March 2009

Learn Italian in Song: Pensieri e Parole

March 30, 2009

Thoughts and Words Lucio Battisti, 1971 Che ne sai di un bambino che rubava e soltanto nel buio giocava e del sole che trafigge i solai, che ne sai e di un mondo tutto chiuso in una via e di un cinema di periferia che ne sai della nostra ferrovia, che ne sai. Conosci me [...]

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-03-29: NYC, NJ

March 29, 2009

@thepartycow if you wear an unusual size the choices diminish radically # Watching little girls in a Bharat Natyam (dance) class in New Jersey # Airport ad says “think IBM”. Thanks. # another mother-daughter trip to NYC over. No, I do not want to know how much I spent spoiling her. Again. # @ThinGuy they’re [...]

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Learn Italian in Song: Il Mio Canto Libero

March 29, 2009

My Free Song Battisti‘s #1 hit of 1972. In un mondo che non ci vuole piu’ il mio canto libero sei tu e l’immensita’ si apre intorno a noi aldila’ del limite degli occhi tuoi nasce il sentimento, nasce in mezzo al pianto e s’innalza altissimo e va e vola sulle accuse della gente a [...]

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Rome 2002 Gallery

March 29, 2009

From a trip I made with my father and his wife in autumn, 2002. I think all tourists should be required to carry red umbrellas in the rain – makes for great pictures against the gray stone of the Colosseum.

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Learn Italian in Song: Anna

March 28, 2009

Another Battisti classic. Hai ragione anche tu cosa voglio di più un lavoro io l’ho una casa io l’ho la mattina c’è chi mi prepara il caffè questo io lo so e la sera c’è chi non sa dirmi no cosa voglio di più hai ragione tu cosa voglio di più cosa voglio Anna voglio [...]

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Protected: Bharat Natyam Class

March 25, 2009

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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Portrait in Pink

March 23, 2009

It’s rare that anyone gets a picture of me that I really like. Shawn Ferry managed it. In NYC for CommunityOne East, March, 2009.

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-03-22

March 22, 2009

^ Felicia Day and me at SxSW trying to wake up enough to write a proposal that has to be turned in by tomorrow night # a little weird being over 30 and “representing” big corp at SxSW. Event decidedly not geared to us, but perhaps we learn more that way. # @seancarlos I’m not [...]

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Third-Culture Kids: Growing Up Everywhere, and Nowhere

March 19, 2009

You who are on the road must have a code that you can live by. And so become yourself, because the past is just a goodbye. Graham Nash – Teach Your Children “A Third Culture Kid (TCK) is a person who has spent a significant part of his or her developmental years outside the parents’ [...]

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-03-15

March 15, 2009

^ old advertising on a building in downtown Austin a fascinating variety of careers & lifestyles among Woodstock School alumni: http://tinyurl.com/b5w5p4 # @lskrocki I’ve been using the neti every day for a while now, seems to keep my usual recurring sinus infections at bay in reply to lskrocki # Just had wax torture. By some [...]

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Performance of the Hybrid Storage Pool

March 10, 2009

A conversation between Roch Bourbonnais and Nick Stephen. Roch says: "Hope to be able to keep your attention for 30 minutes of impromptu conversation about OpenStorage performance. At the end of the piece, I show my geeky capture/replay technology." download for iPod filmed & edited by Deirdré Straughan

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My Upgraded Videoblogging Rig

March 9, 2009

Back in May of 2008, I wrote about the equipment I was using in my videoblogging for Sun. I’ve had a few upgrades since then: Camera: Canon Vixia HV30 ($600) – I’ve only had this since early December and haven’t used it much yet. I didn’t feel I needed HD, but it’s hard to avoid [...]

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-03-08

March 8, 2009

had a nice weekend talking about Woodstock School, social networking, personal stuff… it’s good to have friends who get it all! # @italylogue I couldn’t even get through the first chapter of the book [Gomorrah: A Personal Journey into the Violent International Empire of Naples' Organized Crime System]. Just confirmed too much that I already [...]

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Woodstock School: Study in India’s Himalayas

March 8, 2009

I attended Woodstock School, an international boarding school in Mussoorie, Uttaranchal, India, from 1977 to 1981 (when I graduated from high school). It meant a great deal to me, and, like many other alumni, I am very actively involved with the school. The Woodstock School pages on my site are for present, former, and future [...]

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Woodstock School Links

March 7, 2009

view from Landour, Nov 2007 There are many sites where you can get more information and news about Woodstock (expect this listing to grow, though the date on the post will not change). Woodstock School site SAGE, the organization which sends students to Woodstock (and on educational tours) from the US and other parts of [...]

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The First Colorado Front Range Girl Geek Dinner: Jai Ho!

March 7, 2009

The first Colorado Front Range Girl Geek Dinner was held on Thursday, March 5th, on Sun’s Broomfield campus. More than 80 people attended, only one of whom was (a very brave) male. Sun sponsored this first one with food, drink, and venue. There was plenty of interest from other individuals and businesses in helping with [...]

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SETI For The People: Addressing the Challenge of Massive Data Sharing

March 4, 2009

Tucker Bradford, Director of Information Technology at SETI, speaks at the Open Storage Summit, Feb 2009. download for iPod filmed and edited by Deirdré Straughan

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-03-01

March 1, 2009

^ view of San Francisco from the 36th floor of the Grand Hyatt On the parking shuttle to dia dest sfo # @reiger where are you staying? # please, nasty headache, don’t come back… # belated Italian valentine: http://tinyurl.com/cx9je6 # @om how are you getting live Indian TV? in reply to om # @pizzocalabro Slumdog [...]

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