Author Archives: ianmacd
Spot The Difference
Dutch TV broadcasts the US presidential debates live at around 03:00. They even ask viewers to send in questions to the NOS‘s American correspondent. That means that the viewing public doesn’t just consist of VCR and DVR owners who watch … Continue reading
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Rebuilding The House
My feet never touch the ground around here. There’s always something going on, someone coming to the house to do something, someone who needs their mouth fed or their bottom wiped, an errand to do outside the house; that kind … Continue reading
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Irish Road-Trip Photos
At long last, the photos of our Irish road-trip are on-line. Not as many photos as I would have liked have captions, because our current camera doesn’t allow a voice memo to be recorded at the time each photo is … Continue reading
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Pralines And Rain
The second night of Killing Joke at the Ancienne Belgique featured a shorter set than the first night. In spite of what was advertised, Pandemonium wasn’t played in its entirety. Notable missing tracks were Millennium and Jana. On the other … Continue reading
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Hacking The ReadyNAS
As you may know, I use a Netgear ReadyNAS RND4410 for my internal network’s mass storage. I’m very happy with the device, but it is a bit inflexible when it comes to back-ups. The problem is that most forms of … Continue reading
Posted in Hacking, System Administration
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