Amazon EC2 VM Import is What I Really Want

Amazon Web Services have just released a new capability, EC2 VM Import, which according to the information available will allow me to import existing VMware machines into EC2. Now this is what I really want and need to continue my migration to the cloud. This EC2 option opens up a lot of avenues for my continuing cloud/virtualization research.

Chromebooks appear to be Selling

A month after their official release on 06/15/2011, it appears that Chromebooks from Acer and Samsung are selling respectably according to Amazon and this article, Samsung and Acer, Google Chromebooks still strong on Amazon. As a secondary computer where getting on the web, speed, and security are the focus then Chromebooks are the definitely the right device. The couch-potato and kitchen-tabletop use cases have emerged as the places where I use my Chromebook the most.