Happy Thanksgiving!

What great combination… Thanksgiving and Packers football!  We’re getting ready to watch the Packers take care of the Lions, and after the game is over, time to chow down.  Turkey, ham, dressing, potatoes, and more.  Overdoing it a bit for just three people, but isn’t that what Thanksgiving is all about? Well, that and giving …

Viridian gets a name

Ben Armstrong, a program manager for virtualization, mentions on his blog that Microsoft announced the official product name of their virtualization technology at TechEd in Barcelona.  Shipping within 6 months of the release of Windows Server 2008 and formerly code-named Viridian, the product will have an official name of… Hyper-V. Huh? Microsoft often comes up with some really poor …

Off to Minnesota

Heading to Minneapolis tomorrow for an overnight.  Time for the Xiotech Regional Magnitude User Group (MUG) meeting.  This will be the first one I’ve been to at Xiotech’s headquarters in Eden Prairie.  Going to be about 20 degrees colder than here in St. Louis.  You betcha!

Yapta to the rescue

Recently I signed up on a new web site called Yapta.  Yapta tracks airline ticket prices both before and after purchase.  If you thinking about going somewhere you can enter your trip information, and the site will keep track of the current price and alert you when the price drops.  If you have booked a …

Playing with Google Adsense

Thought I’d add some Google AdSense ads to my page just to play around with it.  I don’t plan to leave them up long term, but I was curious what kind of ads my posts will bring up.