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Nick Hodge is a professional geek and digital diplomat for Microsoft in Australia. More info lives underneath the About Box...

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• Anna Liu - My boss’s blog on architectural things I don’t understand.
• Barbora Zychova - I am Number 2 in the Fan Club.
• Brian Johnson - US East Coast EE dude
• Christian Longstaff - Fellow Microsoft AU videographer
• Crowded House - Crowded House reforming
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• John-Daniel Trask - JD is a cool geek guy from Wellington. Does cool stuff with all the Microsoft stuff.
• Jukka Wallasvaara - Finnish
• Kurt Messersmith - Because I am sports knowledge challenged, Kurt is my go-to-guy
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• Michael Kordahi - Delicate Genius, both names apply
• Mossy Blog - Scott Barnes: webdev.guru
• Nas Khan - Third best NZ’er, WPF+Silverlight: Designer blog
• Nic Filingham - Fellow Aussie Enthusiast Evangelist, in Singapore
• Nick Hodge, Excel MVP - Mr Excel, not me. I am MINI me.
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• Paul Foster - Pommy Microsoft Geek with Robots!
• ScenarioGirl - The state of UX, Accessiblity
• Shane Morris - User Experience Guru
• Stilgherrian - Mr Nerd from crikey.com.au - but really he is a geek
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Windows Home Server Power Pack 1

Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 is now available.
Power Pack 1 fixes the data corruption bug as well as delivers significant new functionality including:
· x64 support for home computers running Windows Vista
· Home Server Shared Folder backup
· Improved remote access experience
· Improvements to power consumption and performance
· Localization support for Japan and China

Double check Tranquil [...]

Windows Home Server team just ROCK!

The Windows Home Server team absolutely rock. OK, I work for Microsoft and am paid to say that.
Well, today I am on holiday. So, I am saying this as private citizen Nick Hodge.
Listening to users, researching and fixing bugs quickly; and adding requested features in an open and rapid way. This is the way to [...]

Home Server Pimpin’

My Windows Home Server just sits on my gigabit network, and well, works.
Since my last posting, I've added a 750Gb external hard drive bringing the total storage to something nearing 2Tb.
Others are pimpin' their installations: a major shout out goes to Andrew Dugdell and his combo home MAME / Home Server.

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How Windows Home Server Saved My Sanity

The recent installation of the Windows Media Center has been an ongoing major project. Apart from the physical install, there has been a a few ongoing issues:

High-Definition TV "green screen of death".Thanks to the Vista and XP Media Centre forum, this is a known and fixed issue. The Microsoft Hotfix is available here.
Electronic Program GuideAttempted [...]

Weekend Project: Windows Media Center

Yes, I know that the correct english spelling of Center is Centre.

Thanks to the generosity of Jeffa, I scored an old Mini-ATX case with power supply. Yeah, being the junior on the team - I get all the hand-me-downs.
Some hundreds of dollars later from AUSPCMarket, and I have my first ever:

AMD based PC (AMD Athlan64 [...]

Windows Home Server

I just love poking fun at our pommy overlords.
The TranquilPC is setup, backing up and not keeping the cats warm. It runs too silently and cool.

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I spend online therefore I work online

Acquisitions today. I hope Avril isn't reading this:
1. Windows Home Server from Tranquil PC
After much procrastination, I've decided to buy something that's already built. And isn't going to require lots of coal to be burnt to keep the thing going.
2. Meraki Standard Mesh
All the cool kids were doing it, honest! Attempting to wire up Liam [...]

Windows Home Server. @aeoth rollies FTW!!1

@aeoth wins the small competition: Melbourne Windows Home Server-install off.
Don't know what he's going to win yet. Maybe a new circular saw?
Well done, dude. Good server name, too
Like to make your own Windows Home Server? David Flynn from APC Magazine in Australia has some local colour on how to. Even the Windows Home Server team [...]

I just missed out on Halo 3: 7 days in Seattle.

Rundown of a week in Seattle, and sadly a week too soon.
Halo 3 ships this week world-wide, and I missed it. However did buy some Halo 3 T-Shirts for the family.

Meeting up with my fellow Enthusiast Evangelists, prodding VP's and seeing all sorts of cool things almost made up for the lack of [...]

Gonzo Windows Home Server & Mac

http://blogs.technet.com/homeserver/archive/2007/08/16/grow-your-partition-with-a-restore.aspx
"It's not supported, but here is how it works"
Servers should be easy. The Windows Home Server is easy. Servers should be fun. Tweak, tinker and make it your own.
... and you can pimp your server, too. Make a server fit into your home's decor.

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