Virtualizing and Disaster Testing a Linux Server

Since the mercury has decided to go hiding completely in that tiny little ball it calls home apparently my small but dedicated webserver has decided to freak out and take a small hibernation period itself. I think the NIC is going bad — every few days it would take down my whole network. Pulling the network cable from the router brought everything ELSE back up, and the machine seemed to reboot and work fine once I put the keyboard and head back on, but then, a few days later, same problem.

So, I’ve decided to do away with the older desktop hardware that I keep replacing and re-purposing and move to a virtual machine on my media center PC. That’s the short version — read on for the painfully long version.

Winter Projects: No Moving Required

Halloween is just about over, for all useful purposes. I had two visitors… the were twins and they live next door. I managed to make it out Thursday night to the Miamisburg bar hop, which would have been… Read More

Palm Pre — Succotash

I don’t really like to rant, but sometimes I think a PSA is required… I picked up a Palm Pre last week, and took it back after like five days. I loved my many Palms — I found… Read More

The Woz, Naked Deities, and Science Fiction

One of the key indicators of my general direction in life is undoubtedly how much TV I watch. In the last few months I’ve actually watched precious little, relatively. But there are a few important TV events worth… Read More

It’s too cold for this

My brother signed up for a fur-trapping excursion this past weekend, so I met him somewhere out in nowhere, KY for a bizarre sub-freezing camping and trapping experience. I should write more about it — it was quite… Read More