Monthly Archives: January 2008

Service reviewed: Relakks

Relakks is a VPN connection provider based in Sweden, that allows you to mask your internet activity. Why would anyone want/need such a service? Simple: privacy. Relakks doesn’t keep any records since it is not required to and will only hand information (such as an email address) to authorities if, and ony if, a crime punishable by 2 years in jail has been committed. I came across Relakks because I wanted to stream a couple of TV channels from JumpTV …

New posts on DigitaWiseGuy

I’ve written 4 new posts over at DigitalWiseGuy, the ultimate source of tech info as I like to call it. – Form-shifting mouse. A new concept of a computer mouse that can be molded instanty into any shape the user desires – New Sony Full HD Projector – Details on very-capable HD projector by Sony announced and soon to be available. – Water-resistant Digital Camera by Minox – perfect for the outdoors – ShakeMMS – an app developed for the …

My home network, part II: the server

This is the second part of the “my home network” series. In case you missed the first part, you can find it here. I will focus mainly on my server setup. To recap, all my files (pictures, documents, music, videos, etc) are stored on my server. This server is an old HP Proliant LC3 with a 500 MHz Pentium III processor, 512 MB of RAM and two 36 GB SCSI drives. This machine has been proven to be very reliable …

I've started a new blog…here's how.

I did it. I bought a nice domain name (did I?), I set up WordPress and a new theme and I’ve setup a new blog for my girlfriend. She’s a behavior therapist that works with autistic children and I thought that the premise of a blog from the perspective of a therapist would be interesting. There is quite an extensive network of autism-related blogs out there, but most are from the perspective of the parents of autistic children. Check out …

New client – new challenge

I got a call last week from the owner a real estate company, who was referred to me by my largest and oldest client. I had a meeting with the him last week, where he gave me quick tour of the office, introduced me to his employees and showed me his (quite frankly, chaotic) network. I explained the services I offer and he then committed to a service plan where they will get a scheduled weekly visit, unlimited phone/remote support …

My home network, part I

I want to share the way my home network is setup because it works for me, and I might give you ideas as to how to set up yours. My data is very valuable to me and I will also share with you how I protect and access it from (almost) anywhere. A hard drive failed on me about 5 years ago and my data (music, documents, videos, photos…etc) was lost forever. I did manage to get a few files …