The Lone Sysadmin

• 112 Eatery
  Just made an awesome sandwich: breakfast sausage patty fried until it's golden brown, slice of cheese, and a little bit of Sriracha sauce on a whole wheat English muffin. Hat tip to 112 Eatery in Minneapolis, though — they have a bacon, egg, and harissa sandwich that's awesome, and if I had bacon or [good] eggs on hand I might have tried for that. The spicy thing is the knockout punch, though. If you're in Minneapolis I recommend that place. Was there with a bunch of friends the first time and we ordered just about one of everything and split them all. MMMM.

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• John's Deal of the Day: Deal of the Day – 2/13/10
  "EA is giving away Command & Conquer games to celebrate the release of Command & Conquer 4. You can download any or all of these three games…" I played C&C a long time ago, downloading them right now to relive my youth! :-)

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• Prius owners blame wild rides on cruise control – CNN.com
  I think CNN interviewed a bunch of people who have no idea how their car works. For instance: "The car came to a stop on the shoulder of the road. An overwhelming battery smell wafted through the inside of the car, he said." That'd be a brake smell… Or: "When the car stopped, the two front brakes 'had a red glow to them,' he said." Yeah, stop rapidly any time and your brakes may glow. Friction causes heat. Or: "He frantically pushed the power button. It didn't respond." If you'd read your manual you'd find out that you need to push and HOLD it for three seconds, and that's intentional so that you don't bump it during normal operations. READ YOUR MANUAL (which, to CNN's credit, is what the end of the article suggests, especially given the changes to the way the cruise control works on the 2010 models).

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• Project SIKULI
  "Sikuli is a visual technology to search and automate graphical user interfaces (GUI) using images (screenshots)." Interesting stuff, basically reimplementing Expect for GUIs.

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• RainyMood.com
  A 15 minute audio loop of rain. Neat.

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• HURT FEELINGS REPORT
  "To assist whiners in documenting hurt feelings, and to provide leaders with a list of soldiers who require additional counseling,
  NCO leadership, and extra duty.."

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• The 4 Big Myths of Profile Pictures « OkTrends
  Very interesting analysis of what works and what doesn't with profile photos. Personally, I always hate finding a profile photos, but now I know I need a photo showing my abs and my face while I'm holding a cute animal and playing the guitar while hanging around with friends indoors.
• Number Resource Organization – Less than 10% of IPv4 Addresses Remain Unallocated, says Number Resource Organization
  Those organizations that have responded to the IPv6 call with "uh, whatever" are going to have a rude awakening pretty soon. If you aren't thinking about IPv6 right now you're going to have serious problems in 5 years.
• typewar
  A game to identify fonts… I love typography dorks.

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• Schneier on Security: $3.2 Million Jewelry Store Theft
  This reminds me of the break-in at the CIHost colo facility in Chicago, where they had fancy security systems but the attackers just cut through the drywall from the hallway and stole a ton of stuff.
• Inside Enterprise IT – Inside Enterprise IT – DELL COMMUNITY
  "The introduction of solid state hard drives in 2009 was widely welcomed by the OEM community, but adoption of SSDs did not take off due to price and the immaturity of the technology." Yeah, Dell, a 50 GB SSD ordered with a server is $1200, it isn't surprising people aren't buying them. For that price I can buy a bunch of Intel SSDs & spares, and retrofit the machine afterwards.
• Make a DIY No-Kill Mousetrap with a Toilet Paper Roll – Household – Lifehacker
  "You can't argue with success." I think this mousetrap suggestion says a lot about our society, where it doesn't solve the problem, it just moves it to someone else's house a mile away to spread disease there. Maybe the government will take care of it for you, you spineless clowns! Seriously, just kill them with an old-fashioned trap and some peanut butter, and be done with it. Even if you buy a new trap for each mouse you'll spend less than the gas to move the mouse.
• Windows Virtualization Team Blog : Guest post: "Setting the Record Straight – 9 Reasons Why Hyper-V is a Great Choice for Enterprises"
  "Reality: The Microsoft solution does not allow for over subscription of critical resources, but you shouldn’t do it anyway." Microsoft might as well be Apple with the "you don't need it so we don't let you do it" attitude. Sorry guys, only I get to say what I need or not. I think it's nice that I get a choice with VMware products. I don't think that oversubscription is the greatest idea, but sometimes it's the way to go.
• And this is why negative selling is ALWAYS bad (except as a joke, when its a riot) – Virtual Geek
  I like that top-level people are thinking this, but it needs to get passed along to the EMC sales guys. The amount of facts-optional FUD they spew during sales pitches or in response to RFPs is amazing. For me, sales guys saying anything negative about another vendor is basically a sale for the other vendor, especially when EMC is doing the selling. It is actually possible to compare yourself to another vendor without being negative about it, if you're asked by the customer for a comparison (emphasis on "if you're asked by the customer").

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