Archive for August, 2009

Guest Post: Metal Camp, Tolmin, Slovenia

Our son Gary travelled to Slovenia to attend Metal Camp last month, so I managed to twist his arm to write a guest post for the blog. “Every year at the start of July, metal fans from all over Europe descend upon Tolmin , a town in the small country of Slovenia, for the five day Metal Camp music festival. As well as an opportunity to see some awesome bands, it’s a great excuse for a holiday! The festival lineup, as well as the opportunity to spend some time in a beautiful European country,

Tiny 7 ©2009 Unattended Activated CD – By eXPerience Himself

Tiny 7 ©2009 Unattended Activated CD – By eXPerience Himself Quote: Statistics : – ISO File Size………………………… 699 Mb- RAM Usage On First Installation………… 145 Mb (idle for 5 mins)- Entire Installation Size………………. 2.46 Gb- WINDOWS Folder Size…………………… 2.40 Gb- Running Processes, total………………. 24- Running Processes, Windows…………….. 22- Install Time In VMware………………… 10 to 15 minutes**The operati

Floatin’ Powa News Service: Brave Gnu, Whirled.

CLICK ME ~ WHILE YOU STILL CAN Lebanese army on alert after reported IDF build-up along border Tension mounted Monday in southern Lebanon after Israeli forces reportedly advanced to the area of the Shaba farms, forcing the Lebanese army on alert, a Lebanese army source said. The source said three armored Israeli vehicles, accompanied by a civilian car, advanced towards Shaba Farms, located at the junction of south-east Lebanon, south-west Syria and northern Israel. Jumblat: I Alone A

Team Type 1’s Ilesic Makes It Two Straight At Crossroads Classic

Concord, N.C. – Team Type 1’s Aldo Ino Ilesic notched his fifth victory of the season – and won his second race in two nights – Wednesday at the Cabarrus Creamery Criterium in Concord, N.C. Ilesic beat Eric Barlevav (Team Mountain Khakis) and Neil Bezdek (GS Mengoni) to the line at the end of the hour-long race. The criterium was the second in a series of five races this week that make up the ninth annual Giordana Crossroads Classic. Tuesday night, Ilesic won a three-up sprint from a bre

More Syndicated Bloggers at SQLServerPedia

We’ve got three new syndicated bloggers at SQLServerPedia this week! Kevin Kline ( Blog – Twitter ) How do I even begin to introduce Kevin? He’s the former President of the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) . He writes columns in Database Trends & Applications and SQL Server Magazine . He’s written book after book, including the epic O’Reilly SQL in a Nutshell . He’s Technical Strategy Manager for SQL Server Solutions at Quest Software , a leading provider of awa

Artest Runs Through China

If you’ve been following new Laker Ron Artest on Twitter ( @96TruwarierQB ), you already know a bit about his journey through China, thanks to tweets about his rap concerts (”Just did another show in Shenyang, China”) and shoe appearances (”Stay tuned to my Ron Artest shoe coming soon”). Thinking that a more detailed description of his trip would be of interest, we contacted Team Artest to get the rundown: – Artest was scheduled to leave the country of roughly 1.3 billion people on July 29,

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