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how do you start a blog? this is the question that’s been on my mind ever since i installed wordpress and created my about page. actually, i wrote a first entry at that time, but i was messing around deleting users and found out that deleting a user also deletes all the posts of that user (too bad they didn’t warn me of that when i clicked on delete). but it wasn’t anything worth worrying about losing.<\/p>\n

somedays i’ve thought of something i wanted to write about but didn’t, because i didn’t feel it was appropriate for a first entry. other times i’ve logged in and sat here in front of the write page for a few minutes, hoping for inspiration, only to close my browser and walk away. i’m hoping that once i get a few posts up here that i won’t be so intimidated about taking a few minutes and posting some random crap.<\/p>\n

one of the things i want to do is capture some of the ideas i would like to explore in future posts. that way when i come back here to write, i’ll always have something to fall back on. here are a few of the ideas i’ve had so far (in no particular order).<\/p>\n

Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 Migration Toolkit<\/a> – You can use VSMT to make a virtual image of a live machine, then power up the virtual image and power down the physical machine. This sounds like a great tool for consolidating old machines. As far as run-time performance goes, I think VMWare is still miles ahead of the rest, but tools like VSMT make it easier to try Microsoft’s solution.<\/p>\n

Dragonfly CMS<\/a> – I’ve built a few family websites using CPGNuke and Dragonfly CMS.<\/p>\n

x86, amd64<\/a>, em64t<\/a>, ia64<\/a>, Power<\/a>, and other cpu desings<\/p>\n

ghost<\/a>, altiris deployment<\/a>, landesk<\/a>, zenworks<\/a>, and other imaging solutions<\/p>\n

books, authors, and writing<\/p>\n

movie reviews<\/p>\n

itunes<\/a>, msn music<\/a>, public libraries, ipods<\/a>, garage band, pro tools, wma, mp3, ogg vorbis, and other things related to music and digital music<\/p>\n

copyrights, patents, licenses, open source, and other things pertaining to “intellectual property”<\/p>\n

tcp\/ip, ipv6, ipsec, vlans, vpns, and other networking related things<\/p>\n

religion<\/p>\n

family<\/p>\n

travel, adventure, skiing, and other outdoor activities<\/p>\n

swimming<\/p>\n

health<\/p>\n

gardening<\/p>\n

emergency preparedness<\/p>\n

I’m sure there are plenty of other topics I’ll come up with, but at least I’ve got a crutch to fall back on when I can’t think of anything specific to write about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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