Monthly Archives: September 2005

Local Search for the Masses

Sunday, September 25th, 2005

I have been rambling on about local search for several months, recently focusing on a local java web server. Today, I recreated the wheel for the second time. Thus some documentation. What follows is a “HOWTO Build Your Own Local Search Engine”.
I would be happy to patiently help anyone willing to embark on this recipe.
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USB Harddrive on Mac, Windows, and Linux

Sunday, September 4th, 2005

I just picked up a lovely 80GB 2.5 inch IDE harddrive (Samsung MP0804H) in a USB connected enclosure (external harddrive) intending to share data between a Mac, Windows, and Linux. Since it was not quite obvious how to get a large external harddrive to work on all computers, I thought I’d share the results.
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