For those of you who are regular readers, and listeners to the GGP have probably noticed that I’ve missed out on my show notes posting for the last three shows (GGP #85, #86 & #87).
What I’m wondering is if you folks find any value in me re-posting this stuff on the blog? Shoot me a note in the comments. 
One of the projects that’s kept me busy for the past couple of months (30 minutes at a time…) has been the realization of my home server strategy. I’ve decided to start a multi-part series on both the hardware and software setup that I’ve chosen and will link to some key resources for anyone who might want to take on a similar project.
In the house, we’ve got four computers running various editions of OS X and Windows. What I’ve been looking for is a solution which would serve all these platforms seamlessly.
The first part of the project was to sift through the guts of all the computers that I had in my house and see if I could get something put together which would serve the duty of the home server. The server needed to perform a few specific functions:
In addition, I may extend the capabilities of the server to include:
With those requirements in mind I set about scrounging through the working, and not-so working hulks that I had laying around the basement. I was able to come up with the following configuration:
The first priority is to get some backups going for the house and get some of our data copied. There were two priorities for the backup: seamless and automatic. This last item is particularly important because as many experts have noted a backup is useless unless it will happen automatically for you. If you have to think about it, you won’t do it.
After looking at the hardware configuration it was obvious I was going to need some additional storage. 2 80GB drives would hardly do to backup data from four separate computers. So I picked up a 500GB Western Digital MyBook.
And with that the gear was complete. Now all I had to do was image the franken-box with a copy of Hardy Heron and actually put it to use.
I realize that I’ve been rather delinquent in my blogging recently, and to be honest, that may continue in the coming weeks. That said, I needed to get this out and spread the word, if a little late, that Firefox 3 has been released.
Go download it! I’ll wait….
There now… doesn’t that feel better?
Many of the extensions have already been upgraded to work with the new version, and others are sure to follow soon. I’ll keep an eye on things and try to let you know when PortableApps releases Firefox3.
Also, if you download today (or by 10:00am PT tomorrow), you can be among those participating in Mozilla’s Guinness World-Record attempt.