Archive for April, 2008

Media Server Project - Disk Set Up

Last time I talked about the parts needed for the media server I built. I thought I would take a moment and show how I have the disks set up.
At left is a screen shot from the storage manager. I partitioned one of the 320GB hard drives into 2 partitions. The C: partition holds [...]

Media Server Closet

Media Server Closet

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Here is a photo of my completed server closet. The middle shelf with keyboard and monitor is just the right height to accomplish the goal of a walk-up workstation as well.
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links for 2008-04-20

The Gratitude Campaign
Watch the movie. Say Thank You. Pass it on.
(tags: gratitude military)

Balboa Park Time-Lapse
(tags: photography san+diego)

links for 2008-04-19

Volkswagen to become motorcycle manufacturer?
(tags: volkswagen motorcycle)

IBM Offering Macs To Some Workers Using Windows
IBM on Wednesday said it’s testing the use of Apple Macs within its research labs as part of the company’s strategy of offering employees more than just Windows PCs.
(tags: ibm windows apple)

Apple - After Criticism, Apple Software Updater Gets UI Makeover - [...]

links for 2008-04-18

“Podcasting 101″ on KCBS with Tim Coyne & Lance Anderson
KCBS News segment on the fundamentals and history of podcasting, featuring Tim Coyne of The Hollywood Podcast and Lance Anderson of Verge of the Fringe.
(tags: podcasting)

How-To: 4 Camera Hacks You Can Do Today
(tags: camera hacks)

Command-line reference A-Z
Microsoft Command Line Reference. Good for batch files.
(tags: batch microsoft [...]

links for 2008-04-15

How Google’s App Engine stacks up with Amazon’s EC2
(tags: google amazon app engine ec2)

ffmpeg
(tags: mencoder ffmpeg)

links for 2008-04-14

Yankees unearth Sox jersey from new park
Team officials watched Sunday as construction workers removed the jersey, with slugger David Ortiz’s name on it, from two feet of concrete in a service corridor of the stadium that’s under construction.
(tags: yankees redsox sox red)

PhotoRec
PhotoRec data recovery software designed to recover lost files from Hard Disks and lost [...]

links for 2008-04-12

Firefox Logo Spied In Deep Space
(tags: firefox space)

links for 2008-04-11

Sidebar on Right
Extension to put the Firefox Sidebar on the Right. Lame that this isn’t just an internal option in Firefox.
(tags: firefox extension sidebar)

The Ultimate Twitter Client

Many Twitter users are in search of the ultimate client to keep them up to date. Secret is, there isn’t one. Yes, there are some great clients out there but the problem is the use different technologies. There is the Twitter client itself which is basically an old school web page. There are a myriad [...]