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LifestreamSeems I just can’t stay away. While I’m searching high and low for a new TV (that isn’t Plasma and doesn’t suck) I decided to rebuild the HTPC that I cannibalized only a year ago. This time around I will do the build in stages to avoid too many mishaps, but I will stick with [...]
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I just have to say once again that I have grown really fond of Ebay. I mean, here I was, looking for some cat5e utp cable to extend my home network (and hopefully kill both wireless and powerline networking). But buying long segments of utp cable is not so straightforward as it might seem. The [...]
These are dire times indeed. Not only has the LCD TV market been invaded by inferior LED specimens that generally are faulty at all price levels except the absolute premium, but the PC side has just lost two of its most venerated monitors – the Dell 2209WA and LG 2220P. It’s hard not to be [...]
I had some initial troubles with my Synology Diskstation running programs like Sabnzbd. But seeing as version 0.6.1 is out I decided to try the new package from the SynoBlog. I don’t know if it’s the new version of Sab, the new DSM or the python spk but nzb downloading seems a lot smoother now. [...]
I’ve had time to do some proper testing on the 2209WA LCD that I got a while back. I didn’t have much choice obviously since I desperately needed a screen and since the target machine wasn’t a gaming rig I felt comfortable taking a chance. It was my first ever LCD type screen after all. [...]
As I noted in my original DS209 first impressions post, the fan (Evercool EC7025L12ER) made an awful ruckus. Vibration issues that translated to the chassis basically. Well, kudos to Synology for handling the issue in an expedient manner. It took them just a few days to ship a replacement fan from Taiwan to Sweden. The [...]
New router. Couldn’t stomach another D-Link router after their constant failures. And their 655 was unfavourably priced as well. So I went for the open source capable 3500L which is quite affordable for a gigabit router. The obvious downside is the lack of external antennas of course. Especially now that I got these monster antennas [...]
So I picked up a second hand WDTV Live HD. One of the best media streamers on the market. At least if you consider the price and don’t mind fiddling around a bit to get the network running as it should. I did consider the alternatives but most we’re automatically disqualified on the basis of [...]
The DS209 finally arrived and I’ve had a few days now to get acquainted with the device. Creating a new volume took about 10.5 hours most of which was spent error checking the 2TB drive. Probably time well spent. I thought long and hard about CIFS (SMB) vs. NFS vs. iSCSI but in the end [...]
I saw an opportunity to get a spare gaming mouse at a serious discount and with free shipping. Of all the things that can go wrong with the computer, the mouse is one of the most overlooked yet vital peripherals. I tried going back to an old 200 dpi or so mouse while my MS [...]
