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WHS 2011 & Covecube StableBit Extender

In this next part of my WHS 2011 testing, i have used Stablebit Extender v1.0.0.718 Beta by Covecube. This software aims to recreate the functionalities of DE that was removed in WHS2011. There is an article written on their blog … Continue reading

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WHS 2011 – Upgrade or Not?

This is a tough question and one I have wrestled with ever since THAT day, that fateful day that Microsoft announced that DE was no longer going to be a part of Windows Home Server 2011 (or Vail, as it … Continue reading

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Getting Back into the Swing of things in 09

Well, My first week back at work is almost complete.. Of course, it has been full on as I expected. the first few days were spent shuffling, sorting deleting and filing the ton of emails that I had received over … Continue reading

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Summer storms are in full effect

While my blog may have suddenly gotten Melbourne weather settings,we got a storm that rolled through last night. I kinda wished we did literally get Melbournes weather for a day. It was an old-school Queensland summer storm. Stinking hot all … Continue reading

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Matthew Reilly Book Signing

We went to see Matthew Reilly at his book-signing yesterday as part of the Big Book Club promotion tour for Six Sacred Stones. Both Colleen and I love to read Reilly books. We picked up Seven Ancient Wonders (also known … Continue reading

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Jasper joins the Chapman Family

Here are a couple of photos of Jasper, our new Miniature Schnauzer that we picked up on the weekend. We had been thinking of getting a dog for some time now and after looking after my brothers dog, Nelson last … Continue reading

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Cacth up…

Phew, I ma so far behind…  watch out for a slew of posts..

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Windows Vista Media Center

Can you imagine if I had to store all the music (listed left) as well as all 129 movies and all the recorded television on various physical media. Just to play it, I would need an entertainment crammed full of … Continue reading

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Windows Home Server – Every House should have one!

I am sooo glad that I bought my copy of Windows Home Server. I installed it on a Dell PowerEdge 715n Server Appliance that i happened to purchase cheaply second-hand. Since then it has been backing up our laptops and … Continue reading

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Cat Revenge

I love Cat wash day. Nothing gets rid of a cats superiority complex like looking like a oversized bedraggled half-drowned rat.. That’ll teach you to treat me like staff instead of an owner..

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