I have started a new sister site to the Free Press Release Center. The new site is called “Press Release Writing Tips” and is your one-stop shop for in depth information about writing press releases. Over 34% of press releases are rejected at the FPRC and as a result I want to educate writer more […]
Technology
The Linux boot sequence visualised
Make Blog has a fascinating picture representing the Linux boot sequence, in which ‘nodes’ (system calls) are “are laid out using an unweighted force-directed layout algorithm, where each node is simulated as if it were electrically repulsive and had springs between nodes”. See it here.
15 reasons Macs are still better than Windows PCs
Does Microsoft have the upper hand over OS X. Here’s 15 reasons why it doesn’t. 1. Reliable sleep mode. 2. Extremely fast boot times. 3. Apple uses good quality parts. 4. Less blinking lights. 5. OS X + Windows is better than just Windows. 6. Easier to troubleshoot Macs. 7. A culture of good quality […]
XBMC – Media Center
One thing which I don’t do enough of is to recommend bits of software which I come across. Today I found XBMC which is a XBMC is media center application for Mac OS X, Linux, Windows and XBox. XBMC supports viewing and playing a vast library of audio, video and image formats. XBMC has a […]
Excerpt from my Book: Configuring storage in FreeNAS
Linux.com has published an excerpt from my book. The excerpt is called “Configuring storage in FreeNAS”… Here is an excerpt from the excerpt!!! The essence of the FreeNAS server is to provide storage that is easily accessible from the network. To this end, it is important to understand how FreeNAS handles hard disks and how […]
FreeNAS promotional video
I’ve made a FreeNAS and Learning FreeNAS (my book) promotional video using Animoto.
My review of PC-BSD 7 published on Linux.com
I have written another article for Linux.com, this time about PC-BSD. Until recently FreeBSD lacked an easy-to-use desktop version. In 2005 the PC-BSD project was started to provide just that. This month PC-BSD version 7 was released. I downloaded and installed it to see how it squares up to user-friendly Linux distributions like Ubuntu. I […]
Google’s 2001 index
Google have dusted off dusted off a vintage search index from 2001 and taken it for a spin. The net was very different in ’01… “iPod” did not refer to a music player, “youtube” was nonsense, and if you were looking for “Michael Phelps,” chances are you meant the scientist, not the swimmer. “Wikipedia” was […]
Learning FreeNAS book “crammed with good information”
Utahcon, aka Adam Barrett, has reviewed my book Learning FreeNAS and he was impressed!!! He says “Overall I was really impressed with the amount of FreeNAS (and consiquently FreeBSD) they covered in only 200+ pages, but it was well laid out knowledge, and easy to understand.” You can read the full review here.
Video Tour of FreeNAS Web Interface
I have made another video about FreeNAS… This is a tour of the features of the FreeNAS web interface. Video Tour of FreeNAS