Assorted musings (Episode 1?)

Not enough to warrant a full blog article, but here are a few things that have caught my attention of…

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Adventures in Solar

In my first job at BHP Information Technology in Newcastle — back in the 1990s, there was a running joke…

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Of Home Labs and Commercial Ventures

Hannibal Datacentre: “You still wake up sometimes, don’t you? You wake up in the dark and hear the screaming of…

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Random Thoughts on Moving

Or, “You can’t deduplicate your house but when you move you wish to hell you could”. Building a house is…

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Working in the Hour of the Wolf

Introduction Whether you call it the hour of the wolf or the witching hour, that time between midnight and dawn…

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Dreaming of 8-Bit: The Raspberry Pi 400

8-Bit Memories On November 15, 2020, I ordered a Raspberry Pi 400 kit. I’ve mentioned the order date because I…

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Summer Holiday Adventures

My relaxing summer break is coming to a close, which means I’m days away from returning to work and the…

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Goodbye, Drobo

The FARR model of data protection starts with fault tolerance – a fundamental requirement to provide a guarantee of data integrity…

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DON’T PANIC

One of the most important lessons I’ve learnt over the years in data protection is a simple caution: DON’T PANIC.…

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…and that’s a wrap for 2019

So, that’s it for 2019, for me at least. This isn’t really going to be a post about data protection…

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