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The new server (still named “rupaul”) is in place. It is quite a bit smaller and quieter than the old server (“pangloss”), and it figures to save us a few bucks on the electric bill. All told, the upgrade project cost around $75. Both parts I ordered (PCMCIA USB 2.0 card [link] and an external [...]

Well, between the dental drama, a few other money-type commitments, and the sometimes-iffy availability of the hardware itself, I think I’ll wait on the Kurobox. Still looking for something smaller/quieter/more energy efficient, though. Today, while digging through shelves at the office I stumbled across an unused “bronze keyboard” Powerbook that appears to be in good [...]

I mentioned that the Kurobox would get its own post, so here goes. It’s shaping up to be kinda long-winded, and I apologize for that. Currently, I have a fileserver (named “pangloss” in a fit of pure optimism) based on Gentoo built from old whitebox components. It’s about a 1GHz i686 processor (don’t remember exactly, [...]