My RAID5 setup broke again. The controller told me that one of the hard disks had failed. OK, no biggy, that’s what RAID5 is there, all the data are safe. Sure, but Murphy’s Law states that when something can break … Read the rest
Star Trek woes
So many people have problems with this new movie. The fora are in flames with posts of people supporting and flaming the new movie, so much so that in a day a simple thread starting with “I like the new … Read the rest
Star Trek and Wolverine
Having seen both new “blockbuster” movies, the new Star Trek and Wolverine, I must say that I was not impressed.
However, the reasons are very different. Wolverine is a movie that deserved to be much longer while Star Trek was … Read the rest
Life in waiting…
Life is generally good. You sleep (instead of slumbering), you work to make a living (instead of living to work), you love a woman (instead of tolerating her), and you go on vacations (instead of going out just to eat … Read the rest
Netlimiter
First of all, I love Netlimiter. It is just what I need in the two-user-one-connection house environment I live in and until they integrate a bandwidth limiting capability in home routers, I will keep on using it.
However it has … Read the rest
XFX Revo64 strikes back!
My NAS finally filled up with all those things I collect and all the CD-DVD I burned over the years and have now transferred to my NAS. 500GB seemed like a good idea at the time of designing it, but … Read the rest
Darth Vader needs a shrink!
OMG! There are so many things wrong with this post that I don’t know where to begin.
For one, no one even considers the effect of Palpatine on the boy. Palpatine was always behind the scenes whispering in his ear … Read the rest
It’s out!
StarCraft 2 – StarCraft 2 – StarCraft 2 – StarCraft 2 – StarCraft 2 – StarCraft 2 – StarCraft 2 – StarCraft 2 – StarCraft 2 – StarCraft 2 – StarCraft 2 – StarCraft 2 – StarCraft 2 – StarCraft … Read the rest
Double clutching
I just saw Vanishing Point, a movie that was released at 1971. It’s about a former racer that has a job of transporting cars across America by driving them himself. He gets a 1970 Dodge Challenger and makes a … Read the rest
News!
My internet is back! Tuesday noon I got a phone call to my cell confirming that the line was fixed (although I saw that it was fixed when I woke up, but it was nice of them to call me). … Read the rest