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LinkStations: NAS for the Hacking

Think network-attached storage (NAS) that talks to whatever flavor bx you've got. Windows? No problem. Mac? Sure thing. Linux? Happy to. Pull it out of the box and in a few minutes you've got hot-and-cold running fileservice.

Then I found out there's a community of folks hacking them. Putting Debian on 'em. Augmenting them with all sorts of goodies.

These little hummers are too much fun.

Link: LinkStationWiki | Main / Home Page.

Tiny MP3 Streaming Server

From hack a day: a DIY MP3 streaming server ... BSD licensed so you can download the plans and source for it or buy the kit, assembled or not. Maybe when I've got a couple hundred to spare ...

Link: Network attached MP3 streamer - hack a day - www.hackaday.com.

Leaftag: Tag files and stuff in Linux

Drew turned me on to Leaftag this morning. Looks wicked awesome for doing TagEverything (I need a a better name for that).

Tagging for the Linux desktop

Leaftag is a library and set of utilities for tagging files on the Linux desktop. It's a convenient way of organizing files in a non-hierarchical manner. Local files, websites, or anything with a URI can be tagged with one or more names and easily referenced by anything that supports Leaftag.

OLPC: You Know, For Kids!

A quick link to my initial thoughts on the One Laptop Per Child project from my other blog where I think more about social implications (and which doesn't accept trackbacks. I'll have to figure out how to fix that ...) The geek in me wants desparately to play with one of these. But then I want to make solar mobile wifi hot spots, do cool things with tiny lcd displays, and play with stomp boxes.

I guess I want to go off the network without leaving the net behind.