Month: April 2019

A Picture is Worth 5 Million Gigabytes

By Alex Robert On In Fun Stuff

Earlier this month, an image of what could easily be mistaken as an out-of-focus picture of a Krispy Kreme donut in a dark room became the talk of the town. Headlines above this picture read “First Ever Picture of a Black Hole,” or something like that. My interest was piqued. However, I never actually read past the sensational headlines until it came up in conversation, and I realized had zero knowledge of the story (besides the fact that a black hole can look delicious). So, I did my homework and discovered that the process involved in creating the image and the relevance of it, was quite interesting.

What is this NAS You Speak Of?

By Sean Christopher On In Tech Tips

No no, I’m not talking about the rapper (granted that would be kind of hip, but for another day I guess). I am talking about Network-Attached Storage, aka NAS. I’m sure some people have heard of these things, and they may seem kind of old school. But lately, I’ve seen value for local storage in spite of most data moving to the cloud. I’m a huge advocate of Cloud services, but sometimes with larger files it can be an annoying and time-consuming process to pull down files, then work, and then upload them back to the Cloud. This is where incorporating a local NAS helps productivity. Here, I’ll lay out the basics of what a NAS is and how it works. I promise it will be very easy to follow.