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Most of the packaged Windows Home Servers are headless.  This includes the Acer easyStore h340 and the various HP Media Smart Servers. Being headless at first sounds like a great idea. Since it is a server, you will use it more or less like a network attached storage device, and you will interact with it using the Windows Home Server Connector software to setup most of the configurations. If you really want to log in to it, you can always use the remote desktop client. That was what I thought until I ran into some issues with Windows and would like to troubleshoot it right on the server. A headless server that came without any video output makes that impossible. Luckily I found this cable from VOV Technology.

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Ok, it is official.  Canon is releasing the EOS 550D/Rebel T2i/Kiss X4 Digital.  More information from dpreview.com.

Image above courtesy of dpreview.com.

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I have been having the Acer easyStore h340 Home Server for a while now.  Most things work pretty good.  But as you probably know, Windows is not the most stable platform and I run into occasional file corruption sometimes (which is not supposed to happen, Microsoft…) Most mysteriously, the Home Server restarts from time to time unexpectedly and there is no useful system events logged to help me diagnose the problem.

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Been using Canon Digital SLRs for a while now.  As a Canon user, I have always been Nikon-envy for some reason.  Maybe because I am just itchy to try more gadgets. But Canon Digital SLR cameras have been a very solid performer for us. So far, I have used 3 Canon Digital SLRs and the current model I use is the Rebel T1i/Kiss X3.

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I usually try to avoid repeating news from other blog sites.  But I am feeling particularly excited about yet another “mirrorless” interchangeable lens camera system being offered to us.

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Been lucky enough this Christmas to be given a new piece of computer hardware: Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch. Here is a bit of deboxing excitement to share with you.

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I am very happy about the Apple Magic Mouse.  I have been using it for a while now.  It didn’t take much to get used to.  It is simple and yet functional, a trait of good design.

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I have had the PS3 for a while now.  It is a great entertainment machine for gaming and also for movie watching.  With BD remaining as the HD media standard (feel sorry for the HD-DVD standard), PS3 is a great value for what it can do.

Despite the nice exterior design and slick user interface, one of the few annoyances I have with the PS3 is recharging the controller.  Even though the PS3 is plugged in 24/7, you have to have the machine turned on and running before you can recharge the wireless controllers.  Of course you can recharge it during game play as well, but that is somewhat inconvenient as we have cats and they love biting wires.

So a friend of mine got me this Nyko PS3 Charge Base 2. Continue reading