Pakku’s Blog

Okay let’s do this. The situation is as following: I have a laptop with a mail client which sends mail through the SMTP-server of my ISP. This is nice, nothing wrong at this point. Now lets say I take my laptop with me (exploring the advantages of mobility) and at a certain place at a certain time when I am not ‘connected’ to my ISP, I want to send an e-mail. Question: what will happen? Answer: I retrieve an error telling me that the host is unreachable. Conclusion: I have a problem. Solution: read on! Read the rest of this entry »

In 2009 one caries multiple devices with them. Most people have a desktop computer and a work laptop and to be portable they also have a smartphone. All this is really nice, but do you remember where you put your child photos, your email from your girlfriend, the contact information an important business contact gave your, your administration. Do you want me to continue or give you a solution? Read the rest of this entry »

Of course you have read my previous post about modding the Sitecom MD-250, so I don’t have to explain why I bought a new NAS. My new NAS is a Synology DS-106j and the first thing my brother said when he saw him was: ‘Hé, it looks like a toaster’. Which now is officially it’s network name.

Okay lets get to the point of this post. Why did I bought this one? How user friendly is it? And more of these questions answered right below. Read the rest of this entry »

The first NAS (Network-Attached Storage) I bought was a Sitecom MD-250, like the one on the picture. This was a cheap solution for what I wanted: to store my files centrally so that i could access it any time. Unfortunately it broke down last week on almost exactly the same time I was planning to publish a post about it. It broke kind of because it was overheated . This wasn’t due to the place it stood nor it was Sitecoms fault. You see, there was this tiny little fan of about 1 by 1 inch which made a lot of noise, cause it ran at 3500 RPM, so who wouldn’t screw this thing loose! Read the rest of this entry »

Since a few weeks it is me an honor to carry around the HTC Touch Diamond. For me it is the ultimate smartphone for both personal and business/school use. Not only is the HTC Touch Diamond one of the most popular smartphones, in some, like The Netherlands, it is even more popular than Apples IPhone 3G.

A review on the HTC Touch Diamond: Nothing is perfect, how close did HTC come? Read the rest of this entry »