Insert Post Title Here… because I am too lazy to think of one.

I am not quite sure what I want to write about today, so this post may be a little more random than most. Not that previous posts have exactly been structured or anything.

We picked up a new computer bit recently, the My Book World Edition II Network attached storage (NAS) device. Basically in a nutshell it is a File Server that will allow the Wife and I to put all of our important files on a 1 Terabyte drive that backs itself up onto a second 1 Terabyte Drive using a Raid 1 configuration. This of course will mean that all of our music and media will be centrally located and accessible from all of the computers on our home network.

I started the process of moving our files over yesterday and have made it as far as the media files and various installers I had on my desktop computer.  Pretty soon we will have everything in there. Nice thing about it is I have my own folder on there, and the Wife has hers, and we have a common folder.

When you look at the specs on it, it is pretty much a small linux box. I am wondering if it would be a good idea to hack into it and make it do other things it wasn’t originally designed to do. Stuff like using it for a print server as well, that way I can use my printer from the laptop easier.

When everything is said and done, I must say that we will have a pretty sweet little home network. The only thing that will be missing is a device (be it a computer or otherwise) that will allow us to watch downloaded movies on our projector. I am sure there are numerous options out there, I will have to do some research into which one I choose.

Meanwhile, we have a lot of TV to watch. Monday, we watched 1 show then played Lego Batman for the rest of the night. Yesterday, we watched 1 show and I spent the rest of the evening configuring our NAS. The PVR is sitting at about 30% full right now.

That is certainly one of the nice things about having the PVR. There is no such thing as a missed show for us anymore. We set up the series we want to watch and it just records them when they are on. The only drawback to this is that we find that in general we watch a lot more TV. The upside of course is that it is TV that we want to watch.

Currently we are actively watching Chuck, Survivor, Terminator, House, Bones, CSI Miami, CSI, Dancing with the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, and Heros. I am sure there are more in there, but since I don’t have the PVR screen in front of me and I don’t feel like thinking about it much, that is pretty much the list.

I am currently contemplating whether or not to record the leaders debate tomorrow. I think I have already pretty much decided who I am going to vote for. There seems to be some rather strong thoughts in my head when I think about the big 3 parties.

Conservatives: I trust em as far as I can throw em.
Liberals: No Thank You.
NDP: they seem to have some pretty good ideas in terms of social programs, but they don’t seem so strong on the country’s economical growth

All in all, I like the NDP Platform though. There are some parts of course that don’t really apply to me as an individual, but they do apply to people I know and care about. For instance, I personally could care less about child care programs and incentives. I however have many friends and family members with the little people. and one must never forget the little people.

I do however feel very strongly about education. A big part of that has to do with my wife being a teacher and hearing about all of the utterly bullshit things that happen in Edmonton’s fine learning establishments. It really does make me worry about the future.

But that will have to wait for another time. I am almost at my stop.