Be Careful When You Buy Online
Here is the story of a guy who tried to buy a $3000 digital camera on the internet from a store in NY. What he got was a lot of abuse, a big hassle, and no came...
Tag: WTF
A Whole Hornets Nest of Crap
or Tim Learns Four Lessons Holy crap was THAT a huge pain in the ass. I had a couple of hours this morning, so I thought I’d do some preliminary testing b...
MegaRAID i4 Makes Me Stabby
It’s official. The MegaRAID i4 is a true Pain In The Ass. Last night I upgraded the firmware in the hope that it would solve my drive rebuilding issues. N...
Openfiler RAID – Grrrrr
Well, it built to 60%, then it said it was finished. Then it failed the drive. The new one. Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot? So I powered it down and swapped the IDE cabl...
Stupid Rookie Mistake
I made a totally stupid rookie mistake this evening. Yesterday Nate, a co-worker, gave me one of his old servers. It’s a pretty nice box, a 3U case with a...