Portable USB drives (loaded with flash memory from 64MB, 256MB, and up) have become quite popular and are really handy for carrying files or data around. What I really needed was a way to synchronize my files, so I turned to an open-source package called Unison for the answer.
Previously I wrote about rebuilding my home server. With the server’s failed hard drive crisis under control, it was time to update the main family PC which has been showing its age and whose hard drive was starting to fail. Here’s the short story on the new PC in the family…
Murphy’s Law was in full bloom recently when our home PC’s hard drive started to fail and my server’s drive just locked up cold one day. Thus began the great computer fix-up of 2003 for the Cantoni household. Step One: New hard drive storage for the server.
Tom's Hardware is a popular destination for new PC hardware reviews and information. They don't have an RSS feed, but they do have a e-mail newsletter which is nicely done. This and AnandTech are the two PC hardware sites that I regularly read. Unlike AnandTech however, Tom's Hardware doesn't have any way to view reviews on a single (printer-friendly) page. Not a huge problem but it makes you appreciate the sites that offer a way to print a long review for easier reading. Some highlights from this week's newsletter include: MO Storage Means Mo Safety reviews magneto-optical drives with the…