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The Twitter Diaries: 2010-03-12 – CO, SF

ben RT @IgorMinar: Only wimps use milliseconds in perf tests! Nanoseconds FTW! /via @DeirdreS #
NomdeB @DeirdreS Re Silverlight. Am using Chrome mostly these days and it opened up no problem at all. #
webmink @DeirdreS Not a whole lot, sadly. But it pays for my web hosting. #
DeirdreS @lskrocki I’m in LA this week (being trained), should be in CO next week and the week after. Would love to see you. #
DeirdreS contemplating cunning plans. #
DeirdreS for obvious reasons, this song has been running thru my head for days – & this 1971 video features Colm Wilkinson, too! #
DeirdreS It’s just that going home is such a lonely ride – YouTube – Dory Previn The Lady with the Braid #
DeirdreS @bubbva did we ever get the quorum? #
DeirdreS whoa, some of these spam tweets are actually pretty funny, considering that I barely know the people sending them #
DeirdreS Hitler’s nightly build failed (thanks, James!) #
bubbva @DeirdreS not yet. #
DeirdreS Prosecuting Google because they couldn’t go back in time to un-post the video, is crazy even for Italy. http://bit.ly/bjOPNw #
DeirdreS But it looks so far like the couples who touch more are reporting more satisfaction in the relationship, he said. http://nyti.ms/akD4cV #
DeirdreS @italylogue looks like a happy one! Buon compleanno a te! #
DeirdreS @thinguy …as long as you get your expense reports in on time and approved. If they’re late, you pay the late fees. #
DeirdreS Countries Beginning with I Learn Italian in Song: Tu Vuo Fa LAmericano #
DeirdreS @rosso wearing purple in general was considered bad luck because of its association with funerals. #
DeirdreS @rosso – a few more – Very Superstitious – Italian Folk Beliefs #
DeirdreS What British smartass decided that this file should be called rules.ok ? #
craigmorgan @DeirdreS (Solaris) Geek humour is a wonderful thing 😉 #
DeirdreS @craigmorgan yup, especially when it’s culture-specific and dated. 😉 #
DeirdreS RT @deirdresm: RT @jay_lake: Funny bcuz true: How to Put on a Sports Bra: http://bit.ly/9yhZBY [I have nothing to add. Nothing. Hear me?] #
PizzoC This is my future, if I don’t stop this damned stress-eating.McSweeney’s: How To Put On a Sports Bra (via @DeirdreS) http://bit.ly/cBqDRH #
DeirdreS @shawnferry don’t have an opinion on the virtues of JumpStart as yet, but I can see the sense of humor of whoever wrote it #
DeirdreS Right, I am just going to go have a nervous breakdown right now and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop me. (Nor, apparently, wants to.) #
DeirdreS RT @ogb: Dan Roberts answering OpenSolaris questions on irc.freenode.net/#opensoalris-meeting right now. #
DeirdreS @timbray Sorry to lose you. Enjoy the break. #
DeirdreS @juliebenz I’ve got way too much stuff to do – want some of mine? #
DeirdreS @nnenna sad, but not surprising. #
DeirdreS @italylogue great book, so are Tim Parks’ other works about Italy. Haven’t read his fiction. #
DeirdreS RT @thinguy: Need Beer. Please Send. – make mine bourbon. #
DeirdreS At least getting rid of a rental car goes quickly. Headi ng back to LAX. #
DeirdreS WTF? TSA agent asking for boarding passes and ID at gate, well after security line. #
DeirdreS Arrived Denver 2nd Friday in a row. Tonight no snow and I don’t have to turn around anx leave again on Sunday. Small mercies. #
DeirdreS Tired enough I cd have slept on flight – except for relentlessly cute kid who kept singing loudly abt the Lakers. Wants to be on TV? #
DeirdreS home safe and sound, trying to unwind enough for much-needed sleep. #
DeirdreS had a complex, weird, and ultimately rather fun dream about Shah Rukh Khan. No idea why, but a lot better than recent nightmares. @iamsrk #
DeirdreS RT @sullof: I am working hard on new Passpack features. Group sharing is coming soon. Stay tuned – good, I need that soon! #
DeirdreS @creepyed network beforehand and attend together; might make the whole thing less intimidating #
creepyed @DeirdreS It’s not that it’s intimidating, more of depressing. The guys here are great, so no problem there 🙂 #
DeirdreS I notice as an ex-expat returned to US: everyone here has a cause. The awareness & fundraising barrage is constant both online and IRL. #
DeirdreS And Americans teach their kids to be salespeople very early – Girl Scout cookies, school fundraisers. What effect does this have on society? #
DeirdreS @creepyed it’s both, but some women do feel intimidated by the ratio even when the guys don’t intend to be. Strength in numbers? #
DeirdreS it isnt abt Internet liability so much as abt power of new media to challenge govts not interested in free speech.  #
DeirdreS looking for a place to live in SF. Can anyone point me to a map of what Craiglist neighborhoods mean? They assume a certain expertise… #
DeirdreS RT @sebsto: Opening up some details of OpenSolaris under Oracle http://bit.ly/bPCGbp #opensolaris #Oracle – thanks to @ptribble for analysis #
DeirdreS @PizzoC Yanks are any Americans, if you’re British or Anzac, Yankees are anyone north of the Mason-Dixon line if you’re south #
DeirdreS @PizzoC as in overpaid, oversexed, and Over Here ? 😉 #
DeirdreS mixing metaphors: lunch is a quesadilla with scamorza affumicata and cranberry chutney – tricultural! #
DeirdreS this situation calls for a maps/listings mashup that lets me specify max walking distance from Caltrain, as well as prices, BRs, etc. #
DeirdreS Digesting a great meal, listening to university politics #
DeirdreS Heh. xkcd: Devotion to Duty http://bit.ly/bECue7 #


DeirdreS I would really like it if the headache I have had most of today would please go away. #
DeirdreS Someone asked for Paolo Conte: It’s wonderful, its wonderful, good luck my baby, its wonderful, I dream of you http://bit.ly/cvSy64 #
DeirdreS There are many sincere religious whom I sincerely love & respect, but it’s getting harder & harder for me to deal with their beliefs. #
DeirdreS @lskrocki prob w article: The [BRM] office provides consulting & support services for Sun’s products. – Lots of engineering, too. #
DeirdreS The fine line between ensuring that your accomplishments are seen and self-aggrandizement is particularly difficult for women to walk. #
DeirdreS @lskrocki of course my view is biased by the building and floor I sit on. #
DeirdreS @tgardner Giardia is a parasite that will make you wish to never see food again. #
DeirdreS people who identified as liberal & atheist had higher IQs. applied also to sexual exclusivity in men, not in women http://bit.ly/d7zuYC #
tgardner @DeirdreS so, conservative, christian, promiscuous males are lower on the evolutionary scale. I can completely understand that. #
DeirdreS Friendly Atheist by @hemantsblog Jesus Needs To Stop Being Everywhere http://bit.ly/9haxeB #
DeirdreS @juliebenz your appearance will force me to catch up on DH – months behind and not motivated to catch up. My Tivo feels neglected. #
DeirdreS @Annarella vorrei capire di che cosa stai parlando, ma tuo feed e’ privato e non posso #
DeirdreS @KeithBurtis How about been doing it longer than some of the ‘experts’ have been alive ? Not that I’m ageist. 😉 #
DeirdreS @trine sounds like a girl geek in the making – whatever you’re doing, keep doing it! #
DeirdreS Tin Tin lends me amazing books, I highly recommend this one: Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body http://bit.ly/cMjAXe #
DeirdreS things to buy when I go to India: Lots and lots of movies. Books. A couple of silver chains. Textiles to decorate new home. Clothing. #
DeirdreS RT @lskrocki: No good can come out of these mixed-message shoes: http://bit.ly/dyWV1T – wow. Umm. Just wow. #
DeirdreS @KeithBurtis in several jobs, yrs of online customer interaction inc newsletters http://bit.ly/ddSuaI discussion list http://bit.ly/TKUgX #
DeirdreS @KeithBurtis …from the dawn of time, Usenet presence http://bit.ly/N621e … and recently, social media production http://bit.ly/b04ngK #
DeirdreS @KeithBurtis And here’s the distillation of what I learned along the way: http://bit.ly/asKwOj #
DeirdreS as I begin packing, I realize: I may need help for my socks addiction. #
DeirdreS @tgardner if so, he’s a better woman than I am. #
DeirdreS I should probably discard an ad from someone looking to rent to Single Person or Cute Couple. #
DeirdreS RT @JustinHaggerty: People who have seen Avenue Q will get a laugh http://bit.ly/c2ee1s – safer to run it lest some1 think it’s a kids’ show #
DeirdreS had an Indian style bun omlette for lunch, which always makes me think of James Hackney, who taught me the recipe #
DeirdreS someone you don’t want to mess with in a parking lot #


DeirdreS @almightygod so glad I’m not one. #
DeirdreS @NomdeB God is good only to some people, apparently. #
DeirdreS I have a feeling this is going to be more than 1-3 inches of snow accumulation. #
DeirdreS @vdotw still not sticking on the roads/sidewalks where I live, but we haven’t got far to go #
DeirdreS RT @kbeninato: Love the USA team, but the Saints could take on any team in any sport and win. – football players on ice? scary #
DeirdreS @ben I’ll be back in Ikea scew-it-together hell soon. Plan to get a powered screwdriver this time. #
DeirdreS RT @lskrocki: @willbldrco I do! @acworkma has been talking about a CO tweetup lately, too. – hurry up before I move! #
DeirdreS RT @ben: At which point do I update my LinkedIn profile to show I’m looking for other opportunities? – as soon as you are. #
DeirdreS this great big house has a fatal design flaw: TV in the den and TV in the loft are v much within earshot of each other. Duelling volume #
DeirdreS finally starting to catch up on many months’ backlog of Dollhouse on my Tivo. Damn, this was good. #
DeirdreS @ben I keep hearing We’re hiring – checked your local istings? #
DeirdreS working on my website again, here’s one for all you chocolate lovers: Sweetness and Dark on Lake Como http://bit.ly/dcTc4p #
DeirdreS Nostalgic for Indian food? Start salivating! Indian Cooking Videos http://bit.ly/aoXRcW #
DeirdreS @vdotw October! It’s been a busy few months… I’m not much of a TV watcher, don’t get motivatd to watch even 1 show most nights. #
DeirdreS @ben Sadly, it ended. #
DeirdreS And here’s some mouth-watering Italian food Birthday Lunch at Lanterna Verde http://bit.ly/8YYbNN #
DeirdreS Countries Beginning with I Italian Food in Video: RistoExpo, Erba http://bit.ly/aDVvPS #
DeirdreS @ben funny I was just about to publish a recipe for pasta with red bell peppers aka capsicum #manversusfood #
DeirdreS and of course we can’t leave out the Indian restaurants Rajdhani Thali: Great Food, Great Price http://bit.ly/c8zau1 #
DeirdreS Friendly Atheist by @hemantsblog Italian Public School Only Accepts Students After Parents Sign Statement of Faith http://bit.ly/acJEgN #
DeirdreS dinner: pasta with broccoli, and I threw in some mozzarella for protein. Yum. #
DeirdreS RT @NomdeB: video of my old boarding school, Woodstock (Himalayas, Mussoorie, India) celebrating 150 yrs. Note FOOD! http://bit.ly/buBxno #
DeirdreS @NomdeB okay, if we’re doing nostalgia tonight, here’s me and Ross embarassing each other at the Parents Banquet 2008 http://bit.ly/b0RQe9 #
DeirdreS Aaron and I are back: FISL Interview: Using Video to Communicate About Open Source – Oracle Solaris Video http://bit.ly/d6RQi4 #
DeirdreS RT @dudulima: @DeirdreS FISL: great times… They were indeed. Filming a president was the least of the fun! #
DeirdreS Roch is back: Performance of the Hybrid Storage Pool – Oracle Solaris Video http://bit.ly/bYNtLZ #
DeirdreS trying to keep all the balls in the air. #
DeirdreS would the media stop being so f*ing self-righteous about EVERYTHING? I don’t care whether Obama smokes, I don’t care who anyone sleeps with #
DeirdreS OpenSolaris Alive and Well at Oracle Datamation.com http://bit.ly/aZ2bgT #
DeirdreS @ditucci those shoes would easily stomp a hole in ANY dress code. I’d be careful around them. #
DeirdreS Sensei Ben is back: Becoming a ZFS Ninja – Oracle Solaris Video http://bit.ly/1pqwlK #
DeirdreS Stupidly aggressive driver uselessly passed me in no passing zone- I was over limit! Of course I caught up with him at light. Idiot. #
DeirdreS @elfquest hmm, we might meet at last… #
DeirdreS RT @ogb: OpenSolaris annual meeting still on! Please join irc.freenode.net/#opensolaris-meeting if you’re a core contributor! Still need 18! #
DeirdreS RT @bloatedlesbian: This is wonderful: Rachel wrote this poem for the eulogy she and Rag did when my bf died 4 yrs ago.http://bit.ly/9S1Lsx #
DeirdreS @bklein34 how is it that parents always end up having to help so much with homework? I remember this from my daughter. Didn’t like it. #
DeirdreS RT @hemantmehta: If you’re blue and you don’t know where to go to why don’t you go where fashion sits… http://bit.ly/bNRbip (via Reddit) #
DeirdreS Countries Beginning with I Learn Italian in Song: Volare I think a dream like this can never return again: http://bit.ly/bq2xK5 #
DeirdreS While there are clearly devils in the details, it’s clear that Oracle plan to keep pushing OpenSolaris forward http://bit.ly/cAuVzx #
DeirdreS if youre short on cash but with some kind of marketable skill a Milan bed and breakfast just may be the ticket. http://bit.ly/9hqxmB #
DeirdreS Roger Ebert You can’t say it wasn’t interesting. My lifetime’s memories are what I have brought home from the trip. http://bit.ly/91tbGW #
DeirdreS @NomdeB machine translations are usually good for a laugh, anyway. #
DeirdreS @acworkma hmm. Is it red? #
DeirdreS there’s no way to replace an existing video with a new version on YouTube? That’s annoying. #
DeirdreS been sitting at my desk for 10 minutes and now my wake-up alarm goes off. Yes, I actually had intended to sleep about 2 hours longer. #
DeirdreS new video (of me!) Videoblogging Tips: Getting Optimum Sound from a Consumer Camcorder – Un Posto al Sole http://bit.ly/csHckK #
DeirdreS why does Google maps not show overlays of bus, Muni, BART, and Caltrain maps? I sure could use this in trying to figure out where to live. #
DeirdreS Fritz is bacK: Open Source Grid & Cluster Conference: Welcome and State of the Union- Oracle Solaris Video http://bit.ly/9xARwO #
bubbva RT @DeirdreS: While there are clearly devils in the details, it’s clear that Oracle plan to keep pushing OpenSolaris forward http://bi#
DeirdreS Java fans: RT @Radu43: Get your questions ready! – #oracletechnet live on http://bit.ly/ak8OvU #
DeirdreS Ed is back, in multiple languages: Solaris Cluster 3.2 1/09: Configuration Checker – Oracle Solaris Video http://bit.ly/bPnwXe #
DeirdreS Lori Alt is back in one of our most popular videos ever: ZFS Boot in S10U6 – Oracle Solaris Video http://bit.ly/89sbqq #
DeirdreS I’m v fortunate to have a network of friends who know useful stuff & helpful people. This is why I’m always thinking abt how I too can help #
DeirdreS now messing with a travel agent’s head, planning my return from Hyderabad/Mumbai. Just in time to pack up my car and drive cross-country. #
DeirdreS @vdotw heh. I finally got mine done last night. #
DeirdreS @NomdeB and I have an old friend to do it with, even better! #
DeirdreS 250 to clean/repair my watch and they didn’t clean the water spots from inside the dial crystal? I think NOT. #
DeirdreS 0oh, my. I get to have more fun with my job than is probably allowed. 😉 #
DeirdreS there’s a themostat not working properly somewhere, either in my office or in my body #
DeirdreS RT @creepyed: anyone have any recommendations for financial blogs aimed at a younger aud? I keep finding ones for families! @NomdeB would #
DeirdreS these days I seem to build/maintain critical connections more via Twitter and FB than email – and I’m talking about WORK connections. #
DeirdreS Oh, look, there’s me. Who else is going this year? Community Leadership Summit|17th-18th July, 2010 – Portland http://bit.ly/95G7qN #
DeirdreS @italylogue seems like I oughta. 😉 #
DeirdreS am I completely crazy to think I can find an apt in San Francisco in one weekend? #
DeirdreS packing at this stage is a matter of deciding What am I utterly unlikely to wear in the next month? #
DeirdreS a very politically-incorrect song from Italy: Learn Italian in Song: I Watussi http://bit.ly/1194h9 #
DeirdreS argh. I’m supposed to be reading about storage, instead I’m listening to Italian oldies: Tu Vuo Fa LAmericano http://bit.ly/dslziP #
DeirdreS Are all these highly technical videos worth doing? Wikipedia thinks so: ZFS – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://bit.ly/dfmEBB #
DeirdreS RT @atashijain: whats up with all these stars visiting @twitter‘s office http://bit.ly/dfrKdK – even Bollywood glamour girls like geeks! #
DeirdreS @trine I’m supposed to be awake, i had coffee at 7 pm. But I think I’m actually asleep and might as well admit it. #
DeirdreS moving fast… come to SF tomorrow so I can scout neighborhoods this weekend and, not incidentally, do some work in the Bay Area. #
DeirdreS my kid’s back in form. Beautiful pictures of horses, and Sydney’s Mardi Gras (aka gay pride). #
DeirdreS at Boulder Toyota, for whose wifi I am very thankful. No, not a recall, just a routine checkup. #
DeirdreS @jlb13 thanks! No doubt I’ll be back for visits, so hope to run into you sometime. #
DeirdreS @vdotw works for me. Where? #
DeirdreS my car feels happier after the usual tires/oil/filters stuff. So it should be ready for the drive from Colorado to San Francisco in < 1 mo #
DeirdreS carrying 2 large suitcases for a 3-day trip. Overpacking? Nope. Leaving ’em there til I move, all I need for the wkd goes in a backpack. #
DeirdreS singing very loudly in the car just now: Come mai, ma chi sarai per fare questo a me, notti intere ad aspettarti… http://bit.ly/aAi2gh #
DeirdreS an on an unrelated note: Women are sending a clear message, that to be successful, they need support for housework. http://bit.ly/arTpEc #
DeirdreS @nonstick as a matter of fact, that looks like a very logical stopping point. Will be driving with an old college friend. #
DeirdreS @nonstick LOL. Thanks for the clarification. #
DeirdreS @LusciousPear I don’t think they’re quite as cute when full grown. #
DeirdreS Skype voicemail from a dear friend I haven’t talked to in ages – so wonderful to hear his voice. I am so fortunate in my friends. #
DeirdreS RT @davewiner: One Flight Attendants Answer to the Carry-On Crunch. http://bit.ly/bgrBcJ – the guy deserves major props for good service! #
DeirdreS 7 pm coffee not working. Time to kick it into gear with raucous music. #
DeirdreS @giovanni guess I’m not a hipster, then. Missed out on that last big thing, too – what was it? #googlebuzz #
DeirdreS @leapingwoman sorry to miss it this year, but I have other places to be #
DeirdreS @fakejonathan tsk, lazy. I thought/hoped you were at least going to write your own blog. #
DeirdreS apparently I am only allowed 6 hours’ sleep, no matter what time it starts. So in future I may as well stay up late. #
DeirdreS @NomdeB and it’s a good counter to your hermit tendencies. 😉 #
DeirdreS Funny or Die’s Presidential Reunion – Video http://bit.ly/aDhPnB #
DeirdreS @leapingwoman My exp from my 1 time (last yr) was there are a lot of cool parties w long lines. Don’t bother 2 wait – plenty else going on #
DeirdreS I’m at an airport and for once I didn’t have any trouble remembering my destination #
DeirdreS Free upgrade to stretch seating means I’ll be able to edit video during the flight. You want it. You know you do. 😉 #
DeirdreS @NomdeB good luck and umm… Have fun? #
DeirdreS @wanderingitaly I mostly friend people I already have a rglationship with #
wanderingitaly @DeirdreS Yeah, but sometimes it seems that the idea of friends has been turned into an egotistical Ponzi scheme. #
DeirdreS These little girls clearly do not realize they are dealing with the Tawanda of air travel. Don’t mess. #
DeirdreS @NomdeB well, you’re not doing your bit. 😉 #
DeirdreS @NomdeB seems to be true for a lot of Parsis. Quality over quantity? #
DeirdreS Having a happy hour drink and snack. Learned I prefer Maker’s Mark neat to a manhattan. Yes, it’s early. Been a long week already. #

^ I did, however, see this billboard just a few days later, from Sun’s offices on Howard St.

DeirdreS I suspect the Makers Mark people need some social media consulting. As often ax I’ve mentioned their product, ain’t seen hide nor hair of em #
DeirdreS …and one friend has even told me he recently bought a bottle in my honor #
DeirdreS I’ve got a loaded passport and I’m not afraid to use it! #
DeirdreS @llcrowe better insured and meaner than they can imagine. 😉 #
DeirdreS Waking up slowly only works well with coffee in hand. Which I do not have in this hotel. #
DeirdreS Hangin’ on the Caltrain, waiting to go to Menlo. Sleep still choppy, mood good anyway. I have lots to be happy about. #
DeirdreS @NomdeB Yup. Perhaps my byline should be I laid tracks for the Cluetrain. 😉 #
DeirdreS looking forward (?) to a weekend of apartment hunting in SF #
DeirdreS Leaving the Menlo office to go back to SF, my workday far from over. But I’m not complaining – I’m having fun #
DeirdreS Pasta at Annabelle’s 4th SF passes muster even with the Italian food snob (me). #
DeirdreS It’s a gorgeous day in SF, but I’m having a hard time shaking the blahs. Probably need a nap. And chocolate. #
DeirdreS Hmm, that might have been a lot easier than I had feared. #
DeirdreS I have a sadness shield that keeps out all the sadness. It’s big enough to cover all of us. Where the Wild Things Are #
DeirdreS You were supposed to take care of us. You were supposed to fix everything. You promised. #
DeirdreS This film is about how parents are doomed to failure. We can’t fix everything for our kids, however badly we want to. #
DeirdreS Curled up on a comfy sofa with a kitten who fetches, and has decided I’m part of the family since j spent an hour throwing for him. #
DeirdreS He wanted to be where someone loved him best of all… Ah, don’t we all. #
DeirdreS @creepyed is that big monster bed or have you picked that up yet? I’ll miss it! #
DeirdreS It’s been an emotionally intense day. And my feet still hurt. Apt hunting is over for this wkd, maybe for this year. #
DeirdreS @leapingwoman yup, about April 3rd. See you soon! #
DeirdreS @briansolis FB and Twitter are essential tools for me to be in touch eith colleagues and customers, therefore part of my productivity. #
DeirdreS I require a big breakfast today: eggs Benedict at the Daily Grill. #
DeirdreS My impression is that long-together couples have ~equal BMIs. If true, would one’s losing weight predict a breakup? Or does that come after? #
DeirdreS This will be the first time I’ve ever had a living space entirely to myself. Is that unusual in this time and place? #
DeirdreS It’s Sunday morning, there is nothing much I can or should be doing, tired, footsore. Wish I could bank extra sleep during times like these #
creepyed Haha! I’ve moved @DeirdreS ‘s futon into my guest bedroom, many thanks! Everyone should feel free to come visit me in Colorado! 🙂 #
DeirdreS @creepyed I just rented in a perfect-for-tourists location, with room for guests, so I’ll expect visitors, too! #
DeirdreS @leapingwoman thanks! Glad to be here. #
DeirdreS I’m know there are a million things I should be doing. I’m sitting in an office so I can do some of them. Just wanna sleep. #

The Twitter Diaries: 2010-02-22 CO, SF, LA

Porgy gives me my money now – well, actually, Larry does. Or will soon. Whatever – I’ll be employed. #
call them, if you wish… emotions – Learn Italian in Song: Emozioni http://bit.ly/aB7GVi #
Had a skype video chat w the kid last night. She’s settling in to Aus and has fallen in love with a horse (in a good way) #
I’m up on the tightwire, one side’s ice and one is fire http://bit.ly/c7Kz32 …and working without a net. #
that actually went pretty well. #
Italians speak of un lavoro certosino (work of a Carthusian monk) – a numbingly detailed and finicky task. That’s what I’m doing right now #
My tweeps are so diverse that the juxtapositions can be very entertaining. #
Only problem with a public transport commute is that I can’t sing. At least not out loud. #
@nonstick or might make me new friends #
if i could only have you near to breathe a sigh or two, I would be happy just to hold the hands I love on this winter night with you. #
(this morning’s playlist features Gordon Lightfoot, who might be a distant relative; there’s a Lightfoot somewhere in my family tree) #
@nonstick trust me, I have to work at it #
my plan of not working this weekend looks as if it will not work. #

^ why was there a bagpiper walking through Denver International Airport? No idea, but I liked it.

Heading back to SF after a tough workday/week. Cautiously hopeful the next will be easier. Wd help to rest this wkd, may not get much. #
@lewellyn notUnless they let me in for free. #
@lewellyn thanks, let me see what tomw looks like. Will you be there? #
@jeffreytaylor I will slap them if you won’t. That’s never good behavior, and wildly unacceptable now. #
Waking up slowly. Wish I had someone to bring me coffee in bed. Guess that wd be room service. #
@trine @jeffreytaylor maybe the correct response is yes, thank the Lord. When is He bringing lunch? #
@c_bright you can comevisit in CO fog our next snowstorm. Actually, you /should/ come while I’m still there. #
@c_bright don’t even know! Guessing I’ll move after my intl trip mid march to early April. #
Quiche and coffee on Mkt st. Might be nicer with company, but it’s pretty damn good alone. #
Just passed John Cleese walking around Union Sq. I was cool. #
@NomdeB no, I played it yes I know who you are but I’m so cool I’ll leave you alone #
Time to dress a bit more formally for work. Burning up the Amex @bananarepublic #
@nonstick I was guessing. #
@Schlomo where are you geographically? I’m in SF til next Friday evening. #
Not usually an enthusiastic shopper, but that was fun, and pretty good value for money. Woulda bought red if I’d found it, got pink instead. #
RT @c_bright: RT @TheSquare M.C. Escher… in Lego: http://bit.ly/bTqg0D – one thing I will need for my new home: big pile o’ Legos! #
@italylogue I was a frustrated Lego lover as a kid, now that I’m a grownup I can have as many Legos as I damn well please! #
time to go find a book to read and something to eat. And maybe shoes. #
Dim sum for lunch. Have i mentioned I love this city? #
Afternoon of wine and talk with @jeffreytaylor – we both needed it #
in an amazingly good mood. Half (or more) a bottle of NZ Pinot Noir – but, more, good friendships – will do that for me. #
@JohnCleese that /was/ you I saw in SF’s Union Square today, wasn’t it? #
waiting for my Valentine. #
@lskrocki highly non-specific use of language, IMHO. A French kiss is just one way of making out. #
the problem with fancy business clothing is that it needs to be ironed. Did enough of that in one year of attending a private girls’ school. #
@webmink yum! Please share that recipe. #
@bubbva are you sure it was the cat? #
@lskrocki kids these days! You can’t teach ’em anything. #
I should be out enjoying the city or at my desk working. What I may actually do is go back to sleep. Or read a book. #
@jeffreytaylor do NOT feel guilty. You cannot take care of anyone if you’re falling apart yourself. That Is the first rule of caregiving #
@almightygod but Jesus was a Capricorn #wwjd #
Barbies Next Career? Computer Engineer – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/bMkql2 #
Learn Italian in song: My skin, white and perfumed, Needs caresses stillNeeds caresses now http://bit.ly/1194h9 #
Learn Italian in Song: Parole Parole If you didnt exist, someone would have to invent you http://bit.ly/9QLuuw #
@feliciaday the shortest Darth Vader ever #
learn an Italian song for Valentine’s Day: Gli Ostacoli del Cuore http://bit.ly/dc6XWT #
here’s a long-lost (by me, anyway) treat for my geek Valentines: Bryan Cantrill talks Dtrace at Google http://bit.ly/a4TmMs #
does anyone know how to turn off the 2-finger resize on Mac touchpads? Annoys the crap out of me in OpenOffice. #
yes, I am doing work. No, I will not be doing this all day. #
seems like parents worry way too much about the influence of cartoon role models on their girls. But, then, my daughter had Buffy. #
@webmink one of my favorite things to do when traveling: buy local groceries #
I have been so girly this weekend: bought clothes, shoes, and makeup. #
Slow train to my first day on campus as an Oracle employee. Suspect it will differ from analogous day at Sun, April 1 2008. #
@GeorgeTrujillo isn’t it Day One all over again for you? 😉 #
Cultural adjustment is always tiring, even when it’s also exciting. #
@cwarticki #
@italylogue actually, this is about corporate cultural adjustment, but the principle is the same. #travel #
RT @oracletechnet: Remember to land at otn.oracle.com tomorrow at 10am PT for my live chat with Mark Reinhold. We want your questions! #
hmm. Not all of my usual communications channels work from here. #
Productive day. Hope to regain a few braincells with food. #
Remains of breakfast scone (in bag) found upon purse excavation. Yay! Now I can hold out til a decent hour for dinner. #
Btw, Oracle has very good coffee. I approve. #
Does Stallman drive a ‘Stang? Could swear I just saw him in one in SF #
Return to Denver late Friday, fly to LA Sunday. Who do I know there? #
Hangin out to observe how the pros doVideo/webcast. Already concluded i can’t afford these production values #
RT @ocp_advisor: Watching Oracle Technology Network Live @livestream http://bit.ly/ak8OvU #
RT @dboyll: RT @oracletechnet: It’s Oracle TechCast Live! Ask Mark Reinhold your questions: http://ow.ly/17VLj #oracletechnet #oracle #java #
This is impressive, takes ~10 people to do besides the ones you see on camera. #
Gotta get some of my folks on here. Maybe all four of the Bs at once. No, studio would combust… #
Brendan’s back: Little Shop of Performance Horrors – Sun Video http://bit.ly/3r89dH (told you I’d get my videos back online…) #
@bsousapt we’re here to help. Especially when the ideas you’re taking to management involve Sun+Oracle goods. 😉 #
Richard’s back and downloadable (slowly) ZFS Workshop at LISA 08 – http://bit.ly/7KDLHS – gonna have to BitTorrent this stuff… #
@bsousapt Nice. I always enjoy direct contact with the customers. #
@NomdeB I’ll hopefully need house stuff soon. 😉 #
@NomdeB looking for easy commute, hence near Caltrain. Don’t know when. (Wd be nice if I had control over ANY aspect of my life rt now!) #
a cheerful little song for the day Learn Italia in Song: La Pulce dAcqua http://bit.ly/biHpjv #
and here’s a silly one: Learn Italian in Song: Eri Piccola Cosi http://bit.ly/brndN9 #
okay, would anybody else in the entire universe like to come hit me in the head with a baseball bat? Take a number. #
…and a melancholy one Learn Italian in Song: Questo Piccolo Grande Amore http://bit.ly/dmvMJ3 #
can’t win for losing today. Hotel offers wine in the evenings, but only til 6:30, it turns out. I got there at 6:40. #
Grabbed wrong bits of paper out of ticket machine so I’m on caltrain w/out a ticket. Conductor nice, so it’s not a 250 mistake… #
RT @danilop: OpenOffice.org and Solaris 10 in eWEEK’s Top 25 Technologies Of The Decade – http://shar.es/m19EZ #
RT @creepyed: Super excited for the Colorado Front Range Girl Geek Dinner at 6pm at CB & Potts Restaurant & Brewery in Broomfield!! #
@acworkma we were advised to change even if not expiring. Thanks for the reminder – haven’t done it yet #
@MYSTICASALLY trust me, c’e’ molto che non va in Shreveport. #
Don’t forget that when. you. get. to. Heaven you’ll be blessed, yes, it’s All For The Best http://bit.ly/dBDh12 #
the Bill ‘n’ Jeff show is back: Kernel Conference Australia 2009: Jeff Bonwick and Bill Moore keynote – Sun Video http://bit.ly/onzN3 #
RT @guercheLE: If Men Wrote Womens Magazines | Cool Material http://ping.fm/audlQ #
RT @wanderingitaly: Let the barfing begin! On Tuscans EatingCat | Wandering Italy Blog–> http://bit.ly/coU4WD #
Talk about Republicans shutting down the American policymaking process, and ignoring the will of the voters. http://bit.ly/b503nu #
@mschoenu say no. #
today’s video talent is late, perhaps because of the small plane crash in Palo Alto. I need a do-over on most of this week. #
Graham’s back: ZFS Discovery Day: Total Cost of Ownership – Sun Video http://bit.ly/desSTO #
Bryan’s back: Visualizing DTrace: Sun Storage 7000 Analytics – Sun Video http://bit.ly/8ZmpEG #
Sriram is back: Using DTrace to Analyze Your Webstack – Sun Video http://bit.ly/ds1L3c #
@bubbva were you able to get in to MPK? Waiting to film somebody and he ain’t showing, wondering if he’s having trouble getting here. #
@jimpick y’all just never get tired of Cantrill, do you? 😉 #
Now archiving stuff I didn’t know I would need to archive… #
Now archiving stuff I didn’t know I would need to archive… #
@mschoenu confront him/her? Sounds like they’re deliberately taking advantage. Or say sorry, I have to spend my time on paying work. #
When they leave me alone to get on with what I’m good at, well, the results are good. Really pleased with today’s video shoot. #
I see red, people – YouTube – deirdresun’s Channel http://bit.ly/c5dW1v #
Nick is once more highly available – A Conversation with Jack Adams – Sun Video http://bit.ly/aGj0Y5 #
George is back: Jack Adams Interviews George Wilson on ZFS – Sun Video http://bit.ly/GUTvf #
…and Valerie is once more secure: OpenSolaris Security – Sun Video http://bit.ly/KvwoH #
RT @akumar: The Case For An Older Woman OkTrends http://j.mp/bTWZya [incidentally, *much* better graphs then last time] #
RT @bklein34: These silly naysayers getting in the way… they’ve yet to learn resistance is futile. – Heh. You and I should work together. #
dear lazyweb: what’s the best/easiest way to make my videos available via BitTorrent? #
@macsun needs more expertise than I have to set it up, tho I did sign up a while ago. #
@creepyed wish I was there! Tell the gals I said hello. #
Perhaps my job title should be talent manager for alpha geeks. #
@Padmasree been wondering whether the US infatuation with novelty is genetic. Most of our ancestors had to be risk-takers. #rustechdel #
@creepyed glad to hear it! Sounds like a success. #
@IgorMinar yay! #beatCancer #
@AdamBusch not if he recently had oral surgery #
At the end of a highly varied day, can’t decide whether to take a hot bath or just go to sleep. #
had a coupon from my Banana Republic shopping spree, used it at the Gap to buy new jeans. Surprise: fit into a yet smaller size! #
didn’t I just do this drinking from the firehose thing 3 years ago? Good thing I have lifelong skills in cultural adaptation. #
@thinguy I already like the hold music better. And now I know who’s behind the scenes at BTV. #
@ptribble link? #
ummm… dance music changed to Mozart. Interesting. #
http://twitpic.com/13zun7 Hermione is a chav? #
I enjoy@iamsrk ‘s tweets. He seems like a very nice guy, especially considering he’s a global megastar. Americans: look up Shah Rukh Khan #
not shown – ouch! #
@thinguy me, too. So we should be able to breeze through these, right? #
is anyone able to download the preso from the link they gave us? #
@bsousapt internal thing #
http://bit.ly/dtUTPN – Configuring Sun Cluster Software With Oracle RAC/CRS and Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems #
going to need to get well away from a desk after this. #
argh! It’s the answerbot! #
well, yes, of course I’m traveling in this interim period. And every other month of the year. #
hrm. I don’t think blip.tv’s ftp upload option is working. Tried it twice, no new files showing up anywhere. #
Somehow my brain just totally shuts out words from the answerbot. #
RT @TEDchris: I was criticized last yr for reading ?s for Bill Gates from my Mac. So this year… http://bit.ly/cQjHT0 – thx for LOL! #
Strange mood. So much was good this week, so much was horribly stressful. Can I declare this Friday night already? Need a weekend. #
besides, I’m having weird attacks of numbness in my right hand which probably mean I should lay off the keyboarding… #
We’d be so grand at the game, so carefree together that it does seem a shame… http://bit.ly/cZCdOZ #
@comay very strange week. What was up with the fire alarm in MPK today? (I wasn’t there, but we had a meeting interrupted.) #
agh! complicit in their own oppression! they deserved their punishment & it would help stem sex outside marriage. http://bit.ly/abnyfI #
RT @Radu43: @empoprises we are having a great time. – did that need a /sarcasm tag? #
RT @NomdeB: Mindtime Maps http://bit.ly/b6gbYJ says I refuse to acknowledge or be bound by others’ rules. 😉 – u needed to be told that? #
could use about a week of sleep. Ain’t gonna get it. #
Tucker is back: SETI For The People: Addressing the Challenge of Massive Data Sharing – Oracle Solaris Video http://bit.ly/ddTkZ1 #
is email weirdly quiet today, or is it just me? #
@kbeninato equestrian events are also unisex, but sadly lacking in winter Olympics #
Free ride on muni because the machine is broken. I owe you a buck, Jeffrey! #
@nonstick yeah, who knew that having >1 gb of storage was extravagant? I have 5.5 tb of video material #
Been a lovely 10 days in SF. Back to Denver (to drive home in the snow?), wash clothes, and repack for LA. Gnah. #
Fri night traffic far less than predicted, butgives me time for a tempura dinner at sfo. #
Sfo STILL doesn’t have free wifi? Lame. #
Nice to be somebody on sn airline agAin. Frontier Ascent status netted me 2 free checked bags and a seat upgrade tonight #
Whoever Brendan Hickey is, they’ve been paging him for an hour at sfo #
Looks like a couple inches of snow. Drive home gonna be fun #
Get me my damn bags before I fall asleep! #
ah, yes, home is where the TV is ALWAYS ON. Gah! Can’t wait to NOT share living space. #
got home at 1:45 am after a tense drive in the snow, slept til 9, leapt out of bed to do laundry, expense report, repack… #
it’s days like this when I need a house spouse #
My no news is good news kid: if she calls me, it’s a crisis. If she doesn’t, she’s probably fine. Wd be nice to hear 1st-hand she’s happy. #
Roger Ebert’s Journal It is more erotic to wonder if you’re about to be kissed than it is to be kissed. http://bit.ly/bCm9uB #
kid was talking to everyone else in the world, on my AT&T bill. Guess who no longer has a working iPhone? AT&T cust serv rocks, I must say. #
@LusciousPear laying eggs appeals to you? #
my generation survived our youth without being constantly in touch with distant friends and family. Seems to be a lost art. #
last day to use old expense reporting system is Monday. So of course it’s down for maintenance today. #
the way were celebrating and getting drunk on it is far more depraved than anything hes done. http://bit.ly/9dQbWV http://bit.ly/dqXgSL #
In Italy, Mussolini makes comeback – Italy for the past 15 years has cultivated a gradual revisionism of Fascism http://bit.ly/dq0z6Y #
a profound statement of traditional Italian vacation habits: the same sea, the same beach, practically the same ombrellone (beach umbrella #
Im a woman, Im not a saint; Dont tempt me, Im not a saint http://bit.ly/1194h9 #
Learn Italian in Song: Sentimento, Pentimento when there is feeling There is never regret. http://bit.ly/cfffq3 #
an Italian Malaysian pirate: Learn Italian in Song: Sandokan http://bit.ly/9VCEsq #
Cultural divides within families are hard. #
Better learn to go it alone, recognize you’re out on your own http://bit.ly/bIafmk (don’t be distracted by the very 80s video…) #
Realizing I failed to manage cultural expectations within my own family. Failed to be an Italian wife or mamma. Never wanted to be either. #
got a lot done today but haven’t packed yet. What’s the weather going to be like in El Lay? #
@svaroschi I failed with my family because they expected me to be those things. It was a wrong expectation, though. #
Wth is going on at DIA? Never saw it so crowded #
Wifi at DIA is AWOL. So much for getting that expense report done here. Flights leaving gates early to de-ice. Hmm. #
Nodules of ice and grit looked like a skin disease on my car. Grossed me out; had to scrape it all off with my shoe. Ok, I’m a little OCD. #
Wd have preferred To be doing this training in SF. #
Waiting to get a rental car at LAX. Good thing I’ve got over my driving phobia #
Haven’t been to LA in 10 years or more. If Disneyland even counts. #
Apologies to my kid: she ran up the bill b4 understanding she’d pay roaming even on skype calls w iPhone in Aus. #
Last wk was All About Oracle. This wk is Solaris sysadmin training pt 2 (don’t laugh). My head may explode. #
Avis, when you’ve got a long line of people waiting to rent is not the time for employees to go on break. #
This is why I avoid renting cars whenever possible: process too slow. #
last time ever wrestling with our old and very sucky expense reporting system. Tells me there’s an error when there isn’t one. #
@vdotw my understanding was deadline tomorrow, receipts tomorrow. Sure hope so, else I have wasted a few more unrecoverable hours onthis POS #
Don’t have a dinner engagement tonight after all. Just as well – tired, with another intense week ahead of me. #
@bubbva they’re going to let you entertain us? #
Tintarella (a little color) is a cutesy word for suntan.This was one of the first big hits for the fabulous Mina. http://bit.ly/1194h9 #
for an urb that relies so much on the car LA has a disproportionate share of idiotic drivers. Nearly got hit twice – in a parking lot! #
kid lamenting the drawbacks of parents on FB. She should be glad she was born too soon for me to be a mommy blogger. 😉 #
@nonstick don’t worry about it. No matter what you do, your kids will someday blame you for everything. #
@NomdeB damn, sorry I missed it. Is there a reply somewhere? What music did they use? #
Countries Beginning with I Learn Italian in Song: Ti Voglio Bene http://bit.ly/9u5mGB #
RT @lewellyn: In the Linux vs. Solaris Debate, Watch out for Scalability FUD http://shar.es/mm0nX – (damn, do I know /everyone/?) #
His entire expression and posture are eloquently Italian, a cross between a shrug and Che ci vuoi fare? http://bit.ly/bwRZds #
@svaroschi I was. For that matter, I probably don’t fit the American wife/mother norms, either. #
@lewellyn I think I’ve filmed practically everyone who is anyone in my corner of this industry… #
Waking up is hard to do. #
@vdotw when he’s a teenager you’ll have the opposite problem. #
Not feeling well at all. I may have finally reached break point. Which is going to make sysadmin training all kinds of fun. #
@jlb13 thanks, I dimly recall we covered SMF in part 1 of the training, so I may be safe. #
@NomdeB requires Silverlight, one thing too many to deal with today #
@PizzoC: here’s a Papa Ratzi antidote: Papa Fan: A Satirist for the Modern Papacy http://bit.ly/axKCH1 #
RT @IgorMinar: Only wimps use milliseconds in perf tests! Nanoseconds FTW! #

Balancing Career and Family – Over Years

I hear a lot in the US about work-life balance. The concept is increasingly at the forefront of consciousness as we all think hard about the roles we want to play in the world and in our own families. Most large corporations at least pay lip service to the notion that work-life balance is desirable for their employees, and many back up their fine words with benefits that are very much to the point.

It’s a topic that I have opinions on only in hindsight. I never planned my career, nor my home life. It all just seemed to happen, I made choices as they came along, and I haven’t reached the end of the story yet to know how it will all work out.

I think perhaps I’ve achieved work-life balance, or at least I’m on my way to achieving it, though not in the day-to-day fashion that most people imagine. My work and life are balancing over months and years.

If I had had to choose a time to have a child, there might never have been a “right” time. It would have meant an interruption to whatever I was doing professionally at the time, because I always knew that I would want to take care of my baby myself. I don’t claim that this is the right choice for everyone (for many mothers, it’s simply not a financial option), but I knew without thinking that it was right for me. If it had not been possible, I might have chosen not to have children at all.

I have come to the conclusion (many years after the fact) that I got pregnant at age 25 as a way to end conflict between myself and my then-fiance, Enrico, about my work. He was worried about my traveling, partly out of concerns for my safety in exotic countries (I did two consulting jobs in Africa), partly because he preferred to have me near him, and did not see how all my gallivanting was going to fit into “normal” married life. He’s also 6.5 years older than I am, and he was ready to be a father when we met. But I was excited about the work I was doing, and not about to give it up on his say-so. Irresistible force meets immovable object. Much conflict ensued.

So I “accidentally” got pregnant, then gave up my job and moved to New Haven to be with Enrico. I worked temp jobs (desktop publishing) until about two weeks before giving birth, when I was simply too enormous and uncomfortable to sit in an office chair all day. After Ross was born, the boss I’d been working for at Yale would have been delighted to have me back on any terms, including having the baby in the office with me all day, but we tried that and concluded it just would not work: a very young baby requires constant attention.

I was mostly at home with Ross until we moved to Italy, where she began full-time day care in early 1991, at about 18 months old. The job I eventually found started out as a regular office job, doing technical writing for a high-tech startup in Milan. Then the boss set up a US branch for his company and moved all the engineers to Silicon Valley. I had to work with them, so in early 1994 I began flying to California four times a year, for stretches of two to three weeks. In the summers, Enrico and Ross would join me and enjoy a month’s vacation in California while I worked.

Enrico was also spending at least a month out of each year in the US, collaborating on mathematical research with colleagues at various universities. During several such trips Ross and I joined him. I worked from wherever I could get an internet connection and put Ross in daycare, which had the added benefits of improving her English and giving her more exposure to American culture. Later, when she was in elementary school, we restricted our long family stays in the US to the summers; Ross and Enrico would vacation in California while I was working.

I quit my US-based job in 2001 (when Ross was 12) and began working entirely from our home in Milan. It turned out to be a boon that I was much more present during her adolescence than I had been earlier. Ross’ teenage years weren’t entirely smooth (whose are?), but the troubles she had were mostly with school. In every other arena she was level-headed and generally trustworthy. Perhaps having her mother close, both physically and emotionally, contributed to that.

Very unusually for an Italian, Ross left home at 18 to go to boarding school in India, which meant that I could leave home as well. Which, after years of being underemployed, underpaid, overcommuted, and exploited in the lousy Italian job market, I was ready to do. So now I’m back to concentrating on my career. We’ll see how the next 20 years go.

Fashion Statement

This Swatch was my major fashion statement for several years, until (as you can see) I wore it out. The design isn’t easy to understand at a casual glance, so people would ask me about it: “Is that a mermaid?””No,” I would explain: “It’s Eve, gathering apples.” (As for the snake, take a close look at the strap…) It goes with my theme song, by Cole Porter from his show, Nymph Errant.

Experiment

Eve Watch

Before you leave these portals

To meet less fortunate mortals,

There’s just one final message

I would give to you.

You all have learned reliance

On the sacred teachings of science,

So I hope through life you never will decline,

In spite of philistine defiance,

To do what all good scientists do:

 

Experiment!

Make it your motto day and night.

Experiment!

And it will lead you to the light.

The apple on the top of the tree

Is never too high to achieve,

So take an example from Eve –

Experiment!

 

Be curious,

Though interfering friends may frown.

Get furious

At each attempt to hold you down.

If this advice you always employ,

The future can offer you infinite joy

And merriment,

Experiment!

And you’ll see…

 

The Twitter Diaries: 2010-01-28 CO

(In reverse chron order, sorry!)

Jan 28, 2010

@KathySierra a lot of us prefer keyboards, though. I find handwriting painful and screen-touching slow. And I type VERY fast.
RT @wanderingitaly: Mmmm. RT: @ContextItaly: Jewish Cuisine in Rome event May 17, led by the wonderful Katie Parla http://bit.ly/9b24Xw
@nonstick that is very true.
@nonstick I don’t understand everything I film & tweet, but by force of repetition, a lot is sinking in. I can occasionally fool people 😉
RT @zalez: Brendan Gregg measures excellent COMSTAR iSCSI performance on Storage 7000 Systems: http://tr.im/LThM
@llcrowe plus rephrasing to make it fit while typing very fast and doing the PR job of choosing what to emphasize. Worse than minuting a mtg
@elfquest sadly, there is usually more of both to be done…
I am wrung out by a day of filming followed by most of a day of live tweeting – both activities harder than they might seem.
@kbeninato now, now – a little journalistic integrity, please. 😉
@gracekboyle bring ’em all to the Girl Geeks Dinner on Feb 17th, right?
@kbeninato who’s Chris Matthews? Did we forget that he’s a moron?
RT @dboyll: Watch Larry Ellison’s presentation from today’s Oracle + Sun strategy event http://bit.ly/cPOuSL #oraclesun #oracle #sun
they all keep standing up to applaud. Does that mean they’re going to get off their butts and do something?
a president who knows how to use irony, who’da thunk?
a friend asks: Is it okay to say that The President is HOT? Oh, yes…
RT @oracletechnet: Sun and Oracle: Overview and Frequently Asked Questions for the Developer Community http://bit.ly/9dP2E4 #oraclesun
lord, what a lot of grim looking old white dudes
gonna watch the State of the Union, but not going to live tweet it. 5 hours of that was enough for one day
@ThinGuy As of today, however, you will refrain from such jokes and from pictures of goobs. Guess I better not talk about Italian slang, eh?
RT @opensolaris: Oracle will enthusiastically support JUGs, OpenSolaris User Groups, & other Sun-related communities http://bit.ly/ctYbVW
I figured I’d lose followers with my Tweet storm today. Instead, I gained ’em. I guess my name is again becoming associated with technology.
@drewjensen nothing particular intended by the choice of song; I’ve been transferring stuff from my old site and am re-releasing a bunch
time for a break from technolog: Learn Italian in Song: E la Barca Torn� Sola http://bit.ly/1194h9
RT @dboyll: <exhale> now the real work begins. thanks all for watching. the best is yet to come. #oraclesun – you are so right…
RT @rwang0: #oraclesun now top trending topic on #twitter. outdoing #apple #ipad. very interesting – Tweeters know what’s reallly important?
My family would abandon me immediately if I ran for office. #oraclesun
Size is an advantage as long as you have the right people. We have quality people, in quantity. #oraclesun
The idea that you’re too big to innovate is just ludicrous #oraclesun
user group performs essential function of giving us contact with broad range of customers, even more important in this transition #oraclesun
we’ve got to have that very close relationship with customers, whether via user groups or at customer sites. #oraclesun
Community criticism and ideas are useful to us. Our engineering is response to specfic cust inputs. Want direct relationships #oraclesun
? on benefits of user communities to O. Most important thing is you tell us what isn’t working, where improvements needed. #oraclesun
How can you be against cloud computing? That’s all there is! #oraclesun
@ben glad to help. Confess I wasn’t attentive to every single minute.
@lewellyn Kimball Brown. Can’t remember where I’ve met him.
why isn’t O in consumer electronics? We need to make money at the things we’re good at. iTunes runs on Exadata server #oraclesun
wait, I know that Kimball guy. Not sure from where. My internal faces DB is overloaded. #oraclesun
@bsousapt great minds?
just have to do a better job of delivering wonderful engineering output and delivering it to customers. #oraclesun
We will make 1.5 billion in operating profit in first year as promised. Fabulous customers, wonderful pipleline #oraclesun
how long do investors have to wait? We’ll be profitable in February, March, April… contributing to O profits from 1st month #oraclesun
truth is we’re hiring 2000 people to beef up Sun biz – 2x as many as we’ll be laying off. We’re not cutting Sun to profitability #oraclesun
was v upset to see articles about O laying off half of Sun. That’s highly irresponsible to make up and print. They shd be ashamed #oraclesun
think what we can do in 12, 24, 48 months. It’s going to be exciting. #oraclesun
we ran a lot faster on tiny fraction of power, lower cost… just an example of what we can do in 9 months #oraclesun
we configured Sun system w O software, tuned it up, and blew the doors off IBM in a machine that took up <10 floor space #oraclesun
when O & Sun started working together we had 2 projects – Exadata 2, and to look at SPARC to marry w O DBs to compare w IBM #oraclesun
RT @glynnfoster: @DeirdreS I like ZFS Storage Appliance a lot more – means more to me as an end user #oraclesun – me, too
we’ll be announcing other systems that integrate our software and Sun’s hardware. #oraclesun
if you’re a NetApp user you should look at this as the next generation – faster, costs less, has more snapshots, v interesting #oraclesun
look very closely at the ZFS Storage Appliance another example of storage integrated w hardware delivering huge amts of value. #oraclesun
I mean will NOW be called ZFS Storage Appliance #oraclesun
Sun 7000 will not be called ZFS Storage Appliance #oraclesun
it’s Larry time! #oraclesun
RT @iamsrk: think v bring up our kids too repressed & uneducated about sexuality… powerful statement for India, even today!
RT @martinwake: Register: Steve Jobs uncloaks the ‘iPad’. World continues to revolve around sun. …you mean Oracle! #oraclesun
http://twitpic.com/101mwm lips!
and now Sun with a 0 margin – ouch! #oraclesun
@jeffreytaylor yes, I’m feeling good about this.
@ruperthowe Oracle announced ealier that we will continue to give away openoffice for free. Who you gonna call? 😉
RT @timbray: With Sun, 9K more services professionals. Most customers already got support from both, should make life easier #oraclesun
Oracle we will support our technologies forever #oraclesun
@webmink you thought you were going to get away that easily? 😉
all mgd by Oracle Enterprise Manager – one env to manage SPARC and x86 virturalization, able to manage pools of SPARC and x86 #oraclesun
will use LDOMs as we use XEN, OracleVM will run on both x86 & SPARC w exact same capabilities #oraclesun
again, a single source of support for these complex environments. When something goes wrong, we will be able to fix the problem #oraclesun
virtualization: will have most comprehensive virtualization solution set from desktop to server, integ of entire stack #oraclesun
over 50k customers run mission-critical apps on Solaris. #oraclesun
operating systems: will build & test prods together with Solaris as we did with Linux. invest significantly in both #oraclesun
build integ bettween biz intell and open office
Cloud Office will be a web based prod suit w web, desktop and mobile UI to edit same docs #oraclesun
OpenOffice will be mgd as indep global biz unit, retaining Sun dev and support teams, including openoffice.org community ed #oraclesun
we’ll make MySQL support better, better cust exp #oraclesun Will build integrations w/ some of our integrated infrastructure
We’re gonna make MySQL better, independent biz unit with separate sales force #oraclesun
Screven is up. Deep breath, everyone. picking up MySQL (disagreement on how to pronounce it). #oraclesun
@akumar a few tens of thousands of us are paying attention to #oraclesun launch
@nonstick you’re not the only one. Go get a drink.
@InsightSoftware to my great disappointment, the cake is not chocolate
whoa, Twitter going down piece by piece. Trending topics and lists have disappeared.
did we kill local trending topics feature on twitter? #oraclesun
http://twitpic.com/1019g7 …before we cut into it #oraclesun
@vdotw I can try…
@BabyJenks23 Cool We have a gang of Deirdres on Twitter, you should come out as a Deirdre 😉
http://twitpic.com/1019g7 …before we cut into it
RT @glassfish: #Hudson is listed explicitly by ThomasKurian. Was not expecting a mention. Great. #oraclesun
will also continue to support and invest in Eclipse #oraclesun
NetBeans: we’ll bring focus to 2-3 areas where unique: dynamic langs and scripting, mobile dev, ref implementation for JavaEE dev #oraclesun
live-tweeting is hard work. Time for pizza!
unify API between standard and mobile editions. #oraclesun
WebLogic sttrategic prod for enterprise deployments. In mobile, WORA. Optimize Java ME for startup & run, power consuption #oraclesun
optimizing garbage collection #oraclesun continue to support all leading OSs
deliver Java SE7 w support modularity, multiple languages (JVM can run & exec multiple langs), improve perf, support multicore #oraclesun
and revitalize Java commuity of 10 million devlopers worldwide. #oraclesun
Kurian on software strategy to deliver a complete, open, integrated stack. Extends stack to hdw, infrastructure, db, middleware #oraclesun
Qualcomm: was worried about Sun being picked up by IBM, i was steering my people away from buying Sun. Now happy #oraclesun
Fowler: savings out of COGs and overhead will be put back into products #oraclesun Using O software to implement global supply chain
will close 2 dist centers in US and EMEA. We expect to get better customer satisfaction at lower cost #oraclesun
reducing supply chain by 50, reduce shipping locations by 60, implement 100 direct ship for all products #oraclesun
significantly reduce number of actual products we offer, have already reduced 50 of price-listed products. #oraclesun
reduce cost on distribution centers. Other changes: moving supply chain to v simple model, focus on actual customer demand #oraclesun
advantages will be that our material will be at most common usable level, so we can react fast, save on freight & logistics #oraclesun
build to order vs build to stock – Sun has been latter, which works with predictable demand. Model will change to build to order #oraclesun
Cindy Reese to explain how to do hardware delivery, supply chain changes. #oraclesun
and more here: Brendan Gregg on DTrace – Sun Video http://bit.ly/7uq94h #oraclesun
improved storage mgt capability with DTrace analytics – more about that here: Sun Video http://bit.ly/8ZmpEG #oraclesun
7000 ZFS storage appliance – first time I’ve seen that terminology #oraclesun
increasing investment in Sun 7000 unified storage will be single platform for Tier 1-3 storage #oraclesun – unique in industry #oraclesun
storage is mission critical because it holds your data. We’ve been working on telemetry svcability, add O capability to do that #oraclesun
Splane: we are also hiring #oraclesun Give us a call.
@tchrischan if the city of SF is smart, they’ll beef up BART and Muni that week
RT @GarySoup: Eat your heart out, Steve Jobs. #oraclesun is top twitter trend in San Francisco at the moment
RT @perw: RT @oracletechnet: we’re going to invest in JavaOne as dedicated conference, and taking it global to boot #oraclesun
#oraclesun accelerated and improved SPARC roadmap, working across the layers – look at how db interacts with microprocessor, how to optimize
#oraclesun Mike Splain up to talk about SPARC. improving energy efficiency, availability. As part of O we’ll be enhancing overall strategy
first integration of full on Oracle regression testing in Fowler’s systems and service farms TODAY #oraclesun
@tchrischan you can rent your sofa, like for Mardi Gras in New Orleans 😉 #oraclesun
also invest in virtualization, DTrace… slides shown too briefly! Can we download them from somewhere? #oraclesun
increase investment in Solaris, in core techs eg scalability, ZFS. If you are an OS engineer, we’re hiring. #oraclesun
#oraclesun using our capabilities for security, scale, predictive self-healing, fault management, serviceability
#oraclesun Fowler: application performance leadership will be our focus. Sounds as if performance know-how will be in high demand.
RT @oracletechnet: JavaOne co-located w Oracle Develop in SF, run in parallel to Oracle OpenWorld (not merged)-& in BRIC #oraclesun #javaone
#oraclesun John Fowler comes out quoting the Grateful Dead. Umm…
#oraclesun JavaOne call for papers opens Feb 10
#oraclesun We can invest in things that Sun perhaps couldn’t afford to do – 70 city customer interaction tour
@nonstick I guess everyone there in person, which includes some Sun people
@davest glad to be of service
#oraclesun a more balanced, focused approach to partnering to provide better svc, support, accountability
#oraclesun hiring 2000 sales professionals as soon as we can find them in storage, server, tape, enterprise software, biz intelligence…
#oraclesun direct relationship, high touch with strategic customers – top 1700 strategic accounts will have direct presenct from Oracle.
#oraclesun optimize the supply chain.
focus on engg and developing innovative products, not commodity. Let Dell do that. Producs that scale out and never go down #oraclesun
#oraclesun We want integrated solutions says CMU customer
Over last 25 yrs tech stack has gotten v complicated, it’s an immense hassle to have so many layers & try to get it all to work. #oraclesun
#oraclesun …will all continue to be available, protects our investment. You’ll be the 1st org that spans the entire tech stack
CMU guy: We run Oracle and Sun in every corner of our org, v pleasing to know that the Sun systems we rely on – ID mgt, Java #oraclesun
Great opp to secure some of the techs that Sun has, I’m going to hightight Lustre – supercomputing close to our hearts. #oraclesun
We’ve been forced for years to do this systems integration role. We like Oracle being the only one we have to call when something goes wrong
customers from the Atomic Weapon Lab in the UK, Carnegie Mellon University We’ve wanted an integrated stack for years #oraclesun
We want to create the IBM of the 1960s but on an open platform Continue to support open source such as MySQL. #oraclesun
RT @vdotw: there’s simply no other company that can claim they’re in the complete systems business. #oraclesun
RT @toddsheetz: Oracle handed out stickers this morning that say We’re Hiring. #oraclesun
We’re gonna make Sun the gold standard in servers and storage. #oraclesun
keeping Java, Sun, Solaris products and brands. It’s in our interest and customers’ interests to take care of these products. #oraclesun
We’re going to spend a lot of money – 4.3 billion on R&D #oraclesun
If you have the entire stack you can engineer in support ahead of time. #oraclesun
a lot of the breakthroughs going forward will be the interaction between layers #oraclesun
Charles Phillips: Hopefully you’ve had a better week than I’ve had. #oraclesun Love a man who confronts controversy head-on.
full conference room here in BRM 3, all waiting to hear from the new boss. #oraclesun
Note to my variegated gang of followers: it’ll be almost all technology and business from me today. If you’re not interested, mute now!
@acworkma I’ve been using Dreamhost for years, pretty happy.
let’s see if we can get #oraclesun into trending topics today. I mean, really, 5 out of 10 slots for Apple?
RT @timfoster: Looking forward to hearing why I should want to work for Oracle (other than the pay cheque & getting paid to work on Solaris)
@dboyll aww, thanks! #oraclesun
RT @ThinGuy: Apple will announce something I can’t afford. Oracle will announce things that determine what I can afford. Watching Larry.
@DeirdreS the forrester research guy?
@DeirdreS think alike?;)
@metadaddy shoot the proofreader – they misused it’s in the headline
@shawnferry I think we’re on our own on t-shirts.
having 1 large team of engineers who all talk to each other. That gives us a huge advantage. #oraclesun
that strategy made IBM most important company in the history of the Earth. We kind of like that strategy, so we’re gonna adopt it #oraclesun
RT @DeirdreS: RT @martinwake: Register: Steve Jobs uncloaks the ‘iPad’. World continues to revolve around sun. …you mean Oracle! #or …
@ditucci well done! @rohrer had heer 20th anniversary last Friday #sun
hey, Sunnies: let’s all live-tweet the #Oracle event today, just to, um, annoy the Apple fans. Can’t let Jobs hog the limelight.
RT @wendybiird: LOVE the way they’re hitting this head on & turning it into a win for the #LGBT community – http://bit.ly/69VnM0
@lewellyn we’re getting audio and video feeds separately with a huge lag, so I’m ignoring the video
continuing development of JavaFX #oraclesun to provide visual designers to build visually, drag & drop app assembly
RT @hassanibraheem: RT @IgorMinar: #oraclesun Java7 VM implementation will contain the best of JRocket put into HotSpot. nice!
Glassfish will continue to be Java Ent Ed reference implementation and departmental applications. We will continue to invest #oraclesun
RT @DeirdreS: plans for Java: enhance & extend reach of Java programming model to support emerging app dev paradigms, simplif run-time p …
plans for Java: enhance & extend reach of Java programming model to support emerging app dev paradigms, simplif run-time platform #oraclesun
RT @Straxus: ZFS + OracleVM work being done, lots of performance boosts and benefits described #oraclesun
investing in StorageTek archive, we’re world’s #1 tape automation vendor, deep customer relationships #oraclesun for compliance, entertainmt
@sonyayu well, we did lose the ponytail
#oraclesun specialized sales force specializing each in their own complex technologies. We’ll be hiring a lot & have the best paid reps
RT @Danjite: Is the mayor of doesn’t give a shit about any Apple announcements on boredquared.
RT @MissExpatria: RT @repubblicait iMussolini (il Duce’s speeches) a huge hit on Italian iPhones http://bit.ly/baVQd2 – and maybe illegal
I’m beginning to feel like I’m sitting on top of a Saturn rocket, and countdown has begun. Gonna be one hell of a ride. #oraclesun
Oracle’s new 7-layer cake, from storage to applications #oraclesun
if you have different companies at each layer, it’s hard to get engineers to work together. #oraclesun
@ceri I don’t understand the difference, but perhaps that will become clear in today’s telethon.
No Pen, No Ink… A Visit From Larry Ellison (aka, The Day of Transition) http://bit.ly/cwCtTr #oraclesun
RT @jimgris: Cool. We are getting a new OpenSolaris User Group in Istanbul: http://bit.ly/aL22k0. All OSUGs here: http://bit.ly/8rypXI
@alecmuffett the press has already told us in abundance what Jobs is going to say. At least with Larry there may be surprises.
@jeffreytaylor tell your friends to install FoxClocks in Firefox and check the damn time before they call!
Mr. Ellison said that in the next few months, Oracle planned to lay off <2,000 people, while hiring >2,000 http://bit.ly/bUmYG9
is there a way on Youtube to share a video link with a start time other than the beginning of the video?
does this mean we’re done? http://bit.ly/cZLV9L
RT @dave_miner: #opensolaris text installer build 131 test images posted http://bit.ly/aZ0iqB
…or perhaps we need a rewrite of Sunrise, Sunset. Too tired to work on it myself at the moment.
@bubbva wish @alecmuffett would take a crack at the new song – his verse scans better #solaris
Countries Beginning with I Song by Articolo 31. Once again, the theme of family and mamma. http://bit.ly/1194h9
@tgardner back to kicking ass and having fun? 😉
@tgardner suspect this falls under the heading of (they should) Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.
@lewellyn the other big event I /do/ give a damn about. After all, whose tech actually runs your digital life, even if you never see it?
is it legal to actually not give a damn about whatever Apple is doing tomorrow?
@italylogue ah, so it runs in the family!
@mfernest thank you, dear, for that cheery note.
RT @ogb: We’re working on the final bits of the new constitution and procedural documents, preparing for the annual election.
busy day filming. Really glad I don’t have to take notes on this extremely fast speaker.
@jeffreytaylor you got in! I missed that! Congratulations!
all the couples pile onto the dance floor, each singing lustily that they are the most beautiful couple in the world. http://bit.ly/1194h9
RT @c0t0d0s0: please help Barbie to get a well-paid job in the computer industry as a computer engineer: http://bit.ly/6K3al0
… until we can explain them to everyone and how they will benefit anyone included – apparently we’re all going to be on Huffpo?
@DeirdreS jetlag is nobody’s friend
RT @jimpick: Trying out zfs dedup on OpenSolaris NV b130. Currently at 21GB of data represented by 18.4M on disk. Fun. http://bit.ly/6D7jlQ
@DeirdreS On careful re-reading, yes, yes it was. Double entendre completely unintended and in point of fact inaccurate!
@jscarp when I move out there, we can start swapping. Esp once I get my books back from Italy.

Jan 19. 2010