OSU vs. Michigan - A Cold Saturday Well Spent!

If you were looking for me Saturday, you would have found me right here at "The Horseshoe" in Columbus Ohio. My wife, Janis, and I attended the Ohio State / Michigan game which is just about the biggest rivalry in college football. Also, it was the last game of the season.

Our seats were up a little higher, but under an overhang which keeps you cooler in the summer, but not warmer in the winter. We froze! (Note the photo of me freezing.) But after an awesome game with an OSU 42 to Michigan 7 score...

...it was DEFINITELY worth "spilling the beans" over!

File Servers for the Small Business...?

Ever heard of NAS or SAN?

NAS stands for "Network Attached Storage," and SAN stands for "Storage Area Network." The latter is a high-speed fiber-channel network storage solution that, honestly, is a little too much sophistication for this System Admin and his budget.

Although, the NAS, now that seems to be what I've been thinking about the past couple of weeks. Allow me to explain...

As the data on my [weekly newspaper] network seems to grow, despite constant archiving and purging of aging and impertinent info, I've been having problems with my 80 GB file server getting filled up.

Adding more storage directly to my existing server, along with following a stringent backup and recovery scheme, proved to be too costly for the time being. That alone, coupled with the fact that I only have one (count 'em...one) file server on our network, means that I have one single point of failure if it ever decides to bite the dust.

Enter NAS. A NAS server is basically a hard drive that has file-serving and backup software embedded right into it – a stand-alone server if you will.

Long story short, I've decided to add one of these nifty little turn-key storage solutions to my network in order to share the file-serving load at my place of business. Coupled with my existing server, I would have essentially two (count 'em...two) servers in case one would fail. The point here, is that this "server" would be quite a bit less expensive than a full-blown file server, thus allowing me the low point of entry.

It should arrive tomorrow, and I will follow up with my findings shortly thereafter.

Regards!

God, Cancer, and Cell Phones...

GOD IS AWESOME!

My wife, Janis, had a tumor removed from her thyroid on April 21st. After testing it for cancer, and looking as though it was benign, the other half of her thyroid was left in.

The kicker was, when we went to the doctor for the follow-up, we were informed that the pathology report showed that cancer cells were present in the tumor. We were speechless. The surgeon told us that she needed a second surgery to remove her remaining thyroid and then take radiation treatment to ensure that all cancer cells were killed.

So, all is said and done, and today Janis has a clean bill of health! God provided healing to His beautiful creation and strength to her and her family. "The Lord is my strength and my song; he has given me victory. This is my God, and I will praise him — my father’s God, and I will exalt him!" Exodus 15:2 NLT

As a side note, I was amazed at the disrespect of people who blatantly used their cell phones at the hospital in areas where they were prohibited. I even heard a ring tone as I was sitting in the waiting area only to see a patient being wheeled down the hallway in his bed...talking on his cell phone!

So, tell me...Do you have a problem with using cell phones in hospitals in patient rooms and other areas where they don't belong?

Log on and..."spill the beans!"