Upgrading lights on Betta Lifespace Nano
I finally took the plunge and upgraded the lights on my 90l nano cube tank. A bit of research led me to find that the TMC Aquabeam 1500 XG LED tile would fit, and should provide me with enough light
Upgrading lights on Betta Lifespace Nano
I finally took the plunge and upgraded the lights on my 90l nano cube tank. A bit of research led me to find that the TMC Aquabeam 1500 XG LED tile would fit, and should provide me with enough light
Fixing intermittent iPhone 4 home button
As it approaches its 2nd birthday, my iPhone 4 is coming of age. The home button has become difficult to use, especially when trying to double-tap. Fortunately I stumbled across 2 potential fixes. The first suggested rubbing some alcohol into
Fixing intermittent iPhone 4 home button
As it approaches its 2nd birthday, my iPhone 4 is coming of age. The home button has become difficult to use, especially when trying to double-tap. Fortunately I stumbled across 2 potential fixes. The first suggested rubbing some alcohol into
Zenoss device list empty after upgrade
Recently I upgraded my installation of Zenoss from 3.0.x -> 3.1.x -> 3.2.x. After the upgrade was complete and the services restarted, the device list was empty. Running the following command (as the zenoss user) solved it: zencatalog run –forceindex –createcatalog
Zenoss device list empty after upgrade
Recently I upgraded my installation of Zenoss from 3.0.x -> 3.1.x -> 3.2.x. After the upgrade was complete and the services restarted, the device list was empty. Running the following command (as the zenoss user) solved it: zencatalog run –forceindex –createcatalog
Adding storage to the Acer Revo
When I found myself with 3 WD Elements USB drives attached to the Revo, I figured it was time to improve my setup. The Revo R3610 has an eSATA port, which sounds great at first, except it does not support
Adding storage to the Acer Revo
When I found myself with 3 WD Elements USB drives attached to the Revo, I figured it was time to improve my setup. The Revo R3610 has an eSATA port, which sounds great at first, except it does not support
XBMC on Acer Revo R3610 with Ubuntu 12.04
The Acer Revo R3610 makes a good home media centre PC, capable of hardware HD decoding. This is a rough guide to a minimal XBMC installation on Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) beta 1. Installation Download the server ISO here
XBMC on Acer Revo R3610 with Ubuntu 12.04
The Acer Revo R3610 makes a good home media centre PC, capable of hardware HD decoding. This is a rough guide to a minimal XBMC installation on Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) beta 1. Installation Download the server ISO here
My nano marine fish tank and upgrades
I keep a Betta Lifespace Nano (90l) tank, which I’ve had since November 2011. It’s a cube shape tank with 3 chambers in the back (out of the display). The tank came with a protein skimmer, heater, and 3 baskets
My nano marine fish tank and upgrades
I keep a Betta Lifespace Nano (90l) tank, which I’ve had since November 2011. It’s a cube shape tank with 3 chambers in the back (out of the display). The tank came with a protein skimmer, heater, and 3 baskets
Drive compatibility with RAID controllers
Recently we replaced 4x 300GB Dell SAS drives with 4x 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 SATA drives. We’re not crazy, we just need capacity over speed. These were swapped in a Poweredge 2950 with PERC 6/i, proving the controller to be
Drive compatibility with RAID controllers
Recently we replaced 4x 300GB Dell SAS drives with 4x 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 SATA drives. We’re not crazy, we just need capacity over speed. These were swapped in a Poweredge 2950 with PERC 6/i, proving the controller to be
Dell PERC 6/i and JBOD on FreeBSD
For some time I have been creating multiple RAID0 volumes, each comprising of a single disk in order to use ZFS on Dell Poweredge servers. I believe this causes a number of problems, and really would prefer to be able
Dell PERC 6/i and JBOD on FreeBSD
For some time I have been creating multiple RAID0 volumes, each comprising of a single disk in order to use ZFS on Dell Poweredge servers. I believe this causes a number of problems, and really would prefer to be able