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By admin, May 12, 2011 10:58 am

Just found this handy tool for windows platform, it’s quite informative in fact!

Microsoft Windows [Version 5.2.3790]
(C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>pathping www.google.com

Tracing route to www.l.google.com [74.125.71.99]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
  0  gateway [x.x.x.x]
  1  pcd-mkk5-2-gx.netvigator.com [218.250.100.254]
  2  n219076124098.netvigator.com [219.76.124.98]
  3  pcd507202.netvigator.com [218.102.39.202]
  4  TenGE10-1.br01.hkg05.pccwbtn.net [63.218.254.9]
  5  63-218-144-253.static.pccwglobal.net [63.218.144.253]
  6  TenGE0-0-2-0.cr04.hkg04.pccwbtn.net [63.218.60.221]
  7  TenGE10-4.br01.hkg04.pccwbtn.net [63.218.60.218]
  8  72.14.196.133
  9  209.85.241.58
 10  209.85.253.71
 11  216.239.48.230
 12  hx-in-f99.1e100.net [74.125.71.99]

Computing statistics for 300 seconds…
            Source to Here   This Node/Link
Hop  RTT    Lost/Sent = Pct  Lost/Sent = Pct  Address
  0                                           gateway [x.x.x.x]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  1   45ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  pcd-mkk5-2-gx.netvigator.com [218.
250.100.254]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  2   55ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  n219076124098.netvigator.com [219.
76.124.98]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  3   49ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  pcd507202.netvigator.com [218.102.
39.202]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  4   48ms     1/ 100 =  1%     1/ 100 =  1%  TenGE10-1.br01.hkg05.pccwbtn.net [
63.218.254.9]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  5   54ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  63-218-144-253.static.pccwglobal.n
et [63.218.144.253]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  6   45ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  TenGE0-0-2-0.cr04.hkg04.pccwbtn.ne
t [63.218.60.221]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  7   58ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  TenGE10-4.br01.hkg04.pccwbtn.net [
63.218.60.218]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  8   55ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  72.14.196.133
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  9   47ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  209.85.241.58
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
 10   53ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  209.85.253.71
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
 11   41ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  216.239.48.230
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
 12   57ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  hx-in-f99.1e100.net [74.125.71.99]
Trace complete.

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By admin, May 11, 2011 9:46 pm

I was surprised when I saw this carton shape Salty Roasted Drum Stick for dinner!

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By admin, May 8, 2011 2:37 pm

The installation of vCloud Usage Meter OVF Appliance is very easy, just remember to assign its network NIC to your vCenter subnet and then browse to http://vCloudUsageMeter:8080/serviceprovider, add vCenter and configure all the email settings.

I found vCloud Usage Meter is very useful even you are not using vCloud Director, it serves as a good measurement of your virtual infrastructure and you can generate reports to have a better understanding of your VM usage, best of all, it’s a free!

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By admin, May 8, 2011 12:57 pm

I really enjoy cooking this kind of stuff on a quiet Sunday morning. I still remember Nonna (Grandma in Italian, my land lady) used to cook this yummy dish every Sunday during my 2 years stay in Chichester, West Sussex, England, wow…that was 20 years ago.

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By admin, May 7, 2011 10:55 pm

Back in the 60 and 70s, there are so many musical groups with real music for real people, the following are some of the them I love the most!

Puff the Magic Dragon by Peter, Paul and Mary

California Dreaming by The Mamas & The Papas

Sound Of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel

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By admin, May 6, 2011 11:00 pm

Although I am not particularly like Country Music, but this song is the one that moves me, and it’s also the one Leslie Cheung performed in year 2000 CRHK IDClub Concert, Good Taste, GorGor!

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By admin, May 5, 2011 6:19 pm

It’s like a totally new re-discovery for me. I just came to know about Roberta Flack only yesterday after going through the list of Grammy’s Best Song of the Year, and surprisingly found she was the original singer of “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (1973) and “Killing Me Softly” (1974)

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (1973), it’s such a Beautiful song!

Killing Me Softly (1974), definitely a classic! Roberta said she wrote this song after seeing Don McLean of American Pie fame in concert.

Enjoy!

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By admin, May 4, 2011 6:06 pm

I accidentally discovered the following on Wiki today, simply copy and paste the song into Youtube, then you had your magically Pandora Box.

Grammy Award for Song of the Year

Grammy Award for Record of the Year

I just can’t stop loving the great music from the 60 and 70s, and those are the real music for real people.

Btw, I came to know Roberta Flack only by today and found out she’s also the original writer and singer for Killing Me Softly (1973)

Enjoy!

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By admin, May 4, 2011 4:52 pm

It seemed the market for 3^rd party virtualization tools is really heating up, this time it’s VKernel offers some free apps for those who love every bites of those nice looking GUI based tools.

• ApplicationVIEW
• CapacityVIEW
• StorageVIEW
• Capacity Modeler 

I’ve tried them all, well, it does what it suppose to, which is just to give you a very preliminary of what your current virtual infrastructure is and also present you some problems it discovered, to get into more details, you have to pay as expected. Well, to some extend, I don’t like VKernel’s free tools, as they are really does nothing but to get you into buying their products, by contract, Veeam is doing much better for the free products that’s actually useful, so I’ve uninstalled all 4 after 30 mins of testing as I found they are really not useful at all.

A few years back, I was seriously consider buying VMkernel’s chargeback product as it’s more advanced than VMware’s chargeback product, but both contains flaw and drawbacks. After almost 3 years, I still don’t see anyone on the market offers a good cloud based chargeback/billing panel for easy to use and customize to individual company’s requirement, if you know any new comer, please drop me a line, thanks.

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By admin, May 4, 2011 3:37 pm

Mix Greens from Australia, Cherry Tomatoes from Israel, Organic Cucumber from Local, Feta Cheese from Greek, and a touch of Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Balsamic from Italy. Together with a slice of home baked bread and some left over Carbonara, this makes a perfect lunch!

The cost for the salad per serve is about HK$25, way cheaper and healthier than buying the ready-made ones from super market, this price of course not counting the labor that is.