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Switch from home built server to QNAP TS-419+

Thomas Mortensen — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 07:00:11 +0000

After having had a custom server running in my office for almost 6 years, I decided to plug-in a Watt meter the other night to measure exactly how much power it was drawing. I was shocked .. Before I reveal …

Dropped my iPhone4 earliere today

Thomas Mortensen — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:35:24 +0000

it did NOT make it … :( So tomorrow or friday, im off to get it repaied via irep.dk. The saddest thing about it is that i actually got the phone shortly after release, so short that i was given …

New ISP

Thomas Mortensen — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:32:03 +0000

after quitting my job at degulesider.dk / nnmarkedsdata.dk i had to take over the dsl line they had provided me with not to be “internet-less”. However, the dsl was with my old company which was TDC, and they apparently still …

Were off for a hectic start

Thomas Mortensen — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:47:55 +0000

in 2009 it would seem. Like i wrote in the previous post, we sold our apartment in Risskov. And were preparing to move to a house. The thing is though, the house is around 70 km away. So just as …

HTC Touch Diamond

Thomas Mortensen — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:29:06 +0000

Yes, im getting one. I’m totally mad about it, and i don’t even have it yet. Its nicknamed “iPhone killer” i don’t know if its true, but the few pros/cons im aware of are: Diamond can send & receive MMS, …

Time to dive!

Thomas Mortensen — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:45:21 +0000

This is actually more a reminder to my self, but i seriously need to get my ass in gear, and get diving soon. Staying above water for months make my mind all fucked up =/ So, within the next 2 …

ZoTAC 8800 GT AMP Edition

Thomas Mortensen — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:43:33 +0000

The past two weeks i have been doing A LOT of hardware testing. To start from an end, i decided it was time to let my old trusted Club3D GeForce 7800 GTX 256MB Graphics card be replaced by one of …

Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock

Thomas Mortensen — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:22:33 +0000

I am … working on becoming a Rock legend :) I got the game Guitar Hero 3: Legends Of Rock for Wii as an early Christmas present from my girlfriend last night. And so, the night just vanished and i …

Watercooling for my PC

Thomas Mortensen — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:09:26 +0000

Finally i got my self moving from air to water cooling. I did it for performance as well as lowering the noise from my machine. The parts i bought, that are worth mentioning are: Swiftech Apogee GT, XSPC 5.25? Bay …

A small update

Thomas Mortensen — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:33:19 +0000

A little summarization from the past days; I got some new hardware form my stationary PC, and added some more HD space to my server. I still need to get myself a new and insane graphics card for my stationary, …

New cell phone!

Thomas Mortensen — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:27:36 +0000

Just before we are leaving for Tunisia, i decided to order a new cell phone. My old trusted W800i have served me well, but the connectors from the phone to the headset and the charged have been worn down. So …

Norway was nice and painful!

Thomas Mortensen — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:07:56 +0000

So, i took off for Norway last Saturday, 22nd September, and came back from Norway 29th September. It was my first time in Norway, but certainly not the last, although i hope I don’t trip over my own feet causing …

What a day :)

Thomas Mortensen — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:02:32 +0000

Today is my last day at work in TDC, it is also the last day in Denmark before i head off to Egypt, to dive with a bunch of friends and try out my new dive lamp :) Going by …

New server!

Thomas Mortensen — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:02:50 +0000

For a long time i have been annoyed by the fact that i had several servers running at home, thats going to end now! A friend sold me a E6600 processor for a nice price, and after buying a low …

Advanced Open Water 5/5

Thomas Mortensen — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:01:01 +0000

I’m now prepared to go diving in Egypt :) Friday, i did a Night dive, unfortunately without my newly ordered trebel-light lamp, since the store don’t have it yet. Today i did a deepdive and a drift dive in Lilleb�lt. …

Advanced Open Water 2/5

Thomas Mortensen — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:48:40 +0000

Woops, almost forgot i had a blog :D Anyways, I’m currently 2/5 done with my Advanced Open Water Divers certification, and I’m good to go to both Egypt on a diving vacation with 3 male friends, and later in September …

Suunto D6

Thomas Mortensen — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:19:18 +0000

I have for some time, ever since the plan about going to Egypt to dive, been wondering which dive computer i would buy, if any at all. The a day, when i was talking to my friend Jesper, he mentioned …

Xbox 360 Elite

Thomas Mortensen — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 22:47:38 +0000

Hmm, just saw this commercial video for it. I would lie if i said i weren’t tempted :D And the best thing about it, its black, just like my new TV ;)

Samsung 37″ installed!

Thomas Mortensen — Thu, 24 May 2007 20:42:26 +0000

Damn .. that took longer than expected! Anyways, i got the screen last night, but was on the way out the door to visit some friends, so i just received the package, and today as i got home from work …

Samsung 37? is here!

Thomas Mortensen — Wed, 23 May 2007 16:55:03 +0000

Finally I got my Samsung 37? LE-37M87BD TV. It has just been delivered with a local freight service, and now me and the girlfriend is off to visit some friends. I will post pictures of it a bit later tonight, …