This post is for preservation, because just about the time I forget the steps is the time I need to reinstall VMWare Tools on an Ubuntu Guest on an ESXi Host.
sudo -i
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install build-essential binutils linux-headers-$(uname -r)
mount /dev/scd0...
When the majority of your Facebook friends work in PR or politics, you get invited to extremely random events and groups. Over the weekend, someone invited me to the launch for a time management book, 168 Hours.
This invite was...
Except that this wasn't really polite dinner conversation...Emily asked while sitting at the dinner table, "If mommy didn't eat the baby, how did it get into her stomach?"Steven responded, "The baby isn't in mommy's stomach! Your stomach is where food...
Although I don't often actually attend Riverbend, during the week it is going on, it still dominates on the horizon. There is no escaping from it. But that is not a bad thing, especially when Riverbend comes to me. As...
Natural birth is not about suffering, being a show off or doing it just for the experience. It IS about working with your baby and body. It IS about what evidence says is overall the...
Former City Paper editor Clint Brewer, who more recently ran the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, will become the next political editor of The Tennessean.
Congratulations, Mr. Brewer. Though some feel that this move signals a “shift to the right” in...
Our latest Town Council meeting was this past Monday, June 14. There were several major issues on the agenda. One was an appeal of a decision by the Design Review Commission (DRC). I have long had concerns that the DRC's...
Like all journalists, Andrew Sullivan over at The Atlantic has his idiosyncrasies and his pet peeves, something only accentuated by his blog's advantageous use of new media. Christians that disagree with some of his political views might be surprised to...
A sign advertises the Bessie Smith Strut alongside a vendor's tent. By Robert Parker.
Photographs by Robert Parker. Written by John Hawbaker.
A Chattanooga tradition, the Bessie Smith Strut takes place on the fourth day of the annual Riverbend Festival. It combines...
Opinion: The Jackson Sun’s Nicholas Beadle did a great job of capturing a debate among four GOP candidates in the race to replace retiring U.S. Rep. John Tanner in the Eighth District. I haven’t seen too many mainstream news outlets...
Tim Childers, a Southeast Tennessee teacher who blogs about education, attended the annual conference of the Professional Educators of Tennessee (PET). Six gubernatorial candidates spoke to the conferees, and Childers ably scribed his reaction to each. Here’s an excerpt:
Ron Ramsey...
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