I can’t decide which system I want to be my secondary desktop. Bebedora is currently my secondary, but I think it may end up having less memory and being slower than my new server system. I’m going to be mirroring the home drive across both systems, and they’ll probably have an almost identical feature and software set, so technically I could use either of them as a secondary desktop. The only thing I’d really need to move over would be the TV card from bebedora.

I picked up the Antec Aria case last night. It looks like I’ll need to scrounge up $150 next paycheck to fill it out with components. It’ll be my first 64-bit AMD system when it’s done. :) It’s quite a cute case, but much larger than the Biostar system I have at work. The plus side is that it has 4 total drive bays. that’s 2 more than the other SFF’s I’ve worked with.

Memorex to be purchased by Imation (Link Dead) Here I was last night burning Imation DVD-R discs on my brand new Memorex DVD burner. I guess that means both companies have a pretty decent reach on products. :)

IP Milkers NTP(Link Dead) have won yet another victory. It’s annoying when people snap up some collection of obscure and invalid patents then don’t actually do any development at all with them. They then start nipping at the heels of people who are actually making a contribution to the furthering of technology and humanity. NTP didn’t do anything concrete yet they’re the ones that will rake in the dough from someone else’s hard work because that hard work included an implementation of that obvious idea.

BTW, the items for that $200-250 system wouldn’t include any sort of optical or hard drives. I have those already. The current best system I’ve found is:Antec Aria Case $99Biostar TForce6100 $65AMD Sempron 64 2600+ $60256mb Memory $32This is overkill for my application. The case is about twice the size I’m looking for and the processor is at least 3 times as fast as I need… I suppose I could even replace Ruri with this one.

So says the IBM commercial. Unfortunately, my wife watched these commercials and has started complaining about our own proliferation of servers. I have 2 network servers, 2 desktops, 1 firewall (small form factor), and 1 Web server (offsite) Short of backup servers for Precis and Ein, I believe I currently have the optimal number of systems for my house. Precis resides at my work and serves up all my web pages and web applications.

I guess it’s telling that the site is called Red Herring (Link Dead)… Here’s the first quote from the first few paragraphs.Toshiba plans to introduce two models of HD-DVD players at $500 and $800 a pop, the electronics company announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Contrast that with Pioneer, a Blu-ray backer, which plans to sell its player for $1,800 (see Hi-Def DVD Formats Duel at CES).Another plus for HD-DVD?

Pat robertson is a dolt. (Link dead) He’s been saying stupid crap for months now. I wonder if he’s going senile or something. Maybe he always was.

The History of Christmas (Link dead) as a secular american tradition drawn from many religions.

Is it me, or does what they’re planning on using the Galileo system for a massive misuse of technology? ;)