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[lpetersson]

Yesterday I completely failed to kill or maim punctured_lung or myself as I drove allezbleu's car across London to where she works. This was despite my best attempts as I'm sure he'll attest to. At least he started breathing normally again once I parked...
Not that I'm a bad driver, just an exciting driver. I'm sure gothicbarbiecat and lee_c_rip will agree...

Got an extra motherboard for my new server in case the current one turns out to be duff. And if it isn't I'll have the motherboard for a second server.
haloj, I suspect the CPU's you have will fit this one if I remember the product numbers correctly...

I currently have four fully working PCs, one that needs to be put together but should work and one that may or may not be working. This leads to a lot of cabling, so once I start getting my payrise, I think I'll go as wireless as humanly possible.

My plan at the moment is as follows:
Get a wireless ADSL router.
Put a couple of hyyooooooge harddrives in the server, put it in the attic and never turn it off. I will have to come up with a cool name for it.
One of my smaller machines [Beast] will continue to be my main workstation.
[Odeon] will continue to be used for watching movies/TV series on, but they'll be stored on the main server.
[Slaanesh] will still be used primarily for WoW as it's my most powerful pc :]
This leaves me with two, possibly three, spare PCs which I will set up on a seperate subnet and use for testing software that I download and for my MCSE training.

I also need to find out from elfenkinds other half whether I got one of his companys old PCs coming my way...

Comments

[commlal.livejournal.com]

Kinda what we want to do with our computers (minus the MCSE training) Sadly I lack the technical knowhow to do it, and the boy is too lazy to sort it.

[cbr-paul.livejournal.com]

So, would that mean that anyone in the house could access the films, or have you set up specific access rights to that folder?

[sheepthief.livejournal.com]

I hate wirelees, but then I do seem to want to do unusual things with it, and even then it would probably work if I spent the money and/or used kit all from one manufacturer. But even then, I see wireless as useful for laptops, but desktops should be cabled in. It's just much less hassle (once it's in). I might make an exception for a loft machine, but I can't use the loft until I've sorted the rats out anyway. And, given the speed you get out of 54g, I'd not use it for video.

[lee-c-rip.livejournal.com]

you were actually a pretty good driver once you got going, but it was a bit of a worrier for a while ;)