Perhaps? good luck Ed. You may not give a damn...but we still pull for you. (update 2/8...Ed lost to John Mayer...wtf?)
That's right, Ed is up for a Grammy for "Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance" for his song "Rise" off of the Into the Wild soundtrack. You can listen to samples of the soundtrack here.
And the nominees are -
Category 15
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)
* Gravity
John Mayer
Track from: Where The Light Is — Live In Los Angeles
[Columbia]
* I Saw Her Standing There
Paul McCartney
Track from: Amoeba's Secret
[Hear Music/MPL Communications Ltd.]
* Girls In Their Summer Clothes
Bruce Springsteen
Track from: Magic
[Columbia]
* Rise
Eddie Vedder
[J Records]
* No Hidden Path
Neil Young
Track from: Chrome Dreams II
[Reprise]
Friday, January 30, 2009
Financial Fitness
NASA Federal Credit Union offers excellent financial advise and support for managing your finances. Take for example their "Balance Financial Fitness Plan".
NASA Federal Credit Union states that "BALANCE is a financial education and counseling service committed to helping individuals and families take control of their finances and reach their goals. BALANCE provides Financial Counseling You Can Trust.".
They offer tools and forms on their website such as a Money Management Planner, Fritter Finder and Financial Calculators.
"NASA Federal Credit Union is a not-for-profit financial cooperative owned entirely by its members and operated for the benefit of all who belong.
Chartered in 1949, NASA Federal Credit Union serves the diverse needs of more than 72,000 members worldwide from a variety of professional organizations with a full array of financial services and the strength of about $978 million in assets.".
NASA Federal Credit Union states that "BALANCE is a financial education and counseling service committed to helping individuals and families take control of their finances and reach their goals. BALANCE provides Financial Counseling You Can Trust.".
They offer tools and forms on their website such as a Money Management Planner, Fritter Finder and Financial Calculators.
"NASA Federal Credit Union is a not-for-profit financial cooperative owned entirely by its members and operated for the benefit of all who belong.
Chartered in 1949, NASA Federal Credit Union serves the diverse needs of more than 72,000 members worldwide from a variety of professional organizations with a full array of financial services and the strength of about $978 million in assets.".
IT Communication
In thinking about a lot of the ways that IT Departments interact with each other, I found this excellent article on IT Communication. I don't exactly agree with all the points but there are many good takeaways. How productive is your IT department?
Article
..."Well, as you say, it isn't just IT, it's in general knowledge work. And the symptom that I observe is that in an age in which there's kind of a mantra, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up. We have this notion that the 21st century is one in which we either speed up or perish."
..."What we can't do is sit frozen in endless meetings and e-mails and process and documentation, because that means we don't get anything done, so we need to change the underlying design philosophy of the organization from safety to speed."
..."If you're sitting in a meeting with 20 people, and many of them are doing e-mails or IMing, you need to stop thinking about whatever the subject of that meeting is and think about what the hell are we doing here?"
Article
..."Well, as you say, it isn't just IT, it's in general knowledge work. And the symptom that I observe is that in an age in which there's kind of a mantra, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up. We have this notion that the 21st century is one in which we either speed up or perish."
..."What we can't do is sit frozen in endless meetings and e-mails and process and documentation, because that means we don't get anything done, so we need to change the underlying design philosophy of the organization from safety to speed."
..."If you're sitting in a meeting with 20 people, and many of them are doing e-mails or IMing, you need to stop thinking about whatever the subject of that meeting is and think about what the hell are we doing here?"
Cisco's Nexus 5020
Just got my first Google Alert...
PSHS - WVC (ILOILO) Computer Science Department: Cisco and Dell ...
By CS Pisay ILOILO
Dell will add Cisco's Nexus 5020 switches that support both 10 Gigabit
Ethernet and Fibre Channel over Ethernet to its Power Edge server and
EqualLogic, PowerVault, and Dell/EMC storage offerings. Dell has also
qualified Cisco's ...
Link
PSHS - WVC (ILOILO) Computer...
Dell aims to simplify de-duplication « My blog news
According to Darren PowerVault and EqualLogic, as well Thomas, vice
president of Dell's as third-part arrays from one of storage business, his
company is its major storage partners, EMC, "going to do de-dupe
differently". to work ...
My blog news
http://latestnewsx.com
NetApp - The Missing Shade of Blue: Silence Isn't Golden
3PAR · Benchmarks · Competitive · Dell/EqualLogic · EMC · Film ·
General · HP · Impossible Claims · Intelligence · Leadership · MAD
blog · Software · Space · Sun · Theory · Trends · Turing Test ·
VMware · Web2.0 ...
NetApp - The Missing Shade of Blue
PSHS - WVC (ILOILO) Computer Science Department: Cisco and Dell ...
By CS Pisay ILOILO
Dell will add Cisco's Nexus 5020 switches that support both 10 Gigabit
Ethernet and Fibre Channel over Ethernet to its Power Edge server and
EqualLogic, PowerVault, and Dell/EMC storage offerings. Dell has also
qualified Cisco's ...
Link
PSHS - WVC (ILOILO) Computer...
Dell aims to simplify de-duplication « My blog news
According to Darren PowerVault and EqualLogic, as well Thomas, vice
president of Dell's as third-part arrays from one of storage business, his
company is its major storage partners, EMC, "going to do de-dupe
differently". to work ...
My blog news
http://latestnewsx.com
NetApp - The Missing Shade of Blue: Silence Isn't Golden
3PAR · Benchmarks · Competitive · Dell/EqualLogic · EMC · Film ·
General · HP · Impossible Claims · Intelligence · Leadership · MAD
blog · Software · Space · Sun · Theory · Trends · Turing Test ·
VMware · Web2.0 ...
NetApp - The Missing Shade of Blue
Google Alerts
So I just discovered Google Alerts. It's an alerting system used for sending news alerts about the topic of your liking to an email address. The alerting can be configured to send alerts once a day or as it happens for example. Even the source of the news can be selected. Get your alerts from other blogs, video, web, groups. Check it out for your self. I thought it might be a good way to post things as...well thing's happen.
Google Alerts.
...update - just got my first Google Alert. See new post.
Google Alerts.
...update - just got my first Google Alert. See new post.
Got Pukes?
Getting thrown up on is not one of my all time pastimes. My 1 1/2 year old seems to think otherwise. It was messy, and warm. Dinner didn't go so good and the 1st explosion came from the high chair. My wife is scrambling at this point. We get him out and I am holding him, facing me on my lap. "Get the paper towels, more paper towels"... within several seconds explosion number two and three came. Not thee 'number two', just the second burst of warm, think and wet vomit. The poor kid has no idea what's going on. "More paper towels!"... my wife is gagging. It's bad. Well, we stripped him down and stuck him in the tub. My wife is a pro. I think I got the worst of it, but she cleaned us all up.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Field Recorders Collective
I came across an NPR program the the other day discussing an organization dedicated to collecting, preserving, and releasing some never before heard music distributed amongst friends and collectors. They are the Field Recorders Collective.
The music is primarily bluegrass and string bands. Sound never heard from some artists never heard of. Homemade recordings, improvs brought together and remastered from the collectors themselves and "remastered" using some basic home computer software.
You can listen to the NPR broadcast here.
The music is primarily bluegrass and string bands. Sound never heard from some artists never heard of. Homemade recordings, improvs brought together and remastered from the collectors themselves and "remastered" using some basic home computer software.
You can listen to the NPR broadcast here.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
EqualLogic Demos
Searching for a storage vendor?
EqualLogic has some good product demonstrations for different technologies. Check them out here.
EqualLogic has some good product demonstrations for different technologies. Check them out here.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Today's Events - Obama.
If your standing out in the cold in DC...stay warm. Your in for a long day. I will sit in the warmth of my home, with coffee and some eggs that I just made.
For those are trying to figure out where Obama is...his motorcade is just now pulling up to the White House. Coffee is planned with the Bush's, Cheney's and Obama's.
Hold tight...I'll let you all know when he leaves. Cheney is in a wheel chair. He's pulled a muscle. hmmm.
Michelle just gave Laura a package..someone just said.."i bet it's not tupperware".
.... Muhammad Ali is there getting his seat. 10:08am
.... Magic Johnson is there.
.... Steven Spielberg (vip???)
.... Dustin Hoffman (vip????)
.... Captain "Sully" Sullenberger
.... John Cusack
Not sure if I agree with thing's being Hollywood'd up.
Schedule - Per whatever I'm watching.
10:55 - Reaches Capitol
11:25 - Introduced at Capitol
11:45 - VP takes oath
11:56 - Obama takes oath
12:01 - Address
And apparently...if I heard correctly, it takes a lot of "intestinal will" to be at the inauguration.
Coffee is over..everyone is heading out. 10:45am
Motorcade is in route. 10:50am
Motorcade has arrived. Everyone getting out. 11:02
Hail to the Chief to be played when Bush takes the stand for the last time. Again, to be played for Obama.
Bush is making his way through the corridor... 11:33am
Wow..didn't know this..the Bible used for the swearing in hasn't been used since Lincoln used it last.
Obama didn't flubb the oath. Chief Justice Roberts goofed it.
For those are trying to figure out where Obama is...his motorcade is just now pulling up to the White House. Coffee is planned with the Bush's, Cheney's and Obama's.
Hold tight...I'll let you all know when he leaves. Cheney is in a wheel chair. He's pulled a muscle. hmmm.
Michelle just gave Laura a package..someone just said.."i bet it's not tupperware".
.... Muhammad Ali is there getting his seat. 10:08am
.... Magic Johnson is there.
.... Steven Spielberg (vip???)
.... Dustin Hoffman (vip????)
.... Captain "Sully" Sullenberger
.... John Cusack
Not sure if I agree with thing's being Hollywood'd up.
Schedule - Per whatever I'm watching.
10:55 - Reaches Capitol
11:25 - Introduced at Capitol
11:45 - VP takes oath
11:56 - Obama takes oath
12:01 - Address
And apparently...if I heard correctly, it takes a lot of "intestinal will" to be at the inauguration.
Coffee is over..everyone is heading out. 10:45am
Motorcade is in route. 10:50am
Motorcade has arrived. Everyone getting out. 11:02
Hail to the Chief to be played when Bush takes the stand for the last time. Again, to be played for Obama.
Bush is making his way through the corridor... 11:33am
Wow..didn't know this..the Bible used for the swearing in hasn't been used since Lincoln used it last.
Obama didn't flubb the oath. Chief Justice Roberts goofed it.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
SQL Convert to a VM
Just wanted to join the list of growing users who are using SQL 2005 as a virtual machine. It was actually an easy conversion. Unfortunately, we had to run the p2v tool, due to some 3rd party db apps that were installed on the server. The db's were already on the SAN and with a small OS footprint, I was able to clean the server up as much as possible before running the p2v tool. Not ideal, but I was happy with it.
Originally a Windows 2000 server running SQL 2000 Standard, our upgrade consisted of an OS and SQL upgrade. Storage is Dell/Equallogic iSCSI - see previous posts. So a quick recap -
Stopped all SQL jobs, activity, services.
Backup server..SAN snap of db's.
Run physical to virtual tool on SQL server.
Shutdown 'old' physical machine.
Power on vm, verify all vm settings.
Snapshot of VM.
Upgrade OS from 2000 to 2003.
Snapshot of VM
Upgrade SQL 2000 to 2005, install SQL SP3
SAN snap of db's.
Snap of VM.
Upgrade databases from 80 Compatibility mode to 90 Compatibility mode.
Verify and test.
Our db environment for this server is about 80-100gb of data, nothing outrageous. The new vm is running great. We'll see how this week goes. Thanks VMWare and Dell/EqualLogic. I'm now one less old physical machine, with new redundancy and better performance. Exchange should be fun.
Originally a Windows 2000 server running SQL 2000 Standard, our upgrade consisted of an OS and SQL upgrade. Storage is Dell/Equallogic iSCSI - see previous posts. So a quick recap -
Stopped all SQL jobs, activity, services.
Backup server..SAN snap of db's.
Run physical to virtual tool on SQL server.
Shutdown 'old' physical machine.
Power on vm, verify all vm settings.
Snapshot of VM.
Upgrade OS from 2000 to 2003.
Snapshot of VM
Upgrade SQL 2000 to 2005, install SQL SP3
SAN snap of db's.
Snap of VM.
Upgrade databases from 80 Compatibility mode to 90 Compatibility mode.
Verify and test.
Our db environment for this server is about 80-100gb of data, nothing outrageous. The new vm is running great. We'll see how this week goes. Thanks VMWare and Dell/EqualLogic. I'm now one less old physical machine, with new redundancy and better performance. Exchange should be fun.
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