LogJam Test

Well, my wife started a blog based on her weight-loss surgery, so I figured I should get back into my blog too.

For some reason, I think using a blog client is better than just logging into the web site and posting. GnomeBlog worked, and now I’m going to try out LogJam. A quick “yum install logjam” on Fedora got me here to this post.

Regarding the media center. I’ve certainly not made much progress. I did put a 250 GB SATA drive and a SATA DVD+/-RW drive into my Antec Minuet 350, along with a USB card reader, and “mounted” it vertically next to the 30-inch HDTV in our bedroom. It’s got a socket 939 Athlon 64 3000+ and 512 MB of RAM, and it is half-height. I could add a couple of tuners and a remote and upgrade the RAM and I should be set.

I tried the ClarkConnect home server idea I had, and totally failed. I couldn’t get my machines to log in to configure the server. I was doing 10 other things at the same time, so I probably missed something trivial. However, the Airlink 101 625 Wireless N router passed the “download a bunch of torrents and not die” test. So, I guess it can stay. I wish it were gigabit, but I suppose this will do, since I didn’t spend any money on this one. I do need to get it tidy and mounted under my desk though, while my kids are away with my wife’s dad and his girlfriend.

Oh, and since I’m just randomly posting... I think I’m going to stick with LiveJournal and upgrade to a Paid account. There’s been some recent controversial stuff with the sale and the elimination of the “Basic” account. I just have to decide where I’m going to host my pictures...