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Feedback on VMware Snapshots » Yellow Bricks If you're a VMware user I'd suggest filling out this survey about snapshots. The snapshot capabilities in vSphere are very limited, and having things like automatic expiration, quota management, etc. would be awesome. Dell reverses position on 3rd party drives | Standalone Sysadmin This is big news, though them not selling drive carriers will suck a bit. However, if you want to run SSDs in a machine and don't want to pay $1500 for a 50 GB SSD you can, once again… That's really why I'm looking forward to it. There doesn't seem to be a good third-party drive carrier option, perhaps the trick is just to order extra drives, take them out …

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Ivy Leaguers asked to lay off the iPad "According to the OIT, the issue is as follows: 'Network monitoring has shown that many iPad devices are causing a problem on the campus network. These devices are continuing to use an IP address they have been leased well beyond the time they should.'" It's standard behavior to blame everything else, and especially the new thing that just got released, and especially Apple devices, but I bet this will simply turn out to be some misconfiguration on the part of the IT folks.

HBO's 'Treme' creator David Simon explains it all for you | Treme – The HBO Series | News, Blogs and Reviews – NOLA.com A) I like that David Simon explains that not everything is going to be historically accurate, as they need to tell a good story, too. B) Hubig's Pies are my new favorite unhealthy breakfast while I'm in NOLA for Mardi Gras. Discovered them this year. C) I will not patronize HBO since they cancelled Deadwood, but I might have to find a way to check this show out.

The Flash Blog » Apple Slaps Developers In The Face This guy makes me like Adobe about 95% less. Perhaps a less standoffish approach would work better, like "we'd love to work with Apple to figure this out." Not "screw you, Apple." Tagxedo – Tag Cloud with Styles This is freaking cool — tag clouds are nice but until now it's been tough to build them.

Apple's iPad easier on airport screener's eyes – Yahoo! Finance This, alone, may be a big reason to get an iPad. Photo: More on selling your by-products: The Dum – (37signals) I always wondered how the Dum Dum mystery flavor came about. Philip Greenspun's Weblog » Thank you for being a Verizon customer I see Verizon is just as bad about being a telco as AT&T. Nevertheless, the one difference I'm looking forward to is actually being able to use my cell phone… AT&T may have the fastest 3G network, but you're only on it in northern Louisiana…. More “hotel door hacking” and lockcon « Blackbag, Barry’s weblog Bruce Schneier had this on his blog, it's a great demo of …

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KFC's Bacon Sandwich On Fried Chicken "Bread" Starts Killing People Nationwide April 12 – The Consumerist Mmmmmmm.

Sorry, Just Because You Tried Hard Doesn't Mean You Deserve A Prize "It doesn’t matter if you tried really hard. You didn’t win, you lost." I like this article, and agree that the idea that everybody is a winner is detrimental to society. You're a winner if you win.

The commuting paradox – (37signals) Interesting post with links to more interesting stuff about commuting. I've always seen a commute as wasted time, which is why I live 20 minutes from work by bike, and when I drive I go in at weird times to avoid traffic.

vSphere: Hot Add or Remove a VMDK with a Linux VM « ICT-Freak.nl Good post on using hot-add & remove of disks on Linux under VMware. Sun's IBM-mainframe flower wilts under Oracle's hard gaze • The Register This isn't surprising. You don't pay God-awful amounts of money to IBM for a zSeries mainframe to run Solaris or Linux on it. You run z/OS, and you like it. Besides, if you have a budget to support a zSeries and you wanted a Solaris or Linux box you'd just buy one.

Judge Nullifies Gene Patents | Threat Level | Wired.com "The patents gave Myriad Genetics a virtual monopoly on such predictive testing for breast and ovarian cancer. Women who fear they may be at an increased risk are barred from having anyone look at their BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes or interpret them except for the patent holder, which charges about $3,000 for a test." This is good news, especially since the patent system is so thoroughly broken. Art of the Steal: On the Trail of World’s Most Ingenious Thief | Magazine Holy crap, what a story. Good use of 15 minutes of your time.