Author Archives: larry

That was fun

Posted on September 2, 2010 by larry

I hope to do it again next year.  I guess in order for that to happen I need to knock em dead. Should be fun… Anyway, VMworld is over with, I will post more in tomorrow, just got home and … Continue reading →

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Last Full Day of vmworld

Posted on September 1, 2010 by larry

(Posted the day after cause I was pretty busy) Today was a busy day, I started off with a decent run on the gym.  The treadmill is pretty lame in that it can only go 5MPH and I run 7.1MPH … Continue reading →

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Halfway Through VMworld

Posted on August 31, 2010 by larry

Today was good, I saw two really interesting presentations, one was on the new replacement for Lab Manager, and another was on how memory works in ESX. Also saw the keynote from vmware CEO. Throughout the conference we have seen … Continue reading →

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Fun Day at vmworld

Posted on August 30, 2010 by larry

Or  at least extremely interesting. In my entire 20+ year career in IT, this is the first time I have been to a conference where I had to fly on a plane and stay in a hotel. I been to … Continue reading →

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On to VMworld

Posted on August 29, 2010 by larry

Today I traveled to San Francisco where I will attend VMworld.  The flight was pretty uneventful, I got to the Airport in ample time. The cab ride from the airport to the Hotel was exciting, the cabbie was speeding along … Continue reading →

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Lot of cleaning up today

Posted on August 28, 2010 by larry

I had a lot to do today but was able to squeeze in my workout today.  I did run a 4plus and did a cooldown lap. I was surprised I ran it this fast. Time: 44:27 Anyway, feeling pretty good, … Continue reading →

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DVR part IV

Posted on August 27, 2010 by larry

DVR seems pretty stable except for the web server hanging up.  It still records but apache  seems to have an issue with multiple streams.  I do suspect this is an apache issue and not a dvr problem. There were a … Continue reading →

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DVR Part III

Posted on August 26, 2010 by larry

So the DVR system is up and running, but I am struggling with the 4 port Lorex Video card.  I am bagging it and got a bunch of cheapo video capture cards for a whopping $2.00 each (no typo there) … Continue reading →

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Emotional Recovery is happening

Posted on August 25, 2010 by larry

So I feeling a lot better now, took almost two weeks, but the situation is getting better.  I am getting back into the groove of things and starting to smile again. Having a great sleep last night helped a lot. … Continue reading →

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Zoneminder Part 2 (not really)

Posted on August 24, 2010 by larry

So I been playing with zoneminder on Linux, its been interesting and fun.  Still not working right though, also there is no way to authenticate yet (still have not set it up) so I have been using apache basic auth. … Continue reading →

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