This was error I have received while trying to convert physical machine running Windows 2003 SP1 into VMWare image. After some googling around and experimenting (this link was most helpful to point me in correct direction) I found solution that worked for me. All I had to do was to disable Floppy Drive in the System applet of Control panel. After this, the conversion continued and right now is squeezing 100 GB disk into 50 2 GB files on external USB disk.

Yes, I mean *that* dry, boring Deweys Decimal Classification used by libraries around the world. Here is what I noticed in Ottawa Public Library: Can you imagine two subjects so far apart from each other - and sometimes sooo close ;-)

A wonderful gem I found here: I remember telling a friend that being a project manager is a little like being a bouncer: where there's a problem *here* and a door *there* and it's your job to get the problem out the door. So For some a gentle gesture will do while others need a push and still others need to be picked up by their pants and carried But!

It is always a nice surprise to find something that is free and actually useful on the Net :-). Like this one: a fellow Ottawan Karl Sequin wrote and generously made available as free download "Foundations of programming" eBook. He touches many topics of various levels from high level design concepts (dependency injection) to low level "Back to Basics" - how memory allocation and pointers work. Especially the later is often neglected and overlooked (and consequently misunderstood) by younger developers who started their education with a garbage collected language such as Java or C# and never were exposed to beauty and horrors of C ;-)

Few days ago, I have received an email asking to attend the SpringSource conference and offering $300 discount if I decide to buy before end of month. The timining was pretty ironical, considering the recent contraversy about SpringSource Entreprise Maintenance policy change. The was a heated discussion on TheServerside.com and even FAQ was compiled by Rod Johnson to explain the whole thing. So what is the issue: SpringSource, commercial entity behind community driven Spring Framework decided to capitalize on the investment and push the community toward paid service suport contract.