My eyes have been opened. Now I want to know how this broadband thingy works…

I don’t have an iPod.

I do have a portable, digital music player. It’s a Rio Karma. And it’s now an orphan. Rio has effectively exited the market, and my Karma has no long term future. When it dies, I’ll either have to buy a used replacement on eBay, or join the iPod throng.

Anyway, that’s a [...]

I wrote some time ago about using Pamela to record Skype calls—particularly as an aid to keeping a church congregation in touch with sent/supported missionaries.

I’ve just seen details about another (simpler) Skype plug-in that claims to do the same thing: PowerGramo.

I haven’t used PowerGramo, and so I can’t recommend it. If you try it out, [...]

Well, new to me at least.

As promised, herewith some observations on the FreeNAS Storage Area Network application.

After my bad experience with the Netgear SC-101 (here), I was (again) the owner of two unused 200GB IDE hard drives, and I still wanted to have a free-standing backup location for the family’s computers.

A quick search led me to FreeNAS, an open source [...]

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In response to Neil’s comment on my post about the Netgear SC-101 NAS (Network Attached Storage) device, I suggested that the new D-Link DNS-323 might be worth a look.

After a rebuild of the UltraBox (my home PC), I had a couple of 200GB IDE drives ‘spare’. I decided to make some sort of NAS (Network Attached Storage) device to allow the household’s various PCs to undertake regular backups.

Despite some (ahem) mixed reviews on various sites, I invested $155 in a Netgear SC-101 Storage [...]

Woo hoo.

“There is no end to red-neck ingenuity.”

I noticed a press release today, issued by my former employer. The release (one page of normal-sized type) was accompanied by this fabulous disclaimer (one page of small type):

If you read my post some time ago about rainwater tanks, you’d know that our home has a new deck out the back. Here it is:

Our rainforest-like back yard is really delightful—cool, green and lush. Lots of birds visit us (I saw a glorious red and blue rosella this morning).

For years, we have also been [...]