Well was excited to work on my new NAS and gathered up the drives, SATA 6 port controller, cables and the desktop. All the parts gathered together it was time to clean the stickers off the case. I had purchased the desktop before the end of November on clearance at one of the local computer centers near my home. This was to be a Windows Server but decided to switch to FreeNAS and forgo the headaches of setting it up for just a media server and for storing the small amount of data that I have. I open up the case and to my surprise there is no expansion slots for the SATA card and only 2 onboard SATA ports. That weekend project was a bust. Heading to buy some computer parts this evening to get back on track and setup the girl friend with a new desktop computer.
Stay tuned for the actual build of the system.;
Monday, January 13, 2014
Friday, January 10, 2014
Save money by cutting the cable!
Save money by cutting the cable or as they say, “Ditch the dish.” I have been asked by a lot of people how much I pay for cable each month and my answer is nothing, as I only have internet through cable. The next thing they ask is, “how do I watch television” and I tell them using an over the air antenna. I get plenty of shows to watch and really don’t miss having cable. Cable TV is nice but at a very steep cost and I really was over paying at around $200 a month for internet and cable, price including HD content. With HD content free over the air and most of the shows I watch being on the major networks I get all the shows I want to watch for nothing. Well I did have to purchase an antenna for $40.
I hooked up the antenna and got my channels discovered and then went to watching TV. I talked to a friend and he told me he uses his own home made antenna and gets way more channels. So being the geek that I am, I researched and found an article about making an antenna to pickup local over the air tv channels to see how it compared to the store bought model. I used the following instructions to build my antenna, click here for the step-by-step instructions. It’s not the prettiest thing to look at but works well and I have since replaced it with a larger model I purchased at Fry’s.
I hooked up the antenna and got my channels discovered and then went to watching TV. I talked to a friend and he told me he uses his own home made antenna and gets way more channels. So being the geek that I am, I researched and found an article about making an antenna to pickup local over the air tv channels to see how it compared to the store bought model. I used the following instructions to build my antenna, click here for the step-by-step instructions. It’s not the prettiest thing to look at but works well and I have since replaced it with a larger model I purchased at Fry’s.
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