Author Archives: Administrator

New server

The new server is working great–it’s got plenty of power and has been rock-solid stable. I ended up with Debian on it, and I’m a lot happier now that I’m running testing instead of stable (for instance, I have FLAC … Continue reading

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A new angle

After my trials and tribulations with the Thecus, I realized I needed a real solution. People on the Slim Devices forums had talked about mini-ITX boards with Via processors as low-power, high-performance solutions. Basically I want a real math coprocessor … Continue reading

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New stuff all around

I got a temporary SlimServer config running on my Kuro Box with an 80GB drive, and the 500GB backup drive hooked up via USB. It worked fine. I decided to buy an open box Thecus N2100 from Newegg, with upgraded … Continue reading

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Ecce mors!

Well, the hard drive was dead. I did manage to get some of the things I wanted off of it (even though I think I have backups everywhere) but I will have to do my configuration over again. Which is … Continue reading

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Disk problems

It was bound to happen–I was copying my music files over from my main Kurobox disk to the backup USB drive and noticed a few i/o errors. I dismounted the /datafiles/ file system and tried to do an fsck which … Continue reading

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last.fm

I finally downloaded the SlimScrobbler plugin and started using my last.fm account. I have been using the NowPlaying plugin, but that’s not nearly Web 2.0 enough on its own. So if you use last.fm go ahead and friend me and … Continue reading

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Backups

It is time. Time for me to go ahead and back up my digital music. It’s something I’ve always intended to do but didn’t want to spend the money. Last weekend, I found a 500GB hard drive at Newegg for … Continue reading

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CD Storage revisited

I last posted about what to do with my CDs now that I’m running out of room in the family room for them. I had thought about binders, but realized I wanted all the cover art including the back covers. … Continue reading

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What to do?

I haven’t put a CD in my CD/DVD player now for about a year.  My CDs are still in racks in the family room.  It’s been mutually agreed that I will be removing them, but I”m not sure how.  I … Continue reading

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The ultimate portable device

I’m thinking about my next gadget purchase, and outlining the things I’d like to be able to do: I would like a new portable music player.  Right now my 60GB Nomad Zen doesn’t have enough room for everything I own … Continue reading

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