XL-Network - Apple http://xl-network.com/taxonomy/term/26/0 en ROAM preparations (part 3) http://xl-network.com/blog/2011/07/roam-preparations-part-3 <p>A last update before I head to Naarden tomorrow afternoon where I'm staying at fellow ROAM rider Bram S. for the night so we can arrive at 7 AM at Schiphol. Two weeks ago I ordered a new MacBook Pro, because my old one died a few weeks before. It was tight, but a day before leaving it arrived. After installing all the necessary software I gathered all my stuff for the backpack. You know what's annoying... the feeling you get that you've forgotten something. Once on my way I know the feeling will disappear, but I don't like it.</p> <p><a href="http://xl-network.com/blog/2011/07/roam-preparations-part-3" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://xl-network.com/blog/2011/07/roam-preparations-part-3#comments Apple Gadgets Photo's Roll over America Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:27:33 +0000 XL-Network 1176 at http://xl-network.com Home server / media center http://xl-network.com/blog/2011/02/home-server/media-center <p>The plan was to create a home server that also acts as a media center. On the attic I had a old PC laying around which I first used to install <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/server" title="Ubuntu Server">Ubuntu Server</a> to experiment with. I quickly threw away this idea because the computer was pulling about 180 watt in the idle mode. It would cost me around € 350 for power each year. For that kind money I could (almost) buy a new, more power efficient, computer. And that's exactly what I did.</p> <p><a href="http://xl-network.com/blog/2011/02/home-server/media-center" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://xl-network.com/blog/2011/02/home-server/media-center#comments Apple Computer Gadgets Games Usenet Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:34:08 +0000 XL-Network 1095 at http://xl-network.com