The Geek and I

I have been cheating on you

mike — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:12:16 +0000

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 [...]

Yahoo adds publishing to WordPress Blogs

mike — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:43:04 +0000

In the newest edition of the ever present Yahoo! Mail Beta game, applications are now available to allow many different things. One of them…blogging to your WordPress blog! Now this is a little overboard, but I figure I’d post via their new application into my personal blog. Ignore, or not. Soon you’ll be able to blog from anywhere, via [...]

The Omni Group releases much of their software for free

mike — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:59:10 +0000

This is a HUGE surprise to learn that The Omni Group has released OmniWeb, OmniDazzle, OmniDiskSweeper, and OmniObjectMeter for free for all to download. Announcement was here and I am very excited. Why? I find that OmniWeb is an excellent browser for testing many things, and because of the ability to set hard defines on window size [...]

Applebee’s Family Restuarant is not

mike — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:06:19 +0000

Horrible! Maple Grove, MN Sat for almost 15 min without anyone coming by to see us. No biggy, let’s engage manager! Went to bar and asked lady behind the counter to find me a manager. She went to far side of bar and called someone. 2 minutes later…nada. So…went to table and told family (including 3 [...]

VMware Fusion vs Parallels: Windows Server 2008 Install

mike — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:06:43 +0000

Oh my, no contest. Fusion installed approximately 50% faster than Parallels. In fact, I think Win2K8 installs faster virtually (ESX, ESXi, Fusion, and Parallels) faster than on native hardware via standard DVDROM. Not much more to say, was just an unexpected outcome/observation.

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

mike — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:54:49 +0000

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 [...]

VMware ESXi is cool

mike — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:40:26 +0000

Oh man if you have wanted to try virtualization with almost all the bells and whistles, then this is the hypervisor for you. While full hardware support is limited, the features to performance to price cannot be beat. Two thumbs up! Thank you VMware!

iPhone blogging

mike — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:23:08 +0000

Wow! What a way to really waste time than to blog from your iPhone whenever the feeling arises. And pictures! No way! Now will it work…and if so, will I spew more random gibberish no one wants to read except my good friends who feel sorry for me? Let’s hope not! Those poor readers. This is [...]

Google thinks my blog is possessed?

mike — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:27:32 +0000

Very odd, got a report that my site has a problem according to their safe-site analysis. Now, that’s all great and dandy, but the data returned from the link above (Tuedsay, June 24th, 2008 at 18:20 CST) doesn’t give any reason except: Of the 9 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 3 [...]

My friend is less lame than I about blogging

mike — Sat, 31 May 2008 01:29:33 +0000

Over at the Notag site, you’ll find Linghu/компютри втора употребаGileon expounding on the wonders that are WoW. You see, we play together many nights after 11:15PM Central, either me on my huntard or my paladin, and normally he is on his huntard. We have done a lot of things over the last few months together that we did [...]

Why have a blog if you do not use it?

mike — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:49:35 +0000

A great question, one of which I can not answer. I have this blog because I wanted some place to spew <whatever> <whenever> I wanted, the issue is…I have had not a lot to say. In fact, most of what I use the web for nowadays is to read up on things that are of interest to [...]

Epic mounts are faster!

mike — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:21:50 +0000

Yes, it is true, epic mounts in World of Warcraft are faster than the original mount you are eligible for at level 40. I did not think that the extra 40% increase would really make a difference in how things feel as you are in the world of walkcraft. Well, it is noticeable. Quite a bit [...]

WoW patch 2.1

mike — Wed, 23 May 2007 00:16:06 +0000

Well, what a fun patch they released. As a hunter, I have/had a few changes I need to incorporate into my normal routines, like with flares (used to detect stealthed mobs or PVP) - 20 second duration, 20 second cool down, which means no longer can I have 2 flares running at once. Kind of [...]

Long time no blog!

mike — Mon, 21 May 2007 19:58:23 +0000

I have been out of it, between getting work done for the $ayjob, my Octanews stuff, and the newest edition of addiction via World of Warcraft, I just haven’t been around (or taken the time) to do anything with my blog. I will do what I can to actually get back to work on putting up [...]

Postfix and antispam

mike — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 01:12:36 +0000

Wow, there are a lot of bad documentation links out there on the interTRON. For the $ayjob, I have been battling spam for quite some time and continue to look for new ways to put a stop to this abuse. The hard part? One persons spam is another persons legit email, it is so completely difficult [...]

VMware - Virtualization For Most

mike — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 22:39:37 +0000

What does that mean? VMware has multiple server products for different levels of virtualization needs. For Free, you can download VMware Server which will create a virtualization environment running under either Linux distributions, or running under Microsoft Windows systems. While VMware Server (the free edition) will work for many users, where the wheel hits the road is with [...]

UseNet News!

mike — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 21:09:41 +0000

I almost forgot…I am in the business of providing UseNet News and recently found that someone who has a search engine for propagation had linked back - teach me to be too busy! That site is alive and kicking, once you are on the frontpage - look towards the bottom right and click UseNet Propagation Search.

Stargate SG:1 cancelled!

mike — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:24:40 +0000

No way, I thought, but then I read the announcement on the SciFi.com website. 10 years and SciFi channel drops the series after 5. What’s next? Another stupid series like Tremors? GAH! SciFriday could start to suck if we geeks can not get our 3 hours (well, 2 hours, 6 minutes if you DVR/TiVo it) of [...]

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Added a book library

mike — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:17:13 +0000

I have added a library of books I have read, reading, or plan to read. This can be access directly by choosing the Books link at the top of the page.

I am testing Flock and MarsEdit

mike — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 19:42:08 +0000

Flock is a new web broswer with built in <things>, like blogging capabilities, RSS reader. and other things. So far, it is no where near as fast as Safari as a web browser, and on par with Firefox. Having the ability to write a quick entry into a blog, such as this one, though seems like a [...]

Colo vs Managed servers

mike — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 16:55:35 +0000

John McKown brings up some good points (see link) with regard to colocation vs managed servers, most of which I agree with. I would add that while colocation might be the wrong thing for many customers, it is the right thing for customers who have a managed growth path they are taking. Some companies do [...]

Greylisting and SPAM avoidance

mike — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 01:34:50 +0000

Greylisting (check greylisting.org) is one of many anti-spam techniques in use all over the Internet today. The basic premise is that when a new connection comes in and offers email from to , you check your database to see if you have already seen this information (a triplet of information - IP address in /24 [...]

Virtualization and Mac OS X (part 2)

mike — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 17:15:41 +0000

Well, Parallels has released their virtulization software, Parallels Desktop for Mac after a lenghtly public beta. (June 15th, 2006 announcement) I was one of many who did the early purchase option for this software and the current featureset is wonderful. For that wish to test Microsoft’s Vista public betas - well, you need to wait a [...]

We Hate Tech is back

mike — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 16:22:25 +0000

Do you like podcasts? I don’t really. Do you like technology? I don’t always. WHT was kind of funny and was nice to have on in the background while working on different things… Now, after a few months of quietness from Glen and Josh, they are back in action. You can subscribe to their podcast via iTunes. Episode 36 [...]

Exchange - why all the fuss?

mike — Tue, 16 May 2006 22:08:37 +0000

I have been playing ‘exchange guy’ for a couple of months now and I think I now understand why corporate is in love with Exchange. I am still learning the ins and outs of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and I have a long way to go. But the ability to share calendars, with full permissions to [...]

VPNs - why so difficult?

mike — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 16:56:16 +0000

After years of having technology allowing encryption and authentication to remote networks, why is it still so damn complicated? I am the first to admit that I am not all-knowing about firewalls, encryption, and the like, but I use these devices (and software) regularlly, and as an end user, it is just too damn complicated! I have [...]

Apple Matters website

mike — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:43:56 +0000

While I have been reading the Apple Matters website recently, I may been a little overly negative towards them. I thank Mr. Siebold for coming on by and leaving a comment that was no where near as antagonistic as I was in my posting. I will endeavor to be a little more even keeled in [...]

Virtualization and Mac OS X

mike — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:32:38 +0000

Again, the people at Apple Matters do get it wrong…again. Once the furor had subsided, people started thinking about virtualization. Well, again, a day late, and a dollar short. Why do the people at Apple Matters make such broad stroke comments? It is as if they want their intended audience to be stupid or at least ignorant. [...]

People fear Windows on Mac

mike — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 17:25:06 +0000

Why is this? It seems kind of asinine to me. Each of us has our opinions, which is a good thing, because I sure as hell do not agree with Hadley Stern of Apple Matters and the statement of Take the No Windows-Booting Pledge. The reason I don’t get it is that each of these operating [...]

Apple MacBook Pro and CounterStrike: Source

mike — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 04:46:06 +0000

I have a MBP 2.16Ghz and I was able to install Windows XP SP2 today (thanks to Boot Camp from Apple). Why does this matter? Because I was able to install both Windows XP SP2 and CounterStrike: Source, and play. No kidding! Running at the default highest resolution (1440×900), I was able to achieve 60.9FPS [...]