2018 Christmas Shutdown

After a busy 2018, Dogsbody Technology will be taking some time off to celebrate the festive season. Our Christmas opening hours are: Thu 13 Dec 2018 – Office Closed after 16:00. Fri 21 Dec 2018 – Office Closed after 13:00. Mon 24 Dec 2018 – Office Closed. Tue 25 Dec 2018 – Public Holiday. Wed […]

Hackathon – Image Recognition Slackbot

Our internal hackathons give us extra opportunities to play with software and carry out quick projects we can’t usually justify sinking time into. A while ago we built our Slackbot, it’s a bit of fun, from providing inspirational quotes to tracking who’s made the most cups of tea. It’s well on it’s way to doing […]

Introducing Dogsbody Internal Hackathons

hackathon noun     informal     /ˈhakəθɒn/ An event, typically lasting several days, in which a large number of people meet to engage in collaborative computer programming. Dogsbody Technology love to attend hackathons, whether they be online or the middle of a field near Wales.  In the past we have attended Over the Air, Hashcode […]

How will the Ubuntu 14.04 EOL affect me?

On April 2019, Ubuntu 14.04 reaches end of life (EOL). We recommend that you update to Ubuntu 18.04. Over time technology and security evolves, new bugs are fixed and new threats prevented, so in order to maintain a secure infrastructure it is important to keep all software and systems up to date. Operating systems are […]

Vim tips

Welcome Chris Gray

Dogsbody Technology are passionate about Apprenticeships, providing a new career opportunity to people and promoting an alternative to University for those leaving college. Chris Gray is Dogsbody Technology’s latest (and 6th) Linux Systems Apprentice to join our team. Previously working in the service industry. Chris joins us having networked his entire house. He also helps […]

PHP 5.6 will go end of life on 31 Dec 2018

Quick Public Safety Announcement, PHP 5.6 goes end of life (EOL) on the 31 December 2018.  This means that known security flaws will no longer be being fixed so any sites you have running on it will become vulnerable, hence it is important you update them to a newer version. We recommend updating to the […]