tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923037660022080737Wed, 19 Mar 2014 11:10:45 +0000geekhackmacaudiointrolinuxmusicmusingshttp://blog.alpacacracka.com/noreply@blogger.com (Mike)Blogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923037660022080737.post-1000720524852686150Sat, 02 May 2009 16:49:00 +00002009-05-02T13:22:46.583-04:00So, I somehow managed to hose my Debian distro last weekend, and decided this would be the perfect opportunity to try out FreeNAS. My old Dell C610 Latitude laptop (PIII / 256MB / 30GB) was already the home network's file server using netatalk for AFP, but (a) this wasn't geeky enough, and (b) I wasn't backing it up. So, I bought another 1TB Seagate FreeAgent external drive to match the one I http://blog.alpacacracka.com/2009/05/freenas-file-server.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923037660022080737.post-177932210176293347Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:02:00 +00002009-04-29T00:23:53.696-04:00If you bothered to check out my blog, you deserve the geeky borefest I'm about to commence. Or, maybe you're thinking you might build an HTPC, and google somehow sent you here (unlikely but not impossible). In any case, I'm about to start tracking my HTPC project here. This should be marginally more interesting than my attempted "Hacking Roomba" wiki about a year ago. OK, maybe "interesting" http://blog.alpacacracka.com/2009/04/in-which-mike-bores-you-with-his-htpc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923037660022080737.post-7957539665886474223Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:25:00 +00002009-04-28T23:44:57.007-04:00Well, I have a source of inspiration to amuse myself on this little blog - the ongoing geek projects being undertaken at home and elsewhere. I hope someone will find something useful (if even just a google search to see what worked and what didn't for one hapless geek-wannabe). Here are the projects I've begun, completed or imagined. Watch this space to be enlightened on...A Mac Mini HTPC projecthttp://blog.alpacacracka.com/2009/04/unending-list-of-projects-on-tap-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923037660022080737.post-799538758857903801Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:11:00 +00002008-07-21T20:41:46.995-04:00musingsI have this urge to do something with this blog - even if for my own amusement. I'm not really inclined to talk about my work here. And I don't have the attention span to pick a hobby and ramble ad nauseam about it. Every post would be a new hobby.I guess I'll just stick to documenting my travails in geekdom, and maybe rant about topics that irk me when I really think I can be clever. Since I http://blog.alpacacracka.com/2008/07/so-where-from-here.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923037660022080737.post-2897978358771069814Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:41:00 +00002008-12-08T18:24:35.779-05:00geekhackmacSo, against my own better judgment, I made my way to the Apple Store last night around midnight in hopes of getting me one of those sexy new 3G iPhones the kids are talking about. There was no line - which meant that they weren't selling iPhones. I guess they needed a break until this morning, because they certainly had plenty to sell. In fact, they were still going strong today at about 3PM. http://blog.alpacacracka.com/2008/07/airport-express-ordeal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923037660022080737.post-3789073959922951390Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:58:00 +00002008-12-08T18:24:36.127-05:00audiogeekhacklinuxmacmusicSo, last night, while more productive people were on line at the Apple Store waiting for an iPhone 3G, I was deploying a wireless music distribution solution on my home network. I started by considering an Airport Express (even going so far as to request that my friend on line at the Apple Store pick one up for me when he got inside). However, I finally decided to go the cheaper - and arguably http://blog.alpacacracka.com/2008/07/hacking-diary-airfoil-speakers-on-linux.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8923037660022080737.post-2147661173352002732Wed, 06 Dec 2006 05:32:00 +00002006-12-06T00:37:41.349-05:00introThis Blog will be incredibly creative... some day.For now, though, enjoy the following: http://www.globosapiens.net/travel-information/Machu+Picchu-1469.htmlhttp://blog.alpacacracka.com/2006/12/is-your-alpaca-cracka.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mike)0