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My New View

April 11, 2010

^ The 180-degree panorama from my 9th-floor balcony. Quite a change of scene from suburban Colorado! I returned from India (Oracle Tech Days in Hyderabad, visit to friends in Bombay) to Denver the evening of March 29th, spent a lot of that night packing, was in the Broomfield office the 30th. The 31st I loaded [...]

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Deirdré, Defined

April 2, 2010
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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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The Twitter Diaries: 2010-01-18: SF, CO

January 18, 2010

used to own and love this poster, pretty sure I didn’t pay this much for it at the zoo itself http://bit.ly/65BfFK @KathySierra the trick is to look like you’re sharing all, while actually concealing much. @nonstick that was more like Not Safe for Human Eyeball Consumption @vdotw hey, mine came with a warning. Back at [...]

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The Twitter Diaries: 2010-01-10 – Tulsa, CO, SF

January 10, 2010

added lots of photos to The Twitter Diaries: 2010-01-03: Arkansas & Louisiana http://bit.ly/4ZzGno # enjoying a lazy morning in bed with the laptop, fiddling with my site. Because for the next six days I’ll be getting up hellishly early. # geotagging 2009′s Twitter posts on my site. I wasn’t home much. # RT @adi535: Wow, [...]

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The Twitter Diaries: 2010-01-03: Arkansas & Louisiana

January 3, 2010

^ sunset driving into Louisiana @MissExpatria I’ll be really evil here and say “screaming toddler” in reply to MissExpatria # [her question was: what could we try to get banned by TSA to make flying actually pleasanter?] Hitting the road again tomorrow, so it’s time to do homework today # @webmink what are your sugestions [...]

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-12-20: CO, San Francisco, Menlo Park

December 20, 2009

watching the sun rise in Colorado. Woke up at 5, actually, but managed to go back to sleep til 7. Now lazing with coffee before time to pack # Loved “Invictus”, except the sometimes too-intrusive “stirring music.” Didn’t need “soulful, uplifting” ballads to make the point. # @jeffreytaylor tooting your own horn is hard for [...]

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-12-13: CO, Phoenix

December 13, 2009

http://twitpic.com/seoxs – Someone wanted a close view of me tweeting # Hiked up Phoenix’ North Mtn for 2nd time in 2 days. Knees may never forgive me. # Had an interesting convo at the Tempe art fair, about relationships. # Lots of beautiful stuff at Tempe arts fest, as usual I won’t pay the prices [...]

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-12-06: Phoenix

December 6, 2009

^ spent the weekend in Phoenix catching up with a very dear old friend I hate these voice-recognition reservation systems. I’m using the phone because what I’m doing is UNUSUAL. So I don’t fit your damn tree # I wonder if they keep track of how many people end up screaming “F*ck you – get [...]

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-11-29: Austin

November 29, 2009

awake way too early. Agitated dreams. # finally getting a newsletter out after months. This is a lot of work. # Student Party at SC09 – Un Posto al Sole http://bit.ly/5DamzT # RT @c0t0d0s0: Comstar: A while ago, i wrote a tutorial about using iSCSI in Opensolaris and Solaris 10. While the t… http://bit.ly/6YTcaX # [...]

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Birthday Portrait

November 28, 2009

After way too much to eat and drink at Fogo de Chao in Austin (as my colleague Tirthankar says of churrasca: “It’s a meat festival in your mouth!” We persuaded him that it wasn’t a good idea to say that too loudly in public…) For the family files: here’s my brother Ian, me, and Ross.

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-11-22: Portland

November 22, 2009

^ Portland autumn RT @italylogue: Just had a fantabulous dinner at Ping in Old Town Portland with @DeirdreS & the husband. – definitely wonderful! Thanks! # oh, great. I have a video to publish, and our blogging platform is down. # Video: Brendan Gregg on DTrace | Sun Learning eXchange http://bit.ly/2vusEk # waiting to finish [...]

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-11-15: Portland OR

November 15, 2009

@bklein34 sometime I will have to go to a game with you to try to experience it through the eyes of a real fan. Then I might get it. in reply to bklein34 # @vitoriosassi wish I was going with you! Tho it’s a little early in the day here to be thinking about churrasca… [...]

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Woodstock School Class of ’81 and Others, in 1980

November 14, 2009
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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-11-08: Baltimore

November 8, 2009

^ Ben Rockwood’s BoF session on “ZFS in the Trenches” at LISA ’09. at DIA. So what else is new? # What a cruddy old plane. Why dud I choose United? # @davewiner the nice thing about Twittef is, if soneone is boring, you can just quit following. Dunno why anyone wd bother to bitch [...]

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-11-01: Broomfield

November 1, 2009

^ big snowstorm this week; this picture of the Sun courtyard was taken on Friday, Oct 30th today (Oct 25th) is the birthday of the beloved stepmom who walked out of my life 25 years ago. Happy birthday, Nancy, wherever you are. # background: Countries Beginning with I » A Missing Mother http://bit.ly/2BEezb # The [...]

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-10-25: San Francisco, CO

October 25, 2009

a team-building exercise that totally makes my day: http://bit.ly/3VS0dm # for the first time in my life, a pair of glasses broke on me. Now I really look like a geek with the lens taped to the frame. # “With the swirling violins, fighting and constant cries for liberty, it’s like spending 2 hours inside [...]

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Woodstock Class of ’81: Graduation

October 25, 2009
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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-10-18: San Francisco

October 18, 2009

alarm was set for 5, so of course I woke up at 4:30. And of course I got to the airport too early, and of course the flight is delayed. # Colleague on the same plane going to #oow09 to demo something that I know @reiger wants to see. I’ll get video for you ; [...]

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-10-11: Broomfield

October 11, 2009

Sleep status: not good. Back to my own bed tonight, if that helps. # 5-minute interviews from Grace Hopper – sooner or later Teresa & I will be on here YouTube – EdandAshleyShow’s Channel http://bit.ly/15Vb9p # Tucson Airport has really good wifi. #win # @stevenbjohnson what you have found is the Nebraska of Italy. I [...]

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