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A certain seasonal malaise.

December 19 09

Yesterday was not a good day for me. I finally heard a decision on a job I’d been applying for and I didn’t get it, getting my new server set up like the old one (with AFP sharing to my mac laptops and sshfs sharing to my linux laptops) wasn’t successful, and my plans for [...]

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Biscuit upgrade finished.

December 16 09

I’ve finished the upgrade to Biscuit. With a new case, motherboard, and CPU, it seems like I ought to rename the server, since but for the hard drives and optical drives, this new rig is really a whole new computer. The final setup is an Antek 300 case, Coolmax 750w power supply, AMD Phenom II [...]

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Biscuit upgrade part II

December 15 09

Got a new case and power supply for Biscuit. The case is a fancy looking black steel case with room for 8 hard drives, the power supply is a 750-watt beast with a formidable looking fan on the top of it. I came home, got the case and the motherboard/cpu assembled together, then installed the [...]

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An upgrade to Biscuit.

December 14 09

Many of y’all are familiar with my home server, Biscuit, which I’ve had in her current form for almost three years. What started as a humble MicroCenter bare bones PC has now become an indispensable home file server that is integrated tightly with my Xbox 360 and my two laptops. After many hard drive and [...]

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