Speed Testing via the Linux Command Line
Last night I relocated a bunch of computer stuff – namely my home server and router – to our bedroom closet, which in a positive way got it more up ...
Tag: computers
Envisioning My Automated Home…
So I spent some time reviewing my home server/network setup as it stands so far and it got me thinking about what might be the next steps on down the road. I...
How does one backup a media server’s worth of data???
After adding a 4th hard drive to my home server today, bringing the total storage space up to an unexpected 20 TB, I’ve been thinking a lot about backups ...
So close! Then oops…
I thought I’d take a quick break right now to do what should’ve been a simple maintenance on my new media server. My latest hard drive added was sti...
A Different Kind of Cloud
I just saw this commercial and now I’m wondering – did we change the definition of what The Cloud really is, or have I just not known what it was al...
Playing with Plex
Since I left off on the subject back around Thanksgiving, I’ve actually made a lot of progress in my little Plex project… I still have my little tes...
Switching to Mac – First Thoughts…
So it’s now been a few days since I got my new MacBook Air. In fact, I’m writing this post on it now… And I can already tell that it’s g...
Playing Computers
It’s kind of been a long time since I’ve played with computers like I used to back in the day. The other day between writing this post and thinking ...
The costs of cloud storage in 2014…
Despite being a lifelong computer geek, I’ve never really been very good about maintaining proper backups. It’s always been something that was just ...
Giving Verizon FiOS Credit Where Credit Is Due…
Admittedly I’ve had a lot of frustrations with Verizon lately regarding on demand services, direct marketing, and general bill creep, but this is still no...