Exploring character encoding types
Morse code was first used to transfer information in the 1840’s. As you’re probably aware, it uses a series of dots and dashes to represent each character. Computers need a way to represent characters in binary form – as a series of ones and zeros – equivalent to the dots and dashes used by Morse […]
Amazon Linux 1 goes EOL 30 June 2023
Updated 13 January 2023 Amazon Linux 1 (Amazon Linux AMI) extended maintenance support period ends on June 30, 2023. After this date Amazon Linux 1 will no longer be supported. Following customer feedback back in 2020, Amazon extended the end-of-life date of its Amazon Linux 1 and announced a maintenance support period – This Period […]
Apprentice Guide: How to Impress IT Employers
This week (3-7 February) is National Apprenticeship Week 2020. Dogsbody Technology have been hiring IT apprentices since 2013 and have seen A LOT of apprentice CV’s in that time! It still surprises us that applicants don’t sell themselves well, and is one of the biggest reasons we still give telephone interviews to a vast majority […]
Magento 1.x EOL June 2020
Magento v1 (all versions up to and including v1.9.4.3) will stop receiving software security updates after June 2020. Don’t leave it too late to migrate if you haven’t already. This affects both editions of Magento… Open Source (formerly “Community Edition”) Commerce (formerly “Enterprise Edition”) We recommend you upgrade to the latest version of Magento 2, […]
Debian 8 Jessie EOL 30th June 2020
On the 30th June 2020, Debian 8 “Jessie” goes End of Life (EOL). We recommend you upgrade to Debian 10 “Buster” (skipping Debian 9 if possible). Debian 8 was one of a few OS’s that supported PHP 5, even after official support by the PHP developers ended in 2018. Debian 10 supports PHP 7.3, which […]
Christmas Charity Giving 2019
Once again this Christmas, rather than buying corporate gifts, we are contributing that budget to two local charities. This year we are once again donating to our local food bank and also adding a local homeless charity. Sadly, demand for both of their services are rising year on year. Trussell Trust – Farnborough Foodbank Update […]