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Virtualization of Development Environments Useful Links

Recently I reformatted my computer after being fed up with a “dirty” Windows install. What I found was that because I was trying out so many different development environments, I was having trouble maintaining a clean foundation for future work. It occurred to me that a possible solution for this would be to virtualize operating systems with Ubuntu/Linux, which of course would be license “free”. By using VirtualBox, I could run a couple VM’s with installed IDEs like IntelliJ or NetBeans, WAMP stack, or Visual Studio on a Windows License so that my localhost would be independent and freed up from walking all over each other. I remember last year working on something called Vagrant. Vagrant takes this idea a step much further by creating ready made boxes, hosted here, for use by anybody. So if you want to quickly jump into a development environment, you can!

The 1998 Frostburg Tornado

June 2, 1998 PA-MD-WV Tornado Outbreak

“As the days followed, debris from Frostburg was found up to 100 miles away. A jacket, bought by a woman on June 2 in Frostburg, was found with the bag and receipt near Levels, WV, 25 miles away. A 400 acre farm in Gorman, Maryland, just across the river from Paw Paw, WV (about 27 miles from Frostburg) had debris strewn across it. The farmer found shingles, pieces of siding and insulation. House debris was found in Paw Paw, WV and into the northern tip of Frederick County, VA. A JC Penny catalog belonging to the family whose house was wiped off its foundation was found in Winchester, VA, 60 miles away, along with a piece of a high school diploma from a school in Frostburg. Another part of a high school diploma was found north of Berryville about 80 miles away. A bill that had been in a basement file cabinet in the Frostburg house was found in Sterling, VA which is about 100 miles from Frostburg.” – NOAA