A lot of time and work has past since our blade server technology proposal, proof-of-concept, purchase, installation and configuration. Now we get ready to implement one of the cornerstones of this year’s projects by migrating our Peoplesoft Financial applications from HP/UX servers into one BladeCenter, while re-locating our core clinical applications from its current rack [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Quorum of Twelve
Jan 24
With all the tinkering I have been doing lately with 8-bit computers, I decided to expand my existing collection to include a Commodore 64C computer, 1581 diskette drive (3.5″), and 1902 RGB monitor. All equipment is in excellent condition, complete with original boxes. The most satisfying part is that I was able to last-second outbid [...]
Lenovo T400
Jan 8
Work replaced the laptop I use on Monday. I had an IBM ThinkPad T43 for about 3.5 years. I wore its keyboard down, its back video lamp was starting to blank-out at various times, and its fan finally ground to a halt, making boot-ups impossible. As powerful as the T43 specs were, the replacement in [...]
Quik Death
Jan 1
As seen by this screenshot, I am still having difficulty progressing beyond the 2nd pear level. It ain’t easy anticipating the monsters’ moves at that speed, even though I have specific insight into their deterministic pursuit. Too bad, I only had this one dot left to advance to the 1st thunderbird level, where you get [...]
