After re-reading my last post, I realize that some of you might have no clue what I’m talking about when I mention network attached storage (NAS). To use an oxymoron, this post is a follow-up primer. The idea with a NAS is to centralize storage across multiple machines in a network. Instead of having to maintain…

In between eating hot dogs and blowing up fireworks this weekend, I worked on a couple of home IT projects that I’d been planning for a while. My goals were straightforward. First, I wanted to implement a more robust backup solution. Second, I wanted to get rid of a Fedora Core 5 server and replace…

This post might more accurately refer to Totalitarianism instead of Socialism but what it lacks in precision, it makes up for with alliteration! July 4th! Independence Day. In Seattle, we also refer to it as “the day before summer begins.” It always rains here on July 4th. It’s a tradition. Beyond its meteorological implications, July 4th…