Convert Virtualbox .vdi to raw LVM device, resize in process.

November 5th, 2009

>хотелско обзавежданеg a long-time user of Virtualbox I was faced with the common problem of outgrowing the space in a VDI file. I also understand well that encapsulating one filesystem within another adds a significant amount of overhead to an I/O intensive VM, so I needed a way to put my VM on a raw disk, not on top of another filesystem.

Bug-Infested candy from HEB in Flour Bluff

November 1st, 2009

Ok, this just really pissed me off to the degree that I feel compelled to make a public post about this.

Hey HEB, I don’t like eating bugs.
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Whiting - Sept 6, 2009 - Newport Pass Area

September 6th, 2009

27 Whiting (1 already is filleted)
whiting, yummy

Hummingbird Mania!

September 17th, 2008

The hummingbirds are here in south Texas and are thicker then ever. I managed to shoot a few photos the other day of the noisy flock humming about the feeder.

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Hurricane Ike - Storm Surge - Tortuga Dunes Development

September 16th, 2008

Some people just don’t get it. Building a house on a barrier island is risky enough, and my opinion is that building a home on the gulf side of a barrier island is just asking for trouble. The Tortuga Dunes development is just such a project with homes only a thin dune away from the pure untamed fury of the Gulf of Mexico. There are no homes built in this area yet, and all those wishing to purchase out there should realize that that they’re probably buying a disposable house. If their insurance premiums aren’t higher than their mortgages, this only means that the rest of us are absorbing their risk into our premiums.
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Finally got a new vehicle

September 12th, 2008

Well, I decided it was time to buy a real truck and stop my insane fishing excursions in a sedan so I bought a new 2009 Toyota Tacoma. Read the rest of this entry »