Monthly Archives: June 2010

Kindle-ing without the Kindle

Posted on June 30, 2010 by

I love to read. I tend to travel even here in the good ole US every month. In July I am heading up to Portland, Oregon on the AMTRAK. In August, I fly to Boston and then back on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Ideas

Powershell, CMD, Bash

Posted on June 29, 2010 by

You know how you get used to typing things in a certain way? Like if you are a Linux guy, you tend to use commands like “ls” or “df” or “free”. You also can do some nifty things like CTRL-R … Continue reading →

Posted in Ideas, Linux | 1 Comment

Yoyo Factors of Life

Posted on June 27, 2010 by

Life is like a yoyo. Up and down. The string jerks us around; makes us see incredible sights but then in a moment it takes it all away from us. Leaves us tightly bound in some alternate reality. Recently at … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Ideas

Linuxcon Boston and then some

Posted on June 25, 2010 by

I just finished building my itinerary for my most ambitious train journey yet. I’m flying back to Boston on 9 August to attend the Linuxcon event for a few days. On 13 August, I’ll depart Boston on Amtrak for Chicago. … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel

Android Rocks the World!

Posted on June 25, 2010 by

I simply love the new Froyo release. All of the usual places like MoDaCo and XDA have new ROMs which capitalize on different features or themes that the phone can be exploited with. My take is that Android is simply … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events

End of the Trip

Posted on June 20, 2010 by

Seems as I go back through each of the blogposts I do, I almost always do one the day I am leaving to go home. In Singapore, I often catch an early morning flight which precludes breakfast at the hotel … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel

Trip Shortened

Posted on June 18, 2010 by

I’ll only be on vacation through Saturday and heading back home on Sunday now. Not sure if I will get to see my friend Roger at all. He does not seem to answer his phone so I suspect he is … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel

Down to the Antelope Valley

Posted on June 16, 2010 by

Next few days I am on vacation from work, from home, from “things”. I’m flying down to visit an old friend, archeologist, and beer buddy in Lancaster/Palmdale. The desert holds a very special place for me. I practiced archeology there, … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel

Five Years of Blogging here abouts

Posted on June 15, 2010 by

Its been 5 years and over 750 posts with 113 comments on this blog. I’ve moved this thing around a few times. It was over on wordpress.com for a long time and now it lives courtesy of my ISP in … Continue reading →

Posted in Weblogs | 1 Comment

Best of the ESXi Form Factor Lab Systems

Posted on June 12, 2010 by

I have had a AMD64 Shuttle for quite some time and always wanted to get VMware ESXi installed on it. My take is that its the perfect small form factor lab system. The ESXi before the current 4.0 release would … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events