Even tho my profile states that I work for Joyent, FB keeps showing me ads titled Work at Oracle? #FAIL # The Twitter Diaries: Mar 5-20, 2011#
But not in a Disney way  #
@edsai that may be taking hard-core geek too far #node #fedramp #csa # @edsai That, we all need tattooed on our foreheads # in Italy anything thats worthy of interest or comment has a bit of mommy in the mix#
Would like breathing to be a little easier right now # @reiger best of all possible worlds. Even better when you can do it just walking. 😉 # @reiger nice! # @zaps l’unico politico italian che mi manca – la Bonino. Forse anche Rosy Bindi #la7 #linfedele # @jamescmcpherson Congratulations to all! #fb #
Hans Rosling and the magic washing machine | Video on TED.com  #
Ross is playing music that I would ordinarily sing along to, but I have no voice. Frustrating. Maybe not for her. #
The DTrace book is off the press! Final copies will soon be shipping from the publisher’s warehouse, mostly to Amazon #
rose from my sickbed to come to the Joyent office, was missing my peeps #
RT @avareltech: @DeirdreS will the book be available on safari? — already is! #
Sometimes the most valuable thing I can do is get people in a room and let /them/ talk. Especially when I have no voice. #
More sleep and less cough would be very welcome… starting 6 hours ago #
(only the Italians would consider food a strategic resource, but thats another story) Â # @ryah I’ve been up all night coughing. I’m not sure which of us had a worse time. # @ryah Thanks. Just tell me it’ll be over soon? #
Just saw a hawk being mobbed by crows outside my window… in San Francisco # @trine Diesel is a surname in German, no? In Anglo cultures, at least, it’s not unusual to use a surname in the family as a given name. # @trine I was giving them the benefit of the doubt. 😉 # @MartinDBADTrace videos#
.@lskrocki Revolutionary then still is now. Which is both amazing and sad. #
RT @notmatt: In six months, I expect I’ll post something just like this from @ryancnelson – Amen, +3 months # @standaloneSA Isaac Rozenfeld of Sun/Oracle would be awesome for this #sysadmin #lopsa # @WinnieWongSF What on earth are you up to over there? # @ryah The power of the tweet is yours #
Showered, changed into a fresh t-shirt… and got back into bed. If only I could sleep! # @sh1mmer Why would anyone pay money to buy dead-trees wikipedia? Makes no sense at all #
Twelfth Night – THE RAIN IT RAINETH EVERY DAY Â #
#1 inBooks > Computers & Internet > Operating Systems > Solaris DTrace book#
Top ten lists on several ways of being Best Places to Live for Expatriates – Italy not on any   #
Suggestions to stop a tickling wet cough so I can sleep? Tried mucinex dm, tea, hot lemon & honey (w & w/out bourbon), syrup, drops… # @bubbva there’s no lack of humidity in Sf right now, esp since I’m barely using heating # As we get more education we get more confidence and income, women are saying, she finally had the guts to walk out. Â #
Let’s see if any of this new crop of medicines can tame tho cough enough for me to sleep #
.@timminchin That takes real guts in her situation – she has a good chance of being killed for that interview. # @vdotw@edsai too late to get it tonight, I took dextromethorphan. Mix with acetiminophen w codeine left over from surgery? # @deirdresm I don’t think she has a choice, unless she can find visas and a way to supprot herself and 6 siblings in some other country… #
s@trine Good luck, my dears. Thinking of you. #
Argh! Why am I not in New York? Â #
RT @JessicaGottlieb: My Childhood Bullies Apologized to Me on FB 20 Years Later – careful, that’s not always sincere #
Sometimes the apologetic ex bully is just a scam artist ready to make you the victim, as ever. Or just plain batshit crazy. #
As I expected, doc says it’s just a really bad cold. But he’s giving me the good stuff. # @MrSimonTaylor What if they just move the Y they’ve got? # @anildash is that home made pizza? Sounds like the kind of awesome I would like to try #
the doctor told me to eat lots of non-dairy protein. Fortunately, I was planning to do exactly that. # @deirdresm dairy causese mucus, whcih I already have too much of # @GodlessAtheist Eww, eww, get it off me! #
Finally got a fair amount of sleep, I’m always surprised by how good that feels. Think I’ll do it some more. #
RT @nodejsconfit: http://nodejsconf.it the first italian conference about #nodejs #webdebs /cc @joyent@jsconfit#
We’re long past point of diminishing returns on awareness, days, ribbons for various causes. I don’t care what color you’re wearing or why #
.@johnnysunshine Spot on! Even non-believers are not entirely rational. We believe that thinking good thoughts somehow magically helps. #
Not even if Jesus Christ himself… Italian Idiom and Sayings#
.@elizadushku My photos of beautiful graffitit on trains in Italy and walls #slightlyobsessed #
RT @sogrady: @jasonh: give me analytics and i’ll pay – true dat. Tho you can do a lot with bit.ly #
Those who recommended codeine cough syrup were right – very effective. I’m tempted to sleep through the weekend. Probably shourd. #
the comments say far more than the article: Sex and the Long-Term Relationship – NYTimes.com  #
the state of my life 4 years ago: Light at the End of the Tunnel#
and one year ago: Gallery: Tech Days 2010 Hyderabad# @WinnieWongSF Yup. I can deal – happily – with change. It’s stasis that kills my soul. #
Dave Pacheco’s Blog Example: HTTP request latency and garbage collection#
Friendly Atheist Prayer: It’s Almost Like Doing Something# @webmink@lskrocki I love goats, but they are tricksy beasts, and you have to be way smarter than they are. Harder than you might think. # @rob_ellis Giving way to hipsters and suits? Remember our mascot! #
.@acarvin How many of the deniers are women? #
it should be possible to know a great deal about me by analyzing who I follow & retweet. Is anyone doing this kind of analysis? #
.@zephoria IPuzzled by the slut shaming that flourishes among schoolkids. Why is teen culture so vicious and unforgiving (and hypcritical)? #
Amazon: WTF?!? Customers who have purchased or rated Sondheim’s Putting It Together might like Sarah Palin’s Alaska… Uh, no. Really NO. #
Why, yes, I am up at 430 am hacking up a lung, thank you for asking. # @webmink dying from not-surprise 😉 # @gedamore thanks’ I’m trying to! #
.@hridaybala Even experts will find the DTrace book useful – it’s 1100 pages of mostly new invention, bound to be something they don’t know #
Oh, shit, our mascot got loose: @BronxZooHBadger#
Hmm, even the White House camera person bumps and shakes from time to time. And the President is a lot easier to film than most of my stars #
The world needs more singing in public. Â #
@sogrady Officially, Amazon doesn’t let you re-download music you’ve lost any more than Apple does. So far they’ve been kind to me, but… # @NickKristof I happily paid for it a few years ago, was surprised when they stopped charging. Now I’ll have to see if I run into the limit. #
RT @KatieS: I wonder what the @honeybadger thinks of @BronxZoosCobra? – drat, there’s another one? #
Amazon says the Kindle edition is available now: DTrace book #
RT @marczak: dtrace, I love you. – Aww # @hridaybala Cool, thanks! #dtrace # @konobi Dunno, but it’s affecting SF as well. # @LusciousPear Better that it’s an ex, no? #headdesk # @arclight Bed Spencer & Terrence Hill? You’re either Italian… or Indian. # @neo_indian I initially read nuns and wickets…. # @neo_indian Oh, I know. If I had any way to watch it here< I would. #
Not allowed to take pictures in the historic mills bldg because it’s a historic landmark and people go after places like this. Huh? #
Browsing at Walgreens, I realize there’s a genre missing in romance novels: Hot Tech – My Sexy Geek. Someone could make millions. #
RT @Annarella: @DeirdreS My Sexy Vampire Sysadm and My Wolfish Dba 😉 – That’s more like a reality show! #
My kid accuses me of being a terrible mother, but one of my failings is needing a definition of a good one. !Italian Mamma for Dummies? # @sriramnrn Heh. My parents cheated – I was in boarding school from age 14, never came home again # @bcantrill You hiring or looking? 😉 # @rioter In case any of these are helpful. And of course there’s the book. #
whoever pointed out this new weather site, thanks! I like it – WeatherSpark | Interactive Weather Charts#
.@jlb13 Science fiction writers could see technology wd zoom ahead, but found culture hard to reimagine. Maybe Heinlein was the exception. # @jlb13 It’s even funnier to read early Spinrad where characters living in 20nn are using hip 60s slang #
5 years ago today we buried my Aunt Rosie. She left a huge hole in many lives, and we gave her the send-off to prove it  #
I believe sleep is finally on the way. For which I am deeply, deeply grateful to the pharmaceutical industry. # Real life will overtake a cynical national health-care debate.# Illumos in the Cloud: What is Joyent Up to? – umm, yes, I wrote that # @dexterous Thanks, will get that fixed. Too many fingers in the pie – I wrote most of the article, but not that bit #
I’m told that this is a 21-day cold & I’m lucky it hasn’t turned into pneumonia. Maybe that means I’ll be able to stop coughing & sleep soon # @ryancnelson You need to move it into that corner conference room that’s always too cold # @jlb13 (Eyebeam)Â #
.@ebertchicago If he really had the courage of his convictions, he would go burn Korans in Afghanistan. #
1 year ago I arrived from Colorado and moved into this apartment is San Francisco, with the help of @jeffreytaylor Still happy to be here! #
RT @jamescmcpherson: Is there any point in keeping 3.5 floppy disks these days? #fb – I’m using them as drink coasters – geek chic! #
I come from a family of drama queens (myself included). It gets very tiring. #
RT @NomdeB: Thinking that in honor of cricket & India, must watch Lagaan (2001) http://bit.ly/dJxuq6 🙂 – Good idea! # @mamash Plus – they sing and dance! # Intel Cloud Builders – Joyent# DTrace book on its way to Amazon, those who ordered fm Informit get it this week. Kindle & other e-versions avail NOW #
RT @hudsonette: Hmm. I miss Walter Cronkite, too. – Yes, tho I hated him reporting the Vitenam casualties every night. Dad coulda been one # @quasi42 I thought that date a bit optimistic, US Amazon says Apr 11. Informit orders arrive this week, though. #
RT @hudsonette: @DeirdreS oh, glad he wasn’t! Yes, those were scary news broadcasts. – Scary times. # @heckenpenner83 Got book? 😉 #dtrace #freebsd #
.@hudsonette Not sure if this is really scary or just hilarious. The US combines the most advanced tech with the most backward superstition. #
.@hudsonette I have long feared that the powers that be want a crap education system so they can have a mass of gullible sheep as voters # @binarycrusader Oh, is that what that’s about? Hmm… # @jitterted good point # @Cdash@shawnferry I’ve heard you two described as a pair of alpha dogs. 😉 #
My gut says the GOP Path to Prosperity is just that: the wealthy of the GOP will benefit, the rest of us will be thoroughly screwed. # Once you enter the democratic political arena on a religious platform, your beliefs are up for legitimate attack#
RT @melanierenzulli: Anyone have the MLB At Bat app? Can you stream the games on your tv? Wondering if it’s worth 15…. @ryancnelson ? # @Cdash Heh. Guess. # Mirroring Facebooks Culture in a New Corporate Campus – NYTimes.com  – will be sad but interesting to see results #
It has to come to life… bit by bit, Putting it together  – Is other words: it’s showtime, folks! #
billblum @DeirdreS Seriously, I’ve wound up using it so often, it’s as if #Dtrace provides all the insight I never knew I always needed. #
nmar @deirdres ottimo, grazie! #
hdibani RT @DeirdreS Seriously, I’ve wound up using it so often, it’s as if #Dtrace provides all the insight I never knew I always needed. #
DeirdreS video itself is evolving from a passive entertainment medium to a powerful, global teaching tool http://huff.to/gucmiC #
DeirdreS Whoever coded this wiki software: if you were here now, you’d be sharing my pain – AND THEN SOME. #
fitzage @DeirdreS Isn’t that true of all wiki software? #
DeirdreS RT @fitzage: @DeirdreS Isn’t that true of all wiki software? – YES. Maybe someday there will be a truly usable wiki. Not holding my breath. #
The DTrace Book
DeirdreS Guess what we’ve got? Watch for an opportunity to win a rare, pre-print copy of the DTrace book! Â #
openpoesia @DeirdreS already bought it ,thanks indeed for the opportunities #
DeirdreS Anyone at Joyent care to comment on Linux has strace… http://bit.ly/ebB8va @brendangregg@bcantrill – Unleash the hounds! #
ben @DeirdreS@brendangregg@bcantrill D comes before S, so Dtrace has got to be better… #
DeirdreS 3/9 SFOSUG @brendangregg DTracing File Systems  – Join us for your chance to win a pre-print copy of the DTrace book! #
DeirdreS @creationix start grabbing some good screenshots – you’re about to want them! #
DeirdreS Running cloud analytics on no.de? Start grabbing screenshots – I’ll tell you why shortly. Or can you already guess? 😉 #
pborenstein @DeirdreS Uhm…. You’re redoing your living room wall paper? #
DeirdreS @pborenstein No, the color scheme would be all worng for that. My living room is red and black, mostly. #
creationix @DeirdreS Sadly it’s died down at the moment. The lifespan of data on that page is pretty short. I’ll check it throughout the day. #
creationix @DeirdreS Now what would be really cool is if the page beeped when there was data and the volume was proportional to the log() of traffic. #
befreax RT @DeirdreS Running cloud analytics on no.de? Start grabbing screenshots – I’ll tell you why shortly. Or can you already guess? 😉 #
DeirdreS @monaeltahawy I’ve had men tell me how I /should/ be happy. Somehow that usually involved doing what /they/ wanted. <wry smile> #
notmatt @DeirdreS oh man, they went there? #
DeirdreS @notmatt So far they’re not taking the bait. 😉 #
DeirdreS New: screencast of @brendangregg ‘s demo added, so you can get up close and personal with cloud analytics#
DeirdreS statues a metaphor for the condition of Italys archaeological heritage: An immense treasure w no one looking after it  #
DeirdreS International Women’s Day and Mardi Gras are tomorrow. The universe may implode. #
jdcasa RT @DeirdreS: International Women’s Day and Mardi Gras are tomorrow. The universe may implode. #
whygocanada Pasties and protests? 😉 RT @jdcasa: RT @DeirdreS: International Women’s Day and Mardi Gras are tomorrow. The universe may implode. #
niltiac @jdcasa@deirdres@citytravelbug And Pancake Day too. But I guess that’s just Mardi Gras for Anglos. #
DeirdreS @cairobabble@monaeltahawy AND it’s Mardi Gras. I think that explains everything. #
DeirdreS Forbes  Walker would have done well to take yes for an answer when the unions agreed to his financial proposals. #
DeirdreS Strangely appropriate : there’s a bartender in Bombay whose last name is @joyent – I’ll have to have a drink there. #
DeirdreS 4 years ago I began translating Aggiungi un Posto a Tavola An Italian Musical (and haven’t quite finished yet) Â #
DeirdreS @saraford spitting, but don’t ask me why #
hiddentrack @DeirdreS finding other uses of @joyent in the wild reminds me of this ad that I think @mamash found a few years back  #
DeirdreS RT @hiddentrack: reminds me of this ad that @mamash found a few years back – Wow, we really do everything! #
DeirdreS Brendan’s blog DTrace book talk SFOSUG#
DeirdreS @monaeltahawy Since I don’t believe in any entity that listens to prayers, I suppose it’s ok that idiots waste their time praying against u #
DeirdreS Urge to Own That Clapton Guitar Is Contagious – reading this out of interest, find a familiar name (schoolmate Karen) #
DeirdreS @trine Catholcism? #lent #
trine @DeirdreS ha! If i was, i would 🙂 #
DeirdreS @paulmwatson Getting some screenshots for us? There’s a contest in the wind… #
DeirdreS Goodbye, Discovery NASA – NASA TV Â #
paulmwatson @DeirdreS soon as I get more than one user on my node! 🙂 #
DeirdreS @paulmwatson Let us know where and what it is -may be able to help you get traffic #
DeirdreS .@daveweigel Funding one of the best educational TV programs ever, emulated worldwide, in a country where basic ed sucks? TOTALLY WORTH IT. #
DeirdreS get up close & personal with cloud analytics: hi-res screencast of Brendan’s preso at node.js Community Event Mar 1 – Â #
Brendan Gregg, author of the DTrace book
DeirdreS At last! #
billblum RT @deirdres: Tonight’s SFOSUG meeting live on USTREAM from 6 pm PT: http://bit.ly/f6diBt – Join for a chance to win a pre-print copy of… #
brendangregg pre-print copies: RT @DeirdreS: At last! http://yfrog.com/h6e8yodj #
morphs That is one BIG book.. cannot wait to carry that round to and from work : ) (@DeirdreS)http://yfrog.com/h6e8yodj #
DeirdreS @morphs E-versions avaliable from http://bit.ly/gZPR5O and http://bit.ly/i83hqc , I imagine in other formats as well (checking w publisher) #
craigmorgan @DeirdreS hurrah, tell him to stop reading it and starting packing/shipping them 😉 gonna kill the postie tho! #
DeirdreS .@mmcallen Be nice if we could grow past thinknig that it’s an F bomb in this day and age. #transparacyworks #
DeirdreS RT @montemagno: Salman Khan: Let’s use video to reinvent education  – YES! #
NomdeB > @DeirdreS Agree. Khan Academy is a great example of information that works well as Audio/Visual. #
DeirdreS @bloatedlesbian We have all (Dems and R.pubs) been trained not to question the fundamental tenets of capitalism. #
DeirdreS if you’re at #sxsw, you must experience the awesomeness of Italy’s most geek-friendly comestible. And of @sararosso#
DeirdreS RT @bdha: @jasonh@brendangregg Comprehensive is what those books look like. Waiting! – Yes, even exhaustive. #
DeirdreS I wonder if they’ll migrate blogs.sun.com/video/ – I’ve got one hell of a portfolio there #
trochej @DeirdreS Time to download them, just in case. #
webmink @DeirdreS As if. #
DeirdreS I understand the urge to pray when you can’t do anything else, but… why would a loving, caring god pull this shit in the first place? #
jacques @DeirdreS can’t you host your old blog content on your smartmachine? Let me know if you need some wget love. #
DeirdreS @trochej Yes, if only I could remember whcih ones I already stashed somewhere… #
DeirdreS @tamrmint uncertain. His last tweet was shit several hours ago. Sure hope he and his are ok #
tamrmint @DeirdreS Okay, thank you. Ben said he was more inland, so he should be okay. #
myinnervoice @DeirdreS why? Because otherwise we will forget there is Gd #
miglsd @DeirdreS so you don’t belive in God, but think he is cruel anyway :)? #
shawnferry @DeirdreS I keep seeing noise to that effect but I’m guessing it will be a wreck #
DeirdreS @miglsd For those who do belive in god, I don’t see the point n praying to a manifestly cruel being in hopes of mercy. #
DeirdreS humans are adept at social learning, so a large social network is effective at spreading and accumulating knowledge. Â #
DeirdreS @ibannieto so am I, and many others. No word in 10+ hours #
DeirdreS @Schlomo hugs #
DeirdreS @BrookeJarvis Maybe they’re hoping some left coast liberals will drown 😉 #
DeirdreS @Zee Ohhhkay… #sxsw has just officially jumped the shark [this was about a “Where the Girls Are” app]Â #
DeirdreS @mtuckerb Hatten down the batches! #
DeirdreS For those asking about @jimgris, FB message from his dad says they’re all ok. Phew! #
lowbit @DeirdreS Great to hear! #
DeirdreS Very tired. Lack of sleep will do that to me. #
jimgris @chris_mahan@Joanmarie@lskrocki@lowbit@alanc@jamesdwi@benr@DeirdreS@hcsaltiel Thanks, guys. 🙂 #
DeirdreS @comay our leaders are the finest men, and we elect ’em again and again, that’s what I learned in school today… #
DeirdreS this time 5 years ago: La Buona Educazione (Good Manners) Â #
DeirdreS My middle-of-night anxieties, in the scale of world events, are so very petty – and I know it. But they keep me awake anyway. #
DeirdreS I tell the chorus, the orchestra to keep up their work, but their salaries don’t even let them pay their bills#
riccardo_iommi @DeirdreS how envious I am… you escaped from this shame in time #
riccardo_iommi RT @DeirdreS: I tell the orchestra to keep up their work, but salaries don’t even let them pay their bills http://apne.ws/eVOA9w << SHAME #
DeirdreS .@riccardo_iommi Living 17 years in Italy cost me a huge amount in taxes to a corrupt system, and lost wages. Should’ve left sooner. #
riccardo_iommi RT @DeirdreS: Living 17 years in Italy cost me a huge amount in taxes to a corrupt system […] Should’ve left sooner. << I have to RT this! #
DeirdreS .@monaeltahawy@Hragy Holy words written by tribal men saying women should submit to men. How surprising. #
DeirdreS @bloatedlesbian Looks that way to me #dreamhost #
DeirdreS no.de users, remember: you’ve got a chance to win just for sending us pretty pictures! Brendan Greggs Book Giveaway  #
DeirdreS Ok, that’s it for post-lunch marketing, time to put the training hat back on. #
DeirdreS Geoff gets his Italian on  #
DeirdreS @deeharvey I had hoped not, but… #
DeirdreS This is more kinds of beautiful than I can describe… colorapi#
DeirdreS http://amzn.com/k/2DJTIR8B63IJV #Kindle #
DeirdreS @hudsonette Reminds me chillingly of a Heinlein story from the Cold War era. #
DeirdreS .@onfaith Beck is utterly predictable, what’s worrying is the people who actually believe his crap. A merciful god would strike HIM down. #
DeirdreS Sun.com and its subdomains eg blogs.sun.com was one of the greatest repositories of technical knowledge on the web. I’ll mourn it. #
DeirdreS @ryancnelson weird cat behavior: if in isn’t on YouTube, it didn’t happen. #
DeirdreS @nonstick And the Oracle classic people by their envious stares at the Macs? 😉 #
stewarttownsend RT @DeirdreS: Sun.com and its subdomains eg blogs.sun.com was one of the greatest repositories of technical knowledge on the web. < sad day #
DeirdreS Happy I’m going to see my kid today. #
nonstick @DeirdreS There’s one guy here with an Apple sticker over the Dell logo on his laptop. Gave him a hard time about it. #
DeirdreS @planspark it will be worth the wait #
DeirdreS @monkchipsDr Melvyn Bert – I recommend him heartily. #
TomRaftery Hey @DeirdreS@monkchips asked me to say thanks very much – he just left to go to the doctor you recommended #
DeirdreS @TomRaftery Cool. I adore Dr Bert, great with patients, worldwide#
bubbva @DeirdreS blogs.sun.com is migrating, all content. Old urls will probably be busted 🙁 #
NomdeB @DeirdreS – Silly me. Forgot to @ you on that last tweet. #
DeirdreS I don’t know why the sound of people chewing and crunching food irritates me extremely. Unless I’m also eating, I guess. #
riccardo_iommi @DeirdreS no no, it irritates me even while I’m eating. It’s something you cannot bear. #
mentalmosaic @DeirdreS I like watching animals eat, though. My own species – not so much. #
DeirdreS http://t.co/QKRGgjx #
pborenstein @DeirdreS Pretty. But I still don’t get cupcakes. #
DeirdreS @NomdeB Heh. I’d already sent her a link about that. #
DeirdreS @pborenstein To me, it’s a devil’s food cake without the commitment #
pborenstein @DeirdreS I think it’s because I don’t like frosting. So much of it on cupcakes. #
DeirdreS If AT&T is going to cut me off at 150 Gb / month, would be helpful to know how much I’m using now. Anyone know if there’s a way to see? #
lowbit @DeirdreS They are apparently going to be adding tools to monitor usage once the change is official. #
DeirdreS @NomdeB That’s wireless, talking about home internet #
billblum @deirdres AT&T is supposedly going to have a tool available for DSL customers— I’ve got a Netgear router with usage stats built in. #
DeirdreS @billblum good point – I may be able to find that out on my own router #
NomdeB @DeirdreS Can see data use on Cox Communications website too. Think our limit is 200GB/month, but we can bump up to bigger if needed. #
billblum @deirdres We’re being force upgraded to UVerse, so that gives me some headroom on the bandwidth cap. #
DeirdreS Baby cruising around the arrivals area on all fours. I remember when airports were exciting #
DeirdreS It is no longer possible to guess where anyone embarked based on ethnicity, language, dress… #
bubbva @DeirdreS I think our parents drilled ‘silent eating’ into us; therefor, others are annoying 🙂 #
bubbva @DeirdreS I think ther’s am app for that? #
pborenstein @DeirdreS Hitchens et al strike me not as atheists but as a(specifictheism)ists. They worry a lot about the afterlife they don’t believe in. #
DeirdreS @pborenstein Seems to me they worry about others’ belief in that afterlife, and how that affects their behavior in this world #
pborenstein @DeirdreS True. I wasn’t fond of James Watts’ idea that conservation wasn’t necessary because the rapture was just around the corner. #
DeirdreS Enter to win 1 of 2 Canon 60D camera bodies & 1 yr @SmugMug Pro membership. Please RT. Info at: http://bit.ly/hDiOdy #
pborenstein @DeirdreS Prof atheists tend to be specific about the god they don’t believe in. Like sec. Jews: The synagogue they don’t go to is orthodox. #
johnnysunshine @pborenstein@DeirdreS I don’t think that’s entirely true, I’ve met plenty that equally point out Hindu bullshit as JudeoChristian bullshit #
pborenstein @johnnysunshine Maybe I just keep hearing and reading the same Hitchens, Pullman, Dawkin clips 🙂@deirdres#
mentalmosaic @DeirdreS Good point, although on my last flight to NYC, the New Yorkers wore much more black, I noticed, than the tourists. #
DeirdreS Had to come to the AT&T store to reactivate ross’ phone. Been here 40 mins. This is absurd. #
DeirdreS The AT&T people on the phone are holding us up over process with their own store people. Hello, you work for the same company! #
DeirdreS Capturing minds [Mark Cavage and Aaron Slettehaugh of Joyent] Â #
DeirdreS @edsai get a white noise appfor your iphone. Works wonders #
edsai @DeirdreS you are my hero. I had no idea there was an app for that. #
DeirdreS @edsai I used to travel with a separaet white noise machine, now no longer necessary #
edsai @DeirdreS will my alarm still go off? What app do you use? #
DeirdreS @edsai Yes, AFAIK. I use WhiteNoise by TMSoft, I think it was free #
jhk24 @edsai@DeirdreS love whitenoise! sleep tight! #
shawnferry @DeirdreS@edsai I use the same. I don’t recall any alarm issues #
scriptavolant The Fabio Masetti Daily is out! http://bit.ly/b2hwKX Top stories today via @stefanomizzella@deirdres#
edsai @shawnferry@deirdres my heroes. was able to get some sleep but running on fumes from yesterday #
DeirdreS RT @bleepster: hallelujiah! http://bit.ly/gAWeMC – wait til you see the new ones coming out with the book! #
DeirdreS @TomRaftery Realpolitik is often ugly. <sigh> #Libya #
johnkt09 @DeirdreS Funny how often realpolitik turns out to be geldpolitik, isn’t it? #
DeirdreS @johnkt09 Yup. After all, what’s realer than money? (Don’t answer that!) #
DeirdreS Argh. Sneezy, Dopey, Grumpy, Sleepy… also Headachy and Runny. Damn cold everyone else has had finally caught up with me. #
DeirdreS <sigh> I would really, really prefer not to be on the phone with AT&T right now over yet another screw up. #
mentalmosaic @DeirdreS You, too? This is the 3rd month in a row for me with the same AT&T billing screw up. Love my phone, though. #
DeirdreS 12 mins on phone with rep only to be told I have to pass you to customer care, this line only deals with customers <30 days old WTF? #
dltq @DeirdreS hahaha, sounds like that service rep needs a spanking #
a_random_claire @DeirdreS Did you explain you were well over 30 days old? 😉 #
DeirdreS @a_random_claire I’m not a human being here, just an account. Gah! #
DeirdreS I would gladly pay more money to any company that doesn’t put me through billing hell, for whatever service. Does such a thing exist? #
fitzage @DeirdreS Doubtful. #
fitzage @DeirdreS Actually, when it comes to cell phone companies, T-Mobile was always top notch at customer service. #
DeirdreS Dear corporations: get customer service right. The company that accomplishes this – in any sector – will rule the world. #
NomdeB @DeirdreS Isn’t this day 2 of your AT&T saga? Ouch. 🙁 We’re Verizon. Know people have complaints, but we’ve always had great service. #
riccardo_iommi @DeirdreS they won’t understand this simple thing #
DeirdreS ps I did front-line customer service for years, and I did it well. I KNOW it ain’t rocket science. #
riccardo_iommi @DeirdreS you are ranting like a machine gun, sorry to hear that 😉 #
DeirdreS @riccardo_iommi I’m supposed to be resting at home with a nasty cold. Phone hell is not making me feel any better. #
riccardo_iommi @DeirdreS u have my simpathy, I understand #
DeirdreS ok, unlimited data plan for iphone restored – I had specifically asked at the store y’day not to touch that, hence went spare when they did #
urbanturbanguy @DeirdreS that unlimited plan is useless. I have had it for 3 years now. #
urbanturbanguy @DeirdreS Wanted to get the personal Hotspot activated – They said not with the unlimited plan. They were happy to milk us till now. #
pborenstein @DeirdreS You might try @FancyHands for that kind of thing. #
riccardo_iommi @DeirdreS glad to hear that #
DeirdreS @pborenstein I don’t think they’re allowed to take personal data such as they wd need to manage an account #
DeirdreS This was sent to me in response to my rants earlier today: Saturday Night Live: Ernestine http://bit.ly/gNS2SX #
TopTv_Shows RT @DeirdreS – This was sent to me in response to my rants earlier today: Saturday Night Live: Ernestine http://bit.ly/gNS2SX #
socialtagger RT @DeirdreS – This was sent to me in response to my rants earlier today: Saturday Night Live: Ernestine http://bit.ly/gNS2SX #
DeirdreS companies subscribing to statistical insignificance in customer care will become companies that used to exist. http://bit.ly/eSlbMk #
DeirdreS ‘hipster’ (e.g., people who call themselves ‘nerds’) – Huh? Is that the definition? Or is it just rolled-up jeans and ‘tude? #
DeirdreS WTF? there is nothing to prove that students are allegedly influenced by the presence of the crucifix in classrooms#
DeirdreS @rob_ellis Sure you’re not in marketing? 😉 #joyent #
DeirdreS Some days your colleagues are a lot better off NOT seeing you at the office. For me, this is one of those days. #
riccardo_iommi @DeirdreS a healthy #FF to you #
DeirdreS American protesters should ponder the fact that the government they propose 2nd amendment resistance to is not in fact shooting at them. #
willbldrco @DeirdreS Re hipsters: I thought his was funny: RT @petapixel Hipster traps in NYC use Holgas as bait: http://j.mp/fv6fjG #
DeirdreS @willbldrco I’m dismayed that smoking is hip again. I had to live through that the first time. #
DeirdreS @bcantrill tornado warning for areas including… Redwood City… – moving in on the Emerald City? Surrender, Dorothy! #
willbldrco @DeirdreS +1! After enjoying the heavy-handed anti-smoking laws at home in CO, I was shocked every time I bellied up to the bar in FL! Ugh! #
DeirdreS .@slashdot@pbeyssac Sun.com is worth more than 1 million, if its Google karma transfers. It has huge SEO weight. #
DeirdreS At the same time, like all parents, sometimes I just want a pause button. Â #
NomdeB Don’t have children (by choice), but still found this parenting piece utterly delightful: http://bit.ly/fNRSIa HT @DeirdreS#
DeirdreS @acarvin Sigh. No one is meant to die easily. But somehow many do. Condolences. #
DeirdreS How can you make love stay? Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won’t adhere to any rules…#
DeirdreS R tried out Bikram yoga yesterday. Said it was smelly. #
DeirdreS @acarvin In which aspects of it do you think training is needed? For the A/V – tech, lots of info/tutorials out there. #
DeirdreS There’s never been truth-telling that I know of that had that kind of immediate effect#
DeirdreS most bloggers have no institutional credibility, so must build it by linking transparently#
DeirdreS @lskrocki We will not be seeing it from here – rain, rain and more rain! #
DeirdreS I rarely get the common cold/flu – had forgotten how miserable it is. #
edsai @DeirdreS argh. hope you feel better… #
DeirdreS @natashabadhwar I’m told that Nehru’s nieces ended up at Woodstock School because all of the older generation of the family were in jail. #
DeirdreS @edsai Thanks. It’s the fault of all our colleagues. That’s what I get for working in an office. 😉 #
natashabadhwar @DeirdreS I just read your bio. It is incredible, so much love, loss, moving on. Sending you love and the warmth of Delhi on the eve of Holi #
DeirdreS A Brazilian asking for info on the origins of his Italian family names – can anyone help? Â #
jasonh @aaronheckmann@bigfleet yes ping me. We have @sh1mmer and @DeirdreS working on such things @joyent#
DeirdreS .@jasonh@aaronheckmann@bigfleet Yes, @sh1mmer has training ready to go, don’t know of specific plans for Portland. #
DeirdreS Another trove of material I’d sorta forgotten about, must move to new blog… India Vlog 2005#
DeirdreS added a few updates and a new photo to my Autobiography#
DeirdreS 7 years ago today: Holiday Treats Italian Seasonal Goodies#
DeirdreS not much has changed since this post ~5 years ago: Talking Back to Politicians: A Lesson in Modern Italian#
edsai @DeirdreS uhm. why do you not have the pink hair anymore. it r0cked. #
DeirdreS 3 yrs ago: I’ve tried for 17 years to achieve this in Italy. made progress on my chosen road but it’s getting harder#
DeirdreS @edsai I liked it, but I’ve been scared off with stories of conservative Asian customers. Plus hard to get it done well. #
DeirdreS The DTrace book final version is now available for download purchase, with a different free sample chapter #
lskrocki @DeirdreS Bummer. Going to try snapping some pics — may be cloudy here too. #
DeirdreS Losing my voice. Which doesn’t matter on Twitter. #
DeirdreS Hmm, intriguing. Now just need to get all my friends to use it. Voxer#
DeirdreS Deja vu. Didn’t we bomb Tripoli a while back? Like, 1986? #
ryancnelson RT @DeirdreS: Deja vu. Didn’t we bomb Tripoli a while back? Like, 1986? //whoever lives in the Halls of Montezuma is nervous right now. #
DeirdreS Dear new followers: I am not likely ever to own real estate again in my life. What made you think otherwise? #
DeirdreS Enter to win 1 of 2 Canon 60D camera bodies & 1 yr @SmugMug Pro membership. Please RT. Info at: http://bit.ly/hDiOdy #
DeirdreS Dislike what I just did. But could really use a new camera… #
DeirdreS Either Mucinex works really fast, or I had already coughed out everything I was gonna. Still feel like the top of my head came off. #
webmink @DeirdreS That’s what one has a second account for 😉 #
bdha @ryancnelson@deirdres Nice. #
DeirdreS memoir: The (Previous) Bombing of Tripoli#
PCOWandre @DeirdreS You should check his 5D Mk. II giveaway thing too. Far more fun lurking in a 5D2! #
DeirdreS @PCOWandre Thanks, I think I signed up for both. #
PCOWandre @DeirdreS Well, hope you win! #
DeirdreS Woke up to a patch of blue sky. Will it last? #
DeirdreS A lot can be said with a little the mundane and the extraordinary. Philosophers were kings of the aphorism. Â #
DeirdreS @arekdreyer I’d never seen it – I like the song better than the store! #
DeirdreS Brief bout of sunshine definitively over. #
rattay @DeirdreS Somehow I knew we would have to some payback for that 80 degree stint in January. #
DeirdreS Hmm, I lied. Blue sky is back, at least temporarily. #
DeirdreS R: Does this look stupid? Do I look like a Canadian? (multiple patterned sweaters) #
DeirdreS @rattay Yeah, I wish we had that good weather now while my daughter is visiting #
DeirdreS Rather than waiting to help financial consumers, Warren has been trying to help them now. Can you believe the nerve?#
Reading the news today that US forces are bombing Tripoli brought on a quirky memory, almost completely unrelated to today’s events.
Last time the US bombed Tripoli, in 1986, I was on a study abroad year in Benares, India. I had chosen to live in Vijayanagaram Bhavan, the headquarters of the College Year in India program, so knew about all the students’ comings and goings. I also kept an eye on what was going in the world (a habit picked up from my dad the newshound). I owned a shortwave radio, and used it to listen to the Voice of America, BBC World Service, and Radio Moscow (whose announcers all sounded as if they had been raised in Nebraska).
I wrote up daily news summaries and posted them on the center’s bulletin board for my fellow students, a service they seemed to appreciate. So it was I who informed them about the US attack, which was not well received by the world community, nor by many Americans. There were fears of retaliatory attacks on American citizens worldwide. I heaved a sigh and got on with my life – been there, been threatened with death by the Islamic Jihad. We also imagined, I don’t know how realistically, the possibility of full-scale war, complete with Vietnam-style conscription of US youth.
A few days later, an American showed up at the Bhavan with a list of student names he wanted to check. His wife was a consular officer with the US Embassy in Delhi, so it was her duty to keep track of US citizens in the region in case there should be a need to whisk us all to safety. I was pleased that, having put my life in danger, my government was at least proposing to get me out of it again, and was happy to give the man the information he needed. Meanwhile, my classmates were at the other end of the verandah, muttering among themselves about the stranger and what his business might be.
As the man and I were finishing, one of the students – J, a painfully politically correct young man – came bustling up.
“Sir,” he said officiously, “I would like to lodge a complaint about the actions of the US government in Libya – ” He didn’t get to finish.
The man looked him straight in the eye and barked: “I am here to inform you that all US males over the age of 18 are being drafted into the army, and you have two days to report to the nearest recruiting center!”
J’s jaw dropped, he turned white as a sheet, and for once had nothing to say.
“Just kidding.”
The man smiled sweetly, and went about his business.
~this date in 2003: Teenagers and Cellphones Standard Equipment for Italian Adolescents#
~this date in 2003: Largo al Factotum Why People Think I Know Opera#
2007: Guys, women don’t come to tech confs [because] were tired of trying to have conversations w your bald spots  g #
.@davewiner: an old article of mine that predates (maybe forecasts) the current debate about women at tech events, in this case in Italy #
~this date in 2008: More Things to Buy in India The Growth of a Consumer Society#
.@davewiner Did you read the whole piece? That phrase was meant to be ironic, & was written under dire provocation at the time. # http://bit.ly/gFW1OR Religion, however, tends to venerate ancient wisdom even if later knowledge raises doubts. # @davewiner I’m sorry you found it insulting. #
.@davewiner As the owner of an ageing female body, I have probaly heard it all (& had it grabbed, groped & commented upon) most of my life. #
.@davewiner Oh, I do see it. And made a conscious choice to use it. A dumb choice for some, evidently, but a choice. #
I haven’t flown since the latest TSA escalation. How early do I need to arrive at SFO for a flight to Vancouver? #
.@davewiner Ironically, at that event the bald men were relatively young. Italian men often shave their heads completely – and look good. # @milouness Thanks, this will be an 8:20 am flight, dunno whether that’s peak time on a Monday # @saraford Thanks. How are Monday mornings? United at 8:20 # @jlb13 It’s much more fun to have arguments in public #streamfullofconversations # The Twitter Diaries, Dec 30, 2010 Jan 23, 2011 – an emotionally-charged few weeks, with photos and video # @saraford Ugh. thanks for the warning # @dogcow BAs as in bachelors’ degrees? # @ben@dogcow Oh. I never did understand what that term means. #
Tomorrow will be relatively easy: up at 5:30, fly to Vancouver, go to office, film @mmayo , dinner, hotel, sleep… #
…It’s the rest of the week keeping up with @bcantrill that worries me. # @pborenstein I recommend drugs to sleep on any flight > 4 hrs # @jlb13 I just hide people if they get annoying. They’ll never know. #
Way too early for my flight, but this may be one of those cases where any later would be too late. # @jlb13 Maybe they’ve hidden us as well. 😉 #err #
we can have feelings for people we’ve only seen on screens. I have embarrassed myself meeting actors… Â #
This is why I hate flying United: so many long-time frequent flyers that plebs like me are treated poorly in comparison. #
‘Confidence in institutions down’ in Italy http://bit.ly/h3Iftu#
For once chose a window seat, so there had better be a view! # @thinguy I’ll never qualify for an upgrade anyway, just get tired of seeing most of the plane board before me. # Cantrill & Gregg Cloud Analytics: high-res, downloadable video now available so you can really see the pretty pictures  #
As long as I work for tech startups, my colleagues will mostly be smart, geeky, young(er than I am), and male. Not that this is a problem… #
RT @smaffulli: Il postribolo televisivo: ecco il video della chiamata di B a Lerner – such dignity, Signor Presidente # Brendan’s blog Cloud Analytics: first video#
Sleepy in the gray weather, but enjoying being at the Joyent Vancouver offices, surrounded by engineers (yes, we have them in SF too) #
Webinars | JoyentCloud  You’ve Got Game: Planning for the Successful Scale and Performance of Your Game in the Cloud# @sriramnrn Thanks, but that wasn’t my work – you can thank @jacksonwest for that one. I have a partner in video crimes these days. 😉 # @dexterous good catch, thanks # @jkstark@NomdeB Superstition at work – a dog that chews a shoe is naughty, a dog that chews a bible is the devil # As you are my prime minister, I invite you to moderate your language. Mr Berlusconi, however, would have none of it  # Miss Minetti the 25 yr old ex-dental hygienist makes as a fledgling City Councilwoman in Milan, more than Barack Obama. # @ZackFord Yes, it’s a pity when patriotism makes everything a zero-sum game #SOTU #
@edsai Welcome aboard! #
Not being able to have my usual goffee in bed is seriously disrupting my morning routine. Grumble grumble grumble # @fitzage Also can’t handle Dvorak without coffee # @fitzage just learning, in hopes of reducing RSI. So far mostly reducing typing speed. # @fitzage After 30+ years of touch Qwerty, it’s tough. @brendangregg is Dvorak-macho: he’s been learning 1-handed as well. #
way cool to learn about new colleague @edsai on Twitter this morning, then immediately and unexpectedly meet him at Joyent’s Vancouver offc #
Getting video intros of Joyeurs in Vancouver #
Dear Keynote and PowerPoint: please resolve your differences. I do not have time for conversion to be difficult. ps I hate you both. # @missbhavens Blood orange martini recipe? Sounds like my kinda drink (after all, I was born in NOLA). #
[Because] it is more Christian to impose oneself by refusal#
Seems my daughter has made up her mind – and I’m grinning from ear to ear: Boogie Back To Texas  # @edsai I’m sure they do, but the people at your new work like you, too. We go to new places to keep our minds and lives fresh. # @riccardo_iommi She’s lived in Austin before (as I have). It’s not like anyplace else on earth. # @riccardo_iommi Austin calls itself the live music capital world, probably justifiable. All kinds of music, too. #
.@adamsbaldwin Are you a member of SAG? #
Damn. Worried about friends in Christchurch #
^Â @sh1mmer#
.@kbeninato Las Vegas is where everyone goes to have the illusion of misbehaving. New Orleans is where the actual sinning takes place. # @polotek These aren’t in a logical order yet, but @brendangregg has been the subject of many videos on DTrace: http://bit.ly/hTXB28 # @NomdeB Anna’s in Wellington, Meaghan may be in India right now. #
Happy I’ll get to see my daughter soon. I’ve missed her. #
^ Rainbow over Moscone Center  # @wanderingitaly God has decided not to punish San Francisco 😉 #
.@tweir Thanks – we know they’re awesome, but it’s always nice for them to hear that they’re appreciated! #awesome #custserv #
Pilgrimage planning? You are really following the wrong tweeter. If God wants me to go on a pilgrimage, he can make the travel arrangements. #
Having trouble finding a tweet backup option that actually works – suggestions? #
Bollywood Western – who knew? – Muqqala Muqqala – Humse Hai Muqabla  # @kbeninato He can tie his own turban, video tutorial here #nola #
I’m sure that, somewhere in the world, there is a chocolate cupcake with my name on it. # @NomdeB clear but chilly (by our standards) – 40s-50s. in the city, likely warmer out. Tell him to call if he has time for a meal/drink # @reiger cool, looking forward to seeing you! #solaris #joyent #
4 years ago: A School Year Abroad#
RT @StopBeck: when I encounter a Beck devotee, I just wanna break out into song. Poor unfortunate soul from Little Mermaid – LOL! #
…in other words – we will, we will ROCK YOU! Â #
…and if you wanna know how that works under the hood: DTrace probes for Node v0.4.x# Look Inside the DTrace book on Amazon – and see if you can figure out which is my favorite part 😉 # Live stream of Node event at Joyent tonight  …as requested. We assume those signed up will still come for beer! #
RT @notmatt: I work with geniuses, and I helped make this. http://no.de # @Fabryz ~6:30 pm Pacific time # What Makes Node Sexy? Joyeur – Guys, you totally blew it. The sexiest thing about node is… Ryan. #
Node.js Community Event on USTREAM: March 1, 2011 – live stream NOW http://bit.ly/hYW8yX # @Fabryz Sorry – it’s hard to get local attendees earlier # @ustram FIX MY STREAM NOW #
RT @DeirdreS: Node.js Community Event on USTREAM: March 1, 2011 – live stream NOW http://bit.ly/hYW8yX – fixed # @brendangregg showing cloud LIVE analytics Node.js Community Event on USTREAM http://bit.ly/hYW8yX # @hnfirehose see it live right now http://bit.ly/hYW8yX #
Ryan Dahl up – Node.js Community Event on USTREAM http://bit.ly/hYW8yX # @reiger fixed aspect raito? #
UStream problems were frustrating as ever, but it’s all captured – video of sexy cloud analytics will be forthcoming! #
It’s been an eventful day, now trying to wind down my brain enough to sleep. #
new comment on Italian Idiom and Sayings asks: does anyone know what scrinfio means? Â scrinfio# Learn Italian in Song: Volare#
planning a homecoming reunion at Woodstock School, Mussoorie, India  # @sogrady You’re not the only one. #
.@elliotross@PeterKretzman People have different prefs and learning styles. I’m a reader myself, but I produce video because many want it #
.@PeterKretzman@elliotross I’ve found that people like to download video to watch at the gym, on the plane, listen mhile driving… # @elliotross ps if you’sre just getting started [in video], you might find this helpful: Â #
San Francisco OpenSolaris User Group meeting Weds Mar 9: DTracing File Systems – Brendan Gregg – details# @markovaldo@lucaconti Ma dove si trovano ‘sti ebook italiani? Vorrei aggiornarmi su Montalbano #
Not in the mood for technical irritations today, but then, who ever is? #
Apparently this is a day when nothing is going to work. I should just give up. #
.@avinash Perhaps it’s time to redefine education, knowledge, testing. I never cheated, got good grades, but never felt I was really working #
Why, yes, I am drinking a beer before 5 pm. It seems preferable to screaming and breaking things #
.@avinash Wasn’t convinced of the value of my BA even then. My work has always been about stuff that didn’t even exist when I was undergrad. #
.@NomdeB@avinashCultural differences, both national and generational?# @billjohnston Sounds like my kind of trip – I’ve spent a lot of time in both those places! #
Been a long week, and its only Wednesday. # @markovaldo@pandemia Scomettiamo che non accettano CC da fuori Italia? Provero’, ma… #
node.js Community Event: Rough Cut Videos#
RT @nerdist …insane musical remix of George Carlin’s stand-up – not sure the music was necessary, but it’s fun #
.@jimpick node.js 0.4 and cloud analytics goodness! #
.@stiefkindMore recent look at Cloud Analytics here – we’re moving fast! #cloud #joyent #
Dear Google: the integration between Google Apps sign-on and YouTube appears to be non-existent. You have me in verification loop hell. #
^ Seen at GDC Â #
In Germany, this sort of thing sparked scandal that led to a ministers resig but in Italy it helps people to get by#
I must recant my prejudices about Italian food in the US. Have had two very good meals in two weeks. # @badnima want! #
nighttime streets of San Francisco  #
.@nmarL’Osteria del Forno (cheap!) ~Abruzzese and Perbacco (not cheap) Piemontese #
re-reading Les Mis after many years. Hard to swallow the “sublime mystery of the convent”. A prison for surplus noblewomen, more like. # @billblum The delay has been very painful for us most closely involved. Pre-print copies next week, look for an opp to win one! #Dtrace # @billblum Heh. Come over to the DTrace side… #Dtrace #
gah! Windows! #
It’s that time of the month in which I crave chocolate. Fortunately, the Tim Tam elf visited recently. – 12/30/10 17:54
New glasses. I find if very difficult to take a good self – Â portrait with the iPhone. Or at all. Â – 12/30/10 18:00
Getting to know (aka playing with) the new camera totally counts as work, right? – 12/30/10 18:12
@NomdeB Well, I will have to use this camera for filming at work. And I also need to see how my newly – corrected vision likes the viewfinder. – 12/30/10 18:26
@jacksonwest @jasonh @brendangregg I think I just found a use for that greenscreen: 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes – 12/30/10 18:33
I just donated to: Gapminder: Unveiling the beauty of statistics for a fact based world view. Â – Â Gapminder.org – 12/30/10 18:39
Since when did I become the expert…? Oh, yeah, since I edited 1000+ pages on DTrace. – 12/30/10 18:53
If that guy who’s been coughing his lungs out at the office gave me whatever he’s got, I’m gonna be so mad… do not have time for this. – 12/30/10 19:44
@reiger We’ll be happy to welcome you to the Left Coast! – 12/30/10 20:52
@obscurebug No, that I could definitely resist. – 12/30/10 20:53
3 lbs of broccoli has become soup for an army, and veggie lasagne. – 12/30/10 20:53
@reiger And you shall have it! Dunno abou the teepee, my apartment complex has a courtyard… – 12/30/10 21:15
Seems as if 2010 was a rough year for a lot of us. Maybe we should just stay safe at home tomorrow and wait for it to be over? – 12/30/10 21:17
.@adamsbaldwin May be common sense to Orwell, not to me. – 12/30/10 23:02
.@adamsbaldwin ps you didn’t answer the question. – 12/30/10 23:03
.@adamsbaldwin Takes courage to respect people with whom you disagree. Can also take courage to be a pacifist. Name calling, not so much. – 12/30/10 23:47
@jasonh @brendangregg “What’s the weather like in your cloud? Find out at 6 o’clock with Brendan Gregg!” – 12/31/10 10:42
Dreamed I met old friend (not IRL) Christopher Hitchens in a bar, w unsuitable wife. He was saying extremely rude things about Santa Claus. – 12/31/10 10:48
@jonasthaler You should have heard what he “said”. ; – ) – 12/31/10 11:11
“It’s been rough & rocky travelin’, after takin’ several readings, I’m surprised to find my minds still fairly sound.” – 12/31/10 11:33
Going to see movie in new glasses that I’m not yet used to. Umm. At least it’s not IMAX 3d – 12/31/10 16:09
Finally saw the latest Harry Potter. Meh. – 12/31/10 19:14
@vdotw @willbldrco Amen, sister  –  here’s to a far better 2011 all around! – 12/31/10 20:14
@wastedcarbon There was a lot I liked about it, but I found myself looking at my watch and noticing the production details. Not good signs. – 12/31/10 20:33
Had a long winter’s nap, now I’m awake in time to see out 2010. Need a large item to dispose of out the window the way they do in Naples. – 1/1/11 1:42
No, I will not be recapping this year and certainly not this decade. There have been some amazing high points, but, on the whole… – 1/1/11 1:45
RT @divinacucina: @DeirdreS ha ha – Â – Â – Â i saw a toilet thrown out once – Â – Â – !!! Â – > That would be very appropriate, if I had a toilet to throw out. – 1/1/11 1:51
1 dislike about Harry Potter 7: the sad gray – blue palette . Today I’m going to see Dawn Treader. I expect it to be colorful. – 1/1/11 14:08
There’s a generation of new movie comedians who all look the same to me. Who are these people? – 1/1/11 15:20
@NomdeB the half blood prince was good. Not enough Rickman in this one – 1/1/11 15:24
Dear Narnia team: thank you for going back to the original illustrations that I love so well. And for a great movie. 3D totally right too – 1/1/11 17:26
Also, the young actors are great, esp the one who played Eustace – 1/1/11 17:42
Retweet of rosanne cash (rosannecash) Here’s the great thing about not being 30: I will never join another gym as long as I live. I will take the money I save and go to the spa. – 1/1/11 19:09
@jimelliff Umm… you mean if we read too many other books we don’t appreciate the Bible properly? – 1/1/11 19:17
RT @TechCrunch: Facebook Close To Naming Sun Microsystems Campus As New Headquarters http://tcrn.ch/fJkf2V < – Â Yup, thought so – 1/1/11 19:31
@jimpick I never got to see MPK in its heyday, but was very involved in moving out… sad. – 1/1/11 20:05
…and oh, boy oh boy… Can That Boy… Foxtrot – 1/1/11 20:27
@wastedcarbon Seems to me like a good sign. ; – ) – 1/2/11 0:56
.@wastedcarbon My pattern is that, when there is no longer anything new to learn  –  in a job or in a relationship  –  it’s time for a change. – 1/2/11 1:03
.@mkapor Seems that most performers like to keep performing, regardless of age or financial need. They’re, you know, performers. – 1/2/11 11:35
Retweet of Brian Walsh (thepartycow) I don’t know why people say “man up.” After witnessing pregnancy and child birth, it strikes me it should be “woman up.” – 1/2/11 11:35
@NomdeB @milouness Having a 21 YO daughter in Italy rather sharpens my thoughts. Plus my own exp  –  well – qualified yet unable to find work. – 1/2/11 12:27
.@Roam2Rome Italy, for all its beauty, history, etc., IS deeply flawed  –  most Italians agree. La dolce vita wears thin when you need a job. – 1/2/11 12:29
@pelegri You can add Robert Mustacchi, also ex – Fishworks, to your Joyent list. – 1/2/11 12:32
@pelegri Nexenta also got Richard Elling, maybe others. – 1/2/11 12:32
@Roam2Rome I think a lot of people come to Italy with unrealistic expectations, so perhaps react more strongly when those are disappointed. – 1/2/11 14:00
.@Gundryggia @Roam2Rome Even when I moved to Italy in 1991, Italians thot me mad to willingly give up US advantages. This puzzled me  –  then – 1/2/11 17:08
YouTube’s tag suggestions are weird. What has Christianity to do with “SmartMachine, Joyent, virtualmin, webmin, cloud computing” ? – 1/2/11 17:09
.@KatieS I knew I shouldn’t bother seeing “The Social Network”. Thanks for confirming. – 1/2/11 17:52
.@Roam2Rome Ultimately, for me, Italy was not worth it professionally or personally. It works out better for some, and truly I hope for you. – 1/2/11 17:57
…but, with “Eat, Pray, Love” a best – seller, I do think it’s worth warning people that life in Italy is not as depicted in Italy – porn. – 1/2/11 17:58
thinning out drawers, am moved to ask: how many t – shirts do you have from tech companies that no longer exist? – 1/2/11 18:25
talked w entrepreneur friend Shirley about cultural diffs US, China, Europe. It’s never easy, but in US much easier, to be an entrepreneur. – 1/2/11 18:29
@arekdreyer Do you have equally non – existent stock options? ; – ) – 1/2/11 18:46
@davidpaulyoung …and that list isn’t complete yet, being added to soon. – 1/2/11 19:13
@johnnysunshine No, it’s just that Eduardo is more familiar with the middleware gang than the Solaris folks he plans to update his list. – 1/2/11 20:22
@milouness I think there was also a dramatic film made in India about Ramanujan, possibly Tom Alter was in it (he told us about it). – 1/2/11 20:36
“Don’t go nowhere, but what do I care, your kisses are worth waiting for.. ain’t misbehavin, I’m savin my love for you” Â – 1/2/11 21:38
@timfoster No, but Skype helps . Have spent most of my life far from various people I love, starting back when intl airmail took 3 wks. – 1/3/11 0:52
@timfoster I didn’t mean to diminish your feelings. Goodbyes are never easy, regardless. – 1/3/11 3:00
RT @OldSpice: Wherever there are men, there is a need for men to smell like men. Â – > But they all smell different! – 1/3/11 13:30
@jasonh @davidpaulyoung I make it 10 altogether, once Eduardo gets all the comments consolidated into the list – 1/3/11 13:53
Retweet of Joyent (joyent) Two Joyent customers in Jan 11 webinar, You’ve Got Game: The Successful Scale and Performance of Your Cloud – Based Game  – 1/3/11 13:54
@droberts $15 gets you a perfectly decent Mr Coffee at Target etc. That was my solution to BRM’s horrendously bad coffee. – 1/3/11 14:16
@grantmichaels which links specifically? – 1/4/11 14:36
@grantmichaels Thanks! We’ll get that fixed. – 1/4/11 15:49
RT @vambenepe: 1st question when people learn I work for Oracle is which acquisition I came with. FYI, some of us join willingly. Â – > what %? – 1/4/11 16:34
@vambenepe That brings up a really creepy image of Larry watching you all shivering in your bathing suits… – 1/4/11 16:44
Reading may be fundamental, but writing can be cathartic. Even when it’s not for publication. – 1/5/11 0:50
@trochej I usually do like to publish, but I am mindful of others’ privacy, including my ex. – 1/5/11 1:09
YouTube changed its mind about allowing the song in some parts of the world. So I made a rain – only version – 1/5/11 1:11
@nanaze hmm. I wonder which bus does those diagonals over the buildings? – 1/5/11 4:09
@bklein34 Have you seen “Chess in Concert” with Groban et al? Stunning. – 1/5/11 9:54
Lot o’ filming lined up today and tomorrow. Yes, you’ll get to see some of it. – 1/5/11 12:41
One huge advantage of living in a small space: there aren’t that many places things can be lost in. – 1/5/11 13:22
@NomdeB Men & women think completely differently about where it is logical to store things in the kitchen. – 1/5/11 14:14
.@NomdeB …plus, a man will stand there and ask plaintively “Where is…?” when he could easily find it himself by opening a drawer or two. – 1/5/11 14:15
I’m sure all true Buffy fans remember this one – 1/6/11 1:15
@mentalmosaic Been using it for years; it only works sometimes. – 1/7/11 12:21
@riccardo_iommi At the least, the figures may not include unpaid internships (“Tanto, abiti con i tuoi, no?”) and tenuous CoCoPro “jobs”. – 1/7/11 12:30
I find Twitter archives and my blog useful in remembering events and people from a crowded, eventful life. Even recent years are a blur. – 1/7/11 14:00
How many marriages fail because we marry, not the actual other person, but some idealized image of what a husband/wife is supposed to be? – 1/7/11 14:43
@PaulFranz Yup  –  will change to meet that unrealistic ideal. – 1/7/11 14:56
RT @rattay: @DeirdreS I married a nerd but #ilikehotnerds 🙂 Â – > So do I. To me, sheer brainpower is attractive. ; – ) – 1/7/11 14:56
RT @notmatt: Attn @bcantrill http://twitpic.com/3nwgyo  – > You have got to take me there! – 1/7/11 15:09
@PaulFranz ICall it a “straw man marriage” : set up an impossible role for yr spouse, then you can be disappointed when they fail to be that – 1/7/11 15:11
.@johnnysunshine Won’t need to hide in @bcantrill ‘s suitcase, I’ll be there on my own ticket pretty soon. With a camera. Get ready. ; – ) – 1/7/11 15:22
RT @johnnysunshine: @DeirdreS sweet, come see how the sausage is made. should be fun  – > Did you just invite me to a sausage fest? ; – ) – 1/7/11 16:14
Why is it that being on hold always involves terrible music and extremely annoying repeated messages? If I could DO this online I WOULD HAVE – 1/7/11 18:03
@fitzage The worst offender was the co. which told me repeatedly to visit the website when the phone queue I was in was for internet probs – 1/7/11 18:05
the invention of the phone tree was the beginning of the downfall of civilization – 1/7/11 18:14
RT @myinnervoice: @joyent @DeirdreS Â – Â the Dream Team is everywhere ; – ) – 1/7/11 20:55
My favorite movie opening ever: Much Ado About Nothing Part 1 (Denzel on horseback  –  what’s not to love?) – 1/7/11 21:21
@pelegri I wonder how many are suffering from Post Oracle Stress Disorder? – 1/8/11 0:29
@saramaternini childproof? Mi sa’ che c’e’ una notizia grossa – 1/8/11 12:18
took me all summer (much of it ill in bed) to re – read all of Diana Gabaldon, then catch up on the latest  – 1/8/11 12:22
Retweet of Monty Munford (montymunford) The assassination of Rep Gabrielle Giffords and Sarah Palin’s 2010 target list. They’re connected, stupid. – 1/8/11 13:47
Retweet of Markus Sandy (apperceptions) RT @GlennF: This just in. Guns don’t kill people. Targeted political ads telling people to kill people kills people. – 1/8/11 14:16
It’s too easy to say: “We’re praying for her & her family.” True Christians (I’ve known some) wdn’t have wished her death in the 1st place – 1/8/11 14:18
.@jasonh Sounds as if these Chinese mothers have a lot of time to spend on “100s of practice tests with her child”. Do they never sleep? – 1/8/11 14:47
RT @alexia: Palin’s political career is over. Â – > I wish I believed that. – 1/8/11 18:08
I need a way to tell Netflix that some of those recent movie choices were a house guest, not me. – 1/8/11 19:28
Now here’s what I need: a dumb Mel Brooks movie. Exactly perfect. Thank you, Netflix. – 1/8/11 19:29
.@corey_latislaw @creepyed Having been the mother of a little girl from The Little Mermaid on, there is no Disney song I DON’T know by heart – 1/8/11 20:48
Retweet of Nate Silver (fivethirtyeight) James Fallows has the most sensible take on Giffords I’ve seen today. Â – 1/8/11 21:07
@lebrun Clarification needed: relevant to what or whom? – 1/8/11 21:16
Well, I guess I’m glad I am cautious even in Twitter DMs and FB private messages. Anything I say anywhere may be used against me, eh? – 1/8/11 21:38
So what is the perfect martini recipe, and is it possible to drink it out of a non – martini glass? – 1/8/11 21:45
There are times when you must listen to George Carlin: “Children should be taught to question authority, shd be warned there’s BS coming.” – 1/8/11 23:25
“People who ask ‘what would Jesus do?’ don’t wanna know so /they/ can do it  –  they wanna know so they can tell other people to do it  – Carlin – 1/8/11 23:31
@fitzage I attended a missionary school, so there are many true Christians in my life, and I respect them. US Media Christians not so much. – 1/9/11 0:47
@wastedcarbon We used to drive  –  car always put her to sleep. Nowadays they make chairs that have similar vibration, apparently. #parenting – 1/9/11 2:20
@wastedcarbon That’s the problem with babies: just like people, every one is different! Mine screamed 1st five months, never knew why – 1/9/11 11:07
@dboyll Judging by the standards of their usual crowd…? No, no, I won’t go there, it’s too easy. – 1/9/11 11:30
Retweet of johnnysunshine (johnnysunshine) Most countries have crazy political whackos. The difference is most countries don’t arm them. – 1/9/11 13:36
.@AndrewBreitbart “The left” should no more be lumped into a single category than “the right” should. – 1/9/11 13:44
.@timbray Troubling because of how the kids are treated? The resulting adults? The competition they pose to non – Chinese kids? Pls clarify. – 1/9/11 13:45
@stonemirror Let’s not give these people any attention whatsoever, that’s what they’re seeking. Shun them. Ignore them. #disgusting – 1/9/11 15:00
.@EnricCirne Rhetoric “causes” violence is too strong. “Contributes to a climate in which violence is acceptable” seems reasonable. – 1/9/11 15:18
.@LusciousPear @penelopetrunk Why wow? That was exactly the correct answer. Agreeing “you’re too fat to look sexy” wd be a huge mistake. – 1/9/11 16:19
Spring planting = put the rest of the daffodil bulbs into planter I finally took tomato plant out of. Bulbs planted earlier near flowering. – 1/9/11 16:38
Ugh. More house cleaning and ironing to do. I am only semi – domesticated. – 1/9/11 16:39
.@BarackObama Nice thought, but what good is prayer when people have been shot? Can we have less superstition and more gun control, please? – 1/9/11 17:55
Sorry if I tread on your sentiments, but I am sick of the notion that praying makes anything better except your feelings. Don’t pray  –  DO! – 1/9/11 17:58
(Yes, I am an unrepentant hippie kid.) – 1/9/11 19:04
When I bought a 1.75L bottle of Maker’s Mark, he stared as if I were an incipient lush. “Not gonna drink it all at once. It keeps,” I said. – 1/9/11 19:06
@LusciousPear Thanks. I think part of the problem was that he didn’t appreciate bourbon. – 1/9/11 19:23
I’m just gonna shut down all my social media and concentrate on DTrace for a while, ok? Far less emotionally draining. – 1/9/11 19:25
“I could be In someone else’s story In someone else’s life And he could be in mine I don’t see A reason to be lonely” Â – 1/9/11 22:38
@johnnysunshine Well, I would try that, but I’m on bourbon & bourbon (with a bit of ice) this evening. – 1/9/11 22:44
.@jasonh Some kinds of work go better with coffee, but others go better with alcohol. – 1/9/11 22:52
@denizrende What is that contraption? – 1/9/11 22:52
what is all the racket in SOMA? Did someone win something? – 1/10/11 0:26
Retweet of Bill Pijewski (pijewski) Which team has higher significance to its city: the Broncos in Denver or the Red Sox in Boston? Help settle a lunchtime argument. – 1/10/11 15:00
RT @alecmuffett: @pijewski @DeirdreS Dem Stillers beetcha both. Â – Â I did tell them the argument was pointless without the Steelers. ; – ) – 1/10/11 15:04
@KatieS “Come to Dublin, we have great pubs!” ??? – 1/10/11 18:19
RT @nonstick: Girl has yellow belt test today. Â – > Hmm. At what stage will she be able to beat you up? – 1/10/11 18:21
@davidpaulyoung @jasonh I was two doors down at Bar Bacco, but now I’m home. Want to try Perbacco  –  menu looks like real Piemontese. – 1/10/11 21:21
@sh1mmer Do you have the original UK versions? That’s what I want to re – read, but my copies are back in Italy. – 1/10/11 21:32
Had much needed glass of wine or two with @jeffreytaylor . Now I need to edit video. – 1/10/11 21:33
Is it me, or is there a problem with our company Jabber? Feeling kinda cut off. – 1/10/11 21:47
“parents couldn’t see what an amazing son they had instead of trying to shoehorn him into their idea of success” http://bit.ly/eLIpHL – 1/10/11 22:00
RT @timbray: I suspect Amy Chua is sitting in her Yale office thinking “lulz”; I was among those successfully trolled. Â – > It’ll sell books. – 1/10/11 22:02
@sh1mmer Ugh. I recommend the Stephen Fry audio versions. I find him very soothing on plane trips. – 1/10/11 23:07
@johnnysunshine working again now, thanks. Wasn’t accepting my password for no apparentl reason. – 1/10/11 23:17
Retweet of Planet Lang (planet_lang) [Smalltalk] Smalltak meets DTrace: This post is an introduction to DTrace and a provider I implemented for the S… – 1/10/11 23:50
Video is compressing. Crunch, crunch, crunch. – 1/10/11 23:52
Hmm, fresh – baked video in the morning… Now if I only had someone to bring me breakfast in bed. – 1/11/11 9:12
Retweet of ryan nelson (ryancnelson) Joyent office is hosting tonight’s revival of the SFOSUG (sf opensolaris user group) Â – Â stop by! – 1/11/11 11:01
Sorry I didn’t stick around for SFOSUG, my brain was already overflowing for today. Went to sleep right after eating a lot of dinner. – 1/11/11 23:37
RT @LusciousPear: @DeirdreS “sfosug” is a really fun word to say  – > It probably means something rude in some language somewhere. – 1/12/11 0:20
Man was yelling on the street about “white BS” and “if you give kindness, you’ll get kindness.” When I passed he smiled, said “Good morning” – 1/12/11 12:11
@rattay I had a deep craving for pho for lunch, but the line was too long. 🙁 – 1/12/11 15:47
@fitzage Agh, that sucks. Sorry to hear. – 1/12/11 17:33
…that’s with @bcantrill and @brendangregg, of course – 1/14/11 11:09
@anitaborg_org Yeppers, see you there! #clswest – 1/14/11 21:03
finally setting up Thunderbird on my new laptop, and loving the automated mailbox setup – 1/14/11 21:12
Interesting session on community leadership, privacy, boundaries… At #clswest – 1/15/11 12:59
Zynga is hiring community managers #clswest – 1/15/11 13:23
Keep in mind that we experience eg badge fatigue sooner because we live this stuff. #clswest – 1/15/11 13:30
Retweet of Sara Maternini (saramaternini) Blogger invasion around piazzale loreto, Milan, Italy: all going to celebrate wikipedia 10th birthday! – 1/15/11 13:31
Face to face meetings are themselves a reward for community members. #clswest – 1/15/11 13:55
Retweet of mattb811 (mattb811) I don’t understand how the people of Tunisia overthrew their government without me signing an e – petition or changing my Twitter avatar. – 1/15/11 14:45
Community for the long haul session at #clswest  –  some of us have been around for quite a while. – 1/15/11 15:08
Retweet of David Roberts (drgrist) One asshat starts a fire in his underpants, we’ll accept Kafka at the airport. Dude mows down a half – dozen people w/ a handgun? Nothing. – 1/15/11 15:15
Reviewing the history of online community #clswest – 1/15/11 15:21
Early community managers in ed/gov wre called sysmoms – 1/15/11 15:24
Complexity of multiple online venues  –  still have this problem, tho specific venues have changed. #clswest – 1/15/11 15:34
I’d like to investigate integration/separation of online and offline identities. – 1/15/11 15:48
@jdtangney I’m fairly new parts of to the terminology myself, but maybe I can help? #joyent – 1/15/11 18:07
Retweet of Joyent (joyent) Join us tomorrow 1/19 for “Solving Big Problems with Real – time Visibility into Cloud Performance” Â Will be interesting. – 1/18/11 14:04
Fondly remember George Carlin bit about how everyone should have an audience on the other side of their desk say: “Hey, you’re doing great!” – 1/18/11 15:33
@pelegri The kernel is not the focus of this talk, tho of course it’s a factor in that we can use DTrace at allv – 1/19/11 13:43
Retweet of Mark Madsen (markmadsen) RT @tomcoates Give a man a fish, that’s socialism. Teach a man 2 fish, that’s socialism too. I recommend vouchers for private fishing school – 1/19/11 13:45
The expanded Joyent t – shirt wall h – 1/19/11 14:29
@templedf So you won’t go hungry when you’re there – 1/19/11 16:06
@bryanbell Glad to meet you! I’ve admired your work for some time, then, without knowing who you were. – 1/19/11 17:24
if you’re not on this stream you’re missing the Cantrill comedy hour http://bit.ly/h5fjk5 – 1/19/11 20:45
Return of the rainbow pterodactyl http://bit.ly/h5fjk5 – 1/19/11 21:02
Retweet of Mark Phillips (pharkmillups) really enjoying watching @bcantrill et al talk about the new Dtrace hotness in the Joyent cloud http://bit.ly/gvrxku – 1/19/11 21:47
@kirsten_al @melanierenzulli I’m spending the evening sharing people with others 1000s of miles away http://bit.ly/gvrxku – 1/19/11 21:50
Joyent Cloud Analytics, Recorded on 1/19/11 joyent on USTREAM. Conference http://bit.ly/ho8T6s – 1/19/11 23:53
RT @wastedcarbon: @DeirdreS Thanks for playing nerd wrangler! Good stuff! Â – Â you’re very welcome. I also enjoy it! – 1/19/11 23:54
Retweet of Mathieu Simon (MathSimon) Joyent Cloud Analytics, Recorded on USTREAM. http://bit.ly/ho8T6s  –  A must – see, the end shows how these nerds introduce also fun in work : – ) – 1/20/11 10:15
Participating in a group requires the ability to trust people, read moods, understand psychological pieces each brings http://nyti.ms/eNZht9 – 1/21/11 18:56
Nice happy hour with Joyent colleagues to round off another action – packed week. Some just returned, others taking off soon. We get around. – 1/21/11 21:10
@DecalbDennis Being physically capable of producing children is not indicative of any quality except fertility. Motherhood is not sainthood – 1/22/11 18:45
@sh1mmer can’t DM, you’re not following me – 1/22/11 19:07
Happy to be getting on a plane tomorrow for the first time in 9 months  –  the longest stretch I have NOT flown in many, many years. – 1/23/11 9:54
@sh1mmer Still planning to investigate that coffee place, or didyou already? – 1/23/11 10:12
@pborenstein Do the upbeat sayings fit, at least? – 1/23/11 11:11
@sh1mmer ok. If you need moving help, I have a large car with good cargo space. – 1/23/11 11:48
@India_Insights Be where you can see camels silhouetted against the sunset at the top of the avenue. At least, that was true 30 years ago… – 1/23/11 11:51
Time to go to Goodwill to drop off a lot of clothing that no longer fits. – 1/23/11 11:52
@Cdash Joyent’s Vancouver office, for the first but likely not last time. – 1/23/11 13:20
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