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Posts from ‘June, 2012’

Another Use for the Hackintosh

I just bought bigger hard drives, as I was running out of space with my DNS-320 network storage. Unfortunately, the DNS-320 does not support RAID scaling. So I needed to remove the old drives, set up a fresh new RAID array with the new drives, and manually copy the data over from the old drives [...]

Wrightwood Cabin OTA TV Reception – Part 1 (UHF)

When we first got our cabin in Wrightwood almost ten years ago, I briefly looked at the possibility of putting an antenna on the roof and getting free TV. The consensus was that reception was limited to a few homes on the east side of town with a clear view of the high desert, where the [...]

Post Office Frustrations

Yesterday (Friday) I was expecting a package via USPS registered mail, but I was out for lunch when it came for delivery. Normally they leave a slip which says they will try to deliver again the next day, giving me the option to sign the slip so they can leave the package if I’m not [...]