More details are HERE

..and yes I know, two posts on my blog in search a short time! *shock horror* lol

Website
I think its time for a revamp/redesign….XHTML, CSS and jQuery….ASP.NET would be nice but my web hosting doesn’t support it (otherwise I would of moved to N2CMS - been playing with this in work lately)

ACL Editor
Version 2.0 has, I repeat HAS started development…finally! The new version of the editor is being developed using a addon architecture so a developer can create their own addon which will then hook into the core of the editor.

Screen shots to come soon.

Anybody interested in BETA testing this please feel free to get in touch in the usual manner.

New House
Me and Suzanne moved into our little house in November last year.

Any other business!
I still check my emails on this domain a minimum of 10 times a day - so your emails do get answered!

Server Move
The site has now been moved to a new web server as I’ve paid for a reseller web hosting package.

Web Hosting
Ive paid for a reseller web hosting package and now offering web hosting packages, initially targetting the multimedia students who need web space for their second/third year projects.

[Edit] - http://www.ewales.info

Job
After finishing my BSc Computer Networks degree in the Summer 2007, I started a Higher/Further Education Teacher Training in the same University. After wasting 3 months of my life doing this I decided it wasnt for me during the Christmas holidays so started looking for full-time employment.

So after a few interviews and companies letting me down I finally started working full-time for an IT Solutions provider (edit: name omitted) in Shrewsbury as a Junior Software Developer in March 2008.

Day to day tasks include digging into the software they develop to replicate bugs that have been reported by end users, which sometimes mean I could be playing with SSIS Package, SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2005 or a front end fix which means I would use C#.NET.

ACL Editor and Simulator
Sales of the Editor are going well, currently with no advertising of the application and leaving Google to its own devices and word of mouth, Im quite happy with its progress. I currently haven’t been able to find any time to add features or even make a start on the project “ACL Import” which would import current ACLs into the Editor. Maybe some wet weekend I will don’t worry!

Home Network
Unfortunatley the Home Network is no more, because my parents have decided to move house, which means my 42U Rack is up for grabs if you can pick it up from Anglesey, North Wales you can have it.

Llangollen Diesel Group
Currently the LDG have all their mainline diesel loco fleet for sale due to many things going on in the background. I cant go into this much at the moment but will put more details online when Im allowed to.

Version 1.1.0.4 of the Cisco ACL Editor and Simulator has been released and is online!

Purchase / Registration details available.

30 Day Demo Available FREE!

More Info Here (Including Download Links)

Version 1.1.0.3 of the Cisco ACL Editor and Simulator has been released and is online!

Purchase / Registration details available.

30 Day Demo Available FREE!

More Info Here (Including Download Links)

Version 1.1.0.2 of the Cisco ACL Editor and Simulator has been released and is online!

Purchase / Registration details available.

30 Day Demo Available FREE!

More Info Here (Including Download Links)

Version 1.1.0.0 of the Cisco ACL Editor and Simulator has been released and is online!

Purchase / Registration details available.

30 Day Demo Available FREE!

More Info Here (Including Download Links)

Yes, my final year project has been released to the world wide web today!

Feedback is welcome and appreciated, good or bad!

30 Day Demo Available FREE!

More Info Here (Including Download Links)

Images of the work carried out over 3/4 days. More images will be added tomorrow.

Day 1
http://martinperry807.fotopic.net/c1322944.html

Day 2
http://martinperry807.fotopic.net/c1323658.html

Day 3
http://gallery.garethevans.info/main.php?g2_itemId=1004

Thursday we had an mixed freight train booked to run along the line to Carrog with MP, first of all to drop some wagons off in Glyndyfrdwy and then to work a ballast train in Carrog. The freight train had been sorted out on Tuesday and left in River Siding by Llangollen Goods Junction signal box. Since no ticketed secondman was available we had to use 37240 instead of D8142 (20142) - I could secondman the train then too

After travelling at 25mph (line speed) along the line we reached Glyn and decided to drop the whole freight train off there instead of continuing to Carrog on the ballast run as we were soaked due to the heavy rain!

After running around and some shuting we were heading back to the yard……and MP left me drive from here.

So I drove from Glyn, to Llangollen Goods Junction, we crossed over by the ground frame to the yard line, propelled the two guards vans into Pentrefelin C&W Works and then drove back into Llangollen loco yard.

Then had a brew! We finished early since it was really chucking it down. With all that rain you would of thought I would of been clean…..was I hell!

The ballasting may have to wait until next Thursday instead.