Despite my previous post on how to get Time Machine backing up to a network drive, this turned out to be flaky. So far using iSCSI has been bomb proof and without having to do anything arcane, it is likely a lot more reliable.

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Since it's been two years since my last raid cost analysis, I figured it was about time to do another one.

Goals:

• increase my storage. Currently 1000GB using raid5 (3 x 500GB drives)
• preferably only use 2 drives as it costs money to spin an extra drive
• not spend too much

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I saw a recent post of the most incredible maze I've ever seen. Well I just had to solve it.

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I thought I had posted this ages ago, but in case anybody needs to know how, here's how you setup a virtual kvm firewall. I'm using Smoothwall but any distro would work.

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Open files with jEdit from the terminal is a pain. Here's a script to help.

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More than once I've needed to start at some point in an array and work my way out to the edges. I don't want to have to figure this out again next time so here's the code.

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I recently got one of the new mac mini's because it can finally run dual monitors. Yay Apple. Anyhow, this Time Machine thing sounded pretty cool so I kept trying to figure out how to get it to backup to my network drive but nothing seemed to work.

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I'll cut to the chase, those that read the comic and liked it will love this movie, everybody else won't.

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I was the last to speak at my step mom's funeral, this was my tribute…

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My “local mom”, Golda Elliott passed away a few days ago. Here is her obituary.

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