The Official Parallels Virtualization Blog: “If you’re going to try out the trial of Parallels Desktop 3.0, make sure to back up your virtual machine BEFORE installing the trial. Why? To add Snapshot functionality, Parallels has to change the way your virtual hard drive is set up. This process is fast (it takes about 5 seconds) and won’t make you lose any apps or data, but it is NOT REVERSIBLE.”

~stevenf: “I wear as a sort of geek badge of pride the fact that I’ve never camped overnight to purchase any tech product. Sure, I’ve been one of the first ones in the store after it opened, and OK, I pre-ordered a Wii and picked it up at midnight, but I’ve never CAMPED OUT in front of a store just to hand over my money like a great big loser.

Well, the iPhone launch is the first time I’ve ever actually seriously considered it.”

I few months ago I bought a [french press](http://www.amazon.com/Bodum-Chambord-4-Cup-Coffee-Press/dp/B00012D0R2/ref=pd_bbs_sr_9/103-9593185-8547847?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1181143163&sr=8-9) and finally but it in to service this morning. It blows away normal coffee makers when it comes to flavor even to the point of making Folgers drinkable.

Try one, you won’t be disappointed.

Jens: “Giant Moose – IN UR NUTSHELLZ”

Hit the link to see the LOLCODE Nutshell bookcover…

Kotaku: “This video may have wall-to-wall homophobic slurs and drip with profanity, but that should be nothing new to the Xbox Live and Halo set. This clip of lil’ Master Chief getting his mitts on the Halo 3 beta, via NeoGAF, appeals to my juvenile side in a very disturbing way. What can I say? I LOLed.”

Ethan Johnson: “There’s your hip tip for the day: If you wonder if the exercising and healthy eating is paying off really, when you see the same old you in the mirror every day, find something that physically represents the weight you lost. Even a bottle of soda is roughly 16oz (1 lb). That’s one less pound you’re carrying. It all adds up, just not miraculously overnight, no matter what load of hooey is being sold on late-night TV these days.”

Vosges Haut-Chocolat: “Deep milk chocolate coats your mouth and leads to the crunch of smoked bacon pieces. Surprise your mouth with the smoked salt and sweet milk chocolate combination.”

We bought a [dining room table at an auction](http://www.tammykirks.com/archives/381) a few weeks ago and it’s high time we moved the old out of our living room. Here’s a picture:

It’s made of rubber tree wood (also called [parawood](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parawood)) and finished in a color similar to honey. It includes six chairs that are recovered in a pale green contemporary patterned fabric:

It came from JC Penny about 8 years ago and we’ve been really happy with it. It’s held up to a variety of uses with not much complaint. There’s one flaw:

That ring is about the size of the bottom of a wine bottle.

We’re selling the set for $450 plus actual shipping costs to your site. The table and chairs can be broken down for shipping or you can arrange for local pickup.

Giant Moose: “Meet your new favorite programming language, LOLCODE:”

HAI
CAN HAS STDIO?
I HAS A VAR
IM IN YR LOOP
	UP VAR!!1
	VISIBLE VAR
	IZ VAR BIGGER THAN 10? KTHXBYE
IM OUTTA YR LOOP
KTHXBYE

[David Gewirtz:](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/frontierkernel/message/3199) “I’m pleased to announce the completion of the native MySQL client within Frontier, for Windows. Frontier already supports limited MySQL access through the ODBC DLL. This new native MySQL client within Frontier is unrelated to that DLL and implements the MySQL client library natively within Frontier, like I did previously with Frontier and SQLite.”