May 2008

Peter Buckingham on COMSTAR

May 30, 2008

CommunityOne, May 2008. Filmed and edited by me.

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Woodstock School Celebrations: Graduation 2008

May 30, 2008

Processional – download for iPod Invocation by Kaye Aoki, Salutation by Anchal Lochan – download for iPod Commencement Speech: Jagdish Sagar – download for iPod Musical Interlude 1: Anchal Lochan on Santoor – download for iPod Awards and Diplomas – download for iPod Valediction by Boris Popov – download for iPod Musical Interlude 2: Rebekah [...]

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Gallery: Woodstock School Graduation 2008

May 30, 2008

My daughter Rossella‘s graduating class. Descriptions and video available of the awards, baccalaureate, bacc videos, behind the scenes, banquet, banquet videos, photos, graduation ceremony.

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Gallery: Woodstock School Baccalaureate Ceremony 2008

May 29, 2008

The Baccalaureate ceremony of my daughter Rossella’s graduating class.

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Woodstock School Celebrations: Baccalaureate 2008

May 29, 2008

^ foreground: Anja (Netherlands/USA), Jaju (India), Sangi (Nagaland, India), Kayo (Japan) Graduation from Woodstock is a long series of rites, starting with the Senior Music Recital. Then comes the Baccalaureate service, for which all students are requested to wear the formal costumes of their native countries. For some students, it can be hard to decide [...]

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Woodstock High School Awards 2008

May 28, 2008

Woodstock School held its annual high school awards assembly. I didn’t film every moment of it, but got the highlights for the benefit of parents and other relatives who couldn’t be there. Those of you who have no connection whatsoever with Woodstock may nonetheless be intrigued by the school’s demographics on display in these videos! [...]

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India 2008: Delhi > Dehra Dun > Mussoorie

May 27, 2008

KLM’s very elegant – and quite tasty – Indian meal May 27, 2008 This trip began with a mad rush to the airport. I’ve been booking and taking so many flights lately that, not surprisingly, I got confused over the departure time for this one: thought it was 6:45, but as we got in the [...]

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Nice to Come Home To

May 19, 2008

Got back to my Broomfield office today, after two weeks in California, and was touched and amused to find that someone had appended a note to the hand-scrawled nameplate on my office (Diana’s been out for a while and hasn’t got around to printing me an official one): It’s nice to feel appreciated! (No, I [...]

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Photo of the Day: California Poppies in the Grain

May 15, 2008
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MPK Wildlife

May 12, 2008
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Building the OpenSolaris Developers’ Community

May 12, 2008

Remember that team-building exercise at the Open Solaris Developers’ Summit that I mentioned earlier? Part of the Go Games package is that you get access to all the photos and video shot during the game. So I had a little fun with it…

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Funny Sign: Fire Rescue Barbecue

May 11, 2008

Is it just me, or is this an oxymoron?

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CommunityOne: OpenSolaris Launch Party

May 7, 2008

After the general party at Moscone Center (footage to come), there was a somewhat smaller party at a nearby bar/restaurant. We had quite a bit to celebrate – and quite a bit to celebrate it with! A number of cool non-Sun people were present, including ^ Jay Edwards (one of the handful of engineers who [...]

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Learn Italian in Song: Il Campo Delle Lucciole

May 7, 2008

The Field of Fireflies* Ligabue Questa è la tua prossima fermatadove io t’aspetto gia da un po’ dove sta tranquilla che non ci sarà nessuno so che arriverai emozionata e mi hai detto solo “perché no?” voglio che mi balli una canzone nuova nuova proprio qui che si può ritornello: nel campo delle lucciole ci [...]

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The OpenSolaris Developers’ Summit

May 6, 2008

I’m attending the OpenSolaris Developers’ Summit, held in Santa Cruz, CA, May 3-4, 2008. I’ve been working with and participating in various online communities for a long time, but I’m new to this one, and have a lot to learn about the people, technologies, history, present realities, and possible futures. This weekend is an excellent [...]

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CommunityOne: Keynote

May 6, 2008

After a busy weekend at the OpenSolaris Developers’ Summit in Santa Cruz, Lynn, Jeff, and I drove up California’s gorgeous Highway 1 to San Francisco to attend CommunityOne. The keynote session was kicked off by Ian Murdock, who talked about open source, with help from Jonathan and illustrations from Hugh McLeod. View the CommunityOne Introduction [...]

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Owlet Update

May 6, 2008

We now know that there are four owlets this year. I’m told this is well beyond the two-baby norm for Great Horned Owls, but the Broomfield owl pair are experienced parents who also have a good food source nearby: a colony of prairie dogs out at the Rocky Mountain Metropolitain Airport. The two above are [...]

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We Got Some Wild, Wild Life

May 6, 2008

Owls have been nesting on the Broomfield campus for some time, and every year (so I’m told) they have babies. A few days ago, as I was heading for the cafeteria, someone pointed out this guy sitting on a windowsill in the courtyard: Today he/she, or a sibling, was down near the cafeteria: I guess [...]

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Funny Sign: Chica Sexy

May 6, 2008

San Francisco’s Mission District. It’s a little scary to think that a chica sexy might need a beard trim, but then again, this is San Francisco…

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Learn Italian in Song: Chitarra, Suona Piu’ Piano

May 6, 2008

Guitar, Play More Softly Nicola Di Bari Chitarra suona più piano qualcuno può sentire soltanto lei deve capire lei sola deve sapere che sto parlando d’amore cantano i grilli nel grano e un passero sul ramo nessuno dorme questa sera nemmeno lei a quest’ora stringe il cuscino e sospira la luna e’ ferma nel cielo [...]

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