March 2010

Mehndi Progression

March 29, 2010

^ Excuse the background noise – there was construction going on right outside the salon. In India, you learn to ignore a lot of background roar. While in Mumbai, as is my wont, I had mehndi done. I’ve taken photos to show how the color changes over time, and will keep adding more. Typically it’s [...]

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Bombay Morning Beach Walk

March 26, 2010
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Gallery: Tech Days 2010 Hyderabad

March 25, 2010
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A Brief Respite

March 24, 2010

I can think of no finer sign of civilization than a hotel (Novotel in Hyderabad) which offers spa services from 7:30 am. After arriving a 4 am (and not having slept as much as I’d have liked on the plane, or anytime in the last six months, for that matter), I indulged in some much-needed [...]

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Familiar Faces

March 24, 2010

^ the Indian editions of some very familiar books, on sale at Tech Days 2010 in Hyderabad.

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James Gosling in India

March 23, 2010

^ Hyderabad, India The geeks shall inherit? Yay!

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

March 11, 2010

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 [...]

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ZFS Dynamic LUN Expansion

March 9, 2010

An in-depth look with George Wilson of Oracle’s ZFS team. download for iPod here filmed & edited by Deirdré Straughan

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ZFS Dedup

March 9, 2010

An in-depth look with George Wilson of Oracle’s ZFS team. download for iPod here filmed & edited by Deirdré Straughan

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The Videoblogging Manual

March 9, 2010

Many of the posts on my Sun blog (now moved here) are tips and how-to’s, originally published in no particular order, that add up to the beginnings of a videoblogging manual. So here’s a table of contents, along with some notes which will eventually be developed into posts of their own. I’ll update this one [...]

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Learn Italian in Song: I Watussi

March 2, 2010

One of the most popular songs of all time in Italy, written and recorded by Edoardo Vianello. Outside of Italy, the lyrics don’t stand up to today’s politically-correct scrutiny, but keep in mind that, when this first came out in 1963, Americans were dancing "The Watusi," and it was still okay to call black people [...]

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Learn Italian in Song: Volare

March 1, 2010

To Fly The original, as sung by Domenico Modugno fifty years ago at the Eurovision song contest. The Dean Martin version is far from a literal translation. I have trouble hearing this song without picturing Ricardo Montalbano singing about a car with "rrrrrich Corrrinthian leather."     Penso che un sogno così non ritorni mai [...]

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