Installing Ubuntu Server on a HP BL35p Blade Server and how to connect Ubuntu to a DNS Server.

I have been experimenting with the installation of Ubuntu Server onto a HP BL35P blade server and the process has been quite a learning experience indeed. The need to use the HP SmartStart CD to erase the RAID array on the server before the installation is different from your run of the mill desktop machine … Read more

Interesting new hardware component for building a thin client PC. PCoIP PCI express card.

This is a PCI Express card that allows you to build a thin client PC. This hardware agnostic and would be very useful for re-purposing an old computer and using it to access computing resources on a home server. A thin client computer is one that does not run an operating system per se, only … Read more

Blade Runner styled movies no longer made?

After watching the Blade Runner movie I am wondering why we never see movies like this these days. Nowadays the movies showing the future never show it as the Blade Runner movie ever did. The dystopian future shown in the Blade Runner movie with the crumbling buildings and dark rainy weather is very different to … Read more