computers

My FreeNAS Project Part 3: The Build

August 16, 2009

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 [...]

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My FreeNAS Project Part 2: The Parts

August 15, 2009

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, [...]

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My FreeNAS Project Part 1: Introduction

August 13, 2009

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 [...]

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It’s Time for a Backup Strategy

August 6, 2009

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 [...]

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