I could really use a Drobo

While flipping through a ton of old news caused by a holiday weekend, I came across the Drobo. Basically it seems like it’s a big JBOD array that uses the hot stuff known as ZFS. One or two of these would be invaluable for me, since I’ve had to deal with a hard drive failure somewhere at home or at work once a week for the last 15 weeks.  I wish I was making this up.

Now, the problem is digging up the necessary $700 for just the unit itself, then a couple hundred bucks per disk…

[Via Gizmodo]

ScribeFire

Further proof that the Firefox platform is just that, a platform.  Since I started this blog about an hour ago, I wanted some sort of plugin for Firefox or a Dashboard widget or even a standalone OS X app that I could hide/show as I wandered the web.  ScribeFire fits the bill perfectly.

On the Wii and Gamecube games

Why does the Wii make launching a Gamecube game so difficult? It’s somewhat of a pain in the ass procedure, outlined below:

1. Load game
2. Find Wiimote
3. Click through the health/safety warning
4. Find cursor on-screen
5. Click on Disc Channel
6. Click on Start
7. Find Gamecube controller
8. Put Wiimote away to eliminate step 2 in the future

I understand the need for the health/safety warning, but it’d be nice if the next firmware upgrade included facilities to allow the Gamecube controller to navigate the main menu and startup GC games.