Hot Dog Eating Contest

Today ESPN had complete coverage of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, NY.  I couldn’t help but notice that the commentary was very serious.  At one point a comment was made about a competitors mask and there was concern expressed over the constriction of his jaw by the mask.  Seriously?  Has the “sport” of competitive eating come to this level? 

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Holy Toledo!

I am here in lovely Toledo, OH tonight. Traveling for work again, seems to be becoming the rule rather than the exception. When I checked into my hotel I was greeted by the gentlemen behind the counter who worked rapidly to get me checked in. After a few moments of working he looked up and said “you were here last week, weren’t you”? Confused, I told him that I hadn’t been to this hotel before and he insisted that I looked familiar and he thought I had been a hotel guest the previous week.

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Good Eats in Shelbyville

If you ever find yourself in Shelbyville, Kentucky apart from asking yourself why you are there, you should check out some of the local dining establishments.

Claudia Sanders (wife of Col. Sanders of KFC fame) restaurant is an excellent place to go for traditional southern cuisine. I had my first ‘hot brown’ which is a native Kentucky dish that consisted of turkey, ham, sauce, with cheese on top, baked in a small casserole dish.

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VDI Connection Brokers

There are only a handful of companies that are currently producing a connection broker product.  If you dig through the documentation from HP, IBM, and others they mention this “optional” magical box that serves as the bridge between the client devices and the hypervisors.  Very few of these vendors who are pushing VDI have come forward and presented a solid connection broker component, which I would consider to be one of the most critical components of VDI.  I have listed them here for convenience in evaluating end-to-end VDI solutions.

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