Why didn’t anyone tell me…

“What, Dave, more?” you ask. Yes, I’m afraid so. I’m afraid so. Trying to keep it short this time.
All builds have a server, 4+ disk RAID5, and offer flexible storage expansion to keep them around for about 2 to 4 years. Each has a “Priced from scratch” number. Remember that this includes 4x $100 drives [...]

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In my previous post on the topic, I presented a couple alternative ways to get a lot of home infrastructure with little redundancy and some virtualization. The fact is, it’s pricey to do it ‘properly’. So I set out to look at the pros and cons of some alternative methods that make it a more [...]

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The economy is bad, and I realized early this year that my audiobook subscription was next on the chopping block, and, screaming in my heart, I clicked “Close” on my Audible subscription. And then I resumed reading the last 2 books I picked up.  Unfortunately, the second was a serial with 3 other parts, and [...]

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We finally stepped part way into the HD era, by attaching a PS3 to our SD television. Sacrilege, I know, but it’s what I have for now, and the economy isn’t getting any better this week. But, as we only have two games for it (Little Big Planet and Mater-National Racing), we have found [...]

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I don’t think I need to waste any more brain cells on this one. Three leg shots to a dinosaur are not killing blows. Eek.
Cast: the prof, the psycho, the hero, the token blonde, the government agent, the cute kid, the pet, and disposable dinosaur threat A. Gag.

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I’ll fess up now. I like audiobooks. I spend too much time commuting and too little time with the paper books in hand, so I got hooked on audiobooks back in 1998 when I discovered the Rob Ingles version  of Lord of the Rings on Napster. I since found the whole set on ebay, so [...]

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Hi, I’m Dave, and I’m a Dark Castle Addict.
Sad but true, I’ve been spending what free moments I can steal from other duties trying to defeat Return to Dark Castle, which I’ve been waiting for since they started talking about it in what, 2000? And it’s quite good. But this means I’ve been slow [...]

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Ian is hard of hearing and we’re between hearing aids. How’s a kid to learn to talk? Well I’m an active audiobook listener and have an iPod around…
So far he’s gotten through about 6 hours of Lord of the Rings.

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Just finished No Country for Old Men. It felt like reading Fargo. I can’t say I enjoyed it very much.
Before that I finished off the end of the Harry Potter series, done at high speed. It may seem lame but I still consider them extraordinary examples of foresight in story design.
Next I have a [...]

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I didn’t realize how fast I go through books until I started posting these. Yikes!
Harry Potter series with iPhone on “Faster” setting. It keeps my mind from wandering too much. Cramming each book into 2-3 days helps me see the bigger patterns easier, and having read the seventh book already, I’m taking note of the [...]

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