Low Rent Aquarium

Alabama crab & Pyrex.

Ketchup Soap

Making do with what you have.

Redneck Riviera

Celebrating at the Florida-Alabama border.

Happy Cactus

Growing in our front yard.

The Gang Is Back!

Yee-Haw!

Backyard Chillaxin’

Sunny Saturday…

San Diego VMUG – More Bad PowerPoint

I Was excited to be featured as a case study yesterday a the San Diego VMWare User Group Meeting.  TJSL’s Brian Graham did a great job telling a compelling story while punctuating it with a few select slides that featured one photo each.

Sadly, the typical PowerPoint presentation seemed to dominate – too much info on the slide, not enough time to digest, and complete distraction from what the speaker was actually saying at the time.

Brian’s presentation worked because he got up on stage to tell a story – a story that emphasized the successes and lessons learned during our own desktop virtualization project.  By keeping it human, mixing in a little self depreciating humor, and showing only a few select slides he managed to hold the audience’s attention and get his point across.

Brian got a lot of slaps on the back and recognition for the work he put into the VDI project – nice work Mr. Graham!

Aside from the PPTs it was a great event and I look forwarding to heading back!

Random Infographic Of The Day: VW Cutaway

Alright, so this may not be an infographic inline with what is popular these days but its pretty darn cool, its a graphic, and it provides information.

1959 Deluxe Kombi/Microbus

Flip Camera RIP: Education Will Miss You

Today I read a celebration of the death of the Flip Camera on Gizmodo.  While its true that most people do not need one – your smart phone probably records better video with more “cool” options – there is a solid use for the Flip Cam in education and other settings that don’t have a phone option.

As a result of the looming of the death of the VCR I have suggested several times to clients that they replace the old ‘tape and review’ process with a Flip Cam.  Instructors and students are able to very quickly record themselves and get feedback on performance without the need for a lot of bulky equipment.

Though there are alternatives to the Flip Cam it was clearly the best option on the market.  RIP old friend, RIP.

Details of Cisco restructuring at Yahoo

El Dorado On A Thursday Night

Very romantic…