iPhone 4 + FaceTime

Oh it is kind of cool. But a complete and utter waste of programming. Could be handy for showing someone what’s up with hardware by flipping to the back camera. Could be fun for phone #%* in a desperate moment…maybe. But it just isn’t natural to use. Positives? Video is amazing! Pause and resume when you do something else is […]

Re-carpeting the data center – in review

Just random sets of links to different sites that were linking back or referencing our April Fools tie in. We had a great day and some very silly feedback – and I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. http://www.thewhir.com/ http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/ http://topicfire.com/ http://www.webhostersnews.com/ http://seclists.org/nanog/ – my personal favorite http://robot-roomba.cellcasesandmore.com/ http://www.vrytek.com/ http://betterhostingplans.com/ http://friendfeed.com/ http://twitter.com/ http://www.unmeterd.com/

I have been cheating on you

Sorry, but it is true.  I figured we had an open relationship.  At least I hope that’s the case.  If not then please do accept this sincere apology.  Regardless I’ll try to do better, I promise. The $ayjob takes my time and keeps me busy..a lot.  Balancing said job + family + WoW is quite the juggle, but if taken […]

VMware Fusion 2.x vs Parallels Desktop 4.0 – my thoughts

First, I had a problem with Parallels during an upgrade on my laptop – I was forced to reactivate Windows after the virtual conversion was completed.  This is quite frustrating as one of the great points of virtualization of a system is that the underlying hardware isn’t changing.  I will try to not let this hamper my comments. Virtual hardware […]