One drive in my NAS reported SMART errors. I replace it. While rebuilding the RAID array with the new disk in place I’m notified of major errors on another disk. What are the odds? Will the RAID array be able to rebuild successfully? It’s currently at 41%. πŸ˜₯

πŸ”— Link Post: "Boeing 737 Max: debris found in fuel tanks of grounded planes"

The Guardian: “Boeing has ordered inspections of its entire fleet of grounded 737 Max planes after it found debris in the fuel tanks of some of the aircraft, in the latest setback for the US plane-maker” Boeing seems to have forgotten the key tenets of lean manufacturing, especially the part about fixing problems at the source and not passing faults up the chain. It used to be said that, β€œif it’s not Boeing, I’m not going”.

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I met a guy who used to work for Nashua. Immediately I recalled the days where if you wanted to secure your quality Amiga 500 warez you would buy Nashua floppy’s.

One of the drives in my ancient NAS is dying. I’m going to have to replace it. What I want now though is a ThunderBay RAID enclosure to directly connect. I’m sick of network drives.

HyperPlan

Have you ever used a pivot table in Excel, and thought that there must be a better way? Have you ever built a Kanban board in Trello but realised you need a second axis? Have you ever designed a table in OmniGraffle or PowerPoint and thought there must a more straightforward way? I have. So I purchased a license for the Home version of HyperPlan. My Uses to Date I’ve owned HyperPlan for just a couple of weeks.

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πŸ”— Link Post: "Donald Trump, the view across the pond"

Paul J. Miller: “Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.” Paul offers some thoughts and insights regarding Trump, from a British perspective. I think the Australian view is similar, but members of our society are more likely to say, β€œwell, what else would you expect from a Seppo1?

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