Why didn’t anyone tell me…

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Entries from November 2009

Home Virtualization: my own kind of layer cake

November 10th, 2009 · No Comments

One of the abstraction problems I had with plotting out home virtualization is that I’ve already solved a number of these problems, and I don’t have a dedicated budget to go about replacing my whole – working – infrastructure. But knowing how much electricity is lost and heat generated with each little power brick and [...]

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Tags: Bookshelf · Computer · House and Home

Forcing my hand, a melting router

November 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

Apparently it’s time to start in on the project, as my Linksys router is melting. Getting any decent load on the router causes it to reset. This is especially problematic because it is the central switch in the network. That backup you were doing? Not so much. I borrowed a switch from the basement storage [...]

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Tags: Computer · House and Home