Finally – we’re READY! Thanks to everyone who’s stayed the distance through the Visual Studio 2005 Beta Experience. We’ll be launching Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 and Biztalk Server 2006 on 7th

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Phising emails in my junk box!

Let me share a little email that I received in my spam box, emails like this have been going around for ages, are people really that stupid to believe them, people really should be more aware of phising emails like this. 06-10-05 Sincere Greetings, My name is Catherine Jennings I work with the Private Banking DivisionAt Berkeley Bank Limited, London.

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Million Dollar Homepage reaches 500,000 pixels

Alex’s Million Dollar Homepage has now reached 500,000 pixels, congratulations to him! Hi Darren This is my first ever mail out and I’ve got big news: in the past fewminutes I’ve just passed the half way mark – I’ve sold 500,000 pixels! I’mamazed, astounded, excited! I’ve run out of superlatives! Exclaimation markswill have to suffice!! Are you ready for part