ESXi again?

I had posted previously that I had some issues getting ESXi to install on a Compaq DL360.  Well, I have a slightly newer Intel white box server and it's installed just fine with that, recognizing some of the older SCSI cards as well.  So, I'll be…

Where's John Galt when you need him?

I stumbled across this poll linked on Instapundit.  The ABC poll makes a reference to people earning over 250k who lower their earnings to avoid additional taxes as being tax "dodgers".  I'm about 200 pages from finishing Atlas Shrugged and it's things like this…

I can relate...

Just got the urge to pull up Wil Wheaton's blog after a good year or two of not reading it...sorry dude. I found this tale of woe about our inability to turn off the geekspeak sometimes and it had me in stitches.  I can totally relate. Yes,…

Cisco FXO with Asterisk still getting a lot of play

I keep an eye on my logs and for as long as I can remember this post has been the most popular:  http://www.thecruftofmybrain.com/2006/03/14/cisco-router-with-fxo-as-an-asterisk-gateway/ It's funny that almost 3 years later very little has changed.  I'm running Trixbox CE now…

Arc express attendant console

It's been a while since I looked at what was formerly known as the Cisco Attendant Console.  Color me unimpressed. I found the new version's install process to be tedious mainly because it's java based. Key buttons would disappear repeatedly during the install and…

New theme...and one I might stick with

Wow!  I just installed this new theme called Atahualpa and it is amazing!!!  The length the author went to to make it easy to modify every aspect is simple astounding!  This thing is incredibly customizable.  I have a lot of tweaking to do on it, including doing something about the…

2 weeks down

Well, I've been in semi-independent now for a little over 2 weeks.  I've been incredibly busy, which is a good thing, but work will be slowing a bit starting next week.  Now's the time where I start to worry about paying the bills I…

HP TC1100 and Windows 7

I now have Win7 installed on my TC1100with only 768mb of ram.  It's much much better than Vista, which was a dog.  The handwriting recognition also seems somewhat better.  Maybe Win7 really is cool after all! I followed this post for guidance and the links to the specific…