I have a love-hate relationship with my home server. I’m on my second, the current being the HP Mediasmart 495ex. There’s a lot to love about this system, it’s flexible, mostly reliable, simple to maintain and easy to expand. It gives me lots of space on the network to backup files and serve media to the internal network. There’s also [...]

The Linksys SPA2102 is a compact two line VOIP ATA (Analog Telephone Adapter) with built in router. With this little box, a VOIP service provider and a decent internet connection you can get rid of your phone service and pay pennies to make calls anywhere in North America as well as getting more control over your phone numbers. This ATA [...]

I recently finished reading Steve Jobs Biography by Walter Issacson. I’ve read a few anecdotes about Jobs before, so although I wasn’t surprised that he was an innovative asshole, I was a bit surprised by the extent of his assholism. It got me wondering about the role this played in his success, but also about what factors make someone like [...]