Comments for Artificial Cheese http://blog.cheesefingers.com Practical thoughts fueled by divine orange powder Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:37:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 Comment on Sunday Night Showdown: Getting the Chivalry Whipped Out of Me by Dev's Counterpart http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2008/11/06/sunday-night-showdown-getting-the-chivalry-whipped-out-of-me/#comment-65927 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:14:09 +0000 http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2008/11/06/sunday-night-showdown-getting-the-chivalry-whipped-out-of-me/#comment-65927 So... when my counterpart refused to learn how to make tea so that I would have to make it all the time, I guess that showed that I am actually whipped? Well, NO MORE! Thank you Cheesefingers, for calling this to my attention. So… when my counterpart refused to learn how to make tea so that I would have to make it all the time, I guess that showed that I am actually whipped? Well, NO MORE! Thank you Cheesefingers, for calling this to my attention.

]]> Comment on Tips for Surviving the Economic Crisis by Mamta http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2008/10/19/tips-for-surviving-the-economic-crisis/#comment-63849 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:57:44 +0000 http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2008/10/19/tips-for-surviving-the-economic-crisis/#comment-63849 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2008/10/10/GA2008101002742.html?hpid=smartliving Picture #6 is the upgraded version of "these" things... it can help you charge your phone when your muscles are fatigued from pulling the PCGs! http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2008/10/10/GA2008101002742.html?hpid=smartliving

Picture #6 is the upgraded version of “these” things… it can help you charge your phone when your muscles are fatigued from pulling the PCGs!

]]> Comment on Funksysteme Archives: Smartifying your Speech by stumpy http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2008/10/01/funksysteme-archives-smartifying-your-speech/#comment-61550 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:47:42 +0000 http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2008/10/01/funksysteme-archives-smartifying-your-speech/#comment-61550 I hate reruns. Unless they are of Fraiser or Seinfeld. I hate reruns. Unless they are of Fraiser or Seinfeld.

]]> Comment on Virtualization at Home by Richa http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2007/12/22/virtualization-at-home/#comment-57512 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:56:31 +0000 http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2007/12/22/virtualization-at-home/#comment-57512 Well I think what Dev says is correct. Virtual machines are useful for developers and IT organizations, but not so much for the home user, and the technical knowledge setting one up requires defeats most laypeople. That said, a few comments on setting up virtual machines on a Mac: 1. Don't use Virtual PC. Microsoft doesn't support it anymore, and it's <em>dog slow</em>. 2. Parallels is very useful (and more importantly, dead easy to set up), and I used it for a while, but for the true portability lover, VMWare is the way to go. VMWare is available for Windows, Mac OS and Linux, and so is great for developers who increasingly need to use some combination of multiple systems to get their jobs done. What's more, a Windows user can set up a VM to house an Oracle database, for instance, but then can transfer it to their Mac OS or Linux-using colleagues with a single file transfer, and a guarantee that it will work seamlessly. In my case, I run Leopard with an installation of Windows XP in VMWare Fusion (the latter costs you about $80), so I can develop using the power of Unix in Mac OS, but test my web applications in IE when I need to. Windows when I need it, out of the way when I don't. What could be better? Well I think what Dev says is correct. Virtual machines are useful for developers and IT organizations, but not so much for the home user, and the technical knowledge setting one up requires defeats most laypeople.

That said, a few comments on setting up virtual machines on a Mac:

1. Don’t use Virtual PC. Microsoft doesn’t support it anymore, and it’s dog slow.
2. Parallels is very useful (and more importantly, dead easy to set up), and I used it for a while, but for the true portability lover, VMWare is the way to go. VMWare is available for Windows, Mac OS and Linux, and so is great for developers who increasingly need to use some combination of multiple systems to get their jobs done. What’s more, a Windows user can set up a VM to house an Oracle database, for instance, but then can transfer it to their Mac OS or Linux-using colleagues with a single file transfer, and a guarantee that it will work seamlessly.

In my case, I run Leopard with an installation of Windows XP in VMWare Fusion (the latter costs you about $80), so I can develop using the power of Unix in Mac OS, but test my web applications in IE when I need to. Windows when I need it, out of the way when I don’t. What could be better?

]]> Comment on Virtualization at Home by Mark http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2007/12/22/virtualization-at-home/#comment-57285 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:48:33 +0000 http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2007/12/22/virtualization-at-home/#comment-57285 Soooo I take it you are in favor of Virtual Machines? You don't mention what's involved with doing this for Macs though... I'm sold on the idea, but I don't have a Home PC... so what do I doo?!?!?!? Soooo I take it you are in favor of Virtual Machines?

You don’t mention what’s involved with doing this for Macs though… I’m sold on the idea, but I don’t have a Home PC… so what do I doo?!?!?!?

]]> Comment on Aging and Acting in Hollywood by Dev http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2006/11/26/aging-and-acting-in-hollywood/#comment-55267 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:26:26 +0000 http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2006/11/26/aging-and-acting-in-hollywood/#comment-55267 I agree that Al Pacino was, at one point in time, a very versatile actor. I mentioned Godfather, Serpico and Scarface for that reason. However the message of this blog post is how actors lose that versatility as they grow older. I agree that Al Pacino was, at one point in time, a very versatile actor. I mentioned Godfather, Serpico and Scarface for that reason. However the message of this blog post is how actors lose that versatility as they grow older.

]]> Comment on Aging and Acting in Hollywood by Raj http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2006/11/26/aging-and-acting-in-hollywood/#comment-52281 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:50:59 +0000 http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2006/11/26/aging-and-acting-in-hollywood/#comment-52281 Out of all the actors you mention, Al Pacino easily is the most diversified character and I don't agree with you that he's just done gangster/cop or crime related rolls, you see Dog Day Afternoon and some his other films and you will see that ... Out of all the actors you mention, Al Pacino easily is the most diversified character and I don’t agree with you that he’s just done gangster/cop or crime related rolls, you see Dog Day Afternoon and some his other films and you will see that …

]]> Comment on Stand By by stumpy http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2008/06/07/stand-by/#comment-39450 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:13:21 +0000 http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2008/06/07/stand-by/#comment-39450 I love to people watch. Unfortunately it is for the same reason. To see acts of stupidity and then write about them. It is okay I guess once in while. I get very combative in a situation like waiting for the train but the opposite when I have to get off of a train/airplane. I start sizing up the competition to see who is the weaker people, find a strategic location to stand so that I will get on the train first, make appropriate changes so that at a moments notice i can carry and transport everything I have and lead the people I am with. Once, I get on the train, I am in no rush or have no care. I sit and stare in a a zen like state. I am usually the last to get off and then I walk slowly. I love to people watch. Unfortunately it is for the same reason. To see acts of stupidity and then write about them. It is okay I guess once in while. I get very combative in a situation like waiting for the train but the opposite when I have to get off of a train/airplane. I start sizing up the competition to see who is the weaker people, find a strategic location to stand so that I will get on the train first, make appropriate changes so that at a moments notice i can carry and transport everything I have and lead the people I am with. Once, I get on the train, I am in no rush or have no care. I sit and stare in a a zen like state. I am usually the last to get off and then I walk slowly.

]]> Comment on Blogger’s Block, Fire Up the Archives by ila http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2008/05/17/bloggers-block-fire-up-the-archives/#comment-35414 Wed, 28 May 2008 04:21:21 +0000 http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2008/05/17/bloggers-block-fire-up-the-archives/#comment-35414 that is cheating loser that is cheating loser

]]> Comment on Isolated Public Idleness by Dev http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2008/03/09/isolated-public-idleness/#comment-26341 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:23:17 +0000 http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2008/03/09/isolated-public-idleness/#comment-26341 Re: Nehal, Incorrect! It's Richa's blog, Emotional Pumpkin. Re: Nehal, Incorrect! It’s Richa’s blog, Emotional Pumpkin.

]]> Comment on Isolated Public Idleness by nehal http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2008/03/09/isolated-public-idleness/#comment-26325 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:04:58 +0000 http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2008/03/09/isolated-public-idleness/#comment-26325 wait. you linked to a blurb that linked to the site? thats very awesome of you cause it's your sister's blurb. happy belated awesomeness day! wait. you linked to a blurb that linked to the site? thats very awesome of you cause it’s your sister’s blurb. happy belated awesomeness day!

]]> Comment on Isolated Public Idleness by stumpymonkey http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2008/03/09/isolated-public-idleness/#comment-26023 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:14:37 +0000 http://blog.cheesefingers.com/2008/03/09/isolated-public-idleness/#comment-26023 i love to sit and stare! We can sit and stare all 6 days whilst we traverse the united states!!! sit and stare! i love to sit and stare! We can sit and stare all 6 days whilst we traverse the united states!!! sit and stare!

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