I enjoy reading the Bible and I try to read it daily. When I am home I use the Life Application study bible , and it is a great Bible that has helped me tremendously! The only small downside is the Bible is fairly large and when I am traveling I do not always have room in my bag. I know there are...

So as we are heading into Christmas and the holidays, and I thought I would have a little fun with this Fridays post. So I decided to take you through two games I have been having some fun with. The first is a game called Bug Muncher . Very simple game you have a frog and your job as the Frog to eat...

I know the holidays are fast approaching and you may be in some fantastic reading material to help bide your time.  Well do I have something for you.  How does a 116 MB, and 7,970 pages in length pdf of Windows Server documentation.    It is the entire contents of the Windows...

Go Buckeyes, Best Damn Band in the Land!

Check it out! Check out Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 and the new accessories at the Microsoft Store or a retailer near you beginning 22 October. Learn more on the Surface blog .

Wow, boy did I need this weekend! What a difference hydration makes! As you may recall I did not have the best of runs in Disney World last January ( 20th Anniversary Walt Disney World Marathon: 6 1/2 Hours and 27.3 Miles Worth Race Recap ). So on to Disneyland, I decided to do the Dumbo Double Dare...

Research has shown that approximately 65% to 70% of organizations today have more than one hypervisor deployed. This presents a large opportunity for IT Professionals to increase their technical differentiation and value in the IT marketplace by supporting multiple hypervisors. Using this free eBook...

Happy NFL opening week everyone! Welcome to my annual post and by now most of you will already know what one of my predictions will be. We will save that for later. So let’s recap my predictions from last year (you can find them here: 5 Bold Predictions for the NFL 2012 ). I just missed my prediction...

In today’s post I am going to talk about applications and Independent Software Vendors (ISV).  This is all about the applications that run and are supported in the respective virtualization platforms. To be honest, the arguments from either side of the coin can get a little trite.  VMware for...

I welcome the Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson to the show as they discuss Windows Azure Infrastructure Services and PowerShell. Tune in as we chat about some of the potential PowerShell scenarios IT Pros can implement in Azure as well as some tips on how you can get started with Azure and PowerShell today....

So here is the last official “long” week of the training and then the distances start to taper.  Really looking forward to the 20 this weekend and running with my friends.  I also already have the confidence I will make the run successful.    Just a matter of going out and proving...

I know in October I had this post in my series that talked about why you should choose Hyper-V over VMware: 31 Days of Our Favorite Things: No Better Time than Now to Choose Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 over VMware (Part 31 of 31)   Well one of our fellow IT Pro’s Aidan Finn posted a much more...

I was asked the other day why I post my running schedule to my blog and who do I post for.  I post the schedule for one simple reason, accountability.  I find posting my schedule really helps to keep me accountable to my running plan and allows me to focus on the plan for the week.  This...

So here I am a bit behind again, but the travel this week was a bit heavier than I expected so sorry for the delay.  For those of you following along at home I am using the Hal Higdon Novice 2 program: Novice 2 .  So last week I mentioned I am not running Goofy this year, and the main reason...

Yet another fun video from Marco Tempest!

Thanks Keith! The PDF files in this download are short-form Quick Reference (also called "cheat sheet") guides for IT professionals and scripting enthusiasts who want to learn tips, shortcuts, common operations, limitations, and proper syntax for using Windows PowerShell 3.0 and Server Manager...

I just learned about a great event coming up in March!  The very first "PowerShell Saturday"!  This is an all-day event that will provide registered attendees with the following: Chance to learn Windows PowerShell from experts in the field like Ed Wilson "The Microsoft Scripting...

Aright everyone it is that time of the year again for my annual bold predictions for the NFL 2011 Season!  Before I get started lets recap:   Last year was my best year, while I was technically inaccurate with the lockout, I had a solid 3 out 5 correct.  So what is in store for this...

Would you do this to your laptop? Boot or Bust

One of the fun things I get to do everyday is point people to products and resources.  With IT there seems to be an ever changing world and transformation on the tools and resources we use almost happens daily. have a had a few folks ask where can I get the tools and resources to test some the new...

NEW YORK — June 28, 2011 — Today, at media events around the world, Microsoft Corp. announced the availability of Microsoft Office 365 , the company’s newest cloud service. Office 365 is now available in 40 markets, and it brings together Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint Online, Microsoft Exchange...

So My son and I love Lego , and I was asked to clean the following up, so I decided to build all the kits.  Anyone want to join me? 

Thanks to my friend Tim , I am going all in with the Threat Modeling Game!    This is a fun way to learn about Elevation of Privilege Attacks and response.  Here is the overview: Elevation of Privilege (EoP) is the easy way to get started threat modeling. It is designed to make threat...

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank you Thank You!   I cannot say thank you to all of you following this series on the blog.  Thanks for the email, suggestions and most importantly thank you for your support.  Sarah and I greatly appreciate it and we could not have done it without you...