In todays fast-paced society, IT technology has gotten such a short lifespan were systems become obsolete in a year or two, creating a throw-away mentality and endless upgrade cycles at an ever increasing speed. And while I marvel at the latest technology with its possibilities and improvements, I have also grown fond of "the good old times". Could a "ancient" system from 1992 still do its job? Is having "less" even more useful? <Read on>

There is more then the lake or the casinos to the Tahoe/Reno region. One example is the tiny town of Genoa, about half an hour from Reno or 45 minutes from Lake Tahoe. Mentioned as the oldest town in Nevada founded in 1851, it is also home to the oldest, still operating Saloon. <Read on>

I have been fascinated by clusters since 1995, when DEC VMS clusters where state-of-the-art and first Windows clusters emerged for simple storage sharing. Almost a decade later, cluster technology becomes mainstream through Linux, with falling hardware prices making it affordable for "home" use. What could I use a cluster for? Finally start my education in 3D Graphics Rendering and Computer Art Design? Donate power to SETI? Compute rainbow tables and check out new ways of crunching passwords? <Read on>

This server syncs directly via a serial WWVB radio receiver to the atomic clock in Fort Collins, Colorado and provides a Stratum-1 NTP server to the network. <Read on>