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Googles Android - My next Phone

mitch @ 2:28 pm on August 30, 2008

I know I currently have an iPhone, however… I must say… I don’t like the requirement for iTunes. Its not that I don’t like iTunes specifically.. (for the most part I dont find anything wrong with it… other than the proprietary formats for music that you typically buy off the iTunes store…), but my main complaint is that I run Linux, and only Linux on my desktops and servers. Yes I have a virtual machine of windows XP, however, getting USB to pass through to it for iTunes and syncing my iphone just isn’t really what I Like to do. I really want something to integrate. I want what windows and mac have had forever, but on my linux desktop. Don’t flam and bitch that I could if I just used those other operating systems… thats not an option. I love my linux desktop so much that my latest laptop (Lenovo ThinkPad T61) I bought with SuSE preloaded simply because I have no need for windows outside of the stupid iPhone sync process. The Linux desktop is amazing if you ask me… I however am not a Linux elitist that I try to force my personal preferences onto others. It just works for me, allows me to work and perform my job very well, so I don’t plan on going to any other OS for myself… ever.

Anyway… I ran off on a tangent… My new phone will run Android. I’m hoping for a new one sometime this year… maybe they’ll release the HTC Dream by then and I can get it for my birthday.

Anyway, in case you don’t know what Android is… there are youtube videos all over about it. Look it up. Looks just as amazing as my linux desktop. I honestly cannot wait.

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Polyserve is Junk

mitch @ 8:46 am on August 15, 2008

My blog will probably become unlisted from Google for this, but it needs to be said.

Polyserve from HP or as its now called “HP Clustered Gateway” is the biggest pile of crap software ever.

I normally don’t like to post about work stuff on my personal blog. However, I’ve noticed that HP seems to be wanting to cover up and hide the fact that this software is the most worthless pile of crap that they have ever purchased and released.

Backing it up, worthless, you’ll get file locking issues that can’t be rectified short of taking snapshots of the volumes. When you have 12TB volumes… those snapshots aren’t THAT small.

Anyway, I really just wanted to start creating some links around to start getting the word out that Polyserve is Junk so it become googleable

Heres a link to a blog with the same info: http://polyserveisjunk.blogspot.com/

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Going to see Lewis Black

mitch @ 5:46 pm on August 12, 2008

Lewis Black is actually comming to Salt Lake City later this month and I absolutely have to go. Elissa wanted to as well so I got tickets and I’m excited. If you’re “language” tollerant then it should be a good show.

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