Dell PowerEdge Servers now Solaris Certified
I work for an IT company who primarily use Dell servers for their IT infrastructure nowadays.
Before using Dell as our hardware vendor we used (and are still using) Sun hardware to run our enterprise critical Oracle databases on the Solaris OS.
Its been a long long time since we ordered any new Sun hardware and the current Sun boxes are in much need of a replacement (EOL reached some time back).
So when i discovered that Dell is now offering Solaris 10 Certified boxes on their PowerEdge servers it brought a smile on my face.
I already informed our DBA team of this nice fact so they can look into it and hopefully some nice deal can be made with Dell to ship some nice Solaris 10 boxes our way :)
Dell PowerEdge Servers now Solaris CertifiedCan you say w00t ?!?!
MSN app for iPhone
I was browsing thru the App Store to see if any apps would catch my interest and then i noticed a very nice looking instant messenger app called: Palringo Instant Messenger.
To my knowledge this is the 1st instant messenger app for the iPhone available thru the App Store that supports multiple messaging services.
Here's the, almost complete, list:
AOL's AIM
Google Talk
Yahoo! Messenger
ICQ
Jabber
and ... take a deep breath .. Windows Live Messenger!
Okay before you all get excited and start getting this
free app i do wanna let ya know the app has 1 major downside: you can't run it in the background so when yur iPhone auto-locks to go to sleep mode or you press the home button you will get disconnected!
This is not so much the fault of the app itself but more of how Apple designed the iPhone not allowing processes to run in the background.
So to stay connected set iPhone's auto-lock setting to never if you plan on being away from your iPhone longer than 5 minutes (the max setting for auto-lock).
The description of the app mentions that it's actually a "rich messaging service" meaning that it not only supports text messaging but you can also send pictures and vocal instant messages.
You do need to register a free Palringo account but once that is out of your way you are good to go .. just add the services you like and yur contact list will be added automatically.
I've not had the app crash on me yet so it's looking okay-ish so far.
Palringo not only runs on iPhone but also on other mobile phones, Macs and PCs.
The Dark Knight
I just got back from the cinema having watched The Dark Knight. Wow what an awesome movie. I really liked it's predecessor Batman Begins but this one even topped that. I don't agree with the statement some ppl have made saying that Heath Ledger's performance as The Joker was worthy of an Oscar tho. Don't get me wrong, he played the part pretty good but I just don't think it's Oscar material. I do hope another Batman movie is going to be done starring Christian Bale as the caped crusador cuz I think he plays the role of Batman really well.
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America ehrm .. Yesterday
A while ago my gf and I went to Amsterdam and to our surprise we walked straight to a lil shop which sells nothing but imported food n' candy from the states. So we stocked up on pop tarts and some other yummy goodies and last but not least American pancake mix (Mrs. Butter-worth's) :)
So we made pancakes last night and they were frickin' delicious :)
This is 1 store we'll keep going back to from time to time, I'm sure.
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Tickets Are In !!
W00t .. ordered 2 tickets on presale for the october 13th Disturbed venue in the Heineken Music Hall (HMH) in Amsterdam and they arrived in the mail :D
Hehe these babies are secure :)
Tacky But Awesome Loveseat
My gf and I were at the shops and decided to visit the local trendhopper store. That's when we saw this awesome tacky couch .. Tacky in a good way tho :)
See for yourself
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