Architecture by Hand (an OmniGraffle Stencil)
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Continuing with my backup and archiving strategy, one of my goals was to get a grip on the growing number of SDHC cards I use with my video cameras; mainly my Canon HF10. I’ve been ordering about five 4GB cards every couple months. Besides being small and easy to lose, they are difficult to label and [...]
Update 11/27/2009 — As HarryD notes in the comments, FreeNAS 0.7 (which was still in RC at time of this writing and did not contain this feature) allows a much easier way to setup Time Machine using AFP. See his post here. I’ve not tested this feature in 0.7 and currently using the approach as follows.
In [...]
I’ve completed the NAS build, installed and configured FreeNAS and have a nice 2.6TB storage device connected to my network.
Before I start writing about how this NAS fits into my overall strategy, here’s the final cost sheet for the project thus far. Note that some of the components (APC UPS, Linksys gigabit router) aren’t technically [...]
OmniGraffle, the Mac-based workflow application, comes with a pretty good set of stencils. You can also find loads of free stencils and build fairly nice workflows and diagrams by throwing random icons on a screen. But if you’re looking for a consistent set of icons for designing information technology related workflows and diagrams, good luck. [...]
So we have our FreeNAS box up and running, connected to the network and accessible via the web-based interface. One of the first configurations I made was setting a static IP address for my NAS box. I did this from the console (via option 2), but you can also do this via the web interface [...]
As I mentioned in Part 3, I fried my Compact Flash card as I was making final modifications on the machine build. That meant I had to reinstall FreeNAS on a new card. This was an interesting problem to have this early in the project because I learned how to recover from a lost FreeNAS [...]
Did I mention that I’ve not built a computer in six years? Yeah, well I forgot how bloody frustrating it is when things don’t work exactly as planned. To recap, I have a donor machine with motherboard, CPU, RAM, video card, DVD drive and power supply—the guts. My mission was to transplant that stuff into [...]
To be honest, I’ve not built, technically assembled, a computer in over six years. I used to build all of my own computers when Windows was my primary operating system and I was developing a lot of Windows applications. Back then it made sense to build your own because it was more cost-effective. These days, [...]
The raison d’être of this entire digital life strategy is process which will lead to piece of mind. Every bit has a purpose and direction. It is either temporary, important or necessary. Knowing there’s a process for each type of bit and that the important and necessary stuff exists in multiple places, relatively safe from [...]
To be honest, I’ve never been big on personal data backups. I know, I know…it’s a sin and contradictory thing to say, especially for a technology guru such as myself. It’s not that I don’t understand the utility of the backup—I run an I.T. department for Christ’s sake! It’s just that I’ve never had a [...]
