claytond.com now on VMWare Server Virtual Machine

by Dennis Clayton | Apr 26, 2007 | Cool Stuff, General, Linux, Software, Technical, Technology

I decided to actually go all out and test to see how well my blog here would run on a virtual machine. I started by downloading VMWare Server (Free), and then grabbed a VMWare Appliance from their “Virtual Appliance Marketplace” that provides a nice,...

Innotek Virtualbox Virtualization Software

by Dennis Clayton | Apr 23, 2007 | Cool Stuff, Linux, Microsoft, Software, Technical, Technology

I recently ran across a “new” (to me) virtualization software that is very similar in function to VMWare workstation. I downloaded Innotek’s Virtual Box software, which quickly and painlessly installed, seeming to be a little faster to install than...

Box.net, My first Look at this Cool New AJAX App!

by Dennis Clayton | Apr 14, 2007 | Cool Stuff, General, Software, Technology

I saw a link to BOX.NET when I was doing my daily browse through AJAXIAN.COM… I always try and check out the websites linked from there that are specifically trying to capitalize on the Web 2.0 movement.So, I went ahead and signed up for a free account. I played...

Not all USB 2 Ports are Created Equal…

by Dennis Clayton | Apr 10, 2007 | Cool Stuff, Gadgets, Technical, Technology

I have a Thumbdrive, a 4gb Lexar Firefly. It’s performance has always been marginal.  Much slower than the rest of my smaller drives… I figured it might be due to the larger size and lived with it.  Some computers seemed to read/write to it a little faster...

Automated Backup (dated) BASH script with cron execution

by Dennis Clayton | Apr 7, 2007 | Cool Stuff, Linux, Software, Technical, Technology

Linux isn’t as hard as it looks to do some cool things… This server was down earlier today due to, I believe, a power outage. Even though the server has pretty massive battery backups, I think the momentary kick over to battery might have caused it to poop...

Apple iPhone! FINALLY!

by Dennis Clayton | Jan 9, 2007 | Apple, Cell Phones, Cool Stuff, Gadgets, General, Software, Technical, Technology

The apple phone has finally come out… I won’t go into too many details here except that it is a Quadband GSM (850,900,1800,1900mhz) phone that has 4gb ($499) or 8gb ($599) of flash memory installed. Of course it is also a music and video iPod that can be...