My new phone, and why Telstra doesn’t suck anymore
Telstra were the first company I signed a phone contract with, way back in 2004 if I recall correctly. They had the phone I wanted, but it was on a pretty ridiculous plan. Still, I signed with them anyway. This was before 3G and cap plans. This was when EDGE was a big deal, and Push To Talk was being flouted as amazing technology.
Well, we know where all that stuff is now: long gone. With
Building a NAS: Stage 2 (Software and Maintenance)
With the system up and running, it made sense for me to make an effort to see it stayed that way. I needed to be able to have the following things happening without any intervention on my behalf:
- Users’ Windows PCs backing up automatically to their respective folder on the network
- These backups being automatically rsync’d with an external disk, for a true backup
- Reports on the status of the machine being made available to me at regular











