The buzzword around my office over the past few months has been VMware. I never took much interest in conversations regarding this process of server virtualization, but that's also because I didn't have a clue what it was. My computing interests lie primarily in web design and application programming for the web, and I don't pay much attention to anything else computing related. After hearing everyone short of the janitors muttering VMware all the time, I finally asked one of our network engineers what it is. Here is what he said:

Like an emulator, VMware software provides a completely virtualized set of hardware to the guest operating system. VMware software virtualizes the hardware for a video adapter, a network adapter, and hard disk adapters. The host provides... (more)

Okay, that's not exactly what he said, but it's pretty much his explanation in a nutshell. Now that I know, I could care less about it; hardware and software on that level just doesn't interest me in the slightest. Now, if VMware was a new, sleek scripting language, I'd be a lot more excited to finally be in the know.

- Joshua

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Last weekend, a group of us went to see the new Iron Man movie, followed up by an awesome dinner consisting of delicious pizza and beer. It was definitely a great day, and Iron Man played a big part in how wonderful it was. We won't go into great detail about the film, other than it is nice to see Robert Downey Jr. back in top form, and Jon Favreau gets major kudos from us for making such a kick arse movie.

One unfortunate thing about the film, though, is there is an extra scene after the credits that most people don't seem to know about (it's not unfortunate the scene is there, only that people aren't clued in about it). We'd wager about 40% are in the know, because that was the percentage of people who stuck around through the credits at the showing we went to. Without giving too much away, we'd just like to say STAY! KEEP YOUR BUTTS GLUED TO THOSE SEATS, PEOPLE! Folks who aren't major comic geeks might not get a huge kick out of it, but there is a cameo by a major actor. Those who do love comics as much as we do, though, will probably crap their pants.

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When a lot of people... wait, when MOST people eat candy that comes in assorted flavors, they tend to zero in on one flavor, typically cherry or strawberry, and doom the rest to short, unloved existences at the bottom of wastebaskets the world over. I admit, I am one of these people, but my love is for what are, quite possibly, the two least liked artificial fruit flavors flavors, lime and orange. This usually works out in my favor when I'm sharing candies with Linda since she likes the reds and the whites.

I say usually, because when it comes to what is in my opinion the tastiest gummy treats, Swedish Gummi Fish, most stores in our area only carry the "reds only" packages. Okay, fine, I understand the company is catering to the masses, but what about the freaks like me who love the other flavors? Why have we been forsaken? There are specialty candy stores where I can get Swedish Gummi Fish by the pound, but shops like that are very overpriced, making it hardly worth it to shop there. Is it too much to ask for some variety from a decently priced store? Show me the love!

- Joshua

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