I’m certain that there are all kinds of filesystems in the Linux world that support file creation dates, but the plain fact of the matter is if you perform a vanilla Ubuntu installation, your files will remain ageless. Why should I care? In a word, Photographs. I keep everything I own on network attached storage [...]

In my last post I was lamenting the premature demise of my old Squeezebox server, caused by a nasty plague that afflicts tech gear: burst capacitors. After a long search, sifting through eBay listings, reading the fine details of each offering, comparing options, I was able to find a nice newish Shuttle server, sporting good [...]

If you find yourself dealing with wonky hardware problems, such as a PC that doesn’t boot or frequent BSOD when watching video, pop open the case and give the caps a gander. You might save yourself hours of troubleshooting effort.

Do you want to automatically publish iTunes playlists to a non-iTunes music library? This free application will convert iTunes playlists to m3u files, transform paths to match your external master library, and then copy the playlists over the network. It will even ping a Squeezebox server to force a playlist refresh.

This is all about getting another stamp on my geek card, so if that’s not your thing, you might want to just move on… Anyway, some weeks ago I was thinking how cool it would be to have a totally fanless and silent little black box that would serve up something useful in my house, [...]