The Java ME Blog: 10 things your IT guy wants you to know: "10 things your IT guy wants you to know"
This is a fun read, and there are a lot of truths here. :-D
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Monday, October 6, 2008
750 Free Amazon Kindle MobiPocket Books from Diesel eBooks « Amazon Kindle, Books & Amazon News Blog
750 Free Amazon Kindle MobiPocket Books from Diesel eBooks « Amazon Kindle, Books & Amazon News Blog: "750 Free Amazon Kindle MobiPocket Books from Diesel eBooks"
Just found this and didn't want to lose track of it. Hopefully this can keep me busy for a bit. ;-)
Just found this and didn't want to lose track of it. Hopefully this can keep me busy for a bit. ;-)
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Windows Home Server in VMware
How do I install Windows Home Server in VMware Workstation? | Virtualization Coach | TechRepublic.com: "How do I install Windows Home Server in VMware Workstation?"
I started trying to install Windows Home Server in VMware Server 2.0 and ran into a lot of issues. Even when following parts of the above link and then thinking I had the rest... nope. It bit me in the ass again. So I went back to the link and followed through again from where I left off... sure enough, I missed a step.
Thank GOODNESS TechRepublic and, more importantly, Steven Warren wrote this thing up!! Granted, it's for VMware Workstation, but it works just as well for VMware Server.
My whole thing, aside from the version I'm trying out being a 120 Day Trial, is that I have an older Dell Server that is pretty decent still. It has 4GB of RAM and a 2.26GHz XEON CPU with HyperThreading. So, from a server perspective... at least for my personal needs, it's pretty solid even if it *is* a little long in the tooth. So I was thinking I may need to install WHS in a VM in order to still use my server for other server stuff, especially running VMware for testing out other things.
Well, my install of WHS has finished and it turns out that it's essentially Windows 2003 Server and you *can* get to the console. I tried installing VMware Server on it, but I forgot you can't install VMware inside a VM. However, WHS didn't seem to care at all, so I'm thinking that I may actually be able to run WHS as my main OS and not lose the rest of my server's capabilities and resources.
I will certainly be posting more as I learn more and use WHS, but my thought was this: For my own personal needs, W2K8 Server is simply too much and obviously overly complex for the simple things I want to accomplish. WHS seems to do ALL of the things I want to do with a home server, but I was worried I would lose the ability to use VMware and test new operating systems, etc... after all, I *am* still a geek, and I *do* need to be able to mess around, but I didn't want to have to try and blunder through W2K8 to make it an unsecured file server... besides, I haven't found an easy way to attach a 360 to my W2K8 server to serve up media... and WHS supposedly does that in spades (we'll see).
See ya on the flip side.
I started trying to install Windows Home Server in VMware Server 2.0 and ran into a lot of issues. Even when following parts of the above link and then thinking I had the rest... nope. It bit me in the ass again. So I went back to the link and followed through again from where I left off... sure enough, I missed a step.
Thank GOODNESS TechRepublic and, more importantly, Steven Warren wrote this thing up!! Granted, it's for VMware Workstation, but it works just as well for VMware Server.
My whole thing, aside from the version I'm trying out being a 120 Day Trial, is that I have an older Dell Server that is pretty decent still. It has 4GB of RAM and a 2.26GHz XEON CPU with HyperThreading. So, from a server perspective... at least for my personal needs, it's pretty solid even if it *is* a little long in the tooth. So I was thinking I may need to install WHS in a VM in order to still use my server for other server stuff, especially running VMware for testing out other things.
Well, my install of WHS has finished and it turns out that it's essentially Windows 2003 Server and you *can* get to the console. I tried installing VMware Server on it, but I forgot you can't install VMware inside a VM. However, WHS didn't seem to care at all, so I'm thinking that I may actually be able to run WHS as my main OS and not lose the rest of my server's capabilities and resources.
I will certainly be posting more as I learn more and use WHS, but my thought was this: For my own personal needs, W2K8 Server is simply too much and obviously overly complex for the simple things I want to accomplish. WHS seems to do ALL of the things I want to do with a home server, but I was worried I would lose the ability to use VMware and test new operating systems, etc... after all, I *am* still a geek, and I *do* need to be able to mess around, but I didn't want to have to try and blunder through W2K8 to make it an unsecured file server... besides, I haven't found an easy way to attach a 360 to my W2K8 server to serve up media... and WHS supposedly does that in spades (we'll see).
See ya on the flip side.
8GB microSDHC card!
I found a Kingston 8GB microSDHC card at Amazon this past weekend for $27! I had it overnighted Monday (with some other stuff, and I'm a Prime member, so that was only $3.99 additional) and got it Tuesday.
I then named it the same as my previous 4GB card and copied over the contents. I haven't been able to fix my desktop pc yet (where all my music is), so I haven't had a chance to put more music on it.
I'm actually in the middle of setting up a Windows Home Server where I will house my music (there will be another post on that whole thing), but until then I don't have access to it to add to my bb.
I also plan on using my bb for some podcasts, but I'll need to be pretty selective because I don't have many opportunities to listen to them. So, in the past, they have just taken up hdd space. I may even try some video now that I doubled my capacity, but I don't think I will enjoy video on the bb. Screen is too small (same went for my iPod video).
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
I then named it the same as my previous 4GB card and copied over the contents. I haven't been able to fix my desktop pc yet (where all my music is), so I haven't had a chance to put more music on it.
I'm actually in the middle of setting up a Windows Home Server where I will house my music (there will be another post on that whole thing), but until then I don't have access to it to add to my bb.
I also plan on using my bb for some podcasts, but I'll need to be pretty selective because I don't have many opportunities to listen to them. So, in the past, they have just taken up hdd space. I may even try some video now that I doubled my capacity, but I don't think I will enjoy video on the bb. Screen is too small (same went for my iPod video).
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
Saturday, October 4, 2008
EBooks: MobiPocket is missing subscriptions and automatic download OTA
As I've stated in previous posts, MobiPocket is a great application and possibly my current favorite (but not necessarily most used of course). I was also comparing it to the Amazon Kindle because of it's Over-The-Air store on the BlackBerry. However, that experience is currently lacking some needed (IMHO) features.
1) Why can't I set it up to remember my credit card info so I don't have to go through that process when purchasing a book from my bb? That is annoying to me and cumbersome. I think there should at least be a choice.
2) It would be great if I could subscribe to magazines or newspapers, and even RSS feeds formatted for portable devices. This brings me to 3...
3) It would be nice to be able to set it to automatically download new content I either buy or that is updated via a subscription.
So, that's my wish list to make MobiPocket even better. If those things came about, I would have very little desire to buy a kindle (other than the fact that the Kindle is still a better reading device and has size and clarity over the bb).
One last thought on this, the carriers could pickup the distribution piece with their data plans. I can't ever see them doing something like this (no strong business reason), but it's an idea anyway. ;-)
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
1) Why can't I set it up to remember my credit card info so I don't have to go through that process when purchasing a book from my bb? That is annoying to me and cumbersome. I think there should at least be a choice.
2) It would be great if I could subscribe to magazines or newspapers, and even RSS feeds formatted for portable devices. This brings me to 3...
3) It would be nice to be able to set it to automatically download new content I either buy or that is updated via a subscription.
So, that's my wish list to make MobiPocket even better. If those things came about, I would have very little desire to buy a kindle (other than the fact that the Kindle is still a better reading device and has size and clarity over the bb).
One last thought on this, the carriers could pickup the distribution piece with their data plans. I can't ever see them doing something like this (no strong business reason), but it's an idea anyway. ;-)
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
Friday, October 3, 2008
Reading physical hardback books now sucks for me
Well, I finished "Angels & Demons" by Dan Brown as an eBook, which I purchased from my phone Over-The-Air from and through MobiPocket. I finished it Tuesday night, and I believe it's possibly the quickest I finished a book. Not only because it was a great book which made it easy and fast to read, but because having the book with me at all times in my phone, not needing any external light source to view it in dark areas/rooms and because the size of the BlackBerry along with how easy it is to turn pages, etc, allowed me to more easily read in areas I would normally never have my book or opportunity.
Since finishing Angels & Demons electronically, I returned to some physical books I have that I want to read. Laying down last night to read was frustrating. Not only did I need to have a light on, but it was also uncomfortable. It is a hardback book, so that has something to do with it I'm sure, but I don't know if paperbacks will be much better.
I doubt I'll "give up" on physical books, but I suppose this is more about me saying I actually enjoyed the eBook experience from MobiPocket on my BlackBerry Curve!! And that's saying something!
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
Since finishing Angels & Demons electronically, I returned to some physical books I have that I want to read. Laying down last night to read was frustrating. Not only did I need to have a light on, but it was also uncomfortable. It is a hardback book, so that has something to do with it I'm sure, but I don't know if paperbacks will be much better.
I doubt I'll "give up" on physical books, but I suppose this is more about me saying I actually enjoyed the eBook experience from MobiPocket on my BlackBerry Curve!! And that's saying something!
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Windows Server 2008 Activation Failed
markwilson.it » Windows Vista volume activation failure:
"Your computer could not be activated.
Error:
0×8007232B
Description:
DNS name does not exist"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The post listed above was actually for Vista, but it solved my problems for Windows Server 2008 as well. The problem turned out to be that I never entered a product key during installation of my server, and when it was forcing me to activate Windows, it was erroring with the above description (DNS name does not exist).
That message is not telling me the real problem for my copy, but I can almost see the logic after reading Mark's post. It's looking for an activation server internally because enterprises can now post a server to handle activations of their installs. But couldn't they have added "You may need to reenter your product key", or something along those lines?
Thank goodness I found this post by Mark Wilson. I don't know if I ever would have guessed that. Partly because there *was* a product key listed in System Properties... it's obviously just a generic one to give you the 120 days or whatever.
Oh well... life moves on, and my server is fine now.
"Your computer could not be activated.
Error:
0×8007232B
Description:
DNS name does not exist"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The post listed above was actually for Vista, but it solved my problems for Windows Server 2008 as well. The problem turned out to be that I never entered a product key during installation of my server, and when it was forcing me to activate Windows, it was erroring with the above description (DNS name does not exist).
That message is not telling me the real problem for my copy, but I can almost see the logic after reading Mark's post. It's looking for an activation server internally because enterprises can now post a server to handle activations of their installs. But couldn't they have added "You may need to reenter your product key", or something along those lines?
Thank goodness I found this post by Mark Wilson. I don't know if I ever would have guessed that. Partly because there *was* a product key listed in System Properties... it's obviously just a generic one to give you the 120 days or whatever.
Oh well... life moves on, and my server is fine now.
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