Monthly Archives: February 2009

I’m currently performing a high-level survey of the products available in the Virtualization software space.  Since the development of Xen, there has been an explosion of software to allow you to run more than one server on the same host.  This series of posts will begin with a quick introduction to what Virtualization is, what it is used for and summarize with a survey of vendors and products.

I’ll be looking at three different kinds of virtualization software:

  • Server Virtualization
  • Desktop Virtualization
  • Network Equipment Virtualization

I’ve often been asked what tools I use in building and maintaining InetDaemon.Com.  I do nearly all my development work from a Windows computer.  InetDaemon.Com doesn’t use Java and only a small amount of JavaScript, so my needs are fairly modest and I don’t require a lot of heavy software to do the work. Here is the short list of tools I use to create and maintain InetDaemon.com…
InetDaemon’s Web Development Tools

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Another question from the Ask InetDaemon mailbag:

I can't connect to the Internet. My computer keeps getting the address
169.254.x.x. Why?

The Answer

I’ve figured out how to use the Blackberry as a modem to connect my computer to the Internet so I don’t have to share the awful, over-utilized Internet connection in a hotel and so I can connect to the Internet while I’m on the road.

So, how does one set up their computer so they can use their Blackberry to connect to the Internet?

Here’s how

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