pferrel's Stuff

A good place to find out what is happening in Linux.

A simple mapreduce program in php running on hadoop

Parallels allows you to run Windows or Linux in a virtual machine ind=side of OS X. Vista doesn't work yet but read on to find out more.

You can go the Bootcamp route to getting Windows on your Macbook or you can install parallels and run Windows under OS X.  With the soon to next release of Parallels the choice is easy-Parallels.  Run applications in their own separate window on the OS X desktop or run in full screen mode.  It even works with Vista.  First buy and install Parallels from here.  But follow the trail there is more.