Monthly Archives: May 2009

Want a Galileoscope?

Posted on May 29, 2009 by stevet

I just read an entry on the Bad Astronomy Blog and it reminded me about the Galileoscope which is a really cool project to build an distribute a smallish telescope in recognition of Galileo’s first views of the heavens. My … Continue reading →

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Newest Toy

Posted on May 28, 2009 by stevet

I picked up this beauty yesterday down in San Antonio. It is a 2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid. Not fully loaded (no navigation) but lots of fun toys. Why San Antonio? They had it in stock, I got it below sticker … Continue reading →

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Upgrade of VMware Infrastructure Server

Posted on May 20, 2009 by stevet

Recently I found the need to clone and configure some Windows 2008 Server machines. The version of VMware Infrastructure that was previously installed does not support that particular OS. In fact it still called it “Longhorn”. Time for an upgrade! … Continue reading →

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Ruby on Rails – First Attempt

Posted on May 18, 2009 by stevet

I am going to give Ruby on Rails a whirl over the next couple of months, so I built a CentOS 5.3 virtual machine to try it out on. This post deals with the installation and getting a simple application … Continue reading →

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Got my 40 back!

Posted on May 6, 2009 by stevet

You may recall from this post that I complained about the inaccuracy of my Smith and Wesson pistol. Well, being lazy it took me a long time to send it in for repairs. As it turns out, the process was … Continue reading →

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