January 2009

Ferrari Gallery

January 31, 2009

From our visit to the Ferrari museum in Maranello in July, 2004.

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Learn Italian in Song: Il Solito Sesso

January 30, 2009

Max Gazzé – The Usual Sex Ciao, sono quello che hai incontrato alla festa,    Hi, I’m the one you met at the party ti ho chiamata solo per sentirti e basta…    I called you just to hear you, that’s all si, lo so, è passata appena un’ora, ma ascolta:    Yes, I know it’s only been [...]

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Learn Italian in Song: Cent’Anni di Meno

January 30, 2009

Pierangelo Bertoli – One Hundred Years Younger Stesi nell’erba tra i fiori di campo    Stretched out in the grass among the flowers of the field Persi a narraci future fortune coi sensi colmi di voglia di vita    Lost in narrating [our] future fortunes with our senses filled with the desire for life In tasca solo [...]

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ZFS as a Root File System

January 29, 2009

Please see the updated version of this talk here.

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At the Chinese Grocery Store

January 28, 2009
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Solaris Cluster 3.2 1/09: Configuration Checker

January 27, 2009

Ed McKnight on Configuration Checker in Solaris Cluster 3.2 1/09. filmed & edited by Deirdré Straughan

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Solaris Cluster 3.2 1/09: RAC in Zones & Quorum Monitoring

January 27, 2009

Ellard Roush introduces two features of Solaris Cluster 3.2 1/09. filmed & edited by Deirdré Straughan

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Thrilled in Boulder

January 27, 2009

Last Saturday I attended a podCamp in Boulder, similar to camps I’ve attended in Italy. The topics were mostly techie (of course), and it was stimulating to talk with other folks doing social media et al, and get a fresh perspective. But the most fun part was at the end, when we learned part of [...]

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The Twitter Diaries: January 2009, Pt 1: Italy, Ireland, UK, France

January 23, 2009

back from New Year’s celebration with friends in Piemonte, back to work (in Dublin and Grenoble) next week. Not ready for vac to be over! 8:54 PM Jan 1st from web “Apologizing” for Fascism 10:31 PM Jan 1st from web @robinbloor thanks for the tip- Stanza looks like an app I’ll use! 10:54 PM Jan [...]

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Videoblogging: A Month in the Life

January 22, 2009

Ah, yes, my “glamorous” job… I admit it’s a lot of fun, but right now I’m mostly tired. This month is  the most intense I’ve yet had with Sun. Here’s what it’s looked like so far: Oct 23: Flew to Minneapolis. Oct 24, 27, 28: Filmed interviews with the SAM-QFS team at Sun’s Eagan, MN [...]

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When You’re in Front of the Camera

January 22, 2009

Most of the people I’ve filmed so far for Sun don’t have extensive television or other on-camera experience and, needless to say, are not professional actors. Being comfortable in front of a camera is a good skill to have in our video-driven age, but it doesn’t come naturally to most. The tips below are some [...]

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My Videoblogging Rig

January 22, 2009

One of the things I do for Sun is videoblogging. I use that term in preference to videography, filming, etc., because I don’t claim to be a video professional. Nor do I have professional equipment. I need to be light on my feet (and in my suitcase), and I often have to shoot under less [...]

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The Twitter Diaries: December, 2008, part 2

January 22, 2009

@plasticbagUK when I saw vertigo I thought ” oh look, san francisco with parking!” 5:26 AM Dec 16th, 2008 from twitterrific in reply to plasticbagUK @Zadi ships passing in the night : just arrived ago heading for a rental car and pali alto 5:28 AM Dec 16th, 2008 from twitterrific in reply to Zadi Looking [...]

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The Twitter Diaries: December, 2008, part 1

January 21, 2009

all this and I’m supposed to do Christmas shopping, too? Amazon to the rescue! 12:04 AM Dec 1st, 2008 from twhirl night before my last day in St B. Hasn’t been totally a vacation (worked every day), but I do feel refreshed, ready to plunge back in. Sorta 6:36 AM Dec 1st, 2008 from twhirl [...]

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The Twitter Diaries: November, 2008 part 2

January 20, 2009

about to go offline for the rest of the day to make final party arrangements7:11 PM Nov 16th, 2008 from web …and a good time was had by all 12:14 AM Nov 18th, 2008 from web @c0t0d0s0 sorry I missed you [at CEC], too. It was a crazy week. Still is.8:11 PM Nov 18th, 2008 [...]

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The New and Improved Filebench

January 19, 2009

Sun Senior Software Engineer Drew Wilson speaks at Usenix FAST (Feb, 2008) on “The New and Improved Filebench”. filmed & edited by Deirdré Straughan

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Talking About COMSTAR at SNW

January 19, 2009

Sun engineers discussing and demoing COMSTAR at SNW. filmed & edited by Deirdré Straughan

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Zhong Wang on COMSTAR and FCoE

January 19, 2009

Zhong Wang speaks at Storage Networking World (April, 2008) on COMSTAR Solaris-Based Storage Device. filmed & edited by Deirdré Straughan download for iPod Embed this video in your own site/blog:   <object width=”480″ height=”376″><param name=”movie” value=”http://mediacast.sun.com/flash/jw-flv-player/mediaplayer.swf?width=480&height=360&autostart=false&type=flv&file=http%3A%2F%2Fmediacast.sun.com%2Fusers%2Fjscusc%2Fmedia%2Fzhongcom_Lg.flv”/><param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”/><embed src=”http://mediacast.sun.com/flash/jw-flv-player/mediaplayer.swf?width=480&height=360&autostart=false&type=flv&file=http%3A%2F%2Fmediacast.sun.com%2Fusers%2Fjscusc%2Fmedia%2Fzhongcom_Lg.flv” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”480″ height=”376″></embed></object>

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OpenSolaris Developer Summit Team-Builder: Go Games

January 19, 2009

The Go Games team builder played at the OpenSolaris Developers’ Summit, May 3, 2008. edited by Deirdré Straughan

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Progress

January 18, 2009

FDR monument, Washington, DC

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