总有那么几样东西，你买了用了老念叨它的好处。对我来说，Home NSA(网络存储器) DNS-323就是这样的一个物超所值的东东。

以前写过一篇博客（http://xuechunyu.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!46A049ABA6BA165A!350.entry）关于它的好处。最近的两个实用案例：

1. 用其FTP功能让在Irvine的汪兄给上传了一个700MB左右的文件。要不然，得有劳汪兄刻出一张CD然后邮寄给我。当然有一些网站让你共享文件，但总不如FTP这样点对点传输直截了当。
2. 用其Web服务器的功能建立网页让孩子的儿科医生看有关症状的照片。你可能会说，你把照片附件在电子邮件里发过去不就好了吗。可是，你有医生的email地址吗？我们的情况是先必须登录医院的网站然后用表格给医生发信，无照片功能，所以给医生发了个链接到家里Web服务器。那么不是有那些Flickr，Live Photo Album网站你可以上传照片吗？干吗开自己的服务器呢？主要是这些照片有一些隐私，所以我不想上传到公共网站上谁都看见。

话说回来，在美国看病是件麻烦事，以后在另外的博客里再谈吧。

I am a bit tired of having storage across multiple computers (then I have to keep them all powered on if I want full access), so I decided to go out and search for home NAS (Network Attached Storage) solution.

I quickly narrowed down to DNS-323 made by D-Link and NAS200 (made by Linksys), then, because of the widely available of hacks on DNS-323 (to turn it into a Linux box), I went out and bought DNS-323 with 2 SATA hard drives, 1 Terabyte each, so now I am in Terabyte age, yeah!!!

Setup the NAS with out-of-the-box functions are easy (disk RAID, FTP), but the real fun part is in the hacking. So far I have done:

1. telnet with fun_plug
2. setup SSH and deactivate telnet
3. setup web server with Lighttpd package, plus PHP support

Need to work on:

1. BitTorrent
2. eDonkey

2/3 Update: Both BitTorrent and eDonkey are now working. For BitTorrent, I used D-LINK version of binary, while for eDonkey I used MLDonkey (http://www.shadowandy.net/2009/01/mldonkey-297.htm). It took me a while to successfully configure MLDonkey, because the default port 6881 happens to be occupied by DLINK version of BitTorrent, but once that's discovered, the fix is easy.

The whole hack process was fun, it reminds me my old days with Linux.

2/4 Update:

I added web interface to MLDonkey (original 原创) so I can remotely access MLDonkey on DNS-323 from anywhere on internet and initiate download (totally get away from PCs)

2/6 Update:

1. Enabled SSH tunnel (through my router) into that box so I am in full control of it without any home PC when I am away from home. I have found it very useful that I can move files to none-shared folder in MLDonkey after the download completes, for obvious reason.

2. upgraded the network in my study room from 100M to Gigabit Ethernet, to take the full advantage of Gigabit port on DNS-323

2/10 Update:

Upgraded NIC on main desktop and laptop to 1Gigabit so now I have 3 computers interconnected at giga speed

3/15 Update:

Installed and configured TwonkyMedia server 4.4.11 (specific for DNS-323). With that, I am now able to use my PS3 to play media files (video, audio, and photos) on DNS-323. Although the XBMC running on my old XBOX handles media files very well (see my old blog post http://home.pdafans.com/space.php?uid=171206&do=blog&id=4976) and talks to SMB with no problem, PS3 is much more powerful media player and should be the choice for future high definition, high density video files  (Blu-ray), that’ll be a separate post once I figure out all details with TwonkyMedia.

3/17 Update:

Now NAS is my central file server, I didn’t discard my old PC-based file server which has a decent amount of spaces (a couple of hundred Gigabyte) on its IDE-based hard drive. So I installed a backup software called SecondCopy to backup my important files from NAS to that old box weekly.

You may say, hey, DNS-323 has the function of RAID-0 so why don’t you set up a mirror so you have a copy always available on that device? Remember, mirror, or RAID-0 is for redundancy, not backup. It is always safe to have a backup, especially offsite, for your important documents.

常用Live Spaces的同学们可以试试Windows Live Writer。任平生的博文作了很好的总结：

http://rpsh.net/archives/more-efficient-blogging-with-windows-live-writer/

英文原稿在这里

推荐的功能：

• 插入截图（看看我正在写的截图screenshot）
• Ping Servers Notification
• Twitter plug-in

1. Open-source OS (Android), which means I can mess with it to explore new stuff, really cool for developers
2. GPS and GMap Street view
3. 3G data plan at moderate price $25, which is $5 more than my current EDGE plan, but it comes with 400 free sms.
4. full function browser

Missing features that I use daily on my current Windows Mobile phone:

1. NO support to Microsoft Exchange, which means I can't access corporate emails and calendars.(ack!)
2. IM only supports Gtalk for now, but I guess support for other IM's will come out soon.
3. not enough applications available, not to mention freebies.
4. still no turn-by-turn navigation (don't know why)

My choice: I am likely to pick up one, but not sure if that ends up being my primary phone.

• 公司电子邮件: Mobile Outlook, pushed via Microsoft Exchange 2003 server
• 个人电子邮件: hotmail by Mobile Outlook, and gmail by mobile explorer
• Instant Messaging: 以前用Windows Live Messenger，只能用MSN，现在用了IMOV (mobile version of Jabber)，可以同时用MSN和Yahoo
• 个人信息管理(PIM): 主要是Calender，Contacts, Tasks, 等等，都通过ActiveSyn 和Outlook以及Exchange主机同步。
• eWallet: 保存个人重要信息，如各种帐号，口令等，与PC同步
• ListPro：管理项目和各种清单等，我的GTD（如果你知道GTD是什么的话）
• 电子书阅读器：最近读的是《白银谷》
• 闹铃，每天早上叫醒我，可以调闹铃音乐
• 另外同时也是最重要的，浏览网页，尤其是适合手机屏幕的WAP网页，如WSJ Mobile(Wall Street Journal), Google Reader, 新华手机网，twitter.com等

偶然用一下的功能：

• 计算器
• 黄历万年历（还是有点迷信哦）
• 照相功能，拍个大头照加到联系人记录里
• Microsoft Live Search
• Google Map, 其实这两个都是很有用的，尤其是在外面迷了路或要临时查找信息
• 在线股票交易，用了Scottrade的Mobile version，多数是检查Portfolio，但知道应急时可以随时买卖股票就放心了
• 笔记本电脑通过手机当Modem来上网，速度不快，和过去拨号差不多，也就是应急时用用

接下来换新手机必须具备的功能：

• 3G，上网速度要快
• 内置GPS芯片，没有GPS, Live Search 和Google Map 的功能就打折了，而且也不能有turn-by-turn driving directions

1. slow and clumsy
2. uses a lot of system resources, which is typical of Microsoft "do less with more"
3. folder views are weird, especially for gmail's IMAP
4. I have some emails deleted in gmail but keep showing up in "Unread emails" and there is no way for me to remove them (error msg: "mail handler not found")

While there are some nice features in Live Mail, such as integration with Live Space and Anti-spam, with Microsoft extending the deadline for OE to support Hotmail, I am happy to be back to OE now.

1. 启动电视卡，设定频道
2. 启动字幕录制程序（我用GraphEdit)开始录
3. 等节目结束，停止录制
4. 把二进制的字幕文件转换成带时间轴的可读文本文件
5. 上传文件

不幸的是，上面每一步都坐得在电脑前手工操作。最近有点忙，错过了几次录的时间，挺不好意思的。