Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Smartphones are Here!

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

We live in a very exciting time – I know, sounds like a cliché, however please let me explain. It seems like it have been just yesterday, but just 25 years ago only a very limited amount of people actually had a computer at home. (more…)

Backup Solutions for Home and Small Office

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Ok, I must admit, this doesn’t happen to me that often, but once in a while I find myself in a very sad situation where I knew I should have backed up my data, and yet I failed to do so. (more…)

Lucid Lynx is Out!

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

Just in case you haven’t heard yet, Lucid Lynx (Ubuntu 10.04) has been released on the 29th of April.
Once again, the way Linux is being distributed amazes me over and over. (more…)

How To Set Up a RAID Array Using Palimpsest Disk Utility – part II: RAID 0

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Previously we have set up a RAID 5, now, this time, we will be installing RAID 0. (more…)

How To Set Up a RAID Array Using Palimpsest Disk Utility – part I: RAID 5

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Sooner or later, there comes a sad time when you tell yourself: “I should have made a backup!”. (more…)

Real Life Power Consumption, Part I

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Today, feeding my own curiosity, I had a chance to finally measure the power consumption for several computers under real-life load and results are somewhat different from what I thought they would be. (more…)