Finicky Server 2008 and ESXi

I've been trying to install either Server 2008 x64 or ESXi on my ECS motherboard.  It has a GeForce chipset, 4gb ram, Pentium e2180 and a SATA drive attached to the onboard controller.  ESXi doesn't like the controller but that seems to be a…

Noisy GSM follow up

I think I might have read this somewhere but I'm not sure now.  Anti-static bag over the iphone works wonders!  And it still receives calls so it's not like it's a faraday cage!  It's goofy looking and it'…

GSM sure is noisy

Prior to getting the iPhone a little more than a year ago I had been a long time Verizon customer.  I still miss their excellent East Coast network.  The switch from CDMA to GSM brought an unwelcome addition.  Noise.  Noise in all kinds of speakers.Â…

When ESXi says it requires 1gb of ram...

...it really means it!  I tried to install on a machine with 1gb of ram over the weekend.  No, I'm not planning on leaving it that way.  I just want to start with some prep and I'll be buying ram later. Turns out,…

Time to study

I need to start studying for and pass CVOICE in the next month or so in order to maintain one of my various Cisco Partner certs.  Hey didn't you know, I'm a Cisco Rich Media Communications Specialist!  In order to keep it I need…

CME Version info

Seems like a silly thing but I've never been sure how to check the exact version of CME running.  "show telephony" will do it.  I'm either overlooking something in the GUI or it's not there.  On a particular router…

Red v. Blue

Followed a link on Instapundit this morning to Lilac Rose who talks about seeing the possibility of a Cold Civil War.  This isn't so much a war based on borders, although you could draw it that way.  The whole of the Northeast and California versus just…