Category Archives: Technical

Getting Rid of Cable

Posted on October 10, 2010 by larry

Been looking at my cable lately.  The more and more I look at it, the more I think its too much. Time to look at alternatives. Anyway,  I think with a combinations of Over The Air, Internet, Redbox, and Netflix, … Continue reading →

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Finally Hit The Gym

Posted on September 28, 2010 by larry

What a great workout, hit the gym again but starting easy.  What made this workout awesome was that I started late.  So I had the gym all to myself, so I could blast the music. Still, I could not push … Continue reading →

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Media Center Problems

Posted on September 23, 2010 by larry

I recently got a new Windows 7 box to serve as a Media Center.  The problem I have is that recordings produce an error, something about a Low Bit Rate. Here is a link regarding it on a popular Media … Continue reading →

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Creating a bootable CD

Posted on September 22, 2010 by larry

So I had a problem at work today, I needed to update the firmware on some HBA but the boot CD I had was faulty.  I used a bootable Windows 98 Floppy (wow remember those) as an image for the … Continue reading →

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Regaining momentum

Posted on September 3, 2010 by larry

The past few weeks have been really tough, I feel like I been a major roller coaster ride. I will cover more on vmworld when I got a little more time, today I am still dealing with all the little … Continue reading →

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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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