The OSQuest Trail Log #65: October Blizzard Edition
And mother nature keeps right on attacking, Not content to wait until, winter officially starts mother nature decided to hit Connecticut with some nice, heavy snow clinging to all the picturesque...
View ArticleThe OS Quest Trail Log #66: Slow Month Edition
It was another slow month on the quest as real life tended to intrude and some best laid plans went bad. Home Cloud I had been working on setting up remote access to multiple servers through pfSense...
View ArticleThe OS Quest Trail Log #67: End of 2011 Edition
Despite the cliche, it is hard to believe 2011 is drawing to a close, probably only a memory by the time you read this. On the other hand, it’s still just one more month gone by so I’ll try to resist...
View ArticleThe OS Quest Trail Log #68: Synology Edition
January is history and the Southern New England winter has been mild, nothing close to the October blizzard. It’s been over 50° several days in January so mild doesn’t even begin to describe it. Rather...
View ArticleThe OS Quest Trail Log #69: Irish Cheer Edition
Winter was so mild it was hard to notice the recent arrival of spring. But the Saint Patrick’s Day celebration served as a spring early warning. February was a slow month on the quest so there wasn’t a...
View ArticleThe OS Quest Trail Log #70: April Showers Edition
April showers held off for most of the month, so much so that there were almost daily Red Flag Warnings for brush fires. But at the end of the month a nor’easter rolled in. While it dumped snow...
View ArticleThe OS Quest Trail Log #71: What I Use
I already covered what iPad apps I use along with what keeps this website running. Now it’s time for the big list. What I use in the home. Servers/NAS I have a bit of a problem with servers and...
View ArticleThe OS Quest Trail Log #72: It’s Not All New Edition
May was a busy month on the quest. I moved to a new web server and my Windows 7 desktop got a fresh new OS installation. But not everything was new. May is a big month for birthdays in my family,...
View ArticleThe OS Quest Trail Log #73: Media Edition
It was all about media on the quest this month. First I covered my tools for Blu-Ray ripping – MakeMKV and Handbrake. I finished going through and ripping the few Blu-Rays that I do have using the same...
View ArticleThe OS Quest Trail Log #74: New Software Edition
July brought a lot of new software even though it was a slow month as far as the post count goes. The beginning of the month was all Synology. Soon after I started looking at some of the Synology apps...
View ArticleThe OS Quest Trail Log #75: End of Summer Edition
This Labor Day holiday marks the unofficial end of summer here in the U.S. August was another month of updates, but nothing truly new. Upgrades Amazon started off the month with updates to their...
View ArticleThe OS Quest Trail Log #76: What I Use – October 2012
It’s been 5 months since I last wrote about what I use. Now’s a good time to recap what I currently use since I expect some big changes between now and the year end. Not much has changed with the iPad...
View ArticleThe OS Quest Trail Log #77: Microsoft Rising
This trail log covers the last two months since September was too slow to justify a recap. But even in October, the bug news was at the end. Microsoft released Windows 8 to the world on October 26th....
View ArticleThe OS Quest Trail Log #78: Late Edition
It’s coming I actually had the draft of this written out by December 1st, but real life delayed my finalizing and posting it. But better late than never. The biggest change for the month of November...
View ArticleThe OS Quest Trail Log #79: Year End Edition
December was a slow month on the quest, so this will be a quick recap. And yes, technically this will be posted at the beginning, not end of a year. But I’m running behind. I installed Windows 8...
View ArticleOS Quest Trail Log #80: Long Overdue Edition
I expected to upgrade my Surface RT on Saturday. I figured any initial rush would be over and it should be smooth. I’m using a Microsoft OS on Microsoft hardware, how many problems could there be?...
View ArticleOS Quest Trail Log #81: What I Use – March 2014 Edition
It’s been over a year since I recapped what I use so it’s past time for an update. The timing is also good since I’m about to begin re-examing the way I do things and this will get me going. Not too...
View ArticleNew Hosting and New Domain
This site has been dormant nearly two years, with the most recent post made in June 2015. This post doesn’t really qualify as re-activating the site. But I did make some changes and it’s likely I’ll be...
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