Home Server Hacks is a labor of love by Microsoft MVP Donavon West. Donavon is a freelance developer living in the Baltimore/Washington DC area. Although his main area of expertise is gadget development, he fell in love with his HP MediaSmart Server and started hacking it. The work "hacking" or "hacker" has gotten a bad rap, but there is how hacker is defined on Wikipedia:
"In home computing, a hacker is a computer hobbyist putting software or hardware of their system to the extreme."
Contact Donavon
To contact Donavon about Home Server Hacks, send an email to email@domain.com (where domain = homeserverhacks). Sorry that I have to be so cryptic, but this is to fool the evil spam-bots.
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What's up with NewEgg?
I just love NewEgg! As my fiance will confirm, much of my "play money" goes to them. First of all, they have great prices. Most items ship the same day and usually arrive the next day (even when I order with 3 day shipping)! That is why I feel good about being a NewEgg affiliate. Anything you purchase from NewEgg, via links on this blog, helps to maintain the site and allows me to experiment on new and exciting articles.
A plug for Donavon's "day job"
Donavon is a developer of gadgets, those little thingies that sit on your Windows Vista Sidebar. His company LiveGadgets.net is one of the leading gadget developers. You can see some of his work by viewing the Gadget Gallery, but here are some of his most notable works:
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Traffic by Live Search Maps
The traffic gadget has has become one of the most popular Microsoft branded gadgets.![]()
Office Tips & Tricks
Microsoft Office system Tips & Tricks offers helpful hints designed to simplify everyday tasks. Get a different tip delivered to your desktop each day.![]()
Say It!
Say It! is the wildly popular gadget that allows you to perform text-to-speech right from your Vista Sidebar.
Profiles
Click on an image below to view Donavon's various profiles: