2019 Christmas Shutdown
Its that time of year again, when too many mince pies are eaten and elves have an unnatural affiliation with shelves. We are taking some well earned time off by closing our office for the festive period… Our Christmas Shutdown hours are: Fri 20 Dec 2019 – Office closed after 15:00. Tue 24 Dec 2019 […]
Welcome Ashley
Ashley is our latest apprentice to join us here at Dogsbody HQ. Having found the time to complete an Open University course achieving a CertHE (Certificate of higher education) in Natural Sciences – Physics (including mathematics), she shows a passion for learning we love in our apprentices. Ashley said… ‘I watched the film The Theory […]
A small business cyber security plan
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM). #BeCyberSmart #CyberAware Security is everyone’s responsibility, so whether you’re a small business, medium enterprise, SaaS provider or web agency, grab a cuppa and learn some of the ways, we at Dogsbody, recommend improving your security. You are 9 times more likely to be a victim of fraud […]
Things I learned from my mission trip to Tanzania
On the 25th July 2019 myself and ten other members from my church St Peters Farnborough caught the plane from Heathrow heading to Tanzania. There we spent two and a half weeks in the small village of Ibumu helping build a nursery school and school administration block, as well as teaching secondary school and pre-school […]
Python 2 will go end of life on 01 Jan 2020
Quick Public Safety Announcement, Python 2.7 goes end of life 01 Jan 2020. This is the end of the road for Python 2.x – there won’t be a version 2.8. This means any Python code that’s still on 2.x needs updating to Python 3. Any code that isn’t moved over won’t receive security updates so […]
Troubleshooting ‘server down’ issues in Linux
This post will show you the keys to troubleshooting ‘server down’ issues in Linux, cover some common causes for outages and how you can investigate and resolve them. A well configured Linux server offers an incredible level of stability and performance. Inevitably though, outages are pretty much a fact of life. First though, it’s important […]