How to Grow a Virtual Disk… (the long way)
So to any sysadmins who do this kind of stuff on a daily basis, this is going to seem way obvious, but for somebody who doesn’t and has been struggling wi...
Tag: geek stuff
Addicted to … Light Bulbs?
Over the weekend I splurged and bought a few of those fancy Philips Hue smart light bulbs with some of our tax refund. And yes, before we get too far into this ...
How long do you hold onto domain names you’re not using anymore?
I used to be of the mindset that because domain names are relatively cheap, there’s really no reason why a person’s assorted web projects shouldn...
Musing About Disney World and Stats
There are some times when I would really love to get a glimpse of some of the statistics around Walt Disney World. My curiosity this morning is specifically aro...
Robots Playing Video Games???
This is a really cool video of Super Mario World, and not just because it’s an incredibly fast speed run featuring all sorts of exploits that I’d ne...
oh poopies…
So apparently I had a hard drive crash in my Plex server while we were on vacation last week. Possibly two … still looking into that! What’s really ...
2018 Holiday Advent Blog – Day 19 – Glittery Porch Pirate Revenge
We’ve been pretty lucky in that I’m not sure if we’ve ever had a package stolen off of our porch. A few weeks ago I had a couple mis-delivered...
I feel the need … the need for Internet speed…
I get a little antsy about my home Internet speed when I spend any amount of time planning out home server stuff, and considering my little purchase of 50 TB of...
2018 Holiday Advent Blog – Day 2 – Merry Plex-Mas!
Plex has become a mainstay in our home over the last couple of years, expanding from only housing our movies and TV shows to also include educational programs a...
Archiving Fun
Now that I’ve more or less got my server upgrades under control, the last couple of weeks I’ve been really enjoying making use of that new computing...