Brent Ozar approached me a couple of weeks ago about a new project he was working on as part of the Professional Association For SQL Server named “The Virtualization Virtual Chapter”. Brent wants to get DBAs acquainted with virtualization and all the caveats and strings attached to it. There’s no better and easier way of course then by simply syndicating [...]

Months ago I shared an idea on Twitter about starting a “super blog”. This “super blog” should have contained the top articles of some of the best VMware or virtualization bloggers around. I asked myself what the added value would be and came to the conclusion that there already were many “super blogs” around. Although the “super blog” idea died [...]

I was just watching the Drummonds vs Crosby debate. Many people have analyzed the videos already but the one worth reading is the article by Mr Stevie Chambers. If you haven’t seen it yet, take a look it’s definitely worth it. One thing I would like to note is that in my opinion this was the wrong match. I don’t [...]

I was so sick and tired of waiting for Twitter.com to give a decent reply to my support requested I decided to open up a new account. From what I’ve been told unsuspending accounts can take up to 30 days. I guess their focus is on suspending accounts cause that only takes them seconds. Well I’m not going to wait [...]

Usually 1.5 month before VMworld all the “VMworld, why you should attend” posts start appearing. My title says it all, Just be there! But if you are still not sure why, here are a bunch of arguments you can use to convince yourself and your manager… As most of you know Rick Scherer, Scott Lowe, Chad Sakac, Tom Howarth and [...]

Eric Siebert just published the new TOP 10 Blogs. I want to thank every one who voted for me. I’m really surprised with the number of “#1″ votes I got. As you might notice compared to Eric’s own TOP-20 some people have moved up or down. I think the most noticeable is Gabe entering the TOP 10 and Chad going [...]

I was looking for a new wallpaper for my laptop as the old ones started to bore me. Coincidentally I ran into Sander Ras this week. Sander designed the Yellow Bricks logo almost two years ago, and I asked him if he could create a wallpaper for me based on this logo. This is what he emailed me and I [...]