June 2010

SFGMC in SF Pride

June 27, 2010

June, 2010

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Rats! (and Mice)

June 25, 2010

Ikea sells some charmingly weird stuffed animals, including these rats. And mice: …which I had to add to the family because the white one is clearly the result of a genetics experiment gone wrong; I think his father was Gonzo from the Muppet Show. A rat also found its way into my office:

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The Wedding Photo

June 23, 2010

Passed this scene on San Francisco’s Embarcadero last weekend. I don’t know these people, but they made me a lovely picture.

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Jazz at the Farmers’ Market

June 21, 2010

A sunny Saturday in June.

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SFGMC: Rutter’s Magnificat

June 14, 2010

Performed in June, 2010, by the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and the San Francisco Girls Chorus Alumnae, accompanied by the Community Women’s Orchestra. Sorry for the shaky camera work, but the sound quality is surprisingly good on this little Flip cam. I hope this embedded video runs through the entire playlist of seven movements [...]

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The Twitter Diaries to 2010-06-13: San Francisco

June 13, 2010

hurt myself carrying stuff fm y’day’s Costco run, but now have stick blender, Brita, and (indispensable to every US household!) Corningware # added to Getting Started with Solaris playlist: System Services, Networking http://bit.ly/bsdlfj # @sogrady amen # we tame our monsters, both current and historical, by ridiculing them: http://bit.ly/bB50Y9 # Rule of thumb: when lack [...]

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“Delivering Happiness”

June 13, 2010

Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose When I heard Tony Hsieh speak at SxSWi in 2009, I was only vaguely aware of Zappos.com, and that mostly because of their advertising and wifi sponsorship in Denver airport. I couldn’t imagine wanting to buy shoes online, so never bothered to look at the site. [...]

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ZFS Discovery Day: Demo

June 11, 2010

Paul Needle demonstrates some of ZFS’ features and capabilities. 57 mins download Part 1 for iPod download Part 2 for iPod filmed by Deirdré Straughan

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Performance: Experimentation

June 8, 2010

Brendan Gregg and Roch Bourbonnais share the thought process they use to troubleshoot system performance problems. download for iPod filmed & edited by Deirdré Straughan  

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Performance: The “Not a Problem” Problem

June 6, 2010

Jim Mauro, Brendan Gregg, and Roch Bourbonnais discuss a type of performance issue that’s very difficult to troubleshoot: the problem that isn’t actually a problem. download for iPod filmed & edited by Deirdré Straughan

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“Delivering Happiness”

June 6, 2010

Please read it here.

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Balcony Garden

June 5, 2010

All edible: nasturtiums, two kinds of sage, tomatoes (gift from @bubbva), parsley, bell pepper, serrano pepper, rosemary, thyme basil and (in front) variegated pineapple mint from Jeffrey and John – and it really does smell like pineapple! Will have to experiment making some tropical drinks with that. Let’s see, I have cachaça and mango juice…

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Oracle Solaris Studio Express

June 3, 2010

Don Kretsch and Kuldip Oberoi introduce the new release. download for iPod filmed & edited by Deirdré Straughan

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