A personal web log
Today, the maintenance release 2.0.1 for the popular blogging software, WordPress was released. This milestone closes 114 bugs and addresses issues with caching, XML-RPC uploading, permalinks, memory usage on imports, etc.
Download: WordPress 2.0.1
View: WordPress Development Blog > 2.0.1 Release
Technorati Tags: wordpress, xml, xml-rpc, permalinks, blog, blogging
Neowin reported today that Microsoft released to the public a preview version of their next browser, Internet Explorer 7.
Dubbed “Public Preview” the release includes tabbed browsing, page zoom, tab groups, RSS support and improved printing support.
Amongst the many new features, tabbed browsing will allow customers to manage multiple web pages within one session of a browser. Firefox, an open source rival, has long intergrated this functionality by default but now Microsoft is catching up this may lure many users back to the Microsoft browser. RSS is a heavy new feature of IE7 allowing users to “syndicate” feeds from various sites. Microsoft is expected to deliver the final version of Internet Explorer 7 at the end of the year alongside Windows Vista.
They also note that this preview is currently only available on Windows XP SP2.
Source: Neowin.net - Microsoft IE7 Beta 2 Public Preview
Download: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Public Preview
Technorati Tags: ie7, internet explorer, browser, rss, tabbed, microsoft, browsing, ie, net, explorer, preview
I learned something interesting today. If you have ever wondered what the uptime is of your Windows machine, simply drop to a command prompt and enter the following:
net statistics server | more
-or-
net statistics workstation | more
You’ll see a line that says “Statistics since
Download: Windows NT: Uptime.exe utility
Technorati Tags: uptime, microsoft, windows, net, statistics, server, workstation
I wasn’t able to blog at all today, because I was having my wisdom (teeth) removed. The procedure began this morning at 10:45am, and I chose the local anesthesia process, so I was able to drive down and drive back home. It wasn’t too bad…other than the sounds of popping and cracking. As for now, I’m just craving good food…
It is truly amazing how much technology advances every day. For instance, check out this picture from a 1954 Popular Mechanics magazine:
You can click on the image to make it larger, but the picture says:
Scientists from the RAND Corporation have created this model to illustrate how a “home computer” could look like in the year 2004. However the needed technology will not be economically feasible for the average home. Also the scientists readily admit that the computer will require not yet invented techology to actually work, but 50 years from now scientific progress is expected to solve these problems. With teletype interface and the Fortran language, the computer will be easy to use.
I laugh every time I hear that last line.
Technorati Tags: popular mechanics, fortran, computer, technology, rand, scientific, teletype
For those of you with questions about multipathing, in particular Microsoft’s multipathing solutions, you should check out this article. It’s the Frequently Asked Questions guide to the Microsoft Multipath I/O (MPIO). In this article, they describe multipathing as:
Multipathing solutions use redundant physical path components–adapters, cables, and switches–to create logical “paths” between the server and the storage device. In the event that one or more of these components fails, causing the path to fail, multipathing logic uses an alternate path for I/O so that applications can still access their data.
The article has some useful information for both iSCSI and FCP (Fibre Channel Protocol). One thing worth noting too is that Microsoft does plan to integrate an MPIO-based multipathing solution in Windows Vista (Longhorn).
View: Microsoft Multipath I/O: Frequently Asked Questions
Technorati Tags: microsoft, iscsi, fcp, fibre, mpio, multipathing, multipath, storage, vista, longhorn
I was reading through some of the recent comments on the blog, and found one from Mark Mayo. Come to find out, not only does he use Macs, but he is also a fan of NetApp. Yesterday, he wrote a post called “NetApp autosupport rocks.” This is a topic that I’ve been wanting to talk about for quite some time now. Reading Mark’s article made me proud to work at NetApp. Now, since I work on host side development within NetApp, I don’t get to see autosupport work in action (we disable this in our lab), because we do lots of things to these boxes and as such, we would drive the support team crazy. But, I have seen it in action in some of my training classes.
The support team takes autosupports very seriously, and Mark’s article is a perfect example. I encourage you to read his article here, but basically the idea is this: Mark added a new disk shelf to an existing filer. When he added the new disks, the filer noticed that the disks were previously in another aggregate and immediately marked the aggregate as offline to preserve data. It then generated an error to inform the admin that the disks are offline. Well, it sent out a few emails, and also submitted a trouble ticket with NetApp Global Support (NGS). He received a call within EIGHT minutes from NGS and they were ready to walk him through the process to “online” his newly added disks. NGS also received information that a firmware update failed, and they were ready to ship him a new part. It’s just another example of NetApp striving to be “Fast, Simple, and Reliable.”
View: NetApp autosupport rocks at VMUNIX Blues
Technorati Tags: netapp, autosupport, simple, reliable, storage, ngs
On February 7, 2006, NetApp will be hosting an online event called Looking Beyond the Obvious. The event will cover technologies and solutions available from NetApp, Symantec, and Decru and features topics such as:
Some of the key presenters include: Dan Warmenhoven (CEO, NetApp), Marina Levinson (CIO, NetApp), Dave Hitz (Founder & EVP, NetApp), Tom Mendoza (President, NetApp), and Jeremy Burton (SVP of Data Management, Symantec). In order to attend, simply go to the link below and enter your e-mail address — you will be sent a reminder email before the event.
Sign-up: NetApp - Looking Beyond the Obvious Online Event
Technorati Tags: netapp, decru, symantec, security, backup, data, disk, protection, storage
The famous digital animations company, Pixar Animation Studios will be purchased by Disney for $7 billion in stock. The board of Pixar meets today to approve the Disney takeover. Pixar was created by Steve Jobs, the current CEO of Apple Corporation in 1986 when he bought the animation division of Lucasfilm (owned by Star Wars creator, George Lucas) for a mere $10 million. Since 1986, Pixar has produced movies such as Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, A Bug’s Life, and Monsters, Inc. This takeover by Disney will make Steve Jobs the largest Disney shareholder with a total value of $3.5 billion. With the price being 25.52 at yesterday’s closing — that means he’ll receive over 137 million shares of Disney stock.
Source: Neowin.net - Pixar buyout for $7 billion
Technorati Tags: disney, pixar, animation, buyout, lucasfilm, jobs, steve jobs, apple
This morning, I had an e-mail in my inbox that was sent to an internal Mac distribution list that I subscribe to. In this e-mail, the person included the following link: YouTube - iMac G5 vs iMac Intel Boot. It compares side-to-side the iMac G5 and the iMac Intel Core Duo’s boot time. The one on the left is the iMac with the Intel Core Duo processor, whereas the one on the right is the previous G5 model. I think the test is invalid. The iMac G5 ends up booting almost 1 MINUTE after the Intel Core Duo. Something is different between the two, other than the processor. If you read some of the comments, there are various people saying that the G5 had a COLD boot whereas the Intel had a warm boot. Others say that the G5 had some disk problems and had to run fsck whereas the Intel didn’t. Either way, it doesn’t appear to be a good comparison…they say that the Intel Core Duo is up to 4X faster, but one minute faster on boot seems too good to be true.
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