http://www.motogobi.com the mobile gobi Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:51:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, on the heels of my post pointing out some tips on ways to increase the chances of successful physical-to-virtual conversions using VMWare's Converter, you've decided to take the plunge and get rid of all those PowerEdge 2600's you've got lying around. Good for you! You've successfully finished a clone of ... http://www.motogobi.com/2009/06/11/vmware-converter-failure-the-stop-0x0000007b-bsod/ One of the tasks I've been working on for the past two months has been the conversion of a large number of physical servers to virtual machines using VMWare's Converter 4.0. Once again, VMWare offers up a free product to get you sucked into it's technology. I've used other P2V ... http://www.motogobi.com/2009/06/11/physical-to-virtual-conversions-using-vmware-converter-40/ Yeah, got off my butt and posted these up on my Picasa Web account for all to see... http://www.motogobi.com/2009/06/04/new-york-city-2009-pictures/ Ever look at some of the reviews of iPhone apps? Ever actually read the idiocy that people think is okay to put up there? Get a new system of ratings, or at least moderate the most stupid ones, Apple. http://www.motogobi.com/2009/05/26/iphone-application-ratings-are-useless/ I've found that two things get in the way of updating this site: skiing and starting a new job. I mean, being married and having a very active dog and wife and it being prime motorbike weather doesn't usually put as much of a crimp on at least posting some ... http://www.motogobi.com/2009/05/17/obligatory-lack-of-updates-update/ ...just drop me a line. Apparently I had something to do with it. ;) http://www.motogobi.com/2009/04/01/if-youre-experiencing-any-network-problems-today/ To quote Gizmodo today: Sure, you can get a fuel-efficient hybrid car, but it'll cost tens of thousands of dollars. That's too much for the Top Gear crew, who've set out to build a 70MPG car for only $7,000. They're doing this by buying a 28-year-old Volkswagen Rabbit, driving it up to ... http://www.motogobi.com/2009/02/20/a-whole-heaping-helping-of-awesomeness-with-this-top-gear-episode/ Yeah, there were a whole ton of people all pissed off about the latest Facebook terms of service (ToS). As Consumerist says: Make sure you never upload anything you don't feel comfortable giving away forever, because it's Facebook's now. Queue the millions making FB groups denouncing Mark Zuckerberg, and so on. It ... http://www.motogobi.com/2009/02/18/interesting-about-facebook-on-facebook/ Click for larger image 'cause I'm dead-set on an iPhone, and I'm dead-set against T-Mobile. But how cool of a feature is My Tracks? Many GPS receivers require you to plug a separate device into a computer, install software, transfer, convert and upload your track to the web. With My Tracks, this ... http://www.motogobi.com/2009/02/12/someone-please-tell-me-theres-something-like-this-for-the-iphone/ I have no idea how I missed this - I guess I keep my desktop too cluttered up with stuff to notice? I've been running Windows 7 since it was released as Beta and love it. Enough so that the next laptop most likely will be a PC? (gasp!) Anyhoo, ... http://www.motogobi.com/2009/02/05/allowing-windows-7-desktop-gadgets-to-run-with-uac-off/