I’m a big fan of the GIMP. The GIMP is a freely available alternative to Photoshop, and available for windows as well as Linux. Lately, I’ve been using it mostly on my notebook to crop and touch up pictures, as well as doing odd things like this.
There are a ton of great resources for photographers using the GIMP for photos, I’m constantly recommending this one to people. While I was out at LugRadio, someone introduced me to Lomo. Well, at least Lomo effects with the GIMP.
I really like how this filter looks, it’s hard not to apply this to all of my pictures.
If you’re looking for a way to edit photos easily and freely, I can’t recommend the GIMP enough.
July 24th, 2008 by theron
According to reliable sources VMware is going to announce the release of their hypervisor for free. ESX 3i is the embedded hypervisor that allows for OEMs to sell a ESX-ready-to-install-in-your-datacenter server to customers. ESX 3i was announced last year at VMworld, and since then, people have been anxiously awaiting the ability to buy these quick to deploy solutions.
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July 23rd, 2008 by theron
Bad storm last night. 37,000 with no power. A blackberry does put out enough light to find a proper flashlight.
July 21st, 2008 by theron
With VMware having some internal issues at the moment, all of the Microsoft “Wow Hyper-V is out!” news flooding the (dare I say it?) blogosphere, and the torrent of VMware counter articles being written about why VMware is REALLY cheaper, it’s interesting to get some news from another virtualization hypervisor on the market.
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July 16th, 2008 by theron
Jabber > identi.ca > wordpress, very cool
July 16th, 2008 by theron
I finally broke down and subscribed to a microblogging site, identi.ca. Free Software with wordpress integration. watch out.
July 15th, 2008 by theron
Background article.
Interesting read, an analysis from this one man shop: http://www.clabbyanalytics.com that got published at Microsoft’s website. Shocking.
Take a second to really read through that article and the report, then come back. I’ll wait here.
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July 9th, 2008 by theron
I’ve been trying to pay attention to some of the more interesting things coming out of the Redhat Summit this year. I’d like to jot down and talk a little about a few of the interesting things that I’m going to be trying out both at work, work, and home.
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June 20th, 2008 by theron
Got my registration taken care of today for VMworld this year, and it’s looking to be bigger than ever. Apparently, over 14,000 people have already registered, and we’re still over three months out. With this being my 3rd year in attendance, I’ve reached alumni status. I’m not hoping for Jedi robes, but I am looking forward to a great event that just keeps getting better and better. With a fully deployed 3.5 environment at my workplace, I’m looking forward to see where VMware is going in the coming year.
This year it’s being held at the Venetian Hotel and casino, and having never been to Las Vegas, I’m sure this is going to be interesting.
June 20th, 2008 by theron
I just finished giving a presentation to the National Association of State Technology Directors or NASTD about server virtualization and emerging technologies. Working actively in this field, I hadn’t been in front of a large audience speaking for some time, but I was excited to get the opportunity to put together a presentation and try avoid people falling asleep. From everything I heard, it was a roaring success, and I got some great feedback about my comments and thoughts about both Xen and VMware. I’m sure that most of this was new ground for some of these folks and I’m hoping that I have helped in some small part to get things rolling in their data centers for virtualization to succeed.
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April 24th, 2008 by theron
