I had to test out a desktop virtualization product (Pano Logic) this week and as part of the installation I needed a VMware ESX base system. I’m a huge user of their Workstation product, but I had never used the ESX line since it used to be so expensive and required certified hardware. Things have changed though [...]
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Just ordered a new kindle
I just placed a pre-order for Amazon’s newest Kindle the other day. This one is to replace Jaimie’s Kindle since she was still using the very first generation model and there are quite a few updates in this newest version. Supposedly much better battery life, better contrast, and faster page turns, all great things for [...]
Caitlin’s clothes
So, I was doing the laundry today and realized that at 18 months Caitlin has hit a critical milestone. She now has more clothes than her dad, BY VOLUME, and I’ve got some pretty big clothes. I suppose I should just accept this and realize that as she moves on towards high school and college [...]
Playing around with the layout
I’ve updated the theme to try out a new look for the blog. I had originally placed a few types of ads on these pages, just so that I could try them out somewhere other than at the day job. But now that I’ve got ReadPath cranking there really isn’t any need to experiment here [...]
Favorite ad of the moment
This one has been all over the Olympics and for some reason I have to stop and watch it each time. It just makes me crack up each time. Something about it is just genius. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE
My Tivo is dying
My poor little DirecTv HR10-250 is dying. It’s been making some weird noises for awhile now, which is never a good sign for hard drive health. Today though, it’s already frozen twice. The only fix has been to pull the plug and force a reboot. We’ve had this box for over 5 years now and [...]
Lunch time with Caitlin
First a little cinnamon toast. Next, it’s milk time.
First attempt at spaghetti
Here’s a pic of my first attempt at making spaghetti sauce from scatch. In order to make it with low salt for Caitlin, I had to do it myself. I’m attempting to post from the iPhone while I watch caitlin, we’ll see how it turns out.
Switched phones
Just called AT&T to switch my iPhone for my blackberry as my primary phone. It was an easy process where I switched the sim cards and the rep switched the data plans. Now if you call my cell number it’ll go to the iPhone. Overall a painless experience.
Energy Independence
I’m really happy to see all the work that has gone into getting conservation into people’s minds when they go through their day. Everyone is now talking about electric cars and plugin hybrids. In the long run though, I’m not nearly as interested in energy conservation as I am in new renewable energy sources. I [...]
Filoli in the game
Was just watching the movie “the game” with Michael Douglas on TiVo. AMC played it a couple days ago. What I found interesting is that douglas’s character, who is supposed to be a wealthy businessman from San francisco is living in the filoli house which is a historic house/park. We’ve often taken family there when [...]
We’ve had an exciting month
On Nov 11th at 4:58pm, my daughter Caitlin Joy McCormick was born. She arrived a bit earlier than we had planned, but healthy and happy, which is what really matters.
First Rain
We had our first rain of the season last night. It’s always soothing and everything just seems cleaner the next day.
If it’s not a single on iTunes or Amazon then it doesn’t exist
There’s an article on Techdirt discussing the motivation of some musicians for not putting their albums up on iTunes. My personal experience is that if it’s not on Amazon or iTunes then it simply doesn’t exist. My family’s entire music infrastructure has been based on the ipod and apple tv. If I can’t purchase singles [...]
Great new author
Stumbled across a new author, John Scalzi, when perusing recommendations on my Kindle. I made the mistake of reading his second book first, but it didn’t ruin anything to read it that way. Since I started reading his books I haven’t been able to stop. I’ve raced through 5 books and am just about to [...]