Some Additional Hardware

Was going to start talking about the software I was putting on the PodBox, but I stopped by Frys at lunch and picked up some items I have been wanting to get and that was holding me up from installing some of the software I wanted to use. So instead I'll mention what I picked up today.

The big purchase was a Seagate ST3160026A 160 gigabyte external hard drive using USB 2.0 for $189. They had the same thing for $40 more which also had Firewire support. Actually hadn't noticed that until just now, the one I got was high up on the shelf and I had to get the sales assistant to retrieve it for me, and I thought the one down below was just mispriced or an older batch. No worries as I was planning on using the USB 2.0 connection anyways. From the information I have seen it is a bit faster than Firewire.

Others things I picked up were a 512 meg stick of memory, raising the PodBox's total to 1 gig (this was an easy install and very similar to the Airport card install I did earlier), and a deal they had on refurbished Netgear WGT624NAR Wireless G(Super G) router for $37. The NAR part of the part number must designate it as a refurb as there is no mention of it anywhere on the net. The link above is to it in its new condition. I plan on just using it in its 802.11g mode. Will be interesting though to see if I get any extra added range.

I'm gonna attach the hard drive and see how that goes. I have been wanting to install my ipodder software and Azureus bittorrent client but didn't want to dick around with moving the downloads and that shite so have been waiting on getting the external.

Back in a bit...