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Welcome to the fourth reincarnation of my online ramblings. Yes, you read it right. Fourth. Or is it the fifth?

Well, my home server has finally been laid to rest. It has been shutting down intermittently for the last month. I tried going through the logs but couldn’t really decipher what was there. For the last 4 days, it shut down immediately after I booted it up. So yesterday, I took it apart and realised that the hard disk was really hot. I mean really burning hot. I don’t exactly know why but I replaced the hard disk (after waiting for it to cool down a bit) with a spare albeit older one that I have laying around. It booted up fine. Probably someone out there can explain to me why and how a hard disk can be so hot after being booted up just for a few seconds.

Well, I decided not to make it as a web server anymore but instead a network access storage or NAS where I can save and access my files and documents anywhere within my network. As for having my own space online, I decided to find a commercial web hosting solution. At least an affordable one. I found the one I like at mesrahosting.net. I have to pay RM100 for a 1 year hosting and another RM50 for domain registration. Quite cheap compared to other web hosting which ask for at least RM200 for hosting alone.

Again, welcome and thank you for visiting. Until the next time, assalamualaikum and bye.

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