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James Dyer

James Dyer is a Systems Administrator and Web Developer at Elixirr Digital. With a degree in Information Systems development and over 20 years’ experience with computer technology, James is not only an expert in maintaining company servers and databases, he’s also a proficient Web Developer. Essentially, if there’s ever a technological issue in the office, James is the man for the job! James’ hobbies include watching classic sci-fi shows and playing video games.

A Brief Peek into The World of .htaccess

If you care about site performance, please stop adding your redirects to .htaccess files! For anyone who doesn’t know, a .htaccess file is a text file that can be placed in a directory within your website files, allowing you to make some changes to the configuration of your site without having to mess around with […]

Continue reading 24 June 2022 James Dyer Posted in: Web Design & Development

How Vulnerable Are We to Phishing? Our Sysadmin Wanted to Find Out

I’m sure everyone reading this is now aware of the threat that so-called ‘Ransomware’ attacks pose to businesses and consumers alike. There is a perception that this is a new problem, but the first known attack actually happened way back in 1989 , distributed by post on a 5.25” disk (anyone else remember those?). Back […]

Continue reading 12 July 2017 James Dyer Posted in: Privacy

Experiences of being a London 2012 Games Maker

More than 70,000 volunteers helped make the London 2012 Olympics an amazing success for the entire nation. These volunteers, known formally as ‘Games Makers’, took control of a variety of different roles to ensure everything ran smoothly throughout the two week period: from greeting visitors to working behind the scenes ensuring that the results tables […]

Continue reading 22 August 2012 James Dyer Posted in: General