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The Twitter Diaries: 2010-01-18: SF, CO

used to own and love this poster, pretty sure I didn’t pay this much for it at the zoo itself http://bit.ly/65BfFK
@KathySierra the trick is to look like you’re sharing all, while actually concealing much.
@nonstick that was more like Not Safe for Human Eyeball Consumption
@vdotw hey, mine came with a warning. 😉
Back at DIA, glad to be escaping to warmer climes
I asked for warmer weather, not quakes. Y’all settle down out there!
the people you see wearing pyjamas in airports are generally the people you’d be LEAST interested in seeing in their bedroom wear
@NomdeB I use SkypeOut, gives me a local number to dial and then I’m on Skype rates (plus cell minutes).
bummed I didn’t think to buy the Economist’s Christmas issue while it was out. My subscription is still in Italy.
@johnnysunshine I usually see them in airports. Reminds me of the time I saw an American woman in a Jakarta supermarket in curlers…
@ringae I see a lot of American teenagers in PJs at Heathrow, always makes me cringe for my country’s public image.
what is the message of PJs in public anyway? I’m too busy/lazy to get dressed I don’t give a sht what the world thinks, I’m comfy?
@bubbva thanks! Looking forward to seeing my multifarious Bay Area gang.
@NomdeB I seem to be simplifying my life by shedding relatives. 😉
(No, I’m not killing them!)
If I’d known I’d have status on frontier by now, I wd not be flying united today. Paying for a bag and last-priority boarding
@ringae not an Italian, certainly
Landed sfo. Waiting for my bag.
C’mon Bart people I have arrived. That means we can leave!
Omg Harvey fierstein in fiddler on the roof. I. Must. See.
@llcrowe me, too.
Great evening carousing with @Schlomo @jeffreytaylor and John. Bit of a headache this morning, but I’m smiling.
On my way to Daly City for #clswest Looking forward to seeing old friends and new. Sorry @saraford and @rohrer won’t be there.
@hemantmehta even atheists can be ignorant, especially under heavy propaganda
@tehduh and you lose points for just running a check. It’s an absurd system that hurts the consumer
#clswest interesting points on online trust and reputation – what’s out there today sucks. (Amazon ratings are a gd example – v abusable)
Will be speaking on comunity video #clswest Shd be fun – saw a lot of faces light up when I announced it. I’m in sudha & irene’s session
Did v little of the talking in my #clswest session on video – more useful to head from the 30 people in the rm, we’ ll be collaborating!
sorry I had to duck out of #clswest early – another monster headache. But, as expected, was excited and inspired by soe many awesome folks
@VespaDee you’ve reached me. What’s the question?
after a stimulating #clswest yesterday, enjoying a lazy day off today. I may nap.
tried drinking less caffeine today in case that was contributing to my headaches. This led to nap, chocolate, and appetite.
Countries Beginning with I Coffee Art http://bit.ly/7WozW9
Note to self: do not ever again take BART from SFO with luggage. Arm still sore from hauling suitcase up steps at destination.
I guess yesterday was No Pants Day on Bart. That would explain the gang of people we saw coming out of a station in their knickers
Moved over to The Mosser. Like the funkiness az long az it’s not too noisy. Took a while to find drawers – under the bed.
love being in a place where I can walk and walk and walk
final version w slides, downloadable m4v available: Nick Solter on Developing on OpenSolaris (CommunityOne)- Sun Video http://bit.ly/vvH9c
downloadable m4v now available: Debugging and Diagnosing Interesting OpenSolaris Kernel Problems – Sun Video http://bit.ly/7m7P41
downloadable m4v now available: Porting Applications with OpenSolaris – Sun Video http://bit.ly/7lrSxp
New! Probing Database Applications with DTrace – Sun Video from CommunityOne http://bit.ly/60Ieli
new! SourceJuicer BoF at OSCON – Sun Video http://bit.ly/6FrPCZ
m4v download now available: Observing Applications with DTrace – Sun Video http://bit.ly/4qo9SH
now downloadable in m4v: Porting USB HID Device Drivers between Linux and OpenSolaris – Sun Video http://bit.ly/5kG8Sw
downloadable m4v now available: Drivers in the OpenSolaris Operating System – Sun Video http://bit.ly/5Q1ifJ
sometimes, to really get things done, it helps to be in an office where you don’t know anybody
lost and found: downloadable version of ZFS Boot in S10U6 – Sun Video http://bit.ly/89sbqq
lost & found: downloadable versions of ZFS: The Last Word in File Systems Parts 1, 2 & 3 – Sun Video http://bit.ly/4nWM3f
doing video housekeeping today, in case you couldn’t tell
@standaloneSA thanks. Any other #SysAdmin events I should be aware of?
@pschow working on it. Anything particular you’re just dying to have video of?
@pschow Heh, that’s too easy: http://bit.ly/8T5oYS
@pschow …but please be more specific if you can, what else do you need to know about COMSTAR?
@standaloneSA thanks. In fact we’re good buds with USENIX, I’m just organizing a couple of BoF sessions for FAST in Feb.
some days it’s okay to do fiddly stuff that doesn’t require much brainpower (but nonetheless needs to get done)
long-lost downloadable version: COMSTAR Tutorial: Convert a Sun Server into a Fibre Channel Storage Array – Sun Video http://bit.ly/6oxAFF
@bubbva I can’t imagine you doing such a thing on purpose, and accidents are forgivable for reasonable people
Sorry I won’t get to see my kid before she leaves for Aus, but I’ll probably go see dear friends in NM instead for holiday wkd
more still-relevant video from my archive: Fibre Channel Concepts – Sun Video http://bit.ly/5m3zGK
Waving or drowning? Drowning, I think.
Becoming an OpenSolaris Power User (C1 West version) – Sun Video http://bit.ly/4zhFFe
head exploding again. Not with headache, just with stuff I need to do. On the upside, that stuff includes book a lot of exciting travel
Early start tomorrow to get to sun’s menlo park office to teach another videoblogging workshop… And do a zillion other things…
Night of stress induced bad dreams makes waking up easy, but lack of sleep will not improve this day.
Have no idea where to look for the Sun shuttle at menlo park caltrain. Anyone?
@adamsbaldwin how about including the many of us who are not under god?we’re still Americans.
@jimgris cool!
Have caltrain prices gone up? 6 from sf to mpk seems like a lot
@romyilano ugh. I’m hoping to get rid of my car altogether – car payments + parking in SF just not worth it.
The Register Grid Engine is the first workload manager with support for applications created using Hadoop http://bit.ly/8xRdyd
trained more people in video at Sun this morning, sent them off with cameras & mics. It’s fun when trainees are excited to apply knowledge
@vococreative no, but extremely active in my high school’s alumni community: http://bit.ly/5fu7P3
@bklein34 not that I know of so far. Now booking Hyderabad, St. Petersburg, and Beijing!
considering another epically insane trip. Anyone been on the Trans-Siberian? Recently?
okay, okay, I’ll fly. But not Aeroflot.
@johnnysunshine Nice when you have unlimited time, but that’s not my case.
@bicyclemark when in April? I would leave St Petersburg ~Apr 15, need to be in Beijing ~23rd
Today required chocolate, but I had foolishly left it in the hotel room.
Fog outside caltrain windows as we rocket down the peninsula. This train is expensive, but it’s clean, comfortable, and on time. I can deal.
@deirdresm not to worry, I’ll likely be back soon!
@ThinGuy pleasingly fast.
planning my next savage odyssey, includes two new airlines (Finnair and Air China). Anyone have anything to say about those?
Trip sketched out, I’ll have to tweak dates & book tomorrow.won’t be hard to fill 10 days in India. May be almost 3 wks in Beijing – wher!
Okay, so at the end of two weeks almost solid of early starts, I slept in. I don’t feel guilty.
@jmleray ma l’immagine Giapponese a fondo dell’articolo cosa c’entra? Mah.
@jmleray io in fondo dell’articolo vedevo una piccola immagine erotica giapponese (di quelle antiche). Forse l’ho immaginato. 😉
got so much to do I don’t even know where to start. Coffee, please start working!
another epic trip booked: 6 weeks on the road to Hyderabad, St Petersburg, and Beijing, bringing back tons of new content in multiple langs
did I mention I have a very cool job? (Actually, I have about 3 jobs… pay is not commensurate, but the perks are awesome.)
now downloadable: ZFS Discovery Day: Understanding the Technology – Sun Video http://bit.ly/8pgUlo
this week trained a Java User Groups liaison, SDN manager, and green software consultant in video. Helping great stuf happen whenever I can.
now translated and subtitled: Solaris Cluster 3.2 1/09: RAC in Zones & Quorum Monitoring – Sun Video http://bit.ly/5l0fcx
RT @pancrazioauteri: In Italy, if you sell PVR with integrated HD, you ==pay EUR 28.98 / 250GB capacity. Money will go to copyright holders!
SF hosting a math congress, mathematicians in nametags all over. Saw one named Hilbert. Probably not a descendant.
Forgot til this moment that @Rohrer should be on the same flight back to DEN. But she’ll arrive way later to sfo than I did.
Got here way too early but this gives me time to enjoy my sfo ritual: dim sum and beer
Not going to NM this wkd after all, prob a good thing. I should probably sleep for 3 days…
@KathySierra this is only a problem for parents who wish to pretend that, unlike themselves, their children have no vices.
@missbhavens you never asked. And we’re all expected to conspire in maintaining the rosy delusion.
Argh. I know this guy who just boarded and don’t remember why I know him or who he is. I need a face recognition upgrade
@bklein34 seems like these things always devolve upon the parents
The little girl seated next to me who thrashed chattered and sang thru the flight… No doubt many wd find her cute…
@missbhavens that’s okay, no one would have told you
Maybe govt shd get out of marriage altogether. Make a contractual commitment 2 raise any kids, leave it at that…
…because human relationships are way too complex to legislate.
@msgilligan many legislators and voters want life dumbed down for them. I learned long ago that it’s very hard not to fit in the checkboxes
I would like a way to see a family tree of who else my followers follow. Might give me a clue as to why they’re following me.
CO Girl Geeks will be mentioned in the Denver Biz Journal in Feb. @creepyed must now help me organize an event, bcuz it’s all her fault!
RT @dboyll: Italy wants to regulate online video content; Google says it’s a bad idea http://ff.im/-eouBS – it’s a horrible idea
a good way to wake up: slowly, in my own bed, with coffee, a laptop, and good wifi.
I may actually be home in CO for a month now. Then again, I may not.
http://bit.ly/90bVe7 If they know their loved ones are suffering hideous tortures… then how can they be happy in Heaven?
Next CO Girl Geeks dinner will be Feb 17 Wednesday in Broomfield. Check FB group later for details.
@adamsbaldwin Ah, yes, Paul – that misogynist, anti-sexual son of a bitch has a lot to answer for. Christianity cd have been fun but for him
@adamsbaldwin Nope, learned about Paul in religion classes in the missionary high school I attended. Then I thought for myself.
@adamsbaldwin I have been a mother for 20 years.
@adamsbaldwin as far as I recall, Paul wasn’t all that enthusiastic about marriage, simply said it was better than burning.
@adamsbaldwin while I appreciate the kudos, merely being a mother doesn’t make me a hero. I’ve done a decent job of it, but many don’t.
@Zee I have no skin in this game, but are Technorati’s rankings still believable?
@Zee last time I looked (been a while), blogs had to be enrolled to be counted so, like Alexa, the rankings were skewed. I cd be out of date
@Zee but what proportion of bloggers do pay attention? Is it just us social media geeks? We don’t count as much as we think we do.
Italy wd become only Western country in which it is necessary to have prior government permission to upload video. http://bit.ly/5SBtid

I seem to be going thru a process of examining everything society automatically assumes to be good and saying Really? Are you sure?

@missrogue #femanomics – umm, there’s me. Been doing online marketing since ~1992. By my definition. http://bit.ly/V9OUa
@missrogue just haven’t been very good at marketing myself. Maybe that’s the big difference between male and female online gurus #femanomics
@missrogue don’t forget @lskrocki , queen of all our social media platforms at Sun.
is it my imagination or is bit.ly dropping a lot of link stats?
@lskrocki uh, no. I don’t see that as you. But you could go with a plain leather color. I like my red Coach bag
@NomdeB how about non-parent?
3d avatar from the first row. I am gonna have such a pain in the neck
Avatar is nice to look at but all the seams and devices of the story are visible
Why does every large life form /except/ the Naavi have two sets of forelimbs?
Borrowing quite a bit from Elfquest, too
vaster than empires – wasn’t that a Ballard story?
He manages to sound like a US marine most of the time, but every now and then I can hear the Aussie
Busier than I had planned to be this weekend, but that might be a good thing, allthings considered.
my kid’s hitting the road again, via Austin, going to Australia to work with horses. Let’s see how her Aussie adventures turn out
some new followers are probably completely, if unintentionally, misled about me. e.g., just because I mention Ayn Rand don’t mean I like her
an exploited foreigner is more likely to have picked your succulent olives than a well-compensated Italian. http://bit.ly/7t8Teh
@lskrocki I’m managing to beat up mine pretty thorughly, but it still looks good.
Brunetta Calls for Law to Force Stay-at-homes to Leave Nest at 18I was 30 and still couldnt make my own bed. http://bit.ly/8PTnBG
related to current news on why young Italians should leave home, an old piece of mine on why they don’t: http://bit.ly/4F2TL1
@darrenmoffat I’ve got a videocamera warmed up and waiting for you 😉 #zfs #opensolaris
@hemantmehta most women I know would gracefully accept the compliment. But, then, my friends are mostly ballsy women.
new blog post On Love http://bit.ly/4FHvUQ
Italys real unemployment rate is more than 10.7 percent, according to Bloomberg calculations… http://bit.ly/6Fb8Px
@bubbva not at the moment, but I’ll be back. And we can exchange dinners – I’m a good cook, too, when I have someone to cook for
@iamsrk then you’re a work kind of person. Nothing wrong with that
@missrogue I was terrible at flirting in my 20s, was hoping it would get easier now!
@bubbva sounds great! I’m coming over!
poor Ross. 3 flights delayed, baggage fees raised without announcement… and she’s considering becoming a flight attendant?
@nonstick you go, gal!
Twitter Tools seems to have insurmountable problems, so I’m having to try other methods to do a weekly digest of my tweets. Ugh.

The Twitter Diaries: 2010-01-10 – Tulsa, CO, SF

  • added lots of photos to The Twitter Diaries: 2010-01-03: Arkansas & Louisiana http://bit.ly/4ZzGno #
  • enjoying a lazy morning in bed with the laptop, fiddling with my site. Because for the next six days I’ll be getting up hellishly early. #
  • geotagging 2009’s Twitter posts on my site. I wasn’t home much. #
  • RT @adi535: Wow, SRK on twitter.. @iamsrk . (For those who need it explained: Shah Rukh Khan is India’s biggest film star.) #
  • @HumanityCritic personally? Kinky. in reply to HumanityCritic #
  • @Schlomo @jeffreytaylor I’m back to SF Fri 8th-Fri 15th. Dinner? Drinks? Sunday brunch/lunch/anything would be ideal. in reply to Schlomo #
  • @adamsbaldwin How can a statement about any religion be objectively true? If he finds comfort in either, it’s purely subjective. in reply to adamsbaldwin #
  • catching up with 2009, added photos and video clips to The Twitter Diaries: 2009-07-19: Brisbane http://bit.ly/4ADxik #
  • @missrogue this might help » When a Spell Checker Won’t Save You http://bit.ly/6AQ0tI #
  • Hot damn! Made Ascent membership with Frontier on my last flight of 2009, so i get priority and more no baggage fees. That’s worth having. #
  • Heavens, we seem to have a herd of kids being picked up #
  • I assume the reek of smoke in the restroom is from some idiot who just had to have a cigarette. Or should I be alerting security? #
  • @iamsrk love alone does not conquer snoring, but a white noise machine and a sleeping pill help in reply to iamsrk #
  • So this guy is so desperate for a smoke that he lights up before getting on the plane – standing on the tarmac near a just-refuelled engine #
  • He’ll, we don’t need terrorists – we can blow ourselves up without any help! #
  • Landed at DIA, but may take a while to get home, what with luggage, shuttle. Sigh. I should live closer to an airport #
  • Now it’s a race: will my suitcase arrive before the 615 shuttle departs? #
  • Bag made it in time – priority status FTW! Now where’s the shuttle? #
  • @sogrady i think it has a buy movie tix option in reply to sogrady #
  • Not pleased with SuperShuttle. This run is taking us to south Denver then god knows where, then if I’m lucky I’ll get home. WTF? #
  • Oookay… so now Tiger not only has to find religion, he has to find the “right” religion. This is incredibly offensive on so many levels… #
  • @missrogue gotta say, tho, in the few glances I’ve given to dating sites, the poor grammar and spelling were an immediate turnoff to me. in reply to missrogue #
  • I really need to go to bed early, but after the piece of evil that was waiting in the mailbox at home [a poem from my mother], sleep may require bourbon & Ambien… #
  • brought back some Community Coffee from Louisiana. Loving the mild roast. May have to start having this shipped. #
  • training session is requiring me to install Java. Would have saved time to have a system check beforehand #
  • @nautibitz I started somewhere around book 7 and wasn’t impressed in reply to nautibitz #
  • @reiger oh, dear – maybe you’re a bit too much of a workaholic? in reply to reiger #
  • @nautibitz True Blood is like Laurell Hamilton, but with a lot less sex. Or violence. in reply to nautibitz #
  • @nautibitz her writing improved over time (first few were poor), but the sex and violence are way over the top now… in reply to nautibitz #
  • @nautibitz …and she spends an awful lot of time describing physical attributes and clothing in reply to nautibitz #
  • @nautibitz Easy enough to understand: you write too well yourself to put up with poor writing. in reply to nautibitz #
  • @reiger short and cold. in reply to reiger #
  • facing another day of training beginning at 7, very short on sleep. Thanks, Mom! #
  • @alecmuffett what did you use to back up your Tweetstream? in reply to alecmuffett #
  • it’s all coming back to me now: I had to learn a lot of basics about file systems to write a book about CDs, many eons ago… #
  • @alecmuffett hmm… I would love an app that lets me extract my tweets for any given range of dates. in reply to alecmuffett #
  • I’ve met so many people at/via Sun in <3 yrs. Only now realizing how many of them are responsible for stuff I use every day. #
  • @mfernest oh, I’m learning. It’s going to take a lot more practice for me to hope to retain anything, though in reply to mfernest #
  • @mfernest For starters, you point out where the course book is wrong for the online learning environment. I know this isn’t ideal, but… in reply to mfernest #
  • @alecmuffett sounds like a huge hole in the API to me. How difficult would it be to find tweets by date? in reply to alecmuffett #
  • @gracekboyle While I like the idea of a meal, I have hired someone without having met or spoken with him (except via email). Worked out fine in reply to gracekboyle #
  • @missbhavens care to take on my mom for me? in reply to missbhavens #
  • it’s a little scary that I know the people behind the names used in the coursebook examples. I spend way too much time around ZFS. #
  • @missbhavens Mom wouldn’t be much work in the short term. She plans not to speak to me for the next 12-18 months. in reply to missbhavens #
  • not sure I’m going to survive 3 more hours of today. Need sleep! #
  • @bklein34 huh? They just see an initial and make up a male name to match it? in reply to bklein34 #
  • @bklein34 ah. I’m used to people notknowing that Deirdre is a female name and calling me Mr #
  • @iamsrk you have a 3rd expression- it’s that move with your hair. Or is that a dance move? in reply to iamsrk #
  • even more annoying than a perpetually-on TV: when it’s playing a show with a laugh track. Like fingernails on a chalkboard for me. #
  • @vdotw I’ve used leftover fruit to make chutney; nectarines should be good that way. in reply to vdotw #
  • @TheCR excellent written communications, ability to stop and take a breath before hitting “send” in reply to TheCR #
  • Sun folks: running a videoblogging workshop next Weds-Thurs in MPK – any of you like to join? #
  • CO temp dropped about 20 degrees between 6 and 7 am, continues to meander down towards zero #
  • packing for Friday’s trip to SF, which will mean an outdoor temperature increase of 50 degrees #
  • y’know, this looks like it’s going to be more than the 1-3 inches of snow they said we were supposed to get #
  • @faseidl I gave up Christmas cards and even printed newsletters years ago. Anyone who wants to know about me, it’s all online. in reply to faseidl #
  • @Danjite yup. I saw that magazine at a friend’s house and took a photo of it for FAIL blog. Didn’t get around to submitting, tho in reply to Danjite #
  • RT @Danjite: Did the food modeler here do what I think they did? http://bit.ly/884Z4s – epic photo FAIL! #
  • whoa. 2 Ayn Rand references in 2 secs from tweeps who may not/probably don’t know or follow each other… or do you? @kbeninato @PizzoC #
  • @kbeninato college roomie was a big fan, i got 5 pages into Atlas Shrugged, went no further – crap writing in reply to kbeninato #
  • I’m awake! I’m awake! No… I’m not. #
  • @michaelverdi you’re damn right it is: http://bit.ly/7aoMjf in reply to michaelverdi #
  • @HumanityCritic because what the public cares most about is who is sleeping with whom. in reply to HumanityCritic #
  • @michaelverdi that site is a few degrees colder than my neighborhood (more exposed), but not much in reply to michaelverdi #
  • if someone in my life is actually crazy, I shouldn’t waste energy wondering why I have a crap relationship with them, right? #
  • the sun has risen and the temperature is dropping?!? #
  • “Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow…” #
  • an apropos t-shirt quote from a friend: “It’s better to have loved and lost than live with a psycho for the rest of your life” #
  • another day, another (actual) headache. Can I just sleep until it’s time to board a plane again? #
  • the monster headache is finally almost gone (still lurking), but it wore me out. May just call it a day. #
  • @ThinGuy last time I went, CES was helpfully co-located w/ the Adult Entertainment Expo. I sadly failed to photograph the hilarious results in reply to ThinGuy #
  • @nonstick too late for me – I already saw them today http://bit.ly/6pvPOz (NSFW, but not that offensive, really) in reply to nonstick #
  • @nonstick and this was shared with the question “Why don’t we have a mascot for Solaris?” in reply to nonstick #
  • @ThinGuy <shrug> I started out in CD technology; I had no illusions about what drove that business early on. in reply to ThinGuy #
  • @ThinGuy agh! next time warn a person! Now I’ve seen it. in reply to ThinGuy #
  • @bicyclemark meanwhile, German trains are running in Italy – whose passenger rail system definitely needs the competition! in reply to bicyclemark #
  • a week of very early mornings, plus other unpleasantness, is taking its toll. Looking forward to today’s trip to SF. (When in doubt – run!) #

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The Twitter Diaries: 2010-01-03: Arkansas & Louisiana

^ sunset driving into Louisiana

  • @MissExpatria I’ll be really evil here and say “screaming toddler” in reply to MissExpatria # [her question was: what could we try to get banned by TSA to make flying actually pleasanter?]
  • Hitting the road again tomorrow, so it’s time to do homework today #
  • @webmink what are your sugestions for engaging? in reply to webmink # [to bring some sanity to TSA security policies]
  • @webmink if enough people are deterred from traveling, the airlines will scream to Congress. Cutting back travel not really an option for me in reply to webmink #
  • So tired it’s like having jet lag. I guess all of 2009 is catching up. Might have helped if i’d ever had a real vacation this year. #
  • @Chuckumentary that’s where I am – in the heart of Internet darkness. Limping along on the dregs of edge in reply to Chuckumentary #
  • @jeffreytaylor I liked invictus, too. Glad to hear it reflects reality in reply to jeffreytaylor #
  • Lazing in bed with coffee. Today we go to Louisiana, my ancestral territory #
  • @LusciousPear could be worse: you could be headed to Shreveport in reply to LusciousPear #
  • Scale in this house claims I lost a pound overnight. This seems unlikely. Never trusted scales. But have lost ~15 pounds this year. #
  • @jeffreytaylor just remember: someone is on your side. in reply to jeffreytaylor #
  • @KathySierra FAIL is a millisecond laugh. TED requires 20 mins’ concntration – rewarding when you have time. in reply to KathySierra #
  • Looking for decent coffee around Texarkana. Hmm. #
  • May have to use a location app because I can’t spell the LA town we’re staying in tonight. # [it was Nachitoches]
  • “He said he was a tri-sexual and used to work at a local animal shelter, but was let go for molesting collies. ” http://bit.ly/6JYYo1 # [this was a restaurant review!]
  • @SharonG we actually did eat there, lots of heavy fried food, no trisexuals introduced themselves (so disappointing!). in reply to SharonG #
  • “over 48% of Italians between the age of 18 and 39 under their parents’ roofs.” http://bit.ly/7nzyNX #
  • Twitter Tools can no longer authenticate so it isn’t working. Anyone else having this problem? Thought it was a changed password, but… #
  • been subjected to a lot of TV this week. I wouldn’t mind ads so much if they weren’t so damned repetitive. Once is plenty for all of them! #
  • great… can’t get Twitter Tools working, and can’t find anything else with its digest feature. Anyone? #
  • Lunch at a DQ in De Ridder, LA. Now on to Lake Charles. #
  • http://twitpic.com/vs4gs “Angels” – Brian Andreas #
  • having just eaten shrimp creole at home, we will drop in on a memorial service for someone we don’t know, then go eat Cajun in Sulphur LA #

^ I bought this Brian Andreas “Story People” print for my aunt Rosie years ago, was amused to find it in my aunt Harriet’s house as well (the two aunts are from different sides of the family).

^ boudin, a Cajun delicacy of sausage meat, herbs, and rice. You squeeze it out of the casing to eat it.

  • A Bollywood Christmas Song http://bit.ly/7PQQAf (actually appears to be from Nickelodeon, but it’s still funny) #

  • ^ http://twitpic.com/vvozp anyone else remember Naugas? Used to market Naugahyde in the 60s. I had a big pink one. # [this was at my aunt Harriet’s house – she must have got them for all of us]
  • Crossing the Atchafalaya Basin. Can’t see anything – raining too hard #

^ New Orleans street musicians

  • Great dinner with my cousin Celia in NO, the best way to spend an evening: in good company, laughing. #

^ New Orleans street

  • New Orleans is crawling with football fans from Cincinnati and someplace in Florida. You can tell I really care about sports. #

  • http://twitpic.com/w2rm6 just bought me some Jitterbug Perfume
    # [yes, this is the shop that appears, under a different name, in Tom Robbins’ novel. I bought a lovely scent called Habanera – and I haven’t worn perfume in years.]

^ old Uneeda Biscuit sign, New Orleans

^ Phycic SAIL

  • @saraford seen this? Datmansymbol.com #
  • @MrsThinGuy you’ve got to get this grocery store aggression under control in reply to MrsThinGuy #
  • #10yearsago we were celebrating the millenium at the chateau of le prince jardinière in the Loire valley. No, the prince was not there. #
  • @DatmanTshirts yes, but I know some folks who will like it more. Unfortunately, have missed my opp to buy unless you’re open tomorrow in reply to DatmanTshirts #

^ my cousin Celia’s cat, Monstaman, so called because he’s a monstrously large Maine Coon cat. Also the only cat I’ve ever seen or heard of that will do dog tricks (sit up, shake hands, high five, lie down, eat treat.)

  • Listening to tales of nightmare neighbors in New Orleans #

^ King Cake

^ a non-touristy part of New Orleans

  • On the road back to Tulsa. Stopped at a walmart to buy Community Coffee. #
  • Decal on the back of a truck reads “check to check”, with a Chevrolet logo. Anyone know what this means? #

[Americans’ penchant for advertising their religious beliefs is strange to European sensibilities.]

^ You might be forgiven for wondering what a single Nachitoch is, let alone many.

  • Still not finding any good reason to stop in Shreveport. And xm radio’s ads for religious radio are not helping. #
  • We’ve missed our chance to go to Plain Dealing, Louisiana #
  • http://twitpic.com/w9ud9 dinner at big Jake’s BBQ in Texarkana #

  • Haven’t really slept enough, but will be waking up horribly early all of next week, so maybe better stay awake now #
  • commenter left a great recipe on my blog: http://bit.ly/8gBXCy #
  • “In spite of the hassles, nothing quite compares to Italy,…It’s about food, clothing, style. It’s about life.” http://bit.ly/7X813H #
  • finally back to wifi so I can use a computer with a keyboard; I’ve been doing everything from the iPhone almost every day since Dec 24th #
  • Avatar in Imax 3D sold out. Is plain old 3D acceptable? #
  • My problem with 3D movies is that I already have one pair of glasses on my face. This is going to be a pain. #
  • Cameron has read (as well az watched) the classics: The Word for World is Forest, The Dragonriders of Pern, some Philip K Dick… #
  • Watching “Chess”: “You & I, we’ve done it all, chasing our hearts’ desires, yet we go on pretending stories like ours have happy endings.” #
  • @lskrocki it was fine in non-Imax 3D, and I didn’t even have much trouble with the glasses. in reply to lskrocki #

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-12-27: SF, Tulsa, AR

lazing with a cup of coffee in bed, as I love to do, but this time @jeffreytaylor & John’s place. I’m a gypsy.

DeirdreS: you know you’re a modern mother when your kid hangs up on you in Facebook chat

could really do wtihout a pounding headache today. Where did this come from?

DeirdreS: Apparently google free wifi for the holidays doesn’t apply to sfo.

Dia again. Now to get my car and drive home.

just realized the 23rd is Weds, not Tues, so I have another day to unpack, repack, and do laundry before I take off again. yay me!

per my usual: doing the expense report on my last trip will booking the next

will never eat an airport veggie burger again. Side effects are anti-social and long-lasting.

so much to do that I’m really looking forward to a vacation…

@pizzocalabro begs the question: are there still minors at home? If not, who is she net nannying?

Mother & daughter with identical uncombed hair af Jasons. At least mom is not wearing pjs

there are times when you just need a meatball sandwich

@pizzocalabro a teacher I was training on Internet search way back when asked “How can I avoid nasty content?” “Just don’t click that link.”

Kerberos Authentication for Web Security – Sun Video http://bit.ly/5Z0jdv

“really get to know yourself, for lack of anyone else who understands what the hell you are saying.” http://bit.ly/75RsWP

RT @jeffhuber: DTrace Quick Start Guide – Observing Native and Web Applications in Production http://bit.ly/4JxDXB

Sita Sings the Blues NYC IFC Film Center, Dec. 25-31. http://bit.ly/680ub1 – If you’re in NYC, GO SEE THIS. Amazing animation.

damn, didn’t mean to stay up this late. It’s been a down-and-up night.

More videos from the Solaris Security Summit now available on Sun Video http://bit.ly/7qw6g0

@nonstick Yup. People used to stop on their way off the plane to compliment me on my well-behaved baby. I worked hard for that!

@bubbva coming up: Darren Moffat on ZFS Crypto! (hopefully by tonight)

mood: sunny, with a chance of giggles

@nonstick I wince at parents who don’t know to give the kid something to suck during descent to clear their ears. Those kids are in pain!

@monkchips the way you spelled the name of that Cornish goodie was seriously misleading

Perhaps the secret is not to give in to the tyranny of what /others/ think should make me happy.

hmm. It seems the Ethernet adapter on my Air is no longer working.

Oh yes now I remember: I never go to the mall at this time of year because I HATE crowds.

it was worth braving the holiday shoppers to go to the Apple Store, where they replaced my defective USB-Ethernet adapter for free!

a gift for you ZFS fans: Darren Moffat on ZFS Crypto: Data Encryption for Local, NAS and SAN – Sun Video http://bit.ly/8P4FPi

end of year charity donations done (Woodstock School and the SAGE Program).

multitasking, distractedly. Trying to clear up video odds & ends while organizing my music (yet again) while doing online training…

trying to tell myself I don’t need chocolate all /that/ badly right now… and knowing there are bowls of goodies downstairs…

made plans to spend New Year’s Eve with cousin & her friends in New Orleans, as well as get together other evenings for drinks and music.

@missbhavens huh? is that on purpose so their kids won’t have their birthdays on Christmas?

@drewjensen umm… you may have a point

this training is telling me how to do all sorts of things… but not WHY I would want to do any of them

the weather outside is indeed frightful, and my rooms over the garage are cold, but my butt is warm thanks to my king-sized heating pad

the chocolate won. Now do I want to follow it with a hot toddy?

RT @hemantmehta: Mathematical proof for the existence of cougars? Yay for new lesson plans! http://blog.tanyakhovanova.com/?p=194

@bubbva do you have a good recipe for hot toddy? I don’t actually know how to make an authentic one.

RT @pancrazioauteri: The Vatican Television Center has a TV multiplex in Rome. The frequency is 666 MHz. Please, tell this to Dan Brown!

@ramarob panetone is also REALLY good simply toasted in a pan with a bit of butter, like Mexican pan dulce

I see no reason to get out of my bathrobe, or even out of bed, until it’s time to get on the airport shuttle this afternoon.

my suitcase closes far too easily. I must have forgotten something vital.

Xtianity in action: “prayed real hard that Sen. Byrd would either die or couldn’t show up at the vote the other night.” http://bit.ly/7YeFHx

…I know, love & respect many Christians who will find that repellent. But what is said and done “in the name of God” in US is horrifying

@nonstick amen, sister.

one Christmas treat I do want more of: eggnog! Couldn’t get it in Italy.

On the airport shuttle, hoping 90 mins is enough time to get there.

Oooookay… Now hoping to make it there in one piece. I thought these vans had snow tires

If my flight is actually om time, I’m gonna miss it

Flight’s late. For this one, that’s a good thing

Made it.

This is the end of the terminal where small planes depart for funky destinations. And we’ll have to walk across the Tarmac in blowing snow

I think we’re next in line for de-icing. Cmon people, get me out of here!

Waited so long for de-icing that wd now don’t have enough fuel for takeoff. Back to gate to refuel, then line up for de-icing again. Sigh

We’ll bd back on the gate for another hour, hoping de-icing won’t take too much longer after that. Oh, well. I have homework to do anyway

Got OpenSolaris running in Virtual Box on my Air. Yay me. (What else is there to do while sitting on the tarmac?)

At least I’m able to recharge my iPhone from the Air’s battery.

And if all my gadgets run out of juice, I have “Solaris Internals” to read…

We are moving again, back to the de-ice pad. Let’s hood this time we get thru fast enough not to run out of gas

@willbldrco believe mr, I would /love/ a drink right now…

Bored. Bored bored bored.

@drewjensen nope, never got off. Up and down the tarmac for 3 hrs so far

Finally reached Tulsa af 215 am!

@jimgris good, wehad some ideas about getting you om film. As far as I can tell, I’ll have a job

On the road to Russellville AR, in the rain bt ahead of the snow

@davest yep, running ahead of the weather all the way. Eventual destination: New Orleans, where I was born.

Listening to Leonard Cohen’s Live in London album. He now sounds very like Tom Waits.

I can get by on 6 hours’ sleep, but 4 is definitely not enough.

Settling in for a long winter’s nap. I hope. There are 5 or 6 dogs in this house, plus more outside. Fortunately, all but 1 well schooled.

Having s decent Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, should go well with gumbo

@pizzocalabro what happened to the good old fashioned hip flask?

@willsnow whenever you no longer feel like a newbie. For md at Sun, ths will be approx never.

I’m with someone else’s family, and that’s perfectly fine. Happy Christmas to all my tweeps, and may you all find traditions that work for u

@jimgris you were great last time I filmed you! Glad we’ll get to see you soon. Let me know so I can plan my travel accordingly.

Feeling deliciously lazy. I may sleep for another 2 days.

Disconcerted by increasing evidence that actors really just play themselves

Waiting in line to see “it’s complicated”. Not my first choice but it’ll do

Wow even the edge network sucks out here in Russellville AR

Sunshine makes me happy, even when it’s cold

Diet Dr Pepper with strawberries in it. Umm. No. Not for me.

RT @plasticbagUK: Terrifying article from the Guardian about China’s actions at the Copenhagen climate summit: http://bit.ly/8iFgJi

@jimgris how about talking live and being filmed? I seem to remember your talk at osdevcon filmed well. Tho the interviews did, too

@jimpick yup, flying lots. It just gets more fun all the time

Irritating that an exhibit on ancient Egypt has to end with a Byzantine Christian tombstone, obviously out of place and forced.

Blah mood today, post-Christmas blues I guess

Of course, reading that TSA is about to make my travels even more uselessly miserable does not improve my mood. We pay for their mistakes.

@ben and then they sell confiscated items on eBay

@creepyed that’s not in the US, right?

@italylogue thanks. I hope the TSA agents know that!

@italylogue let us know how it goes

@lhawthorn you’re an Aramco brat? Aha! Asian development brat myself, know a number of Aramco brats

The Twitter Diaries: 2009-12-20: CO, San Francisco, Menlo Park

  • watching the sun rise in Colorado. Woke up at 5, actually, but managed to go back to sleep til 7. Now lazing with coffee before time to pack #
  • Loved “Invictus”, except the sometimes too-intrusive “stirring music.” Didn’t need “soulful, uplifting” ballads to make the point. #
  • @jeffreytaylor tooting your own horn is hard for a lot of people, but a very necessary skill. in reply to jeffreytaylor #
  • @storagebod I have a jar full of those, sitting in a garage in Italy… in reply to storagebod #
  • “Please note the anti-Christian bigotry.” http://bit.ly/7aTcue #
  • violating my own rule about wearing easy-to-remove shoes at the airport. At least I’m not wearing the bra that sets off the metal detector #
  • @storagebod nor me! We don’t even have ikea in Colorado in reply to storagebod #
  • @NomdeB I’d pay a bit for fb if that gave me a setting to globally turn off all the game crap. in reply to NomdeB #
  • @ElaineEllis what did you expect? The best antidote wd be Buffy in reply to ElaineEllis #
  • ROME — Italian news reports say Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been punched in the face at a rally http://bit.ly/7cugYF #
  • “sex, thighs & “Videocracy” – a documentary that takes a harsh look at a system perfected thru Berlusconi’s TV empire” http://bit.ly/8x10HH #
  • flight will be departing 15 mins late, but we’ll probably make that up in the air. <sigh> Was hoping to arrive early. #
  • I suppose it would be inappropriate of me to say that my daughter has always had great taste in men… #
  • …and shoes. #
  • Berlusconi punched in the face with… a model of the Milan Duomo? or possibly brass knuckles. Bossi calls it terrorism http://bit.ly/61ICja #
  • whoa, sitting right in the draft from open jetway. If I was Italian I’d be running away screaming. Actually feels good – sweater too warm #
  • damn. Stepped in mud in the parking lot, now I need to polish my lovely new boots. #
  • okay, time to close up the laptop and get ready for boarding. Hey, I pretended to work on my presos for this week… #
  • If I’m not tweeting at all, I’m likely asleep or driving. If I’m tweeting a lot, I’m in an airport #
  • Damn. Really didn’t want this flight to be late. #
  • Wish someone wd move and let this couple sit next to each other instead of in sep rows. Their chatter will drive me mad. #
  • RT @montemagno: Sunday dec. 13: Twitter is exploding about berlusconi http://bit.ly/6zGOBO heh heh #
  • Listening to Irish music, since I’m already twitchy. The High Kings FTW #
  • Landed sfo. Waiting to deplane, my least favorite part of every trip. Along with waiting for a bag, which j also must do… #
  • Was that convo in the plane really that banal, or was I in an incredibly bitchy mood? #
  • @mschoenu as long as you don’t imagine that you’re giving birth *to* Berlusconi in reply to mschoenu #
  • @mschoenu probably a very good thing… in reply to mschoenu #
  • RT @michellefabio: Made in Italy Chocolate Basket & Mega Mix of Moleskine : Menu for Hope VI Bid Items http://bit.ly/6zwUWF #
  • new videos from “ZFS Discovery Day” on Sun Video http://bit.ly/19B0bm #
  • Relaxed. Happy. I like this city (SF). In spite of the lack of sunshine. #
  • @bubbva I’ll be in MPK weds and thurs – teaching videoblogging in the mornings, meetings n stuff in the afternoons. See you then! in reply to bubbva #
  • Google’s “one login to rule them all” for Gmail, YouTube etc. turns out to be a REALLY BAD idea. Way too easy to delete the wrong thing. #
  • @saraford congratulations! Not that I had any doubt… in reply to saraford #
  • @saraford I’ll be going to NOLA just after Christmas, through New Year’s in reply to saraford #
  • @adamsbaldwin I and many others emphatically do NOT need religion to give meaning to our lives. in reply to adamsbaldwin #
  • @dboyll ws were told you’re in the conf center. We’re in the Lobby and don’t know how to find you #
  • Tis the season to be jolly. So we’re having a scotch tasting. #
  • “USA is the only industrialized nation that doesn’t provide some form of “Universal” health care coverage to citizens” http://bit.ly/5039o1 #
  • Good things happened today which can ultimately be traced to Twitter. Social media ftw!z #
  • Vegging listening to music while riding the Sun shuttle bus back to SF. Needed this break. My brain hurts #
  • another busy, busy day begins with a 7 am meeting. #
  • I’m the only woman I’ve ever seen on this Sun shuttle. What’s up with that? #
  • Feeling overwhelmed. Where are my minions? #
  • Almost at Sun mpk. Now to fetch more AV equip than I can possibly carry in one trip – to train others #
  • @willsnow I can imagine. No fun for the rest of us, either. But many other cos can now benefit from the awesomeness in reply to willsnow #
  • @ben no, don’t have minions yet, but I sure need them! in reply to ben #
  • “In these 15 years Italy has lost economic competitiveness in comparison to other western countries.” http://bit.ly/8Zc72U #
  • “one in four Italians has an account on Facebook making it the second most visited website in Italy.” http://bit.ly/7fq03X #
  • @bubbva don’t know yet it’ll depend on how the training I’m doing goes but probably yes in reply to bubbva #
  • A productive, busy day. Time now for some R&R #
  • who the hell authorized jackhammering on the street outside my hotel at 11 pm?!? #
  • …and this on a night when I was already really, really tired. Hotel asked the crew, they say they’ll stop in 20-30 mins. Yeah, right. #
  • @jscarp what? whoa! Virtual contact at least, I hope? in reply to jscarp #
  • the busiest day of this week is over, strategized w new boss’ boss yday. Fun stuff to do, but a LOT of it. And I wasn’t exactly slacking b4 #
  • today is a bit calmer – only have to teach a class, film a short video, meet with video editors, and then go pub crawling… #
  • And for the evening: recs on good Indian food in downtown SF? #
  • @vdotw yes, and I have no problem wishing people joy on their important days, even when those are not particularly important to me. in reply to vdotw #
  • “There are only two mantras: yum and yuck. Mine is yum.” Tom Robbins #
  • @jscarp yay! in reply to jscarp #
  • @jscarp so you’re going for that Persis Khambatta sexy bald alien look… #beatcancer in reply to jscarp #
  • I hear jingling #
  • just had occasion to remember this coffee video I did years ago (along with an article on Italians and coffee) http://bit.ly/6IzsqS #
  • Tutorial: DTrace by Example http://bit.ly/4Pe96X #
  • RT @italylogue: It prolly shouldn’t, but this amuses me: Statuette used to hit Berlusconi does brisk trade http://bit.ly/5q9S7o #
  • had to change rooms due to continued drilling on the street outside my window. Now on an interior light well, hoping to sleep late in the am #
  • in a quieter room, managed to sleep til 8:30. Hooray for sleep. #
  • Coffee, pain chocolat, and oj at cafe de la presse. Now a walk in this very walkable city. Later, meetings and maybe look at apts #
  • @pizzocalabro well, one of the nine is you. That’s a net gain. in reply to pizzocalabro #
  • RT @pizzocalabro: Via @ggreenwald: This, from John McCain, is extreme, jaw-dropping hypocrisy even for the Senate http://tr.im/I0N8 #
  • “With or without the mistletoe, I’m in a holiday mood…” #
  • one more meeting, then I’m going out for a walk #
  • Resting at starbucks after looking at apts. Too soon, really, but I wanted to start getting ideas #
  • bloody hell. Corp travel more than doubled the price of my hotel from what they displayed on the website. And of course I’m in hold hell #
  • ‘I stand by Tiger’ pretty much sums up what most Europeans think of this truly American spectacle.” http://bit.ly/6k0Udm #
  • Sun Christmas Carollers – Sun Video http://bit.ly/74byrS #
  • going to check out of my downtown hotel shortly, leave my bags, and go browse Chinatown for some silly presents #
  • @smattoon there’s a Blue Bottle near my hotel, but it’s closed today : ( in reply to smattoon #
  • Hangin at starbucks in front of Chinatown gate, waiting for John. Took a nice photo for a pair of tourists. #
  • @dboyll ate good food there the other night, thanks! Today’s objective is dim sum. in reply to dboyll #
  • Had excellent dosa at Udupi Palace last night. And caught up on bollywood hits #
  • Gonna have to start charging for taking people’s pictures in front of Chinatown #
  • “vulgar epithets… against magistrates, supreme court …for rejecting the PM’s efforts to pass custom-made laws” http://bit.ly/62Q8xK #

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