i bought a d-link dns-323 a little while ago. it is an embedded linux NAS device. plop two SATA drives in it, plug it in to the ethernet port and it’s ready to go. from a performance standpoint, it does reasonably well. on the wire, it does about 10-12MB/s. in my wireless network, it has … Continue reading DNS-323 review→
so it’s been a while since i’ve made the move back to the PS3 as my media center. the ps3 is connected to the tv and so far things have been pretty good. if i had to do it all over again, i’m convinced now that i would go one of two ways: 1) PS3 … Continue reading media center shoot out – ps3, windows media center, mac mini→
i know that i’ve talked a lot about the dns-323 and how great the NAS is, and don’t get me wrong, it is great, but the one thing that i have really been struggling with is the PS3 support for video codecs. it is something that continues to be the bane of my existence when … Continue reading HTPC and me→
sometimes i think that knowing too much can only complicate your life. such is the case with my wireless network at home. we bought a roughly 10 year old house about a year ago and back then it was not standard practice to wire the house for ethernet. ten years from now, wiring the house … Continue reading wireless network woes→
ever since i’ve upgraded my ps3 to the 2.50 firmware, video playback via the DNS-323 DLNA server will have occasional pauses. the ps3 will report that a network error has occurred but will eventually recover. i really hope that this will be addressed soon, but i’m really disappointed that such an issue could come up … Continue reading ps3 firmware 2.50 video bug?→
last night i upgraded my d-link dns-323 nas with fonz’s fun_plug v0.5. the install was easy. the main reason i wanted to upgrade was because i wanted to try to compile things natively on the device instead of creating a toolchain, but so far my compile efforts have been met with errors. i’ll have to … Continue reading upgraded the nas software→
i was hopeful that the 2.20 firmware update would fix all of my divx/xvid streaming woes with the addition of more codecs and better support for playing video files in general. and after the firmware update, it’s true, the ps3 does play more files than it used to. but, i am still getting the dreaded … Continue reading playstation 3 firmware update 2.20→
this is going to be a horribly boring post for those who don’t care or like computer hardware. i’ve been talking to a bunch of people to see what they do about backups. i admit that i’ve been pretty bad about maintaining backups and i have finally decided that it was about time for me … Continue reading hard drive/backup solution→
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