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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07

chouse — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:59:00 +0000

RT @chucktodd: Would be VERY sweet for Team USA to win the next hockey gold in Putin's Russia in 2014. #
The very same nugget sauce served at the Olympic Village?? No way McDonald's! #LAMEcommercial #fb #
eightWest PLEASE get some new theme music! #fb #
How long is the Russian national anthem? Sheesh. #
RT @nprnews: Obama Smokes: Should We Care? http://su.pr/22mxc5 < definitely a bummer. hard to quit when you have the most stressful job #fb #
RT @NameCheap: Our new coupon code for new domains and transfers is NCSPRING. < switched from GoDaddy! #
@Coldspire I do indeed. Painless transfer and no upsell (or sexism) in reply to Coldspire #
@carl_furrow I have one too. They are pretty sweet. in reply to carl_furrow #
RT @RickVanover: At Roosters for lunch today. < Sorry, just read that as 'Hooters'! #
@lemonslush I wish I had a door to shut! I'd probably keep it closed all day! Imagine the productivity! (count 'em: 3 exclamation points) in reply to lemonslush #
RT @Coldspire: @chouse Thanks. Shame how GoDaddy took a simple and quick service and turned it into a mess. < agreed. All for the almighty $ #
@jacobrussell ctrl+f? in reply to jacobrussell #
Making a snowman is a lot of work #fb http://tweetphoto.com/12956950 #
Emailed myself too many good tweets to follow up on tomorrow. Gonna be a learnin' day! #
@RickVanover Hooters is overrated. I went to one in NJ while at HP training. Wouldn't recommend it. in reply to RickVanover #
@ericsiebert @RickVanover I WANTED to see what all the fuss was about! It was sad, really. in reply to ericsiebert #
RT @vanberge Dear @twitter, every time I log in to twitter from any Firefox web browser, I check "remember me". It never works. < me too. #
Just started listening to August Burns Red (http://bit.ly/9WrsJO) after hearing some guys on xbox live talking about them. METAL #fb #
@EdwardDobson too bright out! in reply to EdwardDobson #
@KokopeIIi you should sync ff bookmarks with Xmarks! in reply to KokopeIIi #
RT @jgaler: Maybe we should change our name to Google Rapids like Topeka did to get our fiber. < #rapidian for sure #
RT @arstechnica: Sigh. The Daily Show and Colbert Report are leaving Hulu. http://bit.ly/bit6qF < bummer #
RT @sarahbrodhead: RT @freep: 'Hurt Locker' faces lawsuit by Fieger on behalf of Michigan soldier http://bit.ly/b890BI < wow #fb #
Feeling some Dave Matthews Band – Big Whiskey on the #morningmix #fb #
@RickVanover eating RIGHT NOW! in reply to RickVanover #
Pretty much just saved an autistic kid from running in to the busy road #fb #
Finally got it framed (May/2008 Network World) #vdi #fb http://tweetphoto.com/13308885 #
@ChrisTHEDRIVEtv your new site is now live on the-bob.org you owe me $35! in reply to ChrisTHEDRIVEtv #
@ChrisTHEDRIVEtv Via paypal, subscribe @ http://the-bob.org/subscribe.htm – use username thedrivetv. Thanks! in reply to ChrisTHEDRIVEtv #
Love these netflix "Rental Exclusive" DVDs which have… just the movie. No bonus features. Thanks greedy studios. #fb #
Playing musical cribs today as we move boy #2 down to boy #1 #039;s room to make room for baby sister due in June. Some adjusting required. #fb #
VERY tired of XM Radio calling me 2x daily, ring once, hang up, no VM. Canceling my free trial, NOT subscribing. http://bit.ly/cXzOjk #fb #
Watching @EdwardDobson on WGVU #fb #
Just bought @EdwardDobson's book for Kindle: The Year of Living like Jesus – http://bit.ly/cbRhkI – so much for my other plans! Reading. #fb #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28

chouse — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:59:00 +0000

RT @EFF: NYT op-ed from OK Go on YouTube video: "Our record company is cutting off its nose to spite its face." http://eff.org/r.g9j #fb #
Is that _really_ the best place to nap?! #fb http://tweetphoto.com/12123136 #
@ssauer @jasonboche I've got a bunch of old p-Class blades I need to get rid of. Enclosures were leased/returned, blades were bought. Fail. in reply to ssauer #
@jasonboche mostly 20/25's, a few 45's. Some with 24gb mem. All dual-core, no quad. I'll get back to you. in reply to jasonboche #
@jasonboche hah, I should play closer attention. We still have one enclosure in service – waiting for the final P2Vs. I'll still make a list in reply to jasonboche #
@carl_furrow "posting 'me too!' like some braindead AOLer" — Weird Al in reply to carl_furrow #
RT @Discovery_Space: Mining Mars? Where's the Ore? http://ow.ly/19Vwr < Unobtantium? #
@NameCheap 3-2 in reply to NameCheap #
RT @vCloud: VMworld.com Virtual Conference – Walk through the virtual pavilion/booths with other visitors http://bit.ly/baepcw < gimmicky #
RT @grpressnews: Jenison Junior High collects 1000+ teddy bears for Afghan kids: http://bit.ly/9DiM4d < do those kids want teddy bears?? #fb #
I cut my finger. Kid #2 subsequently sneezes all over wound. That's ok, right? Brb Neosporin. Oops, expired 12/2008. Still good, right? #fb #
Probably will never buy from these local companies due to their cheesy ads: Jack's Wholesale Windows, 1800Hansons. Lame! #fb #
RT @trazylyn: newest addiction? settlers of catan online. yikes! < need to check this out! #
@natehoekstra shush, people can have national pride. Don't get all high and mighty! in reply to natehoekstra #
@detroitrobbie dude you have problems if you're staying up watching ice dancing! in reply to detroitrobbie #
RT @GRdda: "I think congress should wear NASCAR uniforms so we know who owns them" /via Jim Reminga on #fb #
RT @BarackObama: Grateful to the Dem & GOP Senators who put aside partisan differences and voted to move fwd on jobs bill last night. #fb #
Reading The Economist. Cooking frozen pizza. "YEAH" #
@stevie_chambers the bberry browser is probably the worst thing about blackberries. I don't understand how it's been crappy for so long. in reply to stevie_chambers #
If you ordered a DTVPal from @DishNetwork, you may receive a programming price change letter, even though the receiver is for OTA reception! #
@brad_manor yeah, they create an acct to process the OTA reciever order. Guess they don't distinguish between that and paid SAT service in reply to brad_manor #
RT @wootoff: $219.99 : Acer Aspire One 10.1” Netbook http://www.woot.com < got one for $199 from Target awhile ago. Nice little netbook #fb #
@globalgeeknews the-bob.org. $35/yr hosting. #ShamelessPlug in reply to globalgeeknews #
@globalgeeknews yeah I always renew stuff year-to-year. I host about 100 domains/60 users. We could probably accommodate you no problem. in reply to globalgeeknews #
Bringing back the #morningmix DJ Tiësto – In Search of Sunrise, Vol. 4 #fb #
RT @huffingtonpost: Obama Does Play Professor To Boehner's Petulant School Kid http://bit.ly/9vRqJK < Boehner is a turd #
Pretty sure I'm going to get slaughtered for this, but I have 3 Google Voice invites available… #fb #
@Kiwi_Si Ask HP about PC blades (CCI) in reply to Kiwi_Si #
Is it a Service Desk best practice to have all IT staff members rotate through when short staffed? Just curious. #fb #
Grilling outside during a Winter Weather Advisory: awesome. #
@meddlingBanter yeah but it should taper off around midnight in reply to meddlingBanter #
@bwahacker free can with every Pancetera order, I hope! in reply to bwahacker #
Switched my vzw blackberry storm2 voicemail to google voice (thanks @vanberge). Painless and Awesome! #fb #
@QdobaMexGrill a 3-cheese queso grilled chicwn burrito kept me warm today in snowy west Michigan! (@vanberge too!) Jealous @EdwardDobson? in reply to QdobaMexGrill #
@markkolich that sounds like a pretty nice scrap heap! in reply to markkolich #
@mrtomahawk sign up at the destination registrar to initiate the transfer. Unlock the domain at source registrar and get xfer code in reply to mrtomahawk #
RT @TechCrunch: Microsoft Tells Google To Face The Antitrust Music – http://tcrn.ch/adwHnc by @jasonkincaid < booooo microsoft #
@EdwardDobson qdoba will cure what ails ya! in reply to EdwardDobson #
@mrtomahawk if it expires in less than a week then renew at A. Otherwise, initiate xfer at B. Usually takes a day though they say 5+ in reply to mrtomahawk #
@mrtomahawk get xfer code from A to provide to B to auth the xfer. B should provide instructions. I xfered away from GoDaddy to Namecheap. in reply to mrtomahawk #
@vanberge :/ in reply to vanberge #
@markkolich what, no motel6? Super8? Holiday Inn? Live it up! in reply to markkolich #
RT @Discovery: RT @KateOH: More dancing chat with #DWTS hopeful Capt. Sig Hansen of #DeadliestCatch http://tinyurl.com/ycxbh3y < pls Sig no! #
@briankellyphoto tsunami/earthquake/blizzard/hurricane-free in reply to briankellyphoto #
RT @XboxSupport. In the future my Xbox will replace all my satellite dvr/dvd/bluray boxes plus surf the web. #
Just noticed our federal tax return was deposited! So excited to… transfer it to savings… :-/ #SmartMoney #fb #
@neop26 vmfs block size too small for the provisioned size of the vmdk? in reply to neop26 #
Sweet metal band names (hopefully already used): SPIDERVEIN or VERICOSE. Creative spelling preferred. Caps mandatory. #fb #
New ticket notification: You have been invited to project "Spartan YMCA". Sweet! (@GRYMCA) #fb #
@PressSec clearly you chose the best twitter client to use on your bberry! @UberTwiter FTW! in reply to PressSec #
Catching up on the week's The Daily Show & Colbert Report. Good stuff. Commonsense insight. #
Catching up on the week's The Daily Show & Colbert Report. Good stuff. Commonsense insight. #fb #

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chouse — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:59:00 +0000

@vanberge in which game? in reply to vanberge #
Just hooked up Pidgin to Facebook chat over XMPP. No facebook friends, I am not constantly on facebook. http://bit.ly/c1l6XV #fb #
RT @jgaler: Chris Matthews is annoying. Thank you. < worth a retweet for sure #fb #
@vanberge nice! I look forward to this tome. in reply to vanberge #
@realrobbell tell him I'm reading Blue like Jazz on my kindle and loving it. Never highlighted so many parts of an eBook until his! in reply to realrobbell #
@jonathanbell that is amazing presentation. in reply to jonathanbell #
@tscalzott just a little chess. ya know, instead of tv or something. Nice. in reply to tscalzott #
RT @leeunkrich: Editing Toy Story 3 at 36,000 feet. Wouldn't you like to be the stranger sitting next to me? http://twitpic.com/13auyu #fb #
Just figured out how to p2v a linux host on the internet to an ESX host behind a firewall using SSH tunnels to the Converter PC behind fwall #
RT @seankalahar: Comcast Shoots for New Image, Rebranding As Xfinity http://bit.ly/ckXclq) the. stupiediest. name. ever. < yep, pretty lame. #
RT @seankalahar: Comcast Shoots for New Image, Rebranding As Xfinity http://bit.ly/ckXclq) the. stupiediest. (cont) http://tl.gd/9bjen #
Watching Olympic Snowboard Cross. So jealous. #fb #
@markkolich jealous! in reply to markkolich #
@jacobrussell ah, that could make sense. But it's still a stupid name. in reply to jacobrussell #
@Coldspire oh yeah, that was goofy too. in reply to Coldspire #
Chevy. Chevy. Chevy. http://tweetphoto.com/11633220 #
@carl_furrow why are you still using vista?! in reply to carl_furrow #
lol. i just walked outside and it was funny. http://tweetphoto.com/11633220 #
@brad_manor yeah sorry :/ got me a corp licensed copy on my work laptop. Forgot you have to pay for that in reply to brad_manor #
Kindle for BlackBerry http://bit.ly/daezaI < sweet #fb #
Kent County landfill Waste to Energy, behind the scenes http://shar.es/ma38q #
@bwahacker watch The Daily Show! in reply to bwahacker #
@vandenate folks gotta eat! in reply to vandenate #
Sweet: Winter Storm Watch in effect from Sunday evening through late Monday night. Snow accumulations 6-10in. http://bit.ly/abiqqr #fb #
@clinek I'm sure you'll see it in a day or two! Should be used to it by now eh? in reply to clinek #
@gabvirtualworld @FrankDenneman my VAR ostusa.com is hiring a VCDX! in reply to gabvirtualworld #
I have officially replaced every single light fixture in this house – external/internal/beds/baths/kitchen/entryway/etc! #
Reading the 9/11 Commission Report on the Kindle. 99 cents gets an eBook by MobileReference rife with typographical errors. Shameful. #fb #
RT @tenacubus: Evan Bayh's Op-Ed "Why I'm Leaving the Senate" is a really good read. http://nyti.ms/c8aRuG #fb #

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Converting a linux server on the internet to VM behind firewall

chouse — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:03:37 +0000

As an experiment, I wanted to see if I could convert and Internet-based linux host in to a guest VM on my internal ESX cluster. That’s right, the target host for converting is an Ubuntu Linux server out on the internet (located across the state) used for hosting a few dozen websites.

The destination is my internal ESXi host which is behind a firewall. My PC which is also behind the same fierwall will act as the Converter Standalone Client and SSH tunnel manager. We can connect out to any port on the Linux Internet host (most importantly SSH and 443) but it can’t connect back to us. Physically dealing with the linux host (such as booting off a Converter CD/ISO) is out of the question given its remote location. This will have to be a hot-clone.

Here is the process – my apologies for the rough descriptions, I needed to get this written out before I forgot everything, and now that the conversion is finally running, it hasn’t finished yet so I haven’t been able to re-run it and capture screenshots.

Hosts involved:

linux01 (source host out on the Internet)
esxi02 (internal ESXi v4 target host behind the firewall)
pc03 (internal PC which will run the Converter Standalone Client and SSH tunnels behind the firewall)
Helper VM (internal VM created during conversion on esxi02 with same hostname as linux01)

Software needed:

VMware Converter Standalone agent/server
Bitvise Tunnelier (free for personal use, easy SSH tunnel manager)

First, download and install the Converter Standalone agent/server on linux01. See this post, How to P2V linux into VMware ESX Server for the installation.

Don’t install the client
Accept most defaults
Change the HTTP proxy port to something else
Change the HTTPS proxy port to something else

After installation, follow these KB articles to enable logging in to the Helper VM and preventing shutdown of the helper VM when the task finishes:

Enabling Logging in to Helper Virtual Machine During Conversion of Powered-On Linux Sources
Disabling Automatic Shutdown of Helper Virtual Machines After Converting Powered-On Linux Sources
You’ll need to kill the running agent for these changes to take effect. The agent will get restarted when the GUI connects in to start setting up the conversion process.

After the agent is installed and running, open a web browser on pc03 and visit linux01’s Converter agent SSL-enabled website port that you chose during the installation. You should be presented with a webpage that allows you to download the Converter Standalone Client for Windows. Download and install it on pc03. I had to uninstall Converter Enterprise before this would install successfully. Just do a typical installation and install the GUI only, not the server/agent.

After the Client is installed, also install the Tunnelier SSH client on pc03.

On pc03, Launch vCenter Client to esxi02 and login as root.

Also on pc03, SSH to linux01 and run tail -f /var/log/vmware-vcenter-converter-standalone/vmware-converter-agent.log

Within Tunnelier, setup an SSH connection to linux01. Make sure to use the right SSH port if you’ve changed it as I have from the default of 22 to something else to foil automated password guessing bots. Make sure to login as root because we’ll want to set up listening SSH tunnels for port numbers less than 1024.

Click on the S2C Forwarding tab for Server to Client forwarding. On this tab, “Listen Interface” is the IP address of the interface on linux01 that we will listen on, and “List. Port” is the port to use. “Destination Host” is the destination hostname/IP behind the firewall as pc03 sees it, so it can be an IP or a hostname, and “Dest. Port” is the port on the destination host to connect the other end of the tunnel to.

Set up three tunnels:

127.0.0.1:8999 to esxi02:443
127.0.0.1:902 to esxi02:902
127.0.0.1:443 to Helper VM:443 (be sure to grab a static IP address that is not in use and plan to use it for the Helper VM. Also note that this method will need to use port 443 on linux01 so SSL-enabled Apache will have to be shutdown or just not used for SSL during the process)

Connect Tunnelier and make sure all the port forwarding requests are accepted in the status window at the bottom. Requests may be rejected if the Listen Port is already in use on linux01 by another process. Unfortunately, only the port 8999 in this procedure can be changed. The listen ports 443 and 902 must remain those numbers, so if there is a process interfering with those ports, it will have to be stopped.

Launch Converter Standalone and click on the “Convert Machine” button in the toolbar. Leave “source type” as “Powered-on machine”. Select “A remote machine” and enter the Internet IP address or fully qualified DNS hostname of linux01. If you have changed the SSH port away from the default of 22, enter the IP/hostname as “hostname:port” where port is the non-standard SSH port. Login as root with linux01’s root password and make sure “OS Family” is set to Linux. Click Next.

In the “Specify Destination” step, specify the ESX Server as “localhost:8999″. This is for the Converter agent on linux01 to use to communicate through the SSH tunnel that we set up to listen on 8999 and point to esxi02 port 443. Enter a valid user on esxi02 (such as root) and its password, and then click Next.

Customize the Virtual Machine as necessary changing the VM name, destination datastore, and VM hardware version. I left the hostname the same as the linux01 server and Datastore was just a local vmfs datastore with sufficient room. I also left the vm at Version 7. Click Next.

In View/Edit Options step, edit the “Data to copy” task and resize the linux01 volumes as necessary. Possibly set them to be thin provisioned instead of thick.

Adjust Processors and Memory as necessary.

Make sure Networks has at least two NICs even if you don’t have two on linux01 and won’t need two on the final guest VM. We need two in order for the Helper VM to be able to communicate with the source server and fool the source server in to using 127.0.0.1 as its connection to the Helper VM so we can use an SSH tunnel.

Make sure under Advanced options that any power on/off are set to no and Reconfigure is set to yes (makes the VM bootable).

Edit the Helper VM network and set the following:

Use the following IP address
IP Address: 127.0.0.1
Subnet mask: 255.0.0.0
Default gateway: (the default gateway that a VM on esxi02 would use normally)
Preferred/Secondary DNS servers (the preferred/secondary DNS server IPs that a VM on esxi02 would use normally)
This combination of settings may not make any sense now, but we need the agent on linux01 to think the IP of the Helper VM is 127.0.0.1 so we can redirect localhost:443 through a tunnel to the real Helper VM. It doesn’t matter that the default gateway and DNS do not correspond with the 127 network.

Click Next, review the choices and click Finish. The task will now start.

Watch the tail of vmware-converter-agent.log on linux01 to see what the agent is doing and what it’s trying to connect to.

Also make sure to watch in vCenter client for when the Helper VM gets created (using same name as linux01 hostname).

As soon as the helper VM has been created, open the console for the VM and watch it boot. After it gets up to the login prompt, login as root. The password is the same as linux01’s root password (convenient eh?). You must be quick because the agent on linux01 will only retry the connection so many times before it fails.

Now the helper VM will have two NICs assigned since we set that earlier during task setup. The first NIC (eth0) will be set to the Helper VM IP that we set during task setup (127.0.0.1, and it doesn’t seem to matter that the loopback adapter lo0 also has this IP set). The 2nd nic will not be activated. So while the agent on linux01 is trying to connect 127.0.0.1:443 (and reidrected through the SSH tunnel which will be complaining at you that it can’t connect to the helper VM), we need to set up eth1.

Make sure /etc/network.conf has USE_GATEWAY set to “yes” and GATEWAY set to the default gateway that a VM on esxi02 would normally use. Then in /etc/network.d, make a copy of template.interface.eth0.static and name it interface.eth1. Edit interface.eth1 and set INTERFACE to “eth1″, make sure DHCP is set to “no” and then set IPADDRESS to a valid static IP address that a VM on esxi02 could use. Also set a valid NETMASK for this address. Leave BROADCAST blank. Save and close the file and then run “service network restart” to restart networking on the Helper VM which will also enable eth1. Ping the default gateway from the helper VM and make sure it’s pingable. Also ping the helper VM from pc03 and make sure it’s pingable.

Make sure that the SSH tunnel in Tunnelier for 127.0.0.1:443 is connecting to the correct internal static IP of the Helper VM (eth1) on port 443. If you need to Logout of the connections that Tunnelier has set up, be quick about it or the task will fail since the connection was lost between the agent and the hosts behind the firewall.

Make sure the Helper VM can resolve and connect directly to linux01 out on the Internet through the port that sshd listens on. Make sure the firewall does not block outgoing connections from Helper VM to this internet host.

The agent on linux01 should have noticed by now that it can now connect to 127.0.0.1:443 and get to the Helper VM (through the SSH tunnel) so the conversion task should continue by formatting the disks in the Helper VM. After this, the Helper VM will connect out over the Internet through SSH directly to linux01 to start importing the filesystems. It will not use the SSH tunnels that we set up earlier but will directly connect out to the host. This is why DNS resolution is important and the firewall should not block the Helper VM’s attempts to reach the internet host.

The agent log at linux01:/var/log/vmware-vcenter-converter-standalone/vmware-converter-agent.log will be periodically updated every few minutes entries indicating the percentage of filesystem transferred and the transfer rate.

This configuration can be complicated and there are a lot of places that the task could get hung up and fail to connect, but just pay close attention to vmware-converter-agent.log on linux01 and you’ll spot the problems pretty quickly.

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chouse — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:59:00 +0000

@vseanclark find any good low-cost no-upselling registrars? in reply to vseanclark #
RT @mypolaropposite #BoycottGoDaddy for sexism http://goo.gl/fb/R5jN < agreed! (for @vseanclark) #
@Jacklaser yeah twitter #
@mypolaropposite you bet. Found you through the #BoycottGoDaddy tag. Looking for a new US-based registrar now. in reply to mypolaropposite #
@NameCheap pretty much switching my domains from GoDaddy to you due to their idiotic commercials #
RT @USATODAYmoney: Thanks to telecommuting, snow days are no longer fun http://bit.ly/cEYmJI < yep #
@JLCherry well then you get a real snow day! Enjoy. I will be hiking in. in reply to JLCherry #
@GU_Music I might be blind, but I cannot see where to enter to win! in reply to GU_Music #
RT @TechCrunch: Google Plans To Deliver Fiber-Optic Broadband Network To More Than 50,000 Homes – http://tcrn.ch/d2MmKi < plug me right in #
Forgot how slow floppy disks are. from dd: 1474560 bytes (1.5 MB) copied, 120.785 s, 12.2 kB/s. Hooray. #
@RickVanover haha, yeah, I remember that April 1. in reply to RickVanover #
Third time's a charm! 3rd child is a girl! Joining her two older brothers in late June. #
@detroitrobbie lol thanks. Nope, not Mormon just got the one wife. in reply to detroitrobbie #
@tscalzott thanks!! in reply to tscalzott #
@CoreyHyllested totally. Boys will have to share a room. Need a bigger house. in reply to CoreyHyllested #
@GHBran thanks! in reply to GHBran #
@quinnep thanks! I hear girls are a handful in reply to quinnep #
@Kiwi_Si monitoring ESX with Nagios is cool, but I took all my hosts *out* of Nagios since enabling DPM! in reply to Kiwi_Si #
Really digging the latest Global Underground release: GU38 Black Rock Desert, mixed by Carl Cox: http://bit.ly/bGv8MX #
@Kiwi_Si DPM works well. I have about 48 esx in several different clusters and have 4-5 hosts total powered off. Startup/Shutdown is great. in reply to Kiwi_Si #
Why are there boot storms in VDI? Why not just leave the desktops always running? #
@RickVanover buy more ram and not worry about boot storms! Or suspend VM. in reply to RickVanover #
@RickVanover ram is cheap. Seems like a small(er) price to pay vs worrying about SAN perf or buying bigger arrays. in reply to RickVanover #
RT @MichiganRadio: President Barack Obama will deliver the spring 2010 commencement address at the University of Michigan. #
@vRobM nice, I grew up in Chelsea, 20 mins west of A2 in reply to vRobM #
@vRobM weren't you saying you were a UofM alum? in reply to vRobM #
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Testing FB/Twitter integration… #
Test number two, FB/Twitter integration! #fb #
FB/Twitter test 3 #fb #
The Internet Revealed: A film about IXPs http://youtu.be/a5837LcDHfE #fb #
Hello VCP4! #fb http://tweetphoto.com/11170519 #
RT @scifri: now up @RebeccaSkloot joins us to talk about 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks' and #HeLa cells < DL'd the Kindle sample #
@vanberge are you catching up on LOST? Do you <3 kate? Swap her out for 24 chloe? in reply to vanberge #

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Poor neglected website..

chouse — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:35:26 +0000

Nothing but twitter digests! Shameful.

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chouse — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:59:00 +0000

RT @nprnews: John McCain Contradicts John McCain On 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' http://su.pr/1wRovU < McCain disappoints me. #
Full of pizza, I have snow-blown the driveway. #BadCombination #
Why does wet-dogfood smell/look so nasty? If I was a dog, I wouldn't eat it. #
One word: LOST #
@RickVanover I need some free secondary dns for 100+ domains. Sigh. in reply to RickVanover #
RT @nytimes: [Child] Pornography, and an Issue of Restitution at a Price Set by the Victim http://bit.ly/9iW9rI < go get 'em #
@RickVanover yep. Run a small webhosting biz on the side. 60 or so friends/family. Wish Google offered DNS hosting! in reply to RickVanover #
@dcestrada maybe http://delicious.com/ ? in reply to dcestrada #
@wcpreston definitely a bummer that it's the last season, but at least it forces them to come clean on various aspects of the story! in reply to wcpreston #
@TonyWilburn @vseanclark love me some UberTwitter. Especially the latest beta. in reply to TonyWilburn #
RT @Knieriemen: "Blogs Just Aren't Cool Any More, Teens Say" – PCmag – http://bit.ly/b9OFC8 < sorta feel the same way. My blog gathers dust. #
'Lost' recap: What's Your Worldview? EW.com: http://bit.ly/a2PwNh < love these articles. Check out the freaky screen cap of Locke #
@michaelramm never heard of @socialscope, I'll have to check it out. Brb signing up for beta. in reply to michaelramm #
steveharryman.com “River of Bears” Documentary http://ow.ly/1o6UFl < should get Morgan Freeman to narrate #
@vanberge ugh. Still 200+ for me. Need to deal with this junk. in reply to vanberge #
@BRCDcomm bought four 8/80's in Nov, loving them! in reply to BRCDcomm #
@HPStorageGuy tip: don't set iops=1 when using round robin with vSphere and XP20k. Leave at 1000. in reply to HPStorageGuy #
RT @nytimes: In Visit to Fox News, Jon Stewart Faults Fox News http://nyti.ms/9U471t #
RT @stevie_chambers: "Silos are collapsing: The rise of the Data Center Engineer" #
I think naming a disk array 'Cancer' was a bad idea. Going in to work to meet the field engineer for I/O module swap. #
@cwoodruff I never use the site. For some reason, UberTwitter on my storm2 is preferable than any other Twitter interface. in reply to cwoodruff #
@stevie_chambers you bet. Virt, Storage, Unix, windows, etc. Job cuts means we do all the jobs! Virtualization is a unifier of roles too. in reply to stevie_chambers #
@bwahacker sign me up in reply to bwahacker #
@vanberge yeah fail. I was there at noon. Crazy! in reply to vanberge #
@cshanklin @DuncanYB aww it aint that bad in DTW! #MichiganAwesome in reply to cshanklin #
@jasonboche @vseanclark just don't pick the wrong destination disk! Probably should have disabled the hba first… nuked a datastore :/ #doh in reply to jasonboche #
David Arquette as a cocky shill for AT&T makes me want to avoid them even more. #
RT @tenacubus: RT @baratunde: oh god. Underwood totally bombed that last note. Why does she hate america? #Superbowl #SB44 < LOL #
What's up with my CFL bulbs burning out? Two in one week! Definitely not getting the promised life out of them. How do you dispose of these? #
@ericsiebert I don't think so. They are 3-5 years old though. Still, I expected longer. Got a supply of regular bulbs to last me. in reply to ericsiebert #
@EWDocJensen @MSR I was totally thinking the same thing. Clearly Manning is inhabited by Smokey. in reply to EWDocJensen #
Sweet Google commercial. #
Can't stand these GoDaddy spots. They're a fine registar but these over-sexed ads are so annoying. Danica Patrick should be embarrassed #
@vanberge Google rules. Bing drools. in reply to vanberge #
@vseanclark yeah I'm with ya. Time to find a new registar. #BoycottGoDaddy in reply to vseanclark #

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chouse — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:59:00 +0000

RT @nytimes: Questions Over Fixing Torn Picasso http://bit.ly/6a6tmc < Impressive #
@atiensivu yup #
@ssauer I think you can replace a few term services DLLs in Win7 Home to enable RDP. Google it. in reply to ssauer #
@RickVanover hah, we have a whole #IPv4 class B registered to us that's not even publicly routable. Should probably turn that back in. in reply to RickVanover #
RT @Discovery: Mike Rowe tries to be a Soo Locks tech tonight @ 9PM E/P on an all-new DIRTY JOBS: http://bit.ly/bJAngG < #MichiganAwesome #
@mattschuler @natehoekstra it's the us vs them plus fear mongering/FUD/outsiders are out to get you. Ropes in the sheep. #FNCisaCult in reply to mattschuler #
@ssharwood @StorageMonkeys Pure #HP for servers and storage at this shop! (except for vendor-supported Dell) in reply to ssharwood #
@joshuatownsend can you enable EVC and let it figure it out itself? in reply to joshuatownsend #
@natehoekstra Blockbuster is laughable. Stick with Netflix. in reply to natehoekstra #
@joshuatownsend EVC #FTW! Just enabled it today on my 5 clusters. in reply to joshuatownsend #
@vmwarecares IP fields (BMC IP) in vCenter client should allow copy/paste. Or get rid of dot notation in the field. Hampers productivity! #
@jacobrussell no multitasking? Nothing new then with Apple devices. in reply to jacobrussell #
RT @hpnews: "HP Moves Into Doctor Practices With McKesson Deal" – InfoWeek http://bit.ly/9ONdsd < eww McKesson. BRB ClinStar etc. Hello Epic #
Getting tired of snail-pace browser on the BlackBerry.. even with WiFi and Hotspot browser. Loading Data… ugh. #
@jgaler @cowboyEric driving and tweeting? That like texting and driving? in reply to jgaler #
@cowboyEric who do you shoot for? Just yourself? in reply to cowboyEric #
@tscalzott lol, we (@vanberge) just uninstalled Exchange today. Failed migration away from GroupWise a few years ago. Was just lingering. in reply to tscalzott #
@RickVanover gave Opera Mini 5 beta 2 a shot on the Storm2, kinda quirky but promising. Bolt browser seems to be doing it for me. in reply to RickVanover #
RT @WSJ: Does Apple's iPad have an iP problem? Fujitsu already has an iPad and claims a trademark on the name http://on.wsj.com/cjJrm4 < LOL #
@aebarrett but how do you Really feel?! yeah, it was the first thing that crossed my mind too :/ in reply to aebarrett #
How do you break a heart? http://tweetphoto.com/9796881 #
@detroitrobbie http://tweetphoto.com/9796881 yeah. Brutal! in reply to detroitrobbie #
@jonfife you are old jon fife. Brb! in reply to jonfife #
RT @WSJ: At least 49 websites for House lawmakers were hacked today and laden with insults towards President Obama http://on.wsj.com/bsRj0h #
Hello Traverse! http://tweetphoto.com/9935216 #
Very glad to see this happening: Obama & GOP have a frank discussion – http://bit.ly/9ognlF #cnn #
@jdemaagd bummer! why? in reply to jdemaagd #
@detroitrobbie aww look at robbie and his sheer jubilation in reply to detroitrobbie #
Two cups of coffee later, I might be ready for the day. #
@detroitrobbie uuuuuuuugh yeah 15F here. Up at 630 cuz jaden had a fever :-/ in reply to detroitrobbie #
@detroitrobbie h8 u in reply to detroitrobbie #
@druidDUDE I'm up by 530 and in bed by 10. That's feeling old! in reply to druidDUDE #
@eWEEKNews is it just me or do you consistently have dupe tweets for articles? in reply to eWEEKNews #
TV + components now 100% digital/HDMI: sat recvr, dvd, xbox360. No more analog! Simplified cable mgmt too. #
RT @Discovery: Be Strong Captain Phil. We are one big support system. http://tinyurl.com/ycbho97 < Captain Phil had a stroke! #
@detroitrobbie lol well it is still kinda a rats nest back there but now only 4 cables to tv instead of a million in reply to detroitrobbie #
If you like heartburn, eating chips and salsa before bed is a really good idea. I for one, am a big fan. #
@mrtomahawk I am down for both of those. in reply to mrtomahawk #
Things we lost in the fire is a great movie. Go see it now. Been sitting on my dvr for months. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-28 Why yes, I am grilling outside right now. 30F...
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chouse — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:59:00 +0000

RT @GreatLakesGuy: The People Against the Lake Michigan Wind Farm currently has 1,070 members http://bit.ly/8EjsTh #GreatLakes < Lame. #
In a Twitter 'unfollow' mood today. Watch out! #
@BlackBerry one app/word: UberTwitter in reply to BlackBerry #
@DuncanYB @lynxbat @jpiscaer watch out, Web Access is listed as experimental in reply to DuncanYB #
@atiensivu been playing Portal? in reply to atiensivu #
RT @globalgeeknews: Apple January 2010 Event Keynote Script Leak: http://bit.ly/8FPly1 < expensive tablet. #
Loving A.M.'s 'Living a Nightmare, Chasing the Dream' digital album, $10 with 2 previous via mail – http://bit.ly/560ofv – #DetroitHipHop #
@atiensivu orange box rules. How was metro? in reply to atiensivu #
@trazylyn no worries, you're safe in reply to trazylyn #
@makarna0044 I bought an M-Edge, looks sufficient. in reply to makarna0044 #
RT @biz: Cool, @billgates is officially on Twitter! < BGatesWin@aol.com? We chatted on AOL 2.5. #
RT @huffbusiness WATCH: Jim Cramer Says Markets Will Rally If Dems Lose Massachusetts Senate Race http://bit.ly/7CJo6u < Cramer always wrong #
@bwahacker how much of that is from you? in reply to bwahacker #
When is The Biggest Loser going to be filmed in 16:9 HD? 4:3 is so '00. I want to see crystal-clear blood/sweat/tears! #
@tscalzott I've done both! in reply to tscalzott #
@tscalzott oh well. What are you interviewing for? in reply to tscalzott #
White chicken chili and Andrew Sorkin's Too Big To Fail make a good evening. #
I've got that new world in my view. King Britt. #
RT @firefox: Join us tomorrow starting @ 8 a.m. PST on http://air.mozilla.com/ to catch the #firefox 3.6 launch! #
@sarahbrodhead producer Steve for the win! in reply to sarahbrodhead #
@tscalzott thanks! in reply to tscalzott #
RT @NASA: http://bit.ly/8xKbL0 Space Station (sort of) gets Internet access (via remote desktop to a ground computer). Neat! #
@kelliepickler sweet flak jacket. in reply to kelliepickler #
RT @firefox: See how Personas can change the look & feel of #firefox: http://bit.ly/fx36pyt < cool concept but distracting. Pass. #
@carl_furrow nah my wife is better. Why is yours so great? in reply to carl_furrow #
@markkolich #BornInABarnFTW! in reply to markkolich #
@markkolich hmm I saw one parked outside yesterday. Thought they were gonna break my Uverse. Probably just hooking the neighbor up. in reply to markkolich #
@cowboyEric say hi to Small Town Son for me. Went to Haiti with Chris Hitchcock a few years ago. in reply to cowboyEric #
@detroitrobbie Expressssssssssss in reply to detroitrobbie #
@sweeet4certain totally agree. Watching SAG award show makes you feel like part of the club. in reply to sweeet4certain #
@tscalzott @jasemccarty yep, got a few of those type of systems at the hospital. Makes VM tool/hw upgrades difficult. in reply to tscalzott #
@jasemccarty @tscalzott yeah, medical software makers don't write software so well. Lotta nasty stuff which doesn't cluster or load balance. in reply to jasemccarty #
@mixedfeelings honestly, not really a goal of mine! in reply to mixedfeelings #
@vRobM start | run | cleanmgr #fail? in reply to vRobM #
RT @cwoodruff: nasty wet day in w michigan. I guess we get the old snow melted to get new snow this next week < missed my snowblower #
RT @nytimes: McCain Nudges Obama Toward His Party’s Health Plans http://bit.ly/8N5vEk < 170 accepted GOP amendments in current legislation. #
@dansjohnson totally jealous. I attend Mars! Used to run sound for GVSU Campus Ministry and church on east side of MI. Need a sub?? in reply to dansjohnson #
@ssharwood yeah 'Personas' are kinda gimmicky. Probably aiming for the less techy crowd that likes to theme their desktop. in reply to ssharwood #
RT @cnnbrk: Haiti has had a 5.5 magnitude aftershock, U.S.G.S. says http://bit.ly/7JgggT < Haiti will pretty much be swallowed by the earth #

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chouse — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:59:00 +0000

RT @PlanetV12n: Locate VM if vCenter is down? http://bit.ly/7rAnr1 < wrote bash script to do this w/vmware-cmd -l every 5min. VM+host. #
RT @Discovery_News: "Jenny McCarthy Dismisses Pediatrics Study on Autism" (surprise!) http://ow.ly/V2sQ < McCarthy is an Idiot. Ignore. #
RT @cnnbrk: Sarah Palin signs deal to be Fox News contributor, source tells CNN. http://bit.ly/79faDj < sure quit as gov and join fox $$$ #
@detroitrobbie I probably woulda stay gov and tried to do some good vs pontificate and whine! Me no likey SP. in reply to detroitrobbie #
@detroitrobbie dude. Way racist in reply to detroitrobbie #
@quinnep http://tweetphoto.com/8544631 don't mess with texas! in reply to quinnep #
@jasonboche same here. I don't know why. I think I just google everything. in reply to jasonboche #
@hplabs C.House! in reply to hplabs #
@cody_bunch @Texiwill does anybody put ESX/ESXi out on the internet without an external firewall in front? Bad idea? in reply to cody_bunch #
proudly wearing my [G-RAP] #MichiganAwesome tshirt (thanks to my wife from xmas and @jonathanbell !) http://bit.ly/8HkpSN #
RT @SFoskett: [Blog] Is GDrive Finally Being Launched? http://bit.ly/7hUGjB < yes plz. I will give $GOOG all my dataz #
Ugh, should have selected faster shipping from Amazon for my Kindle! #
@jacobrussell I don't know what those acronyms are, amazingly. What are they? in reply to jacobrussell #
@Alan99H what's she got? in reply to Alan99H #
@jacobrussell wow, why on Windows? in reply to jacobrussell #
RT @natehoekstra: Totally on team conan. Forget leno and his big chin. < 100% agreed #
@briankellyphoto just watched a youtube clip of Rosie's from Food Network's Diners Driveins and Dives. Looks tasty. in reply to briankellyphoto #
Installing UberTwitter 0.945! http://www.ubertwitter.com/bb/download.php #
@Mark_Salling you rule Mark. Give 'em hell in reply to Mark_Salling #
@Alan99H bored you mean. in reply to Alan99H #
RT @algore: Senator Murkowski is planning to attack the Clean Air Act – help me fight back. http://bit.ly/8oG2YR Tell Senators to vote NO. #
@vRobM i'm sure @ComcastCares will swoop in and solve your internet issue immediately in reply to vRobM #
Upgraded shipping to next day and Kindle should arrive tomorrow! Now if only I could permanently solve this xbox 'open tray' error… #
Enjoyed @nprfreshair Terry Gross' interview with Jonathan Cohn about the healthcare bill and what happens next: http://bit.ly/8Azep6 #
How do you upgrade to vCenter 4 Update 1? Installer only prompts to modify linked mode or uninstall! #
@digitalkiller I dunno, I took it out of linked mode and ran it again, still only prompted to uninstall or configure linked mode. Lame. in reply to digitalkiller #
@digitalkiller did you upgrade from 4.0 release to 4.0 update 1? or from 2.5? in reply to digitalkiller #
@digitalkiller nope going from 4.0 just to U1 in reply to digitalkiller #
@Coldspire time for a storm2 clearly. in reply to Coldspire #
@TonyWilburn hey me too! 45 hosts. Doing an upgrade or clean install? in reply to TonyWilburn #
RT @uscoastguard: District 7 (Miami): **Video Release** Coast Guard conducts damage assessment flight over Haiti: http://bit.ly/79EIpy #
Just got my Kindle from UPS! Letting it warm up before turning it on #
Hello Kindle! http://tweetphoto.com/8658432 #
@cowboyEric had a lotta amazon gift cards, basically. in reply to cowboyEric #
RT @WSJ: U.S. aid flights to Haiti's one-runway airport are suspended until 4 p.m. ET. http://on.wsj.com/6GI3St < what a mess #
Just bought my first book for the Kindle: 'Pirate Latitudes: A Novel' by Michael Crichton. http://bit.ly/6WlTr5 #
RT @FOX17: Robb Westaby RT @Pogue: LOL! Conan O'Brien has posted a Craigslist ad… too funny! http://bit.ly/4SJkSB #
pretty much reading twitter on my kindle #
@tscalzott Kindle has a basic browser, suited for mobile sites such as m.twitter.com. It is functional but not terribly pleasant. in reply to tscalzott #
Yeah, i just put in a warranty repair order for my xbox. "Open Tray" message beyond irritating, and only a few weeks left on the warranty. #
@vRobM how so? in reply to vRobM #
@vRobM thanks, I will check it out! in reply to vRobM #
@vRobM yeah, my warranty expires 2/10 or something so i'll probably just send it in. Make some time for the neglected Wii in reply to vRobM #
@lauravelasquez tiredness will hit you in a few hours. Just wait in reply to lauravelasquez #
@cowboyEric that's what weekends are for! Unproductivity! in reply to cowboyEric #
@vseanclark the wedding dream never dies! in reply to vseanclark #
While reading, came across the word 'lugubrious'. Had to look it up on the Kindle dictionary: looking/sounding sad/dismal. Use often. #
Finished 1st Kindle book 'Pirate Latitudes' by Michael Crichton (http://bit.ly/6WlTr5) Recommended if you like adventure! Nice period piece. #
Wife says I need a case for the Kindle. What's a good/cheap/functional one that doesn't get in the way? #
@tscalzott great, looking at those now! Probably will get the blue one. Thanks! in reply to tscalzott #
reading through HP virtualconnect reference architecture for vsphere 4 (http://bit.ly/4H0LQs) while listening to the golden globes #
@jasemccarty the real question is how much tech will be bungled/made up? The tech side of 24 drives me batty. in reply to jasemccarty #
@jasemccarty no i haven't but i'm totally going to watch it. I need an outlet for my 24/tech frustration. friend of mine runs bauercount.com in reply to jasemccarty #
@jasemccarty apparently they took bauercount.com down :-\ nevermind in reply to jasemccarty #
Why do the commercial promos and eightWest show itself make me want to die? #

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