While VMware is undoubtedly the technology granddaddy of x86 virtualisation, and Parallels was the first well-known way of running Microsoft Windows on Apple MacOS X, VirtualBox is an open-source gem in a world of pay-for software.
I was dragged into the social networking, user generated content, interactive world of “Web 2.0” kicking and screaming. For years now I have kept an online presence in the form of a website. Gradually I’ve begun to realise that most of my life is spent within a stone’s throw of the wired world, and so it was about time I embraced that part of my existence.
Around the same time that I switched to an Apple laptop work took me to Leeds several days a week. Most of this travel was by train, and so I found myself with around an hour and a half to do work and catch up with friends and colleagues. I would write very long and rambling emails (and still do) while crossing the Pennines. I would also write song ideas, song lyrics, and whatever else came to mind.
