The Twitter Diaries: April 24-May 15, 2011#
I would not have imagined that any short string of characters could fail to find something on Google, but I was wrong. #
Dear @adobe : Just NOW downloaded and installed a trial of your design suite. When I try to run it, says I have 0 days left. WTF? # @NomdeB I need to see if it does one specific thing, but I guess I’ll never find out since the trial is apparently broken. Adobe+Mac=suck #
Got tired of trying to figure out how to give Adobe lots of money, and found a 5 app that does exactly what I need. Monday looking better. # @elijahwright Studs was an early influence forme, I think it shows in many ways. this was another influence: How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive 19 Ed: A Manual of Step-by-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot# @fitzage I’ll be sure to schedule lots of meetings with you and then cancel them. #
there may be no better snack in the world than good crusty bread with good dark chocolate # @WinnieWongSF Nutella is also good, but sometime try a chunk of dark choc, thin if possible # @johnnysunshine metal is vegan? #
Cooking from scratch takes time, but it gets my hands off the keyboard, and is more fun than any other domestic work. #
video posted ~4 years ago: Hot Chestnuts! Two Romans Explain How# Giants to Create It Gets Better Video for LGBT Youth – San Francisco News  # So many people have great stories, if only they could find an audience.#
another gray day. I’m too sleepy to think of anything clever to tweet. #
Need screenshot of output which Keynote thinks is misspellings. Can’t tell it to turn off red lines, can’t do screenshot in Slideshow view #
Found it. Still wondering why Keynote disables screenshot in Slideshow view. #
The 1-L lama, he’s a priest. the 2-L llama, he’s a beast. And I will bet my silk pajama there isn’t any 3-L lllama! – Ogden Nash # @sogrady I only ever slept in BA business class with beds that lie totally flat. Then I discovered drugs. Now I can sleep in any seat. # @sogrady Or, @stephenfry reading Harry Potter. Not boring by any means, but somehow soothing. #
.@lebrun The act of reading a newspaper might in some theoretical sense be relaxing, until you pay attention to the actual news. Or news. # @redtwitdown you dislike the term, the fromat, or both? (you have my sympathy on all fronts) # @saraford you’re going to watch them all at once? # In reality, Im a white Indian.#
The Lord in His wisdom made the fly – and then forgot to tell us why. – Ogden Nash # @Stana_Katic I might actually be able to help a little with Bollywood, looking into it. # Though diligent and zealous, he Became a slave to jealousy.(Considering her beauty,’Twas his duty To be that!) #
new video: Cloud as a Business: A Context for Cloud Computing #
experimenting on my site/lab, added a video player with a playlist of all my YouTube vids #
Argh. Everyone stop talking about food! I’m hungry! #
Yes, I am actually in a gym again. After 2 days of overeating, this is needed. Doesnt mean I’m enjoying it. # @johnnysunshine I only like exercise if it’s disguised as something else. # Religious and non-religious people have the same kinds of sex, at the same age of onset, at pretty much the same rate # @HumanityCritic Didn’t stop to ask if he intended it ironically? # @KatieS I hope she’s too young to automatically think of secretary as a woman who types and fetches coffee #SecState #SecState #progress # Oracle Solaris Video – column too narrow, no longer possible to access the fullscreen button on the blip.tv vids, argh #
However, all those Solaris videos are also available on my site, with fullscreen etc. Â #
Aww… never realized til digging into my site’s analytics that a famous Italian band blogged about my site# @rbanffy good point (not enough coffee yet), though I’m using a 1680×1050 screen res and any page layout should just work . Bad user exp # @BrendanG Never too late to learn. 😉 # @NomdeB And accompanied by a yummy soundtrack. Plot, schmot. #
I think I’ll just listen to this all day – Pirates of the Caribbean : On Stranger Tides Soundtrack Compilation Mix  #
Been a long time since I had much to do with actual paper. #
Tonight 7:30pm: @brendangregg on DTrace. Copies of his new book to give away. No pizza tonight though. Â # Congratulations to LinkedIn Joyeur #
Everybody Loves My Baby #
TiVo and Clustrix and LinkedIn and Dreamworks Animation are hiring Sysadmins (and devs). #BayLISA # #
You can safely assume that you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. Anne Lamott # @SniperWulfzen I had a cemetery checkin last week. 4Sq’s attitude about it creepily cheerful. #FoursquareIsEverywhere #
YouTube – R.E.M. – It’s The End Of The World  #
migraine on a sunny Friday afternoon = suck # @philiph Hey, you got elite chauffeur service last night. 😉 #sfgoodbye # @brendangregg will be speaking 5/26 at Percona Live MySQL Conference, New York#
it’s Saturday morning, time to work on my blog. Here’s another rescued video: Windy Sunday on Lake Como# @quirk The files are just too damned big – takes days to upload. I use a lot of cheap HDs local. # @jeffreytaylor@trine The ultimate videoblog! # @jeffreytaylor How very beautiful and appropriate. My memories of John will always be strongly associated with flowers. #
someone is filming an action sequence in my garage # @kirbysayshi Can you show us a screenshot or two? We always love to see cloud analytics in action! # @kirbysayshi I was trying it out but in Chrome can’t figure out where to drag the bookmarklet to #
Am I sleepy from lack of caffeine, allergies, burnout, or just sheer laziness? #
damn, they’re all STILL HERE – YouTube – After The Rapture  #
“You cannot make Italians really progressive; they are too intelligent. Men who see the short cut to good living will never go by the new elaborate roads.” Shared on May 21st, 2011 from Kindle#
@ruperthowe Didn’t get to keep it. #
…and just to wrap it all up with a bow: New Videos: The Gregg Performance Series# @smithnigelw <wince> Sorry about the wait, glad you finally got it! #DTrace # @ryancnelson Do we have a location (we may have quite a bit of beer in Joyent fridges – haven’t looked lately) #
I just checked into Italian Wine Tasting & Pairing with Bertolli on Ustream. Come watch and chat with me here  #
leaving out the region I know best (Lombardia) but I also like Abruzzi wines  #
love Prosecco, and it goes with everything  #
Montepulciano d’Abruzzo seems to be becoming known in the US, seen it in wine shops & groceries (Â #
No, said the old man, I’m waiting for this jerk to get up and do the right thing. Â # Italians live closer to the seasons than Americans do# Old-Fashioned Italian Baby Names#
I’ll bet Prosecco and mango juice would make a good brunch drink. Must try that… #
Whoa. L can see smoke from a possible major fire on Folsom st #
…which explains the helicopters that have been hovering for a while #
Small things make me happy dept: new planters from Ikea  #
@DEVOPS_BORAT But it’s one helluva laptop. #
Well, at least I have proof that my kid can afford a keg of beer. I’ll take that as a good sign. #
thinking I’ll have to buy the LoTR blu-ray in June, tho that will require me to buy a blu-ray player… Need more Viggo in my life! # @greenisus oh damn, that’s @LusciousPear ? Was semi-consciously wondering who that new face in my stream was. #
I wanted this to be played when Oracle bought Sun, but, alas, did not have occasion to indulge my theatrical instincts  #
.@Paypal apparently is not prepared for he fact that SOMETIMES PEOPLE MOVE TO A NEW COUNTRY #
Dear @paypal I JUST SELECTED to log in to the US site and speak English. This is not the time to force Italian upon me. # @NomdeB Thanks – now I finally know what a fascinator is. #
my 24-hour allergy med has worn off after only 15 hours. Shoule I now take a 12-hr med? # @edsai Yes, you need to stop that # @JoyceSolano make your own, with fresh blood orange juice. Heaven! # @trine sorry I missed that conversation # @trine oh, wait your last night = my tonight, I did catch some of that # @trine videoblogging turned into a major part of my career. I’m grateful for the many who helped and taught me along the way. # @befreax I see it’s got good company. 😉 #dtrace #nodejs #win #
Woke up from a nightmare that might make a good conspiracy thriller movie, but was no fun to live through. # he said that Americans loved life, whereas Muslims loved death – (NB I don’t think that applies to all Muslims) # @rattay That’s what YOU say. #puppy #FB # @bklein34 Mike’s nice too, but reserved. #Bears #
It’s okay to not like things – Digg  #
@pelegri check Amazon – due in June #
stocked the fridge with Guiness for tonight. That’s appropriate, right? # @riccardo_iommi Today Cinco de Mayo is celebrated in this part of the world. 😉 #
http://bit.ly/lA3Sv0 three videos by @brendangregg about mpstat #
at Joyent 6 mos, in that time I’ve touched (one way or another) >50 pieces of video, adding up to ~30 hours of final edits. LOTS more to do. # @elijahwright aww, thanks. But I did >400 pieces of video for Snorcle – lots of catching up to do! #
RT @hudsonette: New Paul Simon — The Afterlife | Â via @youtube – gonna have to buy this one #
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Nice evening out with old and new friends, eating German food and drinking Czech beer to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. All-American! # It may be crass to use cash to impress a girl than to wine, dine and gift her — but it’s arguably not any less moral.#
2nd time this wk email purporting to be from a friend stranded with no money. New wave of email account hacks?Yahoo.com & Yahoo.ca emails #
Added new ads to my personal blog (baby needs new shoes!), home now features amusing juxtaposition of beauty products and tech training # @Schlomo You’ve been hoarding? # @sintaxi you can thank @italylogue , Portlander who introduced me to it #jsconf # @LusciousPear I have a friend who knows them well and recommended I apply there (back when I was looking). #
everybody loves me, baby, what’s the matter with you?Won’tcha tell me what did I do to offend you? #
music to spice up your Friday working hours: Rodrigo y Gabriela FTW! PotC4 (no, this is not Hans Zimmer alone) #
# @SniperWulfzen Cool, looking forward. #
I guess the Sun-Oracle blog migration is happening #
So much for non-drowsy medication. # @NickKristof Lord, spare me your Believers. #
My mother’s day indulgence (but I”ll do it other days, too): hot bath and home-mode sugar scrub. Catch is, I now have to clean the tub. #
First attempt at a strawberry Caipirinha. Not bad. # @bubbva Good luck. At least it sounds as if it will clear up on its own. #
dammit, San Francisco, be warmer! # @edsai Our cutest booth bunny 😉 #interop #joyent #
fingers crossed for Ross # @NomdeB@riccardo_iommi it’s good news – job interview. #
Reminder-Joyent Webinar w/ KDDI Cloud as a Business with @jasonh on 5/17/11 at 10:00AM (PST). Learn more and sign up http://bit.ly/lE3gsQ # @sh1mmer As director of training, I am very interested in your idea of pirate classes. Curriculum will be forthcoming? #
enjoying watching @maddow get her snark on at the GOP’s expense. It does not take a village, it takes a Boehner. Schadenfreude is fun. # @alecmuffett Well said, sir. # @alecmuffett V’ir yvxrq fbzr bs uvf rffnlf, ohg ur’f n ovg bs n juvare ba Gjvggre # @sogrady wolcome back # @edsai Ah, this is your fault for getting married during conference season. 😉 #
RT @Schlomo: My new endeavor is a sponsor of http://bit.ly/dviYaA You going to be there? – No, but probably some folks I know will be. #
quick experiment: cleaned up YouTube’s machine-generated captions to create good (English) subtitles – vmstat: Scope  #
Very proud of my daughter. The fruit really doesn’t fall far from the tree. 😉 #
RT @sintaxi: motherfuck! both Google Music and Amazon Cloud Player are restricted to the United States. – Dying from not-surprise. #
YouTube – WON’T GET FOOLED AGAIN – Special Edition Recut  #
my own video of Jambezi#
going to have to switch to actual mouse and use it right handed – trackpad RSI is left hand # @jscarp yes, when I remember to look at it # @italylogue meet @cachafla , a colleague. He wants to know where to eat in Portland. What was the name of that Thai? # @italylogue Dammit, now *I* want to come to Portland again! 😉 #
Who decided that showing slides and hearing a voice online is an effective way to learn? Personally, I learn from PEOPLE. With faces. # Intel Cloud Builder Webinar featuring Joyent’s Bryan Cantrill on 5/19 at 11:00AM (PST). Learn more and sign up here  #
I call BS: who is Social Media Holdings and how can they claim copyright on a school orchestra playing (I think) Elgar? Â #
YouTube apparently accepts dubious copyright claims from this mysterious entity – anyone know more? http://bit.ly/kAhbS3 #
And high schooler playing trombone disputed by the Music Publishing Rights Collecting Society. Official notification from YouTube. WTF? #
This may include content that is owned or administered by these UMPG Publishing Another school event. Classy, folks. # @webmink Thanks, may do. I’m testing the YouTube dispute process, just because I’m stubborn. # I’m tellin’ yo ass, yo – you blow!#
RT @ClusterTech: JOYENT & CLUSTERTECH ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE# @vdotw@nonstick Although the photographed models used in HR training are often unintentionally hilarious… #
okay, that’s enough Ikea pounding and screwing for a while… # @urbanturbanguy I’m pretty boring, really – my social life is mostly eating out or inviting friends in. #SanFrancisco # @thepartycow Nah, not attracted to blonds. #
feeling homesick for Mussoorie # @bubbva you’re on! #
RT @HumanityCritic: RT @Jason_Pollock: Wanna feel old? If they remade Back to the Future now, they would be traveling back to 1981. – AAGGHH #
Small living space = think 3x about buying stuff I won’t use often. A hand blender wd make baking easier, but I only bake ~every 2 months. #
Home improvements: minor ikea hack to create a tall dresser from 2 short ones #
@NomdeB Cool, will watch it. Tenzing’s son Gautam is in Bhadwaj’s latest, 7 Khoon Maaf, from a Ruskin Bond story. All in the family. # @edsai Whatever that was, you apparently inhaled it # @StopBeck Oh, Glenny. There are so many places that metaphor could go… # @hemantmehta Italians worry about Friday the 17th. Hmm, I lived 17 years in Italy… # @NomdeB lant time I tried to speak Hindi, problem seemed to be that my accent was far better than my vocab, so people wd chatter away… #
Umm… does Adobe not support Acrobat on the Mac anymore? Can’t find a try or even a buy. # @fitzage I don’t see a Mac version on that page # @fitzage cs5? # @fitzage I need to trial Acrobat standard, not pro # @pborenstein@fitzage So it would cost me 450 to Adobe to work around a dumb limitation in Confluence. Gah. #
apparently wasted 5 in the Mac app store on a pdf tool which does not even have standard cut-and-paste capability # @RossellaLaeng you might want to follow FiatUSAhttp://twitter.com/#!/fiatusa # @flexrex A bit more than that, thanks. We may have a solution… # @tpenta No block, just a (probably bogus) copyright notice. I want to know whose rights are being infringed. Arranger? How cd they tell? # @tpenta That’s a possibility, but at that poor sound quality, how cd they know? YouTube notice gives NO detail. #
I love to dance, but not to the kind of music they play in clubs… Dr Hook -You Make My Pants Want To Get Up And Dance  #
@ORCL_Infrared looking forward to seeing some Snorcle peeps there! #Dtrace #Solaris # @anildash Yes! #binladenporntitles #
Friday afternoon, time to rock: LOS LONELY BOYS { SENORITA } Â #
@jeffreytaylor Sweetie, you are going to Paris! Think of original brie, and cassis aperitifs. # @jeffreytaylor I’d be right there with you… # @jeffreytaylor When you get back you have to try the foie gras at Osha Thai – excellent. If you’re not sick of foie gras by then. #
Evening snack was toasted bread with Major Grey chutney and aged gouda. Just finishing off a half glass of zin to wash it down. #
I guess I’m allowed to brag now (and I’m gonna do it anyway): my daughter starts work on Monday… at Apple! # @pborenstein yes, but on that score, a flight attendant job would have been more useful! #
I come from a short line of religious skeptics: The Hundred Years’ War# @jeffreytaylor damn you and your biz class. No more showers at LHR for the plebs, that I can find. # # @ebertchicago OMG they got Aishwarya Rai’s name wrong #
Habemus Papam – com’e’? Qualcuno l’ha gia’ visto? Mi sa’ che mi piacera’. #
Ok, that’s the first time I’ve seen an online clothing store where the models walk around. It’s a bit unnerving. myhabit.com #
Apparently there’s some mass athletic activity going on in SF today. I prefer less crowded forms of exercise. # @NomdeB yes but the captioned seemed to think Rai is her first name! #
Traffic is a mess bc of Bay to Breakers, and weather about to get nasty. Good day to stay home. # @postsecret it’s been that time for a long time. Are you marrying her or buying her? #
.@RickWarren What about the know it all theories in various sacred texts? All far less modest in scope than Freud, Marx or Darwin. #
“God made us a different color for a reason and should be honored by not marrying outside of the race that God picked” Â # @jlb13 I assume they are being ironic, but maybe not… #sigh # the art of transforming nothing into something. Every good thing that has happened to me can be traced back to that# @PeterKretzman Telecom Italia repeated ad nauseam You can get help on the Internet! when I was in the queue for support for broken DSL. #
This time 6 years ago: Gardening: In Italy, a Mans Home is His Orto#
an article I wrote 5+ years ago. I wish I felt any differently now about Italy’s future – Â # You’re ugly, and you’re not nice. Â #
Had a much-needed weekend of mostly offline downtime. And I’m almost over the cough from hell. So… ready to face a new week. Almost. #
restored a video I had somehow lost of Barcelona’s Parc Guell (stills by Ross) Â #
My first online video, made in 2004, and how I did it (wasn’t easy in those days!) Â #
RT @davewiner: An open letter to the brilliant young people who read my blog, about health insurance. Â – Listen to him. #
The DTrace book
is officially released on Amazon today. don’t know why the long ship time, we’re asking. #
Now who’s going to be first to review this item? 😉 http://amzn.to/eg4LTT # @sevanjaniyan good question, let me get after @brendangregg about that. Last I heard, it’s in his hands. # @lindseyfowler Thanks! I’m told that est ship date will shrink when it reaches the warehouse, is there a way to know when that will be? # @jasonh That would be very cool. On a plane I would actually be bored enough to use them. # @templedf it’s not easy no switch after 30 years of Qwerty, but does soom to have reduced/eliminated my RSI # @rosannecash Kristofferson? Thanks. Nice to see a name I love (that sadly we don’t see very often) flash by in my tweet stream. # @rosannecash I sang The Pilgrim for an 8th grade choir audition. Startled the teacher – but I got in. # A bizarre political correctness tied the tongues of those who would normally rally to defend women’s rights. Â #
Very excited that I will be able to attend next week’s concert of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus! http://bit.ly/guxoCB #
RT @feliciaday: @jake_freeland@joyent provides our website hosting and they rock! – I didn’t even know that   # like a rabbit trapped in the headlights of vacuous crap#
RT @AngryBlackLady: Jesus Take the Wheel – Thanks, I needed a LOL this evening! # I tend take people at their own valuation. If you say you’re awesome, I’ll believe you, until absolutely forced to think otherwise… # …which I guess means I’m out there on some spectrum or other. But it also means that i genuinely like most people who like themselves. #
RT @riccardo_iommi: @DeirdreS i’m quite handsome!!! 🙂 – Ah, well, for that you’ll have to supply a better photo. 😉 # @LusciousPear I thought that was going to be a Rocky Horror reference # the once-heretical question of whether education is worth the exorbitant price has started to be re-examined. #
.@NomdeB Substance does not matter; image is all. # @NomdeB college is too expensive these days to use as additional growing up time. I wondered about the value during my own BA. Now… #
I so enjoy watching a job done well. # @PeterKretzmanSAGE Program#
First experiment with running Webex concurrent with UStream (plus filming). Tiring doing this solo, but it’s effective. # @lskrocki Thanks., I’ll settle for a stiff drink when it’s over! # @dangillmor a real ninja would take out the lot and get the upgrade? 😉 #6 #
Does any human emotion burn like the sense of injustice suffered? # @FrankConniff is it possible to disassemble Bachmann with a hex wrench? #
.@bsousapt Other emotions can be more intense, but injustice has its own bitter flavor. Even monkeys have a sense of injustice, it runs deep # @fitzage Of course. #
RT @sh1mmer: Reps. 35 x 20lb each arm. – videotaping @brendangregg all day is probably equivalent for arm exercise. He’s a pacer. # @urbanturbanguy There’s a much older version starring Dudley Moore # @urbanturbanguy I’ve seen ads. It looks disturbing # @brendangregg has been teaching for ~7 hours now. He doesn’t show any sign of stopping. #
.@tpenta I did know, and even if I hadn’t, I would certainly have figured it out today. 9 hours in the classroom and he wasn’t even winded. # @tpenta …whereas I, after following him with the camera all day, am exhausted. But we proved a few theories and did some good – worth it. # #
Worst time sink in working life is reformatting between docs, wiki, slides… But people ignore anything not in THEIR preferred format. # @pborenstein Ah, but it is ALL YOUR FAULT. Even if you didn’t mean to. See how that works? No, neither do I. # @StopBeck 100 years ago, pink was for boys and considered too strong for girls, who got baby blue. Saw that at the Smithsonian. #
Why is it sometimes (but not always) necessary to cut&paste from Google docs via TextEdit and/or Word to get text into Confluence? Stupid. #
Dear universe: I LOATHE PowerPoint, and all its ilk. That is all. #
Be nice, girl. You have to pay a price, girl. They like to give advice, girl. Don’t think about it twice, girl. It’s time to get to work! #
Feeling lazy and relaxed but, alas, I have work to do. #
Not to put too fine a point on it: I fucking HATE PowerPoint. #
Word to the wise: when you don’t know something, making shit up is not an acceptable solution. # @thinguy I wince, empathize, and admire. Good luck! #
RT @Hymyilla_: Berlusconi just unlocked the Processo Breve badge on @foursquare! – He’s a swarm all by himself. Of cockroaches. #
Dear Google Docs Revision History: I love you, will you marry me? #
Time to remind myself that I confuse and irritate some real Americans – because I look like one, but I’m not. <sigh> http://bit.ly/dg0HCc # I had some cultural misunderstandings with my American colleagues. I didnt realize at the time what was going on… #
.@NomdeB re cultural misunderstandings w colleagues blog discussion ensued. The lighter side#
.@pelegri Love to hear it. Gets more complicated w cultural diffs in the family. Daughter is Italian, wants an Italian mamma. *So* not me. #
Laughing at the ironies of life. #
Teh mad language skillz – I haz dem. #
I have spent 20 hours this week wrestling with formatting issues in Confluence and PowerPoint. This is not a good use of my time. # @confluence 3.3.3 Most irritating right now: if I cut/paste text containing a link, even within a page, link format is lost – becomes text. #
.@camanpour Making public racism and complete ignorance socially acceptable? #TeaParty #ThisWeek # @italylogueBuffalo milk is preferred in India due to high fat content#
I hate shopping for clothing, and I’m not good at it. Need help with this girl stuff. #
Oh, was that the #teaparty? In SF, they’re outnumbered by the cops sent to protect them. Would have stayed to heckle them, but wanted a beer #
Amazon lists sweaters as casual, timeless, contemporary, and juniors. I have no idea what any of that means. # @NomdeB Business casual, NOT middle-aged (but not teen either), comfortable, don’t have to iron, medium warm for the Sat Francisco summer # @u_m Umm… time lto leave again? #lies # @bubbva I’m not sure Ayn Rand qualifies as philosophy. #fb # @MrSimonTaylor Here: speaking Italian #iwantanappforthat #
When pricked by rankling injustice, pettiness, and other absurd behavior, I should strive to remember: none of them tops my mother. # a large part of the anti-abortion community is also anti-contraception# @nonstick Or eles they keep fit running after their 19 kids #
Last week really sucked, and I’ve barely been out of the house in a month except to go to work. I need to NOT sit at home tonight. Ideas? # @sevanjaniyan taxes thet (ugh) clothes shopping. Whcih I hate, but my wardrobe is in such a state #
Hmm, Maria Muldaur at Biscuits & Blues tonight. That sounds like just the ticket. # @sevanjaniyan if all I ever needed to wear was t-shirts, true. But I’m in marketing – can’t always dress like an engineer 😉 #
taxes done! #
Shopping for clothes. Hate it. Nothing looks like me. #
Shopping exhausts me. Taking a food break. #
Even with a nice (and unexpected) tax refund on the way, I’m just bad at spending money. # @vdotw I’d love that! So bad at girly stuff. Plus my shape has changed and I’m not used to dressing the new me. # @kbucketusa@milouness Starting with getting the spelling of Gandhi wrong. 😉 # @Myrna_SF@geevall I have to, tho – my standbys are in shreds, almost #
Dinner last night w friends of friend – great food, even better company (international)& conversation, too much wine (hence awake at 4 am). # @ryah Getting the impression you don’t sleep much. Not that that’s a bad thing. And what’s this about a banjo…? #
Being awake at 4 am is not so bad when dinner conv provided so much food for reflection. I’ve missed non-American perspective in my life. # @davidpaulyoung Exactly. I still love wine, but it doesn’t love me back. Don’t have this problem with bourbon. #
Also, dreamed I was on a business trip and had to share a room with Worf the Klingon. Which would be fine, unless he snores. #
Does @Smugmug to FB just not worked? Tried Chrome and Firefox, login looks fine, but actually sharing a photo does not. # @davidpaulyoung I look forward to doing so. # automatically trusting others sometimes without due cause can be beneficial#
.@ebertchicago What a beautiful Freudian slip (if it is): only 12 wanted Pain as the nominee #
5 years ago: The Papal Funeral Bash#
4 years ago: Shut Up or Go Home No Culture Likes a Kibitzer#
Rereading LotR for 1st time in years & finding it a hard slog. Girls don’t have any fun in Tolkein’s Middle Earth. Jackson’s a bit more. # @jonasthaler Heh. I actually remember parts of it verbatim, read it so many times when it was almost the only fantasy in town (w Narnia) #
some new questions about Italian Slang and Swearwords – can anyone help? Â # @cpj1 Thanks for buying! Can’t quite see – what’s the other book? #DTrace DTrace book # @hridaybala Many thanks for buying the DTrace book
! Looking forward to hearing what you think (abount the DTrace book). #dtrace # Italian gays fight for full parental rights for both parents (in Italian) – via @Niki1601 – # @ryancnelson Well, geez, you could have got Leffe blond at Costco. 😉 # @ryancnelson they used a knife to do what to it? # @antitheistangie He probably has an intern screen his incoming tweets #
Was headed out for dinner when my bldg fire alarm went. Hope it’s not actually a fire, grabbed my passport in case. #
Came home after good food and good conversation, no fire. Was <2 blocks away so probably would have noticed if there actually was one. # @notmatt Yup. What single item would be the largest PITA to replace at short notice? #
I start to do an expense report (do them rarely these days), system immediately goes into maintenance. The universe is conspiring against me #
Only 4 of the DTrace book left in stock–order soon (more on the way). # @ManishChaks@dangillmor I thought the whole point of these events was to get the journos drunk. Been doing it wrong all this time #
Make me go through a reg process then tell me Page level restrictions have been applied that limit access to this page? Classy, Oracle. # @billblum I’m imagining a #dtrace script that invokes a bunch of singing knights#
Dear Confluence: I’m writing technical courseware. It should not be possible for me to lose 90 of a (long) page by pasting in sample code. # @lskrocki Nope. Thanks, but I did try. #
I am actually in a gym working out. Don’t faint with shock. # @NomdeB Mostly just working off a bad mood. # It stops being a matter of fairness and starts being a matter of wanting whats best for ourselves. # @izs Does she advertise vodka? #
If you happen to be in Kansas City next weekend, go have a great time for a good cause! Â # My essential political/philosophical conviction is belief/faith/trust that human society still has upside potential# @Myrna_SF just a stadning bike in the gym, nothing too exciting # @sogrady Outrage is a sport like any other. If you exercise those muscles daily, you’ll soon find yourself in form. Look at Glenn Beck. #
Love browsing colleagues’ shared iTunes libraries. Almost as insightful as being able to see their bookshelves at home, in some cases more. #
Looks like Amazon sold out available stock of the DTrace book and has had to reorder. Coulda toldja 😉 # @bklein34 is it harder to kick someone out of a virtual room than a real one? # @rosannecash poplar fluff? That stuff is horrible #
.@codebleep Planned outage for no.de, sorry the wording doesn’t actually say that. # @ryancnelson Used to hear a Thai band do Eo ya Think I’m Sexy as 20-min closing number every night at 2 am at a hotel in Bangkok #winning #
.@ryancnelson …because everyone in the hotel could hear it # @izs I suggest you duck fast when you do that. # @AngryBlackLady But, hey, white billionaires… we’ve been trained all our lives to think Big White Daddy knows best. # @sh1mmer Much better! # @Dx_Martha yes I feel very lucky to live here. And somewhat broke #
A couple together for 60 years: Ken and Charlie. #
Fringe benefit of being one of relatively few women at this concert: no wait for the bathroom. #
It’s a wee bit intimidating to have 3 choral conductors analyzing one’s voice. Do you sing? You sound like a mezzo… #
Thanks to the #SFGMC for a deeply moving, satisfying, and beautiful concert. Congrats to conductor Tim Seelig and the whole chorus! #
I enjoy hearing talented people discuss their work, even in areas I know very little about. #
From last night’s SFGMC concert with Tim Seelig – Musical Risotto  via @youtube#
From last night’s SFGMC concert with Tim Seelig – SFGMC – Angels #
Did not get to record, but was deeply moved by A Hundred Thousand Stars from the opera For a Look or a Touch (Heggie/Scheer) #
Starting the day with a (routine) visit to Dr Bert always puts a smile on my face. http://bit.ly/hy0cng # @willbldrco Better yet, Dr Bert is a he #
OSUG Leaders: to receive a review copy of the #DTrace book for your group, send your name+ shipping info + phone#: usergroups@informit.com # @jeffreytaylor Glad to be of help, sorry for the shaky camera work. #
YouTube – SFGMC – The Wizard of Oz #
@jeffreytaylor Damn, I wanted to meet Ethan Pope but forgot to look for him in the crowd after. I love watching him. #
YouTube – Tale of Two Cities from SFGMC’s Words Spring 2011 Concert  #
Even tho my profile states that I work for Joyent, FB keeps showing me ads titled Work at Oracle? #FAIL # The Twitter Diaries: Mar 5-20, 2011#
But not in a Disney way  #
@edsai that may be taking hard-core geek too far #node #fedramp #csa # @edsai That, we all need tattooed on our foreheads # in Italy anything thats worthy of interest or comment has a bit of mommy in the mix#
Would like breathing to be a little easier right now # @reiger best of all possible worlds. Even better when you can do it just walking. 😉 # @reiger nice! # @zaps l’unico politico italian che mi manca – la Bonino. Forse anche Rosy Bindi #la7 #linfedele # @jamescmcpherson Congratulations to all! #fb #
Hans Rosling and the magic washing machine | Video on TED.com  #
Ross is playing music that I would ordinarily sing along to, but I have no voice. Frustrating. Maybe not for her. #
The DTrace book is off the press! Final copies will soon be shipping from the publisher’s warehouse, mostly to Amazon #
rose from my sickbed to come to the Joyent office, was missing my peeps #
RT @avareltech: @DeirdreS will the book be available on safari? — already is! #
Sometimes the most valuable thing I can do is get people in a room and let /them/ talk. Especially when I have no voice. #
More sleep and less cough would be very welcome… starting 6 hours ago #
(only the Italians would consider food a strategic resource, but thats another story) Â # @ryah I’ve been up all night coughing. I’m not sure which of us had a worse time. # @ryah Thanks. Just tell me it’ll be over soon? #
Just saw a hawk being mobbed by crows outside my window… in San Francisco # @trine Diesel is a surname in German, no? In Anglo cultures, at least, it’s not unusual to use a surname in the family as a given name. # @trine I was giving them the benefit of the doubt. 😉 # @MartinDBADTrace videos#
.@lskrocki Revolutionary then still is now. Which is both amazing and sad. #
RT @notmatt: In six months, I expect I’ll post something just like this from @ryancnelson – Amen, +3 months # @standaloneSA Isaac Rozenfeld of Sun/Oracle would be awesome for this #sysadmin #lopsa # @WinnieWongSF What on earth are you up to over there? # @ryah The power of the tweet is yours #
Showered, changed into a fresh t-shirt… and got back into bed. If only I could sleep! # @sh1mmer Why would anyone pay money to buy dead-trees wikipedia? Makes no sense at all #
Twelfth Night – THE RAIN IT RAINETH EVERY DAY Â #
#1 inBooks > Computers & Internet > Operating Systems > Solaris DTrace book#
Top ten lists on several ways of being Best Places to Live for Expatriates – Italy not on any   #
Suggestions to stop a tickling wet cough so I can sleep? Tried mucinex dm, tea, hot lemon & honey (w & w/out bourbon), syrup, drops… # @bubbva there’s no lack of humidity in Sf right now, esp since I’m barely using heating # As we get more education we get more confidence and income, women are saying, she finally had the guts to walk out. Â #
Let’s see if any of this new crop of medicines can tame tho cough enough for me to sleep #
.@timminchin That takes real guts in her situation – she has a good chance of being killed for that interview. # @vdotw@edsai too late to get it tonight, I took dextromethorphan. Mix with acetiminophen w codeine left over from surgery? # @deirdresm I don’t think she has a choice, unless she can find visas and a way to supprot herself and 6 siblings in some other country… #
s@trine Good luck, my dears. Thinking of you. #
Argh! Why am I not in New York? Â #
RT @JessicaGottlieb: My Childhood Bullies Apologized to Me on FB 20 Years Later – careful, that’s not always sincere #
Sometimes the apologetic ex bully is just a scam artist ready to make you the victim, as ever. Or just plain batshit crazy. #
As I expected, doc says it’s just a really bad cold. But he’s giving me the good stuff. # @MrSimonTaylor What if they just move the Y they’ve got? # @anildash is that home made pizza? Sounds like the kind of awesome I would like to try #
the doctor told me to eat lots of non-dairy protein. Fortunately, I was planning to do exactly that. # @deirdresm dairy causese mucus, whcih I already have too much of # @GodlessAtheist Eww, eww, get it off me! #
Finally got a fair amount of sleep, I’m always surprised by how good that feels. Think I’ll do it some more. #
RT @nodejsconfit: http://nodejsconf.it the first italian conference about #nodejs #webdebs /cc @joyent@jsconfit#
We’re long past point of diminishing returns on awareness, days, ribbons for various causes. I don’t care what color you’re wearing or why #
.@johnnysunshine Spot on! Even non-believers are not entirely rational. We believe that thinking good thoughts somehow magically helps. #
Not even if Jesus Christ himself… Italian Idiom and Sayings#
.@elizadushku My photos of beautiful graffitit on trains in Italy and walls #slightlyobsessed #
RT @sogrady: @jasonh: give me analytics and i’ll pay – true dat. Tho you can do a lot with bit.ly #
Those who recommended codeine cough syrup were right – very effective. I’m tempted to sleep through the weekend. Probably shourd. #
the comments say far more than the article: Sex and the Long-Term Relationship – NYTimes.com  #
the state of my life 4 years ago: Light at the End of the Tunnel#
and one year ago: Gallery: Tech Days 2010 Hyderabad# @WinnieWongSF Yup. I can deal – happily – with change. It’s stasis that kills my soul. #
Dave Pacheco’s Blog Example: HTTP request latency and garbage collection#
Friendly Atheist Prayer: It’s Almost Like Doing Something# @webmink@lskrocki I love goats, but they are tricksy beasts, and you have to be way smarter than they are. Harder than you might think. # @rob_ellis Giving way to hipsters and suits? Remember our mascot! #
.@acarvin How many of the deniers are women? #
it should be possible to know a great deal about me by analyzing who I follow & retweet. Is anyone doing this kind of analysis? #
.@zephoria IPuzzled by the slut shaming that flourishes among schoolkids. Why is teen culture so vicious and unforgiving (and hypcritical)? #
Amazon: WTF?!? Customers who have purchased or rated Sondheim’s Putting It Together might like Sarah Palin’s Alaska… Uh, no. Really NO. #
Why, yes, I am up at 430 am hacking up a lung, thank you for asking. # @webmink dying from not-surprise 😉 # @gedamore thanks’ I’m trying to! #
.@hridaybala Even experts will find the DTrace book useful – it’s 1100 pages of mostly new invention, bound to be something they don’t know #
Oh, shit, our mascot got loose: @BronxZooHBadger#
Hmm, even the White House camera person bumps and shakes from time to time. And the President is a lot easier to film than most of my stars #
The world needs more singing in public. Â #
@sogrady Officially, Amazon doesn’t let you re-download music you’ve lost any more than Apple does. So far they’ve been kind to me, but… # @NickKristof I happily paid for it a few years ago, was surprised when they stopped charging. Now I’ll have to see if I run into the limit. #
RT @KatieS: I wonder what the @honeybadger thinks of @BronxZoosCobra? – drat, there’s another one? #
Amazon says the Kindle edition is available now: DTrace book #
RT @marczak: dtrace, I love you. – Aww # @hridaybala Cool, thanks! #dtrace # @konobi Dunno, but it’s affecting SF as well. # @LusciousPear Better that it’s an ex, no? #headdesk # @arclight Bed Spencer & Terrence Hill? You’re either Italian… or Indian. # @neo_indian I initially read nuns and wickets…. # @neo_indian Oh, I know. If I had any way to watch it here< I would. #
Not allowed to take pictures in the historic mills bldg because it’s a historic landmark and people go after places like this. Huh? #
Browsing at Walgreens, I realize there’s a genre missing in romance novels: Hot Tech – My Sexy Geek. Someone could make millions. #
RT @Annarella: @DeirdreS My Sexy Vampire Sysadm and My Wolfish Dba 😉 – That’s more like a reality show! #
My kid accuses me of being a terrible mother, but one of my failings is needing a definition of a good one. !Italian Mamma for Dummies? # @sriramnrn Heh. My parents cheated – I was in boarding school from age 14, never came home again # @bcantrill You hiring or looking? 😉 # @rioter In case any of these are helpful. And of course there’s the book. #
whoever pointed out this new weather site, thanks! I like it – WeatherSpark | Interactive Weather Charts#
.@jlb13 Science fiction writers could see technology wd zoom ahead, but found culture hard to reimagine. Maybe Heinlein was the exception. # @jlb13 It’s even funnier to read early Spinrad where characters living in 20nn are using hip 60s slang #
5 years ago today we buried my Aunt Rosie. She left a huge hole in many lives, and we gave her the send-off to prove it  #
I believe sleep is finally on the way. For which I am deeply, deeply grateful to the pharmaceutical industry. # Real life will overtake a cynical national health-care debate.# Illumos in the Cloud: What is Joyent Up to? – umm, yes, I wrote that # @dexterous Thanks, will get that fixed. Too many fingers in the pie – I wrote most of the article, but not that bit #
I’m told that this is a 21-day cold & I’m lucky it hasn’t turned into pneumonia. Maybe that means I’ll be able to stop coughing & sleep soon # @ryancnelson You need to move it into that corner conference room that’s always too cold # @jlb13 (Eyebeam)Â #
.@ebertchicago If he really had the courage of his convictions, he would go burn Korans in Afghanistan. #
1 year ago I arrived from Colorado and moved into this apartment is San Francisco, with the help of @jeffreytaylor Still happy to be here! #
RT @jamescmcpherson: Is there any point in keeping 3.5 floppy disks these days? #fb – I’m using them as drink coasters – geek chic! #
I come from a family of drama queens (myself included). It gets very tiring. #
RT @NomdeB: Thinking that in honor of cricket & India, must watch Lagaan (2001) http://bit.ly/dJxuq6 🙂 – Good idea! # @mamash Plus – they sing and dance! # Intel Cloud Builders – Joyent# DTrace book on its way to Amazon, those who ordered fm Informit get it this week. Kindle & other e-versions avail NOW #
RT @hudsonette: Hmm. I miss Walter Cronkite, too. – Yes, tho I hated him reporting the Vitenam casualties every night. Dad coulda been one # @quasi42 I thought that date a bit optimistic, US Amazon says Apr 11. Informit orders arrive this week, though. #
RT @hudsonette: @DeirdreS oh, glad he wasn’t! Yes, those were scary news broadcasts. – Scary times. # @heckenpenner83 Got book? 😉 #dtrace #freebsd #
.@hudsonette Not sure if this is really scary or just hilarious. The US combines the most advanced tech with the most backward superstition. #
.@hudsonette I have long feared that the powers that be want a crap education system so they can have a mass of gullible sheep as voters # @binarycrusader Oh, is that what that’s about? Hmm… # @jitterted good point # @Cdash@shawnferry I’ve heard you two described as a pair of alpha dogs. 😉 #
My gut says the GOP Path to Prosperity is just that: the wealthy of the GOP will benefit, the rest of us will be thoroughly screwed. # Once you enter the democratic political arena on a religious platform, your beliefs are up for legitimate attack#
RT @melanierenzulli: Anyone have the MLB At Bat app? Can you stream the games on your tv? Wondering if it’s worth 15…. @ryancnelson ? # @Cdash Heh. Guess. # Mirroring Facebooks Culture in a New Corporate Campus – NYTimes.com  – will be sad but interesting to see results #
It has to come to life… bit by bit, Putting it together  – Is other words: it’s showtime, folks! #
billblum @DeirdreS Seriously, I’ve wound up using it so often, it’s as if #Dtrace provides all the insight I never knew I always needed. #
nmar @deirdres ottimo, grazie! #
hdibani RT @DeirdreS Seriously, I’ve wound up using it so often, it’s as if #Dtrace provides all the insight I never knew I always needed. #
DeirdreS video itself is evolving from a passive entertainment medium to a powerful, global teaching tool http://huff.to/gucmiC #
DeirdreS Whoever coded this wiki software: if you were here now, you’d be sharing my pain – AND THEN SOME. #
fitzage @DeirdreS Isn’t that true of all wiki software? #
DeirdreS RT @fitzage: @DeirdreS Isn’t that true of all wiki software? – YES. Maybe someday there will be a truly usable wiki. Not holding my breath. #
The DTrace Book
DeirdreS Guess what we’ve got? Watch for an opportunity to win a rare, pre-print copy of the DTrace book! Â #
openpoesia @DeirdreS already bought it ,thanks indeed for the opportunities #
DeirdreS Anyone at Joyent care to comment on Linux has strace… http://bit.ly/ebB8va @brendangregg@bcantrill – Unleash the hounds! #
ben @DeirdreS@brendangregg@bcantrill D comes before S, so Dtrace has got to be better… #
DeirdreS 3/9 SFOSUG @brendangregg DTracing File Systems  – Join us for your chance to win a pre-print copy of the DTrace book! #
DeirdreS @creationix start grabbing some good screenshots – you’re about to want them! #
DeirdreS Running cloud analytics on no.de? Start grabbing screenshots – I’ll tell you why shortly. Or can you already guess? 😉 #
pborenstein @DeirdreS Uhm…. You’re redoing your living room wall paper? #
DeirdreS @pborenstein No, the color scheme would be all worng for that. My living room is red and black, mostly. #
creationix @DeirdreS Sadly it’s died down at the moment. The lifespan of data on that page is pretty short. I’ll check it throughout the day. #
creationix @DeirdreS Now what would be really cool is if the page beeped when there was data and the volume was proportional to the log() of traffic. #
befreax RT @DeirdreS Running cloud analytics on no.de? Start grabbing screenshots – I’ll tell you why shortly. Or can you already guess? 😉 #
DeirdreS @monaeltahawy I’ve had men tell me how I /should/ be happy. Somehow that usually involved doing what /they/ wanted. <wry smile> #
notmatt @DeirdreS oh man, they went there? #
DeirdreS @notmatt So far they’re not taking the bait. 😉 #
DeirdreS New: screencast of @brendangregg ‘s demo added, so you can get up close and personal with cloud analytics#
DeirdreS statues a metaphor for the condition of Italys archaeological heritage: An immense treasure w no one looking after it  #
DeirdreS International Women’s Day and Mardi Gras are tomorrow. The universe may implode. #
jdcasa RT @DeirdreS: International Women’s Day and Mardi Gras are tomorrow. The universe may implode. #
whygocanada Pasties and protests? 😉 RT @jdcasa: RT @DeirdreS: International Women’s Day and Mardi Gras are tomorrow. The universe may implode. #
niltiac @jdcasa@deirdres@citytravelbug And Pancake Day too. But I guess that’s just Mardi Gras for Anglos. #
DeirdreS @cairobabble@monaeltahawy AND it’s Mardi Gras. I think that explains everything. #
DeirdreS Forbes  Walker would have done well to take yes for an answer when the unions agreed to his financial proposals. #
DeirdreS Strangely appropriate : there’s a bartender in Bombay whose last name is @joyent – I’ll have to have a drink there. #
DeirdreS 4 years ago I began translating Aggiungi un Posto a Tavola An Italian Musical (and haven’t quite finished yet) Â #
DeirdreS @saraford spitting, but don’t ask me why #
hiddentrack @DeirdreS finding other uses of @joyent in the wild reminds me of this ad that I think @mamash found a few years back  #
DeirdreS RT @hiddentrack: reminds me of this ad that @mamash found a few years back – Wow, we really do everything! #
DeirdreS Brendan’s blog DTrace book talk SFOSUG#
DeirdreS @monaeltahawy Since I don’t believe in any entity that listens to prayers, I suppose it’s ok that idiots waste their time praying against u #
DeirdreS Urge to Own That Clapton Guitar Is Contagious – reading this out of interest, find a familiar name (schoolmate Karen) #
DeirdreS @trine Catholcism? #lent #
trine @DeirdreS ha! If i was, i would 🙂 #
DeirdreS @paulmwatson Getting some screenshots for us? There’s a contest in the wind… #
DeirdreS Goodbye, Discovery NASA – NASA TV Â #
paulmwatson @DeirdreS soon as I get more than one user on my node! 🙂 #
DeirdreS @paulmwatson Let us know where and what it is -may be able to help you get traffic #
DeirdreS .@daveweigel Funding one of the best educational TV programs ever, emulated worldwide, in a country where basic ed sucks? TOTALLY WORTH IT. #
DeirdreS get up close & personal with cloud analytics: hi-res screencast of Brendan’s preso at node.js Community Event Mar 1 – Â #
Brendan Gregg, author of the DTrace book
DeirdreS At last! #
billblum RT @deirdres: Tonight’s SFOSUG meeting live on USTREAM from 6 pm PT: http://bit.ly/f6diBt – Join for a chance to win a pre-print copy of… #
brendangregg pre-print copies: RT @DeirdreS: At last! http://yfrog.com/h6e8yodj #
morphs That is one BIG book.. cannot wait to carry that round to and from work : ) (@DeirdreS)http://yfrog.com/h6e8yodj #
DeirdreS @morphs E-versions avaliable from http://bit.ly/gZPR5O and http://bit.ly/i83hqc , I imagine in other formats as well (checking w publisher) #
craigmorgan @DeirdreS hurrah, tell him to stop reading it and starting packing/shipping them 😉 gonna kill the postie tho! #
DeirdreS .@mmcallen Be nice if we could grow past thinknig that it’s an F bomb in this day and age. #transparacyworks #
DeirdreS RT @montemagno: Salman Khan: Let’s use video to reinvent education  – YES! #
NomdeB > @DeirdreS Agree. Khan Academy is a great example of information that works well as Audio/Visual. #
DeirdreS @bloatedlesbian We have all (Dems and R.pubs) been trained not to question the fundamental tenets of capitalism. #
DeirdreS if you’re at #sxsw, you must experience the awesomeness of Italy’s most geek-friendly comestible. And of @sararosso#
DeirdreS RT @bdha: @jasonh@brendangregg Comprehensive is what those books look like. Waiting! – Yes, even exhaustive. #
DeirdreS I wonder if they’ll migrate blogs.sun.com/video/ – I’ve got one hell of a portfolio there #
trochej @DeirdreS Time to download them, just in case. #
webmink @DeirdreS As if. #
DeirdreS I understand the urge to pray when you can’t do anything else, but… why would a loving, caring god pull this shit in the first place? #
jacques @DeirdreS can’t you host your old blog content on your smartmachine? Let me know if you need some wget love. #
DeirdreS @trochej Yes, if only I could remember whcih ones I already stashed somewhere… #
DeirdreS @tamrmint uncertain. His last tweet was shit several hours ago. Sure hope he and his are ok #
tamrmint @DeirdreS Okay, thank you. Ben said he was more inland, so he should be okay. #
myinnervoice @DeirdreS why? Because otherwise we will forget there is Gd #
miglsd @DeirdreS so you don’t belive in God, but think he is cruel anyway :)? #
shawnferry @DeirdreS I keep seeing noise to that effect but I’m guessing it will be a wreck #
DeirdreS @miglsd For those who do belive in god, I don’t see the point n praying to a manifestly cruel being in hopes of mercy. #
DeirdreS humans are adept at social learning, so a large social network is effective at spreading and accumulating knowledge. Â #
DeirdreS @ibannieto so am I, and many others. No word in 10+ hours #
DeirdreS @Schlomo hugs #
DeirdreS @BrookeJarvis Maybe they’re hoping some left coast liberals will drown 😉 #
DeirdreS @Zee Ohhhkay… #sxsw has just officially jumped the shark [this was about a “Where the Girls Are” app]Â #
DeirdreS @mtuckerb Hatten down the batches! #
DeirdreS For those asking about @jimgris, FB message from his dad says they’re all ok. Phew! #
lowbit @DeirdreS Great to hear! #
DeirdreS Very tired. Lack of sleep will do that to me. #
jimgris @chris_mahan@Joanmarie@lskrocki@lowbit@alanc@jamesdwi@benr@DeirdreS@hcsaltiel Thanks, guys. 🙂 #
DeirdreS @comay our leaders are the finest men, and we elect ’em again and again, that’s what I learned in school today… #
DeirdreS this time 5 years ago: La Buona Educazione (Good Manners) Â #
DeirdreS My middle-of-night anxieties, in the scale of world events, are so very petty – and I know it. But they keep me awake anyway. #
DeirdreS I tell the chorus, the orchestra to keep up their work, but their salaries don’t even let them pay their bills#
riccardo_iommi @DeirdreS how envious I am… you escaped from this shame in time #
riccardo_iommi RT @DeirdreS: I tell the orchestra to keep up their work, but salaries don’t even let them pay their bills http://apne.ws/eVOA9w << SHAME #
DeirdreS .@riccardo_iommi Living 17 years in Italy cost me a huge amount in taxes to a corrupt system, and lost wages. Should’ve left sooner. #
riccardo_iommi RT @DeirdreS: Living 17 years in Italy cost me a huge amount in taxes to a corrupt system […] Should’ve left sooner. << I have to RT this! #
DeirdreS .@monaeltahawy@Hragy Holy words written by tribal men saying women should submit to men. How surprising. #
DeirdreS @bloatedlesbian Looks that way to me #dreamhost #
DeirdreS no.de users, remember: you’ve got a chance to win just for sending us pretty pictures! Brendan Greggs Book Giveaway  #
DeirdreS Ok, that’s it for post-lunch marketing, time to put the training hat back on. #
DeirdreS Geoff gets his Italian on  #
DeirdreS @deeharvey I had hoped not, but… #
DeirdreS This is more kinds of beautiful than I can describe… colorapi#
DeirdreS http://amzn.com/k/2DJTIR8B63IJV #Kindle #
DeirdreS @hudsonette Reminds me chillingly of a Heinlein story from the Cold War era. #
DeirdreS .@onfaith Beck is utterly predictable, what’s worrying is the people who actually believe his crap. A merciful god would strike HIM down. #
DeirdreS Sun.com and its subdomains eg blogs.sun.com was one of the greatest repositories of technical knowledge on the web. I’ll mourn it. #
DeirdreS @ryancnelson weird cat behavior: if in isn’t on YouTube, it didn’t happen. #
DeirdreS @nonstick And the Oracle classic people by their envious stares at the Macs? 😉 #
stewarttownsend RT @DeirdreS: Sun.com and its subdomains eg blogs.sun.com was one of the greatest repositories of technical knowledge on the web. < sad day #
DeirdreS Happy I’m going to see my kid today. #
nonstick @DeirdreS There’s one guy here with an Apple sticker over the Dell logo on his laptop. Gave him a hard time about it. #
DeirdreS @planspark it will be worth the wait #
DeirdreS @monkchipsDr Melvyn Bert – I recommend him heartily. #
TomRaftery Hey @DeirdreS@monkchips asked me to say thanks very much – he just left to go to the doctor you recommended #
DeirdreS @TomRaftery Cool. I adore Dr Bert, great with patients, worldwide#
bubbva @DeirdreS blogs.sun.com is migrating, all content. Old urls will probably be busted 🙁 #
NomdeB @DeirdreS – Silly me. Forgot to @ you on that last tweet. #
DeirdreS I don’t know why the sound of people chewing and crunching food irritates me extremely. Unless I’m also eating, I guess. #
riccardo_iommi @DeirdreS no no, it irritates me even while I’m eating. It’s something you cannot bear. #
mentalmosaic @DeirdreS I like watching animals eat, though. My own species – not so much. #
DeirdreS http://t.co/QKRGgjx #
pborenstein @DeirdreS Pretty. But I still don’t get cupcakes. #
DeirdreS @NomdeB Heh. I’d already sent her a link about that. #
DeirdreS @pborenstein To me, it’s a devil’s food cake without the commitment #
pborenstein @DeirdreS I think it’s because I don’t like frosting. So much of it on cupcakes. #
DeirdreS If AT&T is going to cut me off at 150 Gb / month, would be helpful to know how much I’m using now. Anyone know if there’s a way to see? #
lowbit @DeirdreS They are apparently going to be adding tools to monitor usage once the change is official. #
DeirdreS @NomdeB That’s wireless, talking about home internet #
billblum @deirdres AT&T is supposedly going to have a tool available for DSL customers— I’ve got a Netgear router with usage stats built in. #
DeirdreS @billblum good point – I may be able to find that out on my own router #
NomdeB @DeirdreS Can see data use on Cox Communications website too. Think our limit is 200GB/month, but we can bump up to bigger if needed. #
billblum @deirdres We’re being force upgraded to UVerse, so that gives me some headroom on the bandwidth cap. #
DeirdreS Baby cruising around the arrivals area on all fours. I remember when airports were exciting #
DeirdreS It is no longer possible to guess where anyone embarked based on ethnicity, language, dress… #
bubbva @DeirdreS I think our parents drilled ‘silent eating’ into us; therefor, others are annoying 🙂 #
bubbva @DeirdreS I think ther’s am app for that? #
pborenstein @DeirdreS Hitchens et al strike me not as atheists but as a(specifictheism)ists. They worry a lot about the afterlife they don’t believe in. #
DeirdreS @pborenstein Seems to me they worry about others’ belief in that afterlife, and how that affects their behavior in this world #
pborenstein @DeirdreS True. I wasn’t fond of James Watts’ idea that conservation wasn’t necessary because the rapture was just around the corner. #
DeirdreS Enter to win 1 of 2 Canon 60D camera bodies & 1 yr @SmugMug Pro membership. Please RT. Info at: http://bit.ly/hDiOdy #
pborenstein @DeirdreS Prof atheists tend to be specific about the god they don’t believe in. Like sec. Jews: The synagogue they don’t go to is orthodox. #
johnnysunshine @pborenstein@DeirdreS I don’t think that’s entirely true, I’ve met plenty that equally point out Hindu bullshit as JudeoChristian bullshit #
pborenstein @johnnysunshine Maybe I just keep hearing and reading the same Hitchens, Pullman, Dawkin clips 🙂@deirdres#
mentalmosaic @DeirdreS Good point, although on my last flight to NYC, the New Yorkers wore much more black, I noticed, than the tourists. #
DeirdreS Had to come to the AT&T store to reactivate ross’ phone. Been here 40 mins. This is absurd. #
DeirdreS The AT&T people on the phone are holding us up over process with their own store people. Hello, you work for the same company! #
DeirdreS Capturing minds [Mark Cavage and Aaron Slettehaugh of Joyent] Â #
DeirdreS @edsai get a white noise appfor your iphone. Works wonders #
edsai @DeirdreS you are my hero. I had no idea there was an app for that. #
DeirdreS @edsai I used to travel with a separaet white noise machine, now no longer necessary #
edsai @DeirdreS will my alarm still go off? What app do you use? #
DeirdreS @edsai Yes, AFAIK. I use WhiteNoise by TMSoft, I think it was free #
jhk24 @edsai@DeirdreS love whitenoise! sleep tight! #
shawnferry @DeirdreS@edsai I use the same. I don’t recall any alarm issues #
scriptavolant The Fabio Masetti Daily is out! http://bit.ly/b2hwKX Top stories today via @stefanomizzella@deirdres#
edsai @shawnferry@deirdres my heroes. was able to get some sleep but running on fumes from yesterday #
DeirdreS RT @bleepster: hallelujiah! http://bit.ly/gAWeMC – wait til you see the new ones coming out with the book! #
DeirdreS @TomRaftery Realpolitik is often ugly. <sigh> #Libya #
johnkt09 @DeirdreS Funny how often realpolitik turns out to be geldpolitik, isn’t it? #
DeirdreS @johnkt09 Yup. After all, what’s realer than money? (Don’t answer that!) #
DeirdreS Argh. Sneezy, Dopey, Grumpy, Sleepy… also Headachy and Runny. Damn cold everyone else has had finally caught up with me. #
DeirdreS <sigh> I would really, really prefer not to be on the phone with AT&T right now over yet another screw up. #
mentalmosaic @DeirdreS You, too? This is the 3rd month in a row for me with the same AT&T billing screw up. Love my phone, though. #
DeirdreS 12 mins on phone with rep only to be told I have to pass you to customer care, this line only deals with customers <30 days old WTF? #
dltq @DeirdreS hahaha, sounds like that service rep needs a spanking #
a_random_claire @DeirdreS Did you explain you were well over 30 days old? 😉 #
DeirdreS @a_random_claire I’m not a human being here, just an account. Gah! #
DeirdreS I would gladly pay more money to any company that doesn’t put me through billing hell, for whatever service. Does such a thing exist? #
fitzage @DeirdreS Doubtful. #
fitzage @DeirdreS Actually, when it comes to cell phone companies, T-Mobile was always top notch at customer service. #
DeirdreS Dear corporations: get customer service right. The company that accomplishes this – in any sector – will rule the world. #
NomdeB @DeirdreS Isn’t this day 2 of your AT&T saga? Ouch. 🙁 We’re Verizon. Know people have complaints, but we’ve always had great service. #
riccardo_iommi @DeirdreS they won’t understand this simple thing #
DeirdreS ps I did front-line customer service for years, and I did it well. I KNOW it ain’t rocket science. #
riccardo_iommi @DeirdreS you are ranting like a machine gun, sorry to hear that 😉 #
DeirdreS @riccardo_iommi I’m supposed to be resting at home with a nasty cold. Phone hell is not making me feel any better. #
riccardo_iommi @DeirdreS u have my simpathy, I understand #
DeirdreS ok, unlimited data plan for iphone restored – I had specifically asked at the store y’day not to touch that, hence went spare when they did #
urbanturbanguy @DeirdreS that unlimited plan is useless. I have had it for 3 years now. #
urbanturbanguy @DeirdreS Wanted to get the personal Hotspot activated – They said not with the unlimited plan. They were happy to milk us till now. #
pborenstein @DeirdreS You might try @FancyHands for that kind of thing. #
riccardo_iommi @DeirdreS glad to hear that #
DeirdreS @pborenstein I don’t think they’re allowed to take personal data such as they wd need to manage an account #
DeirdreS This was sent to me in response to my rants earlier today: Saturday Night Live: Ernestine http://bit.ly/gNS2SX #
TopTv_Shows RT @DeirdreS – This was sent to me in response to my rants earlier today: Saturday Night Live: Ernestine http://bit.ly/gNS2SX #
socialtagger RT @DeirdreS – This was sent to me in response to my rants earlier today: Saturday Night Live: Ernestine http://bit.ly/gNS2SX #
DeirdreS companies subscribing to statistical insignificance in customer care will become companies that used to exist. http://bit.ly/eSlbMk #
DeirdreS ‘hipster’ (e.g., people who call themselves ‘nerds’) – Huh? Is that the definition? Or is it just rolled-up jeans and ‘tude? #
DeirdreS WTF? there is nothing to prove that students are allegedly influenced by the presence of the crucifix in classrooms#
DeirdreS @rob_ellis Sure you’re not in marketing? 😉 #joyent #
DeirdreS Some days your colleagues are a lot better off NOT seeing you at the office. For me, this is one of those days. #
riccardo_iommi @DeirdreS a healthy #FF to you #
DeirdreS American protesters should ponder the fact that the government they propose 2nd amendment resistance to is not in fact shooting at them. #
willbldrco @DeirdreS Re hipsters: I thought his was funny: RT @petapixel Hipster traps in NYC use Holgas as bait: http://j.mp/fv6fjG #
DeirdreS @willbldrco I’m dismayed that smoking is hip again. I had to live through that the first time. #
DeirdreS @bcantrill tornado warning for areas including… Redwood City… – moving in on the Emerald City? Surrender, Dorothy! #
willbldrco @DeirdreS +1! After enjoying the heavy-handed anti-smoking laws at home in CO, I was shocked every time I bellied up to the bar in FL! Ugh! #
DeirdreS .@slashdot@pbeyssac Sun.com is worth more than 1 million, if its Google karma transfers. It has huge SEO weight. #
DeirdreS At the same time, like all parents, sometimes I just want a pause button. Â #
NomdeB Don’t have children (by choice), but still found this parenting piece utterly delightful: http://bit.ly/fNRSIa HT @DeirdreS#
DeirdreS @acarvin Sigh. No one is meant to die easily. But somehow many do. Condolences. #
DeirdreS How can you make love stay? Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won’t adhere to any rules…#
DeirdreS R tried out Bikram yoga yesterday. Said it was smelly. #
DeirdreS @acarvin In which aspects of it do you think training is needed? For the A/V – tech, lots of info/tutorials out there. #
DeirdreS There’s never been truth-telling that I know of that had that kind of immediate effect#
DeirdreS most bloggers have no institutional credibility, so must build it by linking transparently#
DeirdreS @lskrocki We will not be seeing it from here – rain, rain and more rain! #
DeirdreS I rarely get the common cold/flu – had forgotten how miserable it is. #
edsai @DeirdreS argh. hope you feel better… #
DeirdreS @natashabadhwar I’m told that Nehru’s nieces ended up at Woodstock School because all of the older generation of the family were in jail. #
DeirdreS @edsai Thanks. It’s the fault of all our colleagues. That’s what I get for working in an office. 😉 #
natashabadhwar @DeirdreS I just read your bio. It is incredible, so much love, loss, moving on. Sending you love and the warmth of Delhi on the eve of Holi #
DeirdreS A Brazilian asking for info on the origins of his Italian family names – can anyone help? Â #
jasonh @aaronheckmann@bigfleet yes ping me. We have @sh1mmer and @DeirdreS working on such things @joyent#
DeirdreS .@jasonh@aaronheckmann@bigfleet Yes, @sh1mmer has training ready to go, don’t know of specific plans for Portland. #
DeirdreS Another trove of material I’d sorta forgotten about, must move to new blog… India Vlog 2005#
DeirdreS added a few updates and a new photo to my Autobiography#
DeirdreS 7 years ago today: Holiday Treats Italian Seasonal Goodies#
DeirdreS not much has changed since this post ~5 years ago: Talking Back to Politicians: A Lesson in Modern Italian#
edsai @DeirdreS uhm. why do you not have the pink hair anymore. it r0cked. #
DeirdreS 3 yrs ago: I’ve tried for 17 years to achieve this in Italy. made progress on my chosen road but it’s getting harder#
DeirdreS @edsai I liked it, but I’ve been scared off with stories of conservative Asian customers. Plus hard to get it done well. #
DeirdreS The DTrace book final version is now available for download purchase, with a different free sample chapter #
lskrocki @DeirdreS Bummer. Going to try snapping some pics — may be cloudy here too. #
DeirdreS Losing my voice. Which doesn’t matter on Twitter. #
DeirdreS Hmm, intriguing. Now just need to get all my friends to use it. Voxer#
DeirdreS Deja vu. Didn’t we bomb Tripoli a while back? Like, 1986? #
ryancnelson RT @DeirdreS: Deja vu. Didn’t we bomb Tripoli a while back? Like, 1986? //whoever lives in the Halls of Montezuma is nervous right now. #
DeirdreS Dear new followers: I am not likely ever to own real estate again in my life. What made you think otherwise? #
DeirdreS Enter to win 1 of 2 Canon 60D camera bodies & 1 yr @SmugMug Pro membership. Please RT. Info at: http://bit.ly/hDiOdy #
DeirdreS Dislike what I just did. But could really use a new camera… #
DeirdreS Either Mucinex works really fast, or I had already coughed out everything I was gonna. Still feel like the top of my head came off. #
webmink @DeirdreS That’s what one has a second account for 😉 #
bdha @ryancnelson@deirdres Nice. #
DeirdreS memoir: The (Previous) Bombing of Tripoli#
PCOWandre @DeirdreS You should check his 5D Mk. II giveaway thing too. Far more fun lurking in a 5D2! #
DeirdreS @PCOWandre Thanks, I think I signed up for both. #
PCOWandre @DeirdreS Well, hope you win! #
DeirdreS Woke up to a patch of blue sky. Will it last? #
DeirdreS A lot can be said with a little the mundane and the extraordinary. Philosophers were kings of the aphorism. Â #
DeirdreS @arekdreyer I’d never seen it – I like the song better than the store! #
DeirdreS Brief bout of sunshine definitively over. #
rattay @DeirdreS Somehow I knew we would have to some payback for that 80 degree stint in January. #
DeirdreS Hmm, I lied. Blue sky is back, at least temporarily. #
DeirdreS R: Does this look stupid? Do I look like a Canadian? (multiple patterned sweaters) #
DeirdreS @rattay Yeah, I wish we had that good weather now while my daughter is visiting #
DeirdreS Rather than waiting to help financial consumers, Warren has been trying to help them now. Can you believe the nerve?#
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