I’ve written before about running Linux under Windows XP using the free VMware Player. It works really well. Even though I’ve done it before, I don’t really have much of a need, so other than making sure most big-picture features work, I don’t really exercise the distribution.
Recently, I’ve had two reasons to crank it up [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2008’
Updated Linux Distros in VMware Player
New Twitter Followers
I’ve been using Twitter for a very long time (thanks Jamie, even though you deserted us for a while).
I have had it set to IM me (via Jabber) whenever anyone tweets, and forever, that was working. A while ago (quite a while ago), those messages stopped coming. I was able to send tweets [...]
April 2008 Poker
Well, it’s a few days early, but I honestly don’t think I’ll be playing any (or much) poker before the end of the month. If there is a material update, I’ll post again.
In keeping with my new schedule, even though I had a ton of time to play this month, I still played a pretty [...]
The Proclaimers at BB King
Last night marked the end of our mini-streak of concerts (six in seven nights, including the last three in a row at BB King). We saw The Proclaimers.
In 1998 The Proclaimers released their second studio CD, Sunshine On Leith. The first two songs on the album really grabbed Lois: I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) and [...]
Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo at BB King
A few months ago, I saw that Pat Benatar was playing at BB King with Neil Giraldo. I only own one Pat Benatar CD (Crimes of Passion) and it’s absolutely awesome. I am embarrassed to admit that I had never heard the name Neil Giraldo, since he’s been her husband for 26 years, and her [...]
Cherish The Ladies at Towne Crier Cafe
Lois and I are very big fans of traditional Irish music. This should come as no surprise to those who know us (or regularly read this space), not because I write about Irish music a lot, but because we really love tons of roots music and there is a lot of Irish roots in that. [...]
Leo Kottke at Tarrytown Music Hall
I’ve written quite a bit about acoustic guitarists in this space over the past year. In addition to listening to tons of acoustic guitar on my iPod, we have also seen quite a number of the current great ones live.
In my Acoustic Guitar Update post, I mentioned one of the current (and for a long [...]