Category Archives: Home Geekery

The New XBox 360.

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Brian

I’ve been a faithful XBox and XBox 360 gamer for as long as I can remember even through the horrible red-ring-of-death days.  (I’ve had 2 fail on me). My latest 360 was starting to behave a little erratically and at … Continue reading →

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My First Android Phone.

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Brian

I’ve been thinking that there has to be more to mobile life than Apple’s iPhone for some time but never had the balls to jump all in with an Android device.  I’ve got an iPhone as a business phone and … Continue reading →

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Adding And Using Drobo Apps

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Brian

There were a number of functions that a Drobo + DroboShare can provide when you use Drobo Apps and this was a big plus point for me. What are Drobo Apps?  As Drobo is basically a pared-down Linux PC, it … Continue reading →

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Adding Drives To Drobo

Posted on July 5, 2009 by Brian

The first task, after adding the Drobo Share to the stand-alone Drobo, was to add a couple of old 320GB SATA drives I had in the attic. I first checked that there weren’t any gems left on them before adding … Continue reading →

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Adding DroboShare To Drobo

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Brian

DroboShare allows you to use your Drobo as a true NAS device.  This means that I can use it to stream media, create Apple Time Machine backups, have my own huge FTP resource, be able to access the files on … Continue reading →

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Getting Started With Drobo

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Brian

I’d saved a bit of money for the possibility of an iPhone 3GS purchase this month but when it came to the choice between securing my home network data (TV, films, photos, music and starting to use Apple’s Time machine) … Continue reading →

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