NAS & Linux - wonderful technology

I am still around! At the moment the market doesn't really interest me. I have had no signals and only hold one stock - NHC.

I have however been sorting out my network. I dropped a Qnap TS109 II into the mix. It's a NAS (network attached storage) unit. I bought it to store my music collection (stored in lossless FLAC format) and play to my Squeezebox, but it's also very useful for backing up data.

It also only needs around 14 watts to run and I can turn my desktop off to play music. I realised that I only really use the desktop computer for backup and as a music server, although I did set up a music system with it with a USB DAC plus some homemade "concept" speakers. But the desktop is too noisy for a Hifi setup. The NAS doesn't have a fan and is very quiet but I can't plug the DAC into to play music. It's headless - no screen or keyboard of it's own.

Any computer on the network can access the NAS and upload / download files, photos etc. The Squeezebox links wirelessly to the NAS to play music. My daughter's Macbook can also use it. I think that the desktop computer is going back to work so I can remodel my study - rip up carpets, paint walls, new blinds and some decent furniture.

Enough of my rambling - I will post some charts soon and maybe even talk about trading!

stevo

Obsessions, Yellow Roses & BNB

The 3 aren't related! I exited BNB this week for a small gain of 15%. It's the only exit signal I got last weekend.

I find myself browsing eBay and other online stores looking for CD's to listen to. Right now I have Jackson Browne Solo Acoustic Vol. 1 playing. I use my laptop as a remote and can search for whatever music is ripped to the network hard drive. Ripped to lossless format (FLAC) and played through my Transporter music is much more accessible.

It's only recently that I actually realised that I can be quite obsessed by an idea or an approach. I also realise that my obsessions can evaporate very quickly. My long term trading obsession doesn't seem to be going anywhere, although my desire to do research is quite low at the moment. I have no shortage of trading ideas to try out either.



Yellow Roses from Chicken Skin Music is a track I have always liked although many cannot understand why!

I'll post a picture of my trading room, ala ASX Gorilla ( http://theasxgorilla.blogspot.com/ ) although my room is very mobile these days - the lounge room, the kitchen, the veranda or work. Now where did I put my camera.

Yellow Roses say goodbye,

stevo

Red Victor One - no Turtles here!!!!

Ok, it's a capital liability rather than a capital asset and has nothing to do with trading - but it just shows how obsessed we can get! Makes my daily drive look very tame.

Stevo