Scanning Frustration

“Printers are devices for causing pain and frustration. They also sometimes print stuff out.” - Me, many times over the years. I have an HP LaserJet 100 MFP M175nw networked laser printer / scanner / copier. I’ve had it since 2013 where it’s generally worked okay most of the time. We don’t print a ton of things in this house, but when we do, it’s typically urgently required for work or school. [Read More]

HP ProLiant MicroServer Fun with Ubuntu

I recently took delivery of a new HP ProLiant MicroServer which I wanted to use for various small/home office server type tasks. It’s a cracking little server, ideal for small offices and home users who want a small, low-power server. With only one fan in the case it’s fairly quiet with most noise coming from the hard disk supplied, and any more you put in it. The reason I got it was because HP are currently giving £100 cash-back (until end of January 2011) on the ProLiant MicroServer. [Read More]