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Brian Bilbrey September 28, 2011

NAS, BlackArmor 220, Lion, and Time Machine

At work, there happened to be a Seagate BlackArmor 220 NAS device floating around uncommitted. I suggested that I might bring it home and test it a bit. That happened. The primary driver for looking into this kind of appliance is that I'm currently running a mid-tower Linux box all the time ... and only personally using it rarely. It does, however, also function as the house DNS server, the home SMB server, and the backup central host. It fires off scripts to connect to remote systems (like the virtual host for this place) and pull down backups, too. That…

Brian Bilbrey September 27, 2011

No guilt at all

Last night was fun - in between the chores we got to visit with Marcia's friend and former manager Judy, who was in town for a Peace Corps event. Out to supper at Mi Hacienda, then the girls had a nice chat while I finished up the trash and did some school work. We were up at 0530, and Marcia ran Judy down to the train while I confused the dog by walking her early on a working day. What I'm not feeling guilty about is schooling some of my fellow students in the Social Gerontology course. At least one…

Brian Bilbrey September 25, 2011

Sunday

School work and work around the house, along with remote systems work both days made for a long weekend. World economic news is depressingly awful, and sadly, our losses in Iran and Afghanistan still mount. Our condolences to the families and units of these fallen warriors: Sgt. Garrick L. Eppinger Jr., 25, of Appleton, Wisconsin, died Sept. 17 in Parwan province, Afghanistan. Spc. Chazray C. Clark, 24, of Ecorse, Michigan, died Sept. 18 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. Staff Sgt. Estevan Altamirano, 30, of Edcouch, Texas, died Sep.

Brian Bilbrey September 19, 2011

Lexi Pictured Here

Lexi especially loves the new camera. I've been researching DSLRs for over a year. What I wanted and what is prudent are two very different things, too. I've held back from buying a D7000, since I'm not a "serious" photographer. But I want to take much better pictures than I can with any of our other cameras. So when a great deal came up at BJ's, I plunked down for a Nikon D5100 kit with a couple of lenses and a bag. I've supplemented that with a spare battery, a 35mm prime lens, a filter, an SB400 flash, and a…

Brian Bilbrey September 18, 2011

Another Week Down

A very social day today - a company picnic this afternoon, and Linda Rose brought Mike over for pizza and an episode of BAB5. I only wish I felt good ... but I don't. Not sure what ails (I probably ate too much!), but I'm not going to let it slow me much. * * * Our condolences to the families and units of these fallen warriors: