I waited and waited and waited. It’s finally paid off. Last week I received my HP Mini 5101 in the mail after a nice 12% code from HP. Shipping, Tax and all - total $518 This is exactly the netbook I was waiting for. The biggest feature and most important...

So as you have read on my virtualization blog already I’m an experimenter (yes it’s a word) of Netbooks. (And lately I don’t seem to talk too much about virtualization.) I love the concept however I am going to give you my buying guide and I hope to save...

If you've ever read any of my blogs, you know I am HUGE fan of Live Mesh. (mesh.live.com) Like many of you I have several pieces of equipment I use. (Laptops, Desktops, Servers etc.) Well now I have it on my mobile phone as well. Ill give you a little...

Well almost 30 days later to the day, I have in my hands a new Dell Mini 9. Here are the specs: Base Dell Mini 9 Plus: 2GB DDR2-800 PC2-6400 SODIMM Runcore 64GB SSD (according to specs several times faster than the factory installed disk and has mini...

So in a funny twist of fate I ordered another Dell Mini 9 on Cyber Monday. This time I did it right though. I ordered it with the bare minimum - 512MB of RAM and 4GB SSD. Why did I do that you ask? Very Simply I found a vendor that carries 64GB SSD that...

*** This topic has nothing to do with virtualization *** Like most of you I travel quite a bit. When I am at the airport or on the plane I have to have something to do. Its just how I work. So lately I have been looking for an affordable UMPC (Ultra Mobile...

Anybody and everybody can write about virtualization technology. However you will see that quite a few of my posts are about the aspect of virtualization consulting. Not to get all Zen (not to be confused with Xen) but let’s face it virtualization isn...

Being that I get this question all the time I figure why not make it my first blog post. So I have a screensaver that I have had for a very long time. (Fully Licensed). I used to work in a pet store when I was a kid so I get nostalgic about pets and aquariums...