It’s been too long – but I’ve been busy!<\/p>\n
Work is hectic, I’ve booked a round the world trip (more info to come soon on that…), and there’s just generally been a lot going on …..<\/p>\n
I’ve been playing with U3<\/a> and the Portable Apps suite<\/a> in the last couple of weeks – and Portable Apps has won the battle – my Sandisk Cruzer Micro 8Gb U3 drive<\/a> has been formatted<\/a> and Portable Apps installed – it’s mostly the same applications – but it’s less “intrusive” \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n My Home Server is a little more stable now – but I guess I’m going to have to save up and buy a “proper” one at some point (I like these<\/a>), the mix and match approach doesn’t really seem to be conducive to a stable server and a happy backup database…. thankfully I’ve not had to try and restore any data recently!<\/p>\n Another bonus is that the “XBox360 as a Media Centre Extender” concept that I introduced to the house 6 months ago is finally gaining some traction, Becs is getting the hang of streaming DVD’s (converted to HD-WMV and stored on the Server) and I’m giving serious thought to getting an “Arcade<\/a>” for the other TV in the Kitchen \/ Diner to allow us to stream to there as well…more for music admittedly, but with HDMI it’s as capable as my Elite for video \ud83d\ude42 I’m just waiting for a black version to appear now…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s been too long – but I’ve been busy! Work is hectic, I’ve booked a round the world trip (more info to come soon on that…), and there’s just generally been a lot going on ….. I’ve been playing with … Continue reading