Here we go again :)

All rite,
As of this moment the links on my website point to this blog here. Old WordPress blog has been depricated and now I can concentrate more on writing something rather than endlessly setting up the blog to look exactly as I want it to.

News: I finally set the home server the way it was meant to be in the first place - a machine always running and always available from anywhere. All my documents are now on the server and I can get to them in many ways: through the web, through VPN, through FTP, and even SVN. Nice thing is that I got SVN and Trac setup on it, so finally all my projects can enjoy Version Control like never before. It was really about the time to start using SVN, and all I can say is about it is - IT IS WONDERFUL!

I try to post a nice tutorial on how to install all of this on your own machine, not because I think you can't, but it's nice to have a tutorial around especially if you are new to the whole Version Control thing. I can definitely say that at this moment I am not a n00b anymore when it comes to SVN :)

Just for those who wonder, here is what the server has now: It is a Windows XP Pro based machine, Apache 2 Web Server, IIS as well on another port so I can log in through the web-based terminal service, WS-FTP server (great since it can use windows accounting to audit users), SVN and TRAC - the latest version of both. TortoiseSVN client is a wonderful little thing which you just must have as well.

Now, if you ask why I did all of this - there is only one answer: To completely free up my poor laptop. The little bugger was getting so slow because it was running all of this on it's back. Now, I can finally relax knowing all of my data is on the server, backed up every night, and my laptop is enjoying like I would be if I was on Bahamas right now - with beautiful sounds and curves of Windows Vista RC1, Office 12, and all other files just click away on another share.

Vista RC1 is really a think of beauty. I tested all of the other versions of Vista since it was an instable Longhorn Aplha, and I did get disappointed many times in the process, but now I can confidently say - Microsoft had done something no one else could! People can brag about it as much as they want, I do not care, I think this is seriously the best operating system out there, and the moment it comes out I will buy it!

I have been stressing it for about 3 days now, Non-Stop, from normal office work to web development and everything in between and not once did I see even a hiccup! The drivers which could not be detected automatically were installed in a jiffy when I pointed Vista to search for them in my Win XP directory on another partition. Since then, I am just amazed! It makes me more productive just looking at the beauty in front of my own eyes.

Ok, I think this is enough for now. I do not usually make posts this long, so sorry about that, but I haven't posted anything since a really long time ago, and I just feel like I should. I am also not writing this just for you, but rather myself as well. My blogs have always been some form of my personal diary :)

All best,
Peconi