After 2 months of dormancy, I am starting back up the easy way, with some short notes on topics of interest:
1. Windows Home Server: 2 Months In
The best compliment I can give is that I just don’t think about my Home Server anymore. I let it do its thing and don’t worry about it. I am anxiously awaiting the Power Pack 1 additions, along with the data corruption bug fix (which has not affected me at all yet). In hindsight, I should have just gotten a prebuilt solution, avoided the install pain and had a machine with a smaller footprint, but my custom build does get the job done.
2. Microsoft OneNote: Better than TXT?
I’m still using OneNote at home to take notes on Core Python Programming (my current Python resource of choice), but at work I’m back to using mostly NotePad2 and other plain text editors. Even though OneNote does not fight you as much as Word, it still has the annoying AutoCorrect behaviors that sometimes make plain old text much less of a hassle. The feature to publish your notes to a web page format is nice, although Microsoft’s decision to use the obscure .MHT format is confusing. So after a few months of use, my opinion of OneNote is far more mixed.
3. Netflix Impresses
One of my favorite new technology toys is Netflix “Watch Instantly” feature. The quality is very good, and although the available content is mostly TV shows, seeing what you want, streaming, when you want it, is really an amazingly satisfying experience. If Netflix can integrate this into a set top box, watch out.
4. Indexed
I was going to draw a clever graph showing the inverse relationship between work load and my blogging frequency, but it seemed too obvious, so I’ll just plug the real Indexed site, which is far cleverer. I have been exploring the Python web framework Django, so work load non-withstanding, I hope to share the rare sight of some code on this blog in the near future.