George's Weblog

After searching and finding all the little pieces of this process I thought I would document it here for future referral.   The main issue with moving the VM from one hypervisor platform to the other is that the initial RAM disk doesn't have the Xen… more »

Easiest way to get your network up and running correctly and quickly: 1. Make sure you configure your network with static IP address (if needed) when installing. Enter the IP address, network, gateway, etc. 2. Let VMWare assign the MAC. Much easier than… more »

With the cold and snow here in Philly I've been doing plenty of riding on Zwift lately. When I started out using Zwift I was very content to ride solo especially during the beta phase when it was more difficult to match the pace of other riders and… more »

My basement pain cave is working out pretty good this year.  I find I'm getting a better aerobic workout than riding outside; at least that's the excuse I'm using for not going out in the cold as much. The first enhancement was to remove the flimsy… more »

I've been wanting to boost the performance of my Mac Mini for some time now. Running some benchmarks showed me that my i5 processor was certainly worthy but the main bottleneck was disk i/o. Having a 5400 RPM hard drive was the weak spot.  The first… more »