The Bleeding Edge

I logged into one of my Synology NAS boxes and saw a flock of disk errors: And these, too: I decided to replace the disk, even though it was part of a RAID 6 volume. But then I noticed that the Synology OS was out of date. I upgraded to the supposed latest version, … [Read more...]

I noticed a problem with Goodsync backups to one of my Synology boxes:     In the past, when I've seen this, it's been because the Synology box has stopped updating its time settings, which it gets from a local windows domain controller. So I took a … [Read more...]

Am I the only person who thinks there are way too many Java updates?   Am I the only person who is tired of unchecking the gratuitous toolbar loading box that Oracle tries to con my into every time I update Java? Am I the only person who is scared not to update … [Read more...]

I was using Outlook on a laptop when it crashed.   Restarting it produced this:       That didn't look good. I started it in safe mode. No go. I went to another machine, and Outlook crashed there, too. Looks like a bad email … [Read more...]

With the bad disk in the recycle bin (with a half-inch hole drilled through the platters) it was time to start restoring the data. During data restoration, it is possible to destroy your backup. You have to be careful here. The first, and to my way of thinking the most … [Read more...]