The first order of business was upgrading Wordpress to version 2.3 which took forever due to cryptic error messages like: “cheatin huh?”, something along the lines of “Firefox has determined that this page will never load due to infinite redirection”, and a couple other hurdles.  It turns out some of that was due to my original theme, which is why I’m back to the classic Wordpress theme and makes my second order of business creating/hacking a new theme.  Please hang in there as the new content is coming soon, I promise! 

To change the block size of a vmfs filesystem, you need to use vmkfstools to reformat the partition.  The command is:vmkfstools --createfs vmfs3 --blocksize 8M vmhba0:0:0:3 It is important to note that like any other formatting procedure, this will destroy any data on the partition, so make sure you move your data before you do this.  The “vmhba0:0:0:3″ is where you specify which partition to reformat.  According to the VMWare server configuration guide, the format is:

vmhbaA:T:L:P format, where A, T, L, and P are integers representing adapter, target, LUN, and partition number respectively. The partition digit must be greater than zero and should correspond to a valid VMFS partition of type fb

For example, vmhba0:2:3:1 refers to the first partition on LUN 3, target 2, HBA 0.

If you’re reformatting a current vmfs filesystem just to increase the blocksize, you can get that information from the storage section in the configuration tab of the Virtual Infrastructure Client.

I happened to stumble onto an interview on YouTube a few weeks ago from MSNBC where Tucker Carlson confronts McCarthy about the ban, and barrel shrouds in particular.  After McCarthy tries to side step the question 3 times, she finally admits she has no idea what a barrel shroud is, but that banning them would make the US a safer place.  How people who don’t have a clue get into positions this powerful is beyond me.  Click here for the full text of HR1022.

The first thing that came to  mind after reading this wasn’t, ”Thank goodness nobody got hurt” instead it was, ”Who counterfeits toothpaste?!”.  Honestly, what kind of racket is this?  What can you make per tube of fake toothpaste?  30, maybe 40 cents?  And how do you get paid for it once it’s in the supply stream?  None of this makes sense!  This may just go down in history as the worst money making scheme ever.   

If you find a tube of Colgate that has a bunch of spelling mistakes and was made in South Africa the next time you brush your teeth, put it down and go buy yourself some genuine Crest.