Phil & I have bought a Sun Netra T1 105 440MHz/1Gb server and Netra ST D130 storage array from ebay, for a grand total of 196+VAT. We’re going to rape the D130 for its racking ears and one of the 18.2Gb disks and put them in the T1. So then we’ll have the storage array for backup or further spares such as PSU. We’re still looking around for a colo for 30-50ukp a month.

I just watched 10 Items Or Less, which was some crappy Hispanic indie flick, but it was obviously made by a big producer as it starred Morgan Freeman. Very odd. I also just got Fight Night 2004 for Xbox, which seems to completely ignore any user commands, and the computer seems to just play along with itself! Maybe it’s a two player only game or something…. Update: just watched Blood Diamond, about the diamond trade in Africa.

Still not feeling 100% despite taking the Beechams en masse! I’ve just watched Miss Potter, about Beatrix Potter’s life, it wasn’t bad, better than Hannibal Rising, which was utter crap. I had fish’n’chips today, very nice from the local chippie that never seems to be open, I guess the nice weather brought people out as it was packed! I couldn’t eat all the fish, although a bit pricey at a fiver for cod….

I got my kit from ebuyer – they actually gave me free next day courier. So I fitted the northbridge heatsink, the machine is almost silent now without the busted 40mm fan! The new network cards are nice too – they came with WOL cables and low profile blanking plates for fitting in a 2U case. I also found that ebuyer stock the Buffalo WHR-G54S-1 wifi router, which can take the OpenWRT or DD-WRT firmware, it’s also faster than a Linksys WRT54GL-UK and a third cheaper.

I feel dead rough today, definitely got a cold 🙁 Phil & I are thinking of co-locating a cheap Sun Netra from ebay at Redbus as his ADSL is taking a hammering hosting forums and my VDS costs 350ukp a year and I only have another 5 months on the contract…. I found these hosts which seem pretty good – too good in fact, as most others are 50ukp/month for 100Gb bandwidth and other “hidden” charges, not 38ukp for 500Gb and no charges!