I just read this post over at SearchServerVirtualization.com[0]. All I have to say is that I will rejoice when version numbering is the biggest issue facing us in the virtualization community. I was going to say more[1] but isn’t there some rule that if you can’t say something nice don’t say anything at all? ———— [0] I didn’t want to link to it, but I couldn’t see a way around it. [1] Those that know me should feel free to speculate. 🙂
Most of you have probably seen the controversy over Apple automatically pushing Safari 3.1 to unsuspecting Apple Software Update users. You have to opt out of it, which is a real shady way to get something on people’s computers. Next thing we know Apple will be claiming a huge boost in market share. I don’t want Safari on my desktop, because it just isn’t as nice as Firefox. I resent having to actively defend myself from Apple’s software, which I intentionally didn’t install. Microsoft has added Silverlight to Windows Update, but in contrast, it’s an optional update. Microsoft 1, Apple 0. Apple, it’s called “opt-in.” Check it out sometime.
I just read “Engage Your Readers With Typos and Misquotes” over at Copyblogger. Given that the post is the single worst post I’ve ever seen on Copyblogger I was going to refuse to be engaged, but then I thought that I don’t want people to be encouraged to be idiots. Hence this post, combating stupid advice. 1. Typos are errors. Errors are things you didn’t want to happen. I argue that if you intend to misspell something it cannot be a typo, for it is not an error. 2. Misspellings make you look stupid. Taking a few seconds to check your work with a spell checker helps you avoid looking stupid. 3. The attention you will get from misspellings and …
Scott Lowe’s post about the Storage VMotion GUI beat mine by a couple of hours. I don’t even have to post, because he said exactly what I was going to say. Including his comment at the end. What bothers me most about Virtual Infrastructure 3.5 is that overall it is a step backwards. Sure, there are new features, but each new feature has some Achilles heel that makes it hard to use. The RCLI is a major problem, and any feature that relies on it suffers. ESX 3i? Not with the RCLI, and not until it is feature-identical to normal ESX 3.5. Storage VMotion? Neat, but there are two people in my organization that can do a storage migration now, …
This just in: United Airlines is charging for the second checked bag. You know why that sucks? It guarantees a rise in the amount of crap people carry on. Which in turn guarantees a rise in boarding times. Which also guarantees that I will continue to be shut out of my allotted foot of space overhead by jerkfaces with their three foot long wheeled monstrosities. Then I have to keep my backpack under my feet for the whole flight. I’m more than six feet tall and I don’t like that. Why do they get to use three feet of space and I can’t even get the 10 inches my backpack needs? You know what I’d rather see them do? Figure …
“Hey there,” I say, as I’m walking over. We were both outside shoveling. “Hi.” He looks away, avoiding eye contact at all times. “Are you the guy that’s been snowblowing my sidewalk?” “Um… uhhh… no, that’s the people one door over.” He points, since I obviously can’t figure out where the next house is. Insert that noise Carlos Mencia makes, duh-duh-duuuh. “Louis and Karen, yeah. They said it was you.” “You know them? When did you talk to them?” What? I’ve lived here for four years, I met a couple of people. “Sometime in the past.” I should have said “tomorrow” and stood back so pieces of brain wouldn’t hit me when his head exploded. “Nope, it’s them. Why?” “I …
I met a fellow yesterday that looked completely out of place in the 10° F weather. Turns out he was from Los Angeles and was absolutely new to the whole snow & cold thing. Having just arrived he didn’t have a proper winter coat. He noted that there isn’t really any advice for what to get for winter clothing unless you are an athlete or planning on spending a lot of time outside. “Sounds like a blog post to me,” I commented. Here’s are my suggestions if you’re new to the upper Midwest winters and don’t want to freeze upon your arrival here. This is also very guy-centric, given my point of view. A good winter coat which goes down …
“Dude, that’s lame that it costs $20 to get the new iPod Touch apps.” “Yeah, totally. They’re just copying apps from the iPhone, like that costs $20 each.” “You know,” I chime in. “I don’t like subsidizing your iPod with my iPhone.” “Huh?” “I pay a bunch of money a month for my iPhone, some of which gets back to Apple and pays for improvements. You pay nothing except the purchase price for your iPod Touch. Is it fair to me if you get copies of software I paid to develop?” “Your iPhone only exists because of all the iPods sold before it.” “Yeah, but most new iPod features were released along with new hardware. You couldn’t play videos on …
I’ve been having all manner of problems with Microsoft Vista on my desktop PC. Many of you who read my blog regularly know this, as I’ve been very critical of Microsoft Vista, often because of these problems. I couldn’t play any QuickTime videos from my system drive, video quality was poor, and a lot of things were slow. Of all things, it was QuickTime and iTunes causing me the most problems. I never realized how much I relied on multimedia until I couldn’t use it, especially now with my iPhone. I even have an external hard disk just so I can play videos. I was talking to some guys today about Vista and all the problems I’ve had. In conversation …
I’ve been reading the discussion surrounding Google’s move to make everything you’ve shared in Google Reader shared to your Google Talk contact list. A couple of observations: A) There wasn’t any notice in the application. I didn’t know this happened until I saw it linked from Daring Fireball. After the fact I went to the home page for Reader and noted a post about “Reader and Talk are Friends!” That isn’t notification, in my book, especially since people like myself who go straight to our new items won’t see it. B) They should have added features to enable the sharing, if people want it, and not just change the product to do something different. Sure, there wasn’t anything that said …
