American Idol Season 9

 Posted on map[Count:January 13, 2010]  (Last modified on map[Count:January 17, 2010])

&nbsp_place_holder;I really am enjoying the first week of American Idol season 9. &nbsp_place_holder;I think that I caught the hook![American Idol Logo](data :image/jpg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wBDAAkGBwgHBgkIBwgKCgkLDRYPDQwM DRsUFRAWIB0iIiAdHx8kKDQsJCYxJx8fLT0tMTU3Ojo6Iys/RD84QzQ5Ojf/2wBDAQoKCg0MDRoPDx o3JR8lNzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc3Nzf/wAAR CABeAJYDASIAAhEBAxEB/8QAHAAAAQUBAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAABQABBAYHAwII/8QAPhAAAQMDAgMFBg MGBQUBAAAAAQIDBAAFEQYhEjFRE0FhcYEHFCIykaEzQsEVIyRisdFygpLh8ERSU2Oi8f/EABkBAAMB AQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIDBAEABf/EAC4RAAICAQMCBAUDBQAAAAAAAAECAAMRBCExEjITIkGhUWFxkb EUJDNCUoHR8P/aAAwDAQACEQMRAD8A3ClSpV06MBvypj40G1DqW3WBkGW6S+vPZR2xxOOeSenjyFZl qLWtynpWl+QLfGx+AyrLhH8yuQqinTWW7jiT3alKuefhNOu+p7NaMpmTUdoOTTeVrz0wP1qqXD2ju7 i2WwISeTsx3h/+U/3FZRIvgQSIjfCTzWdyfMmhj06Q+TxOZz0OatXSUpu25kpt1NnACj3mjT9d3p4q 7S7tRkn8sSOkEf5lZNApOp3HM9veLs9nmDNWkH0G1VDgcXuAtXpXRMR8/kPqQKeAi9qAQGqJ77CfaG 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a Corporate Law

 Posted on map[Count:January 11, 2010]

&nbsp_place_holder;…another corporate law:

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“Recognition Travels Up, Blame Travels Down”

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openSUSE 11.1 to 11.2 Workstation Upgrade

 Posted on map[Count:December 31, 2009]

&nbsp_place_holder;I took the plunge this morning and decided to update my openSUSE 11.1 workstation (VM) to 11.2. &nbsp_place_holder;I only ran into a couple of small glitches that I have noticed so far: [Read More]

Upgraded ESXi 3.5 to vSphere ESXi 4

 Posted on map[Count:December 29, 2009]

&nbsp_place_holder;I upgraded my VMware ESXi 3.5 host this afternoon to VMware vSphere ESXi 4. &nbsp_place_holder;The process went smoothly. &nbsp_place_holder;I am sure that if I had take the time to read release note or some form of technical documentation, thing may have not been as unnerving. [Read More]

Windows XP Installation (continued)

 Posted on map[Count:December 13, 2009]

&nbsp_place_holder;….I am still rebooting and adding updates. &nbsp_place_holder;I am getting close to 10 restarts now. &nbsp_place_holder;I am almost sure that I am now within site of beginning to install the productivity applications. [Read More]

Windows XP Installation

 Posted on map[Count:December 13, 2009]

&nbsp_place_holder;I am putting together an old computer (2.4 GHz P4) to help a relative. &nbsp_place_holder;Part of my build is to install Windows XP. &nbsp_place_holder;I have license for Windows XP home, but it is SP 1a. [Read More]

Google Chrome - On Linux

 Posted on map[Count:December 9, 2009]  (Last modified on map[Count:February 6, 2015])

![chrome logo](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Google Chrome_icon%282011%29.svg/512px-Google_Chrome_icon_%282011%29.svg.png) I just downloaded the latest beta of the Google Chrome browser. The cool thing is that it is for Linux. I have installed it into Ubuntu Linux 9. [Read More]

Trying Bilbo Blogger

 Posted on map[Count:November 24, 2009]

Trying out the Bilbo blogging tool. This seems a lot more capable of a tool than BlogGTK.