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One of the greatest apps I have purchased to date, SMB Music. This app allows you to play mp3, mp4 and wav files from a Samba (CIFS) network share. This is beneficial to those folks running a NAS server such as FreeNAS. I had been using Subsonic when I had my collection in a Windows [...]

In my daily work I do a fair amount of coding for student information type applications.  This almost always involves using a student identifier (most commonly the student id) within queries.  We have multiple systems on campus that house student information, so this usually becomes a linking by id exercise.  I have always used the [...]

Give a baby a laptop and they will go straight to the pools.  Happens every time.

I HIGHLY recommend FreeNAS for anyone looking into network attached storage.  In simple terms, it’s freakin awesome!  I can’t think of a single thing I would add to what they have done.  I set this up a couple of weeks ago and I have been very pleased with what I have been able to do [...]

At the end of the semester that is.  As I finish my research paper today it hits me that I am only two weeks away from the end of my classroom work.  I’m not out of the woods yet though!  I’ll be presenting my Graduate project next week, and working on it through the Summer.  [...]

I ran across this new Linux distribution the other day.  Based on Ubuntu, they call it gOS.  Awesome little OS.  I have the Eee PC 4G and this OS works perfectly on it.  Same curve on wireless install as Ubuntu, but once you get it cooking it works great.  I have tried no less than [...]

Pretty neat write-up and pictures of Mike Tyson’s old house, now abandoned. Mike Tyson Mansion – illicitohio.com

I’m actually surprised the FCC allowed this. Perhaps my Sirius stock will do something besides make me weep? We’ll see! Sirius acquires XM, forms Sirius XM Radio, pop the cork: it’s done – Engadget

What’s that? Hurricane Dolly is moving through the Southwestern portion of Texas on Friday? Oh well, sounds like a fun time to take a bike trip to the mountains! Dad and I loaded up Thurs morning and headed down to the ol Fort Davis, Tx for the annual GWRRA bike rally. I had not been [...]