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UPS: APC Smart-UPS 1500VA (SUA1500I) Server OS: Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64) Software: APC Powerchute Business Edition 9.01 Connectition type: USB

So after installing all the Powerchute software on the server the software would not pick up the UPS. All I got was "Device Communications: Not Established" even though it showed up in device manager.

When I installed the software I didn't plug in the USB cable until it told me it was going to search for the UPS.

What I did to fix this:

I uninstalled any Powerchute software (agent, server, and console)

I went in to device manager and uninstalled the UPS also from under "Human Interface Devices" - I left the UPS plugged in, I did not unplug the USB cable

I reinstalled the Powerchute software and this time it just picked it up straight away

I use iChat on my Mac to talk with people over Google Chat. I've just spent a while looking all over changing my name with no luck of it actually changing in iChat (but it did when using Chat via the Google web site for example). Eventually I found it though :)

Open the Address Book app on your Mac, go to the 'Card' menu, and then choose 'Go to My Card'. Change it there and reopen iChat.

I've just installed IE9 on my Windows 7 virtual machine to do some testing and I can not believe how hard it was to add Google as a search provider! Discusting.

I emailed London Overground this morning about their failings in live train data and unfair charging for zone 1 travel that I don’t do, and only an idiot would go on a route that would.

This was after useless data on TfL and NR websites this morning left me stood on the platform looking at a board of cancelled and delayed trains. If I had known I would have stayed on the underground in the first place.

The company is Worx (they make power tools). We had a new does all sorts tool go terribly wrong. Using it for the first time and something inside broke, followed by sharp bits flying out at high speed. Somehow through luck, I didn't end up with a nastily sliced open hand down A&E. They dealt with it absolutely brilliantly. No messing around or anything, and lovely staff.

I had to tick the following setting just now to get the installer to run for Windows 7 Professional 64bit on VirtualBox 4 on a Mac Book Air OS X 10.6.6. Other wise it crashed out just after trying to load the graphics.

A bit scary if you think about it too much…

I'm sure I warned about me ranting about TfL. I have a couple bubbling over at the moment!

Here's a question, one I shall ask London Overground directly and eagerly await the response.

Why when I use PAYG on my Oyster card do I have to remember to touch it on at one of the pink points when changing between the Central line and the Overground while heading from/to Camden Road (zone 2), otherwise I get charged for a zone 4 to 1 journey. I never touch zone 1. I read once that it's a plausible route?! What?! What's a plausible route from zone 4 on the eastern end of the Central line to the Overground station at Camden Road (not underground!) that would involve zone 1.

To add to the madness, it doesn't happen if I have a 7 day/monthly zone 2 to 4 pass on.