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December 2006 - Posts

• 5 things you didnt know about me..

  Chris Haaker tagged me as part of the 5 things that you didnt know about me..so, of course I felt obliged to answer :) Anyway, here goes:  1. I once put a pair of boxer shorts in the microwave to dry them before a date. No.. I didnt go to college.. no I wasnt drunk either (i think)/ Dont even ask me the whole story... 2. I have a sense of humour... yep I know. Amazing. All these years people didnt realise. Well I do. Monty Python humour though.. Because Im a "very naughty boy" (but I'm always up for going out to play!) 3. Like many other people, I didnt actually aim to work in IT. I wanted to be a technical designer, drawing buildings for example. After 2 years of training I realised that it wasnt for me as I was so bored, and I didnt want to spend my life in front of a computer screen looking at CAD. Now I spend my days as a Technical Architect in the IT industry, spending my life in front of a computer screen looking at AD and scripts. Ironic isnt it? 4. I love the Blues.. Best music there is. Can warm your soul or destroy it. Stevie Ray Vaughn, Kenny Wayne Sheppard, Albert King, BB King. All good. I saw BB King at Wembley for his last ever UK gig. It was an emotional night I have to say. 5. I love Brussel Sprouts.. enough said.  I should tag 5 people, but all the people I know have already been hit with this one  So.. OPEN INVITE. Lets get everyone posting somethings about themselves. Share this post:                                        Posted Dec 31 2006, 06:01 PM by Paul E Davey with no comments

• Merry XMAS and a Happy New Year To All

  Just want to wish everyone a very Happy Xmas, and a happy new year. This is my first Xmas as a Dad and already in 5 weeks I can see that things are never going to be the same again! In a good way I mean...  I hope everyone has a great Xmas with family et all. Share this post:                                        Posted Dec 25 2006, 10:39 AM by Paul E Davey with no comments

• Its been a long time...

  Its been coming up for a month since the last time I posted. Life has been very different since little Matt come along. In true baby style he has been crying, peeing and pooing a lot. Good on him. Might as well make the most of it whilst someone else is around to clear up the mess I have had some time to start looking more at Vista and the WAIK now I have managed to get it down from MSDN. I have spent an awful lot of my time looking in to VMWARE, VMWARE ACE, ESX and VC as well, and hope to post some blogcasts or more information (time permitting) up soon on the matters. Ok, there not Microsoft products, but lots of people and lots of US are using the products in Production or Labs and it is helpful to have some knowledge share here (I think so anyway).  Out of curiosity has anyone taken the VMWARE exam(s) at all ? Im looking to take some in the future as it is an area I am keen to get in to. Also has anyone played arounf with VMWARE ACE or SVS yet? I can see both products being amazingly helpful when it comes to Vista testing time and pilot time. Being able to run a secure SOE of Win2k or WinXP so your legacy apps etc still work, whilst getting Vista tested - I can remember the days I would have to have multiple machines to do that!!   Share this post:                                        Posted Dec 14 2006, 11:00 AM by Paul E Davey with no comments