In retrospect, going to a wedding reception with a toddler and a nursing baby, without having arranged a babysitter in advance, may not have been that great an idea to begin with.
Big Summer Weekend #1
While all our Canadian friends were relaxing and enjoying their day off on Tuesday, I was busy at work. I haven’t switched over to Canadian payroll yet (for benefits, and other reasons) so I’m still on the U.S. holiday schedule. It sucked a little bit to be working (and trying to sleep through the fireworks that night) but it was worth it. See Americans get their holiday on Friday, so that means I get a long weekend!
This summer is full of big weekends. This one includes cars, a wedding, and at least one new person to meet. Its gonna be a busy one, but it should be fun! Pictures to follow.
A huge congratulations to our friends Steph and Mike on their up-coming nuptials!
Our best safe travel wishes to Pete and Faith as they start the trek home from Africa!
And a (belated) happy birthday to Canada, and a happy independence day to our American neighbours!
Let's go somewhere…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY&hl=en]
Doesn’t this video make you want to laugh? And then get up and visit every single part of the planet you can possibly get to before you die?
PS: Watch the Hi-Def version if your connection is good enough. Its way better!
Virtualizing OS/2 Warp
Just for kicks, I dusted off the old OS/2 Warp discs…
OS/2 was supposed to be the next DOS, developed in co-operation between Microsoft and IBM. Microsoft dropped their end of the deal when Windows 3.0 gained popularity. For awhile, and because they’d shared APIs, IBM was able to run Windows apps within OS/2 Warp, but the compatibility plan wasn’t really in their best interests.
IBM did go on to continue to improve on OS/2 with Warp coming out in 1994 — before Windows 95 was out, adding pre-emptive multi-tasking, improved memory management, and a solid networking stack. But by then Microsoft’s FUD was in effect, and most consumers waited for the next version of Windows.
OS/2 did hold a fair bit of ground in banking and in embedded systems (like ATMs) and although its no longer supported by IBM, a product called eCommstation continues its development and technologies.
Alas, it does not work in VMWare, as they long ago decided support wasn’t worth it. Works fine in VirtualPC, however. This guy has some tips, and you can copy the floppy images right off the CD and use them (without conversion) in VirtualPC.
Once I gave up on VMWare (won’t boot past the second floppy, no matter how I configured the VM) this was one of the easier virtual machines I’ve built. Video was decent at SVGA, sound worked pretty well (the installer likes making funky noises.) Still messing with networking.
Hit the jump for some screen shots…
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