Author Archives: michaelf

EVGA GTX570 dies

Looks like my EVGA GTX570 video card just died. Cannot play anything game wise without it producing lots of artifacts. Updated my RMA request with EVGA, as I submitted one 10 days ago. Have performed what they requested and it’s … Continue reading

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Excellent resource for open source sounds

In my youth I ran a BBS, and I had a shareware cd that contained thousands of samples of different things. Quotes from movies, sounds of various things. Thought it was great, however must of lost it a long time … Continue reading

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Open Media Vault USB boot corruption

Looks like the Open Media VaultĀ appliance I had running via the HP N40L Microserver had some issues. I left it overnight to copy 400+Gb of files and woke to find it had failed half way. Host was up, but networking … Continue reading

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SSD acquired

I’ve been tempted to purchase an SSD for my home desktop system for sometime. This is the same system I use to run a number of virtual machines and for playing battlefield3. Got the SSD on Monday. Purchased a Corsair … Continue reading

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HP ProLiant MicroServer N40L

As per my post a few days back, ordered a N40L. All I can say is it’s a great bit of kit. I’ve installed Debian 6.0.4 amd64 and have configured it to do a number of services and other tasks. … Continue reading

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Simpana 9.0 SP6 now available from CommVault

Noticed today that Simpana 9.0 SP6 went GA. You can now go download it from the CommVault portal.

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New hardware purchases

I ordered a HP N40L Microserver on Saturday night. It should arrive in the next day or so. Have been wanting to get one of these for a while and with the recent decrease in pricing, I just happened to … Continue reading

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Kogan 7″ Andriod Tablet

My wife and I picked up a Kogan 7inch Andriod Tablet via the ebay store they have for a really good price, so we purchased it for Darwyn to use. I’ve installed a 16Gb microsd card in it and put … Continue reading

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LPIC2 Certificate arrives

My LPIC2 Certificate arrived by post today, so looks like I can now scan it and add to the collection of the others I have done in the last 2 years. I’ve done a large number of certificates in the … Continue reading

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So many things to say, just no idea how to express it

It’s been a crazy number of weeks. The family and I have done so much stuff, however it’s just so hard to express all those things. When I finally get time to type something I just don’t know where to … Continue reading

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