Eliminating Wasted Space

Monday, January 10, 2005, at 03:35PM

By Eric Richardson

I now have a data center in my ceiling. You see, I've had this server (the one running this site) sitting on my entertainment center for the last few months. The problem is: it's a bit loud. I didn't have a great other place to put it though... or so I thought. Then I realized I have this drop ceiling, the area above which is conveniently accessible from the window ledge. Sitting on the couch I can now hear a hum, but it's a whole lot fainter than it was a couple minutes ago. Running up to the ceiling are a power cable, a phone line, and an ethernet cable. All in all I'm happy with the results. I'll try to post a picture when it's light outside; I don't have any good means of lighting the area up there right now.