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Birthday Portrait

November 28, 2009 Deirdre Straughan 2 Comments

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 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

^ 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 capturing a vid, then off to Hilton for breakfast, setup, and another day of filming HPC talks. #
repurposing: HPC centers have been created from a Van de Graff generator silo & a fish research institute. different re-architecture probs #
this odd sensation of almost numbness in my right arm and hand is probably not a good sign… I should be typing less? #
HPC storage panel video from yesterday already in compression. Pity I won’t have bandwidth to upload it til tonight. #
(panels are easy to edit – zero to few slides to put in) #
whoa. Brendan Gregg on DTrace gets 52 views in the first hour. I guess I know who my star performers are. http://bit.ly/RRxLy #
video: Code to Currency: Experience sharing from commercial open source [storage] vendors – Open Storage Summit Feb ’09 http://bit.ly/whoyo #
food for thought on prozac et al: YouTube – Drugs or Love? Helen Fisher at WorldFuture 2007 http://bit.ly/33Ar0c #
@bubbva thanks – all good advice. These conference chairs are murder on my butt. At least I’m on my 17″ MacBook Pro, so keyboard is large. in reply to bubbva #
@ben: “Australians = star performers”. Dunno abt Aussies in general, only got the one so far. My other vid stars are Ben, Bryan, & Bonwick. #
@glynnfoster no, but I can’t log into blogs.sun.com… in reply to glynnfoster #
can’t possibly keep up with Andy’s slide flips to note the timing, but it doesn’t matter because he won’t give them to me anyway. NDA. #
hell, the man even talks too fast to follow #
To be perfectly honest, I’m feeling tired and irritable and not at all like running a party tonight… #
A very good local beer has improved my mood. Bracing myself for an onslaught of students demanding t shirts #

Party winding down, went well. Last opensolaris iPods raffled, students fed, Sun folks hanging out… #
back in my hotel room. Didn’t feel like walking to find an open bar in downtown Portland on a Sunday, but not quite ready to sleep yet… #
well, today is not starting out well. Trying to figure out why Flash for live streaming crashes (any) browser wi both UStream & FlashMeeting #
SAM-QFS BoF streaming now at – http://bit.ly/1hPlFD can someone tell me if there’s sound? Looks like it, but I can’t hear it on my local #
yay, video stream is working! http://bit.ly/1hPlFD (wish I knew why…) #
feeling very… meh. 3rd day trapped inside a hotel conference room doesn’t help. Hope to get out on the town tonight, & visit Powell’s #
damn, damn, damn #
@mfernest who is? #li #
RT @missbhavens:Damn, damn, damn! http://bit.ly/m0rGS – yeah, that pretty well covers it, thanks. #
@mfernest glad you like ’em. Let me know what you find most useful – I don’t get much feedback, it’d be useful to know what people want in reply to mfernest #
I repeat: damn, damn, damn. It’s one of those days at Sun again. #
@dudulima Yes, we do! in reply to dudulima #
@sumaya I’m fine. Some people I care about are not. in reply to sumaya #
I have been mostly in this room, in this chair, since 7:30 am. Really, really want this day to be over. #
YouTube – Leonard Cohen “Ain’t No cure for love”
http://bit.ly/1G0QiJ #
@rohrer is dangerous – every time I go near a store with her I buy something. This time: books at Powell’s & a dress by a local designer #
looking forward to a nice dinner out with friends again, and then sleeping in tomorrow! #
Portland is chilly and damp and I just ate too much breakfast, but at least the sun is shining. Off to the convention center… #
lined up filming plans for SC09 today, then came back to the hotel to nurse a sick headache. #
the headache isn’t quite gone, but a nap helped #
Huge black rimmed glasses and facial hardware seem to be trendy among the young in Portland. I still don’t get it #
Filming the Lustre ZFS BoF #sc09. Sound quality nit what I’d like, oh well. Headache still present. #
@shanebrauner should be, as soon as I have time to edit. Kinda backlogged at the mo in reply to shanebrauner #
@shanebraun all my public video goes on blogs.sun.com/video so everything I do here at #sc09 will go there. Thanks for asking! #
Even colder in Portland now and my socks are inadequate. Must go shopping. #
@robbogio facial hardware = eyebrow studs, lip rings, etc. in reply to robbogio #
long night of sleep after yesterday’s quasi-migraine. Hoping to not have a repeat today. #
missing my coffee-in-bed ritual, but the hotel brew-it-yourself stuff is too awful to contemplate. #
Xmas cheer at starbucks wd be getting on my nerves if not balanced by “Don’t think twice, it’s alright” #
Getting caffeine in before heading back to the show floor. Do I need any more tshirts? #
The mic that last night could barely pick up a sound is loud and clear today. WTF? Interference from equipt on the show floor? #
Twitter/FB is better when you know people you care about are paying attention. But you’re still never famous to your own family. #
#sc09 The Register booth 2195 is unmanned and full of t-shirts. Only xl and larger, sadly #
Since I’m at #sc09 I’m going to actually sit and watch demos of cool stuff even if I don’t understand it. So I’m at the NASA stand #

^ Josh Simons and ? – SC09 show floor

Okay, I’m a geek. Big computing turns me on. #
Hope I get to go to sc10 – in New Orleans! #
The Oregon convention ctr has a wine tasting room. Have to check that out when I finish filming this aft #
Just saw some1 with a mouth exactly like that of the Grinch while his heart was still 2 sizes too small. Didn’t know that cd exist IRL #
Now that I’m in marketing, do i have to wear heels to shows? Cause I don’t think I’d survive that #
@lskrocki they’re crazy. They should take you on whatever terms in reply to lskrocki #
Escaping the convention center to gk walk around a bit. Back at 3 for scheduled filming #
@glynnfoster true – I’ve never seen you in heels ; ) in reply to glynnfoster #
quick hotel room break before returning to film #sc09. The missed weekend is beginning to tell on me. #
Filmed an interview w Rob Leland of Sandia. Now awaiting next victim #
And now Florent Parent of Clumeq. Next up: Happy Sithole from Cape Town #
@lbridenne76 huh? Don’t understand the sense of the 2 min video comment in reply to lbridenne76 #
Learning that some folks prefer my “amateur” video setup – less intimidating to be in front of. Helps when they also know me #
Tasting wine at the conv ctr #sc09 – 4 tastes for $6. 1st up “Accolade” which seems pretty much like a prosecco #
@lbridenne76 yup,marketing. It’s okay -I’ve survived marketing before. ; ) and I’ve always operated on the borders anyway in reply to lbridenne76 #
Really liking this 2007 Stuckagain Heights Pinot noir. #
Excellente #
@lbridenne76 interesting, but I’m not convinced it’s relevant to what I do. We get surprisingly long views of long, very technical content. in reply to lbridenne76 #
last night in Portland, wondring what @italylogue and @c_bright will come up with for dinner! ; ) #
had a courteous exchange of views w a couple going to protest “govt health care” at Al Gore’s speech in Portland tonight. #
@mxcia I would love conference socks, but objective is to get your name/brand/logo spread across as much of the visible universe as possible in reply to mxcia #
was going to catch up on some OGB stuff this morning, but wifi in this hotel room is sucking so badly I can’t get much of anywhere #
Starbucks oatmeal for breakfast was a good idea. Wish I liked their coffee as well. #
maybe I should just go to the airport and hope the free wifi there is better #
looking forward to spending some time with my kid next week before she takes off for Italy and Australia. Yes, she takes after her mother #
Puzzled by gift shop items that say “believe”. Believe what? Anything you’re told? #
What I dislike in all this travel is tsa. So tedious. I wish I believed it’s effective #
@davest the wifi at PDX is great! Haven’t tried the coffee yt. in reply to davest #
Slept well enough, but still very tired. Definitely in need of the upcoming holidays. #
@jdlasica maybe I’m missing something here, but – so what? I travel thru airports as much as on roads, and of course my every trip is logged in reply to jdlasica #
cd be very tempted to jump on that Hawaiian Airlines flight to Maui… if I had someone to go with #
Just remembered: I’m going to be 47 soon. It’s been one hell of a year.. #
Lady in my row wearing a mask. I’ll make sure to sneeze on her #
@bklein34 I ve been doing things that wd now be called social media since 1992. Tools are better now, techniques haven’t changed. in reply to bklein34 #
Short course in corp Social media: be there, be nice, be useful. That’s really all there is to it. #
@lbridenne76 ooh nice. Got cites on that? in reply to lbridenne76 #
@dangillmor <shrug> credit system already knows far more about me than govt does – whose motives should I distrust more? in reply to dangillmor #
I understand wanting to look good. But travelling in spike heeled gladiator sandals in winter? #
@dangillmor of course, I work fir mcnealy’s company ; ) in reply to dangillmor #
@jowyang insights such as? Kudos alone aren’t terribly helpful to those who are not @shel in reply to jowyang #
It’s a beautiful sunny day in CO – so what else is new? #
@davest so far I’ve rarely had to shovel it. 😉 in reply to davest #
@dboyll here’s to spending out 47th years as colleagues! in reply to dboyll #
wow, so very, very tired. Better get some caffeine into me so I don’t fall asleep before 7 pm #
@willsnow congratulations! in reply to willsnow #
This will be my first full “holiday season” in the US in 20 years. Not sure I’m mentally prepared for this. Maybe just sleep til January? #
okay, let’s just be upfront about this: I am deeply jealous of anyone who gets to go to TED, let alone speak at it. #
“I would like – if I may – to take you on a strange journey.” #RockyHorrorPictureShow #
been thinking about doing more training-type videos. Completely coincidentally just got handed 15 hours of internal training on CIFs. #
if you work for Sun and want to learn videoblogging, DM me about a workshop I’ll be doing in MPK Dec 16-17 #
@KristineSimon Right now Sun isn’t hiring, and I’m not part of Oracle yet. Wd love to talk after the dust settles! in reply to KristineSimon #
drowning in way too much work, but I feel like giggling. I’m probably certifiable. #
@debworks dunno, maybe I get high from stress? ; ) in reply to debworks #
@pizzocalabro Bella has been reading too much Laurel Hamilton. And her monster boyfriends haven’t been reading enough. in reply to pizzocalabro #
yes, I am leaving the office early. Wanna see some sunshine! #
@mxcia thanks, she”ll mostly be around Sydney, but I’ll keep it in mind in reply to mxcia #
RT @bubbva: my book is published! Solaris Security Essentials! YAY! http://bit.ly/6Rjbd3 I’m an author! #fb #opensolaris #security #
dont’ know if my current evil mood is a cause or an effect of yet another headache. I shall attempt a beer cure. #
RT @pizzocalabro: Palin finally comes clean about her porn addiction. http://j.mp/6YGH8r #
RT @jeffreytaylor: Join the flashmeeting with #vlogeurope09: http://bit.ly/8ng5cd #
talking with my vlogeurope peeps about monetizing. (I’m the corporate shill in the bunch) #
had a crucial, totally unexpected conversation w dad. in trying to understand one relationship mess, I almost accidentally sort out another. #
@mfernest can you be more specific: which technologies? FYI, about to release 7 hours of advanced SGE administration in reply to mfernest #
@QueenRania that’s what you get when you live in a town called Forks – vampire or werewolf, all the good normal guys are taken. 😉 in reply to QueenRania #
my exciting activities for the weekend include ironing, dusting, vacuuming, cooking and (thank zod!) a massage #
oh, and ripping another 15 hours of video from tape… #
finally got around to opening envelopes and filing. Rewarded by $75 in checks to cash that I didn’t know about. $75/hr = not bad #
decided to pay for SmugMug, because I trust @DonMacAskill to keep my photos safely backed up #
@giovanni The queestion is whether unemployment would have been worse without that investment. Got any figures on that? in reply to giovanni #
one American thing I have a huge problem with: keeping the TV on ALL THE TIME. I didn’t grow up with this, I can’t concentrate. #
@giovanni I have close experience of natl health systems in the UK & Italy. Neither is perfect, but both are good enough and there for all. in reply to giovanni #
@giovanni …and I find it shameful that the world’s wealthiest country can’t do at least that much to protect its most vulnerable citizens in reply to giovanni #
@nautibitz growing up with constant flamenco guitar in the house surely explains something. 😉 Yeah, the news drove me crazy especially. in reply to nautibitz #
the Chris massage was amazing, as always. Sore now but my body will be thankful for it eventually. #
making plans to fill in my one free weekend between now and next year with a visit to a very dear old friend in Phoenix. Whee! #
I probably spend way too much on travel… #
@italylogue LOL. Truly spoken: it is not possible to spend too much on travel, especially when there are fine friends to see everywhere. in reply to italylogue #
@LusciousPear I almost always have friends to stay with, or else the mother ship pays for it. in reply to LusciousPear #
@MrsThinGuy Wayne Brady? Oh way too cool! in reply to MrsThinGuy #
I use the iGoogle weather widget to keep an eye on the weather in my upcoming destinations. It’s ridiculously long now. All warmer than here #
@LusciousPear yup, I love my Snorcle, and hope it continues to love me back. in reply to LusciousPear #
at any rate, Mamma Snorcle should be happy I am doing video rough edits all weekend so folks can see at least raw footage from recent events #

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

November 15, 2009 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

@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… in reply to vitoriosassi #
my moods are so driven by sunlight these days, it’s a good thing I live in Colorado with 300 days of sunshine a year. #
@Britopian http://bit.ly/34joWN in reply to Britopian #
saw “Where the Wild Things Are”. That screaming, helpless fury felt all too familiar. As does the mother’s helplessness to make everybody ok #
“The mother has sacrificed something for her sonâ€™s comfort, & his obliviousness is the appropriate & desired response.” http://bit.ly/1MuKjS #
@ThinGuy wtf? who is this? can’t tell from the blog in reply to ThinGuy #
does anyone know why FinalCut Pro often downloads video out of sync with the audio? Can’t figure out why it happens, when it happens. #
processing lots and lots of video from #lisa09 – would like to get through a good portion of this before the next big events I’m filming #
@serendipitousP Sun sponsored the video & streaming, so someone else filmed the sessions and I get the files. Filmed Sun BoFs myself. in reply to serendipitousP #
@ben a video lackey! I like the term. What I’m actually doing is training other people to videoblog. But I enjjoy it, and it lets me travel. in reply to ben #
LISA ’09 Technical Sessions – Videos and slides of the presentations now available to attendees and USENIX members http://bit.ly/LMsEV #
@serendipitousP sorry we didn’t meet there. Where are you usually? in reply to serendipitousP #
Videoblogging for Sun: Numbers Update – Un Posto al Sole http://bit.ly/44fovL #
Hate being in the back of the plane; takes too long to get out. Otoh, I’d have to wait fir checked bag anyway. #
home from a great trip. Thanks to M for saying “It will get better” and S for saying things that few people dare to, but which need saying. #
ZFS in the Trenches: Ben Rockwood at LISA ’09 – Sun Video http://bit.ly/2ObFPh #
In the Crucial Conversations class. So far useful; wish I’d had it years ago #
“focus on what you really want”. For me the prob has always been knowing what I want, instead of settling for what I think I can get. #
Little Shop of Performance Horrors – Part 3 – Sun Video http://bit.ly/2gXwCP Brendan Gregg speaking #
“We do have serious complainers, so we have to do our job properly,” http://bit.ly/4BZRTF – EU! – just whine, whine, whine all the time #
@RaggedPoint as far as I can tell, Larry has stated it very clearly. in reply to RaggedPoint #
today it’s supposed to hit 70 degrees here in CO, and Sunday it’s supposed to snow. But I’ll be in Portland where, of course, it will rain #
so do not feel like class today. not a good point in my life to be reflecting on crucial conversations I shd have had years ago #
#tweettoast will do as an excuse for a much-needed beer, which will probably be fatal when I need to get some food in me & get back to work #
@ThinGuy no, nothing fatal really in a beer – it’ll just make me sleepy, and I’ve got work to do in reply to ThinGuy #
uh oh. My kid is on Twitter. Now she’ll know everything about me. 😉 #
suitcase packed for tomw evening’s flight to Portland OR. filming/streaming video Sat, Sun, Mon, student party Sun night, collapse Tues #
@italylogue Thai is always good. I think I’m free Wednesday night in reply to italylogue #
really irritated that bit.ly’s password reminder feature does not work properly #
got a late start on the day (as planned), but that messed me up for lunch – didn’t realize the Sun dining hall closes at 1 on Fridays! #
a long overdue return to the city of my birth: I’ll be in New Orleans Dec 28- New Year’s! Suggestions? #
Of course the moment I have to drove to the airport the snow starts. Didn’t even know it wading today’s forecast. But I Made it #
Booked two trips in 15 mins before I left the office. I think I was a travel agent in some other life #
Headed for Portland to join my HPC buds for SC09. hard work ahead, but fun. #
Don’t see the attraction of facial hardware. I’d be afraid of catching it on something. Like braces, only worse #
@WriteRCastle fri 13th is an American superstition. Italians worry about Friday the 17th in reply to WriteRCastle #
Buncha young people traveling together to Portland. What odds they’ll show up at our sc09 party for students? Not sure yet if they’re geeks #
@NathanFillion damn! Wd have loved to see what Joss wd do with you in Dollhouse. Never will get over Caleb – massively creepy. in reply to NathanFillion #
Wd be really nice if the only empty seat on this plane turned out to be in my row. I seem to get lucky that way. #
Yep, we’ll be de-icing #
@ayounge yup. One of the many fun parts of my job: I get to throw parties in reply to ayounge #
It’s better to be rich in friends than rich in possessions. You realize this when you’re packing to move. #
@bubbva I shd visit the NOLA cemeteries to say hi to my ancestors in reply to bubbva #
@ayounge are you coming to sc09? in reply to ayounge #
@jimgris We’re offline all weekend. Take a break and enjoy it! in reply to jimgris #
Dad had op to remove a pea from his lung. finally located the cause of all the infections he’s had for the past 2 years, now can get well. #
bought a $10 foam throw cushion to use as a travel pillow – hotel pillows too squishy. Works great! Neck happy this morning. #
YouTube – The Making of “Shouting in the Datacenter” http://bit.ly/BanoO #
got this song stuck in my head today: I’ve Got the Music in Me http://bit.ly/3HJua – “when something gets in my way I go round it” #
stupid headline of the day “Trial Venue Leaves 9/11 Families Angry or Satisfied”. What about those who are merely indifferent? #
@lskrocki 3 years, they say. I hate to think what it looked like when they took it out. Maybe lungs excrete some sort of preservative? in reply to lskrocki #
getting set up to film Sun’s HPC Consortium in sunny Portland http://bit.ly/TczP7 #
won’t be live-tweeting this one; it’s hard to know in advance what’s NDA #
Portland has WiMax? Cool! #
@c_bright I’ll be entirely in conference room through Monday, hope to get out a little on Tues-Weds. Ah, yes, the glamor of corporate travel in reply to c_bright #
when a speaker stands still behind the podium, I have very little to do. Which can be either relaxing or boring. #
I actually have more fun with the speakers I have to chase. You know who you are. #
discussing the physics of cooling datacenters. Sun: We Do Cool Stuff. (pun intended) #
Kid knows I’m filming & not to call unless it’s an emergency. So she calls. Car accident. (No one hurt.) Sigh. #
looking at cool stuff: CLUMEQ Supercomputing Center http://bit.ly/3La28N #
using excess datacenter heat to heat a nearby building – seems like a no-brainer. #
you know you’re in the presence of geeks when someone defines cable trays as “sexy” #
it’s a bit scary how many of these folks I have already met and/or filmed #
ouch. There are only three women in this room besides me, and I’m not an attendee. We need more girl supergeeks! #
“days of kill a post-doc to run stuff is hard to sustain in current environment” ie you can’t derail a PhD into sysadmin duties #
“We have all these wonderful [computing] clouds, you bring up Joni Mitchell songs…” #
@nonstick LOL You could call my dad a lot of things, but “princess” is definitely not one of them. in reply to nonstick #
climate & HPC means we get to see amazing graphics – the oceans “breathing”, with tides going in and out in blue and red #
the computing difficulties of modelling cloud behavior. We’re talking about vapory clouds in the actual sky here, not compute clouds. #
need to be able to simulate 5 yrs per wall-clock day. We’re an order of magnitude off. #
lack of grad students in computational science #
interesting listen to an American accent talking about what “we” have in the Australian climate #
filming an HPC preso while editing a cloud one #
Countries Beginning with I “Woodstock School Class of â€˜81 and Others, in 1980 ” http://bit.ly/1194h9 – photo gallery, including India travel #
“I’ll give you a double click on that in a moment” – never heard it phrased quite that way before. #
“I’m just gonna call it Amber Road because the alternative is too hard to spit out” #
occurs to me that I should really try to visit Sydney while Ross will be there. Not sure whether time or money will permit, though. #
RT @danigula: Helen Fisher studies the brain in love | Video on TED.com: http://bit.ly/3q9aqd v #
Helen Fisher video -> curiosity -> chemistry.com test (yes, I qualify). Among results: apparently I have more testosterone than estrogen? #
@jscarp glad you’re home. in reply to jscarp #

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-11-08: Baltimore

November 8, 2009 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

^ 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 about it in reply to davewiner #
Awaiting 43 lb suitcase at bwi #
Having lebanese food in Baltimore. Then prob a bath and a nap. Surely a 3 hr flight didn’t make me this tired? #
Just stuffed myself on excellent food at the Lebanese Taverna in Baltimore. Will likely be back here this week, with a gang #
whoa. 3.5 hour nap. Who knew I’d get jet lag coming to Baltimore? #
editing video of a very lively speaker. Brendan Gregg is worse to chase around with a camera than Jeff Bonwick. I didn’t always keep up. #
@wendybiird for a minute there I read that as “6 hours closer to having a guilt trip done” in reply to wendybiird #
my time zone is not quite happy with this body #
RT @jeffhuber: RT @comay: W00t – ZFS Deduplication arrives! http://tr.im/DSxR #opensolaris #
RT @rajadurai: ZFS now supports Dedup. Waay cool! http://bit.ly/GI2Sd #
Enjoying walking around downtown Baltimore. The people are very nice. #
now to find out how many years it will take to upload a 770 MB video on hotel bandwidth #
…especially when the hotel is full of sysadmins here for #LISA09 #
@lbridenne76 upstream B/W at this hotel appears slower than at Sun’s Bangalore office. OTOH, hotel is probably not subject to power blinks in reply to lbridenne76 #
on the 28t floor of the Waterfront Marriott. if I had binoculars, I could easily spy on a bunch of conference rooms at Legg Mason #
added photos to my weekly Twitter Diaries: 2009-11-01 http://bit.ly/GIHuq #
Reminder: summer preview of ZFS Dedup: Kernel Conference Australia 2009: Jeff Bonwick and Bill Moore keynote – http://bit.ly/onzN3 #
@jeffreytaylor I have a feeling you’re using this in a different context than last time we discussed a lowest common denominator. 😉 in reply to jeffreytaylor #
upload failed. I’m dying from not-surprise. #
running stats. How is it possible that the total number of views for 2009 has gone DOWN since September? Who is negative viewing my videos? #
Being silly with colleagues #
@shawnferry hey, Apple coulda had it… in reply to shawnferry #
see the Solaris Security Summit at #lisa09 live: http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa09/stream1/ #
Bill Cheswick slides here: http://bit.ly/3mWIf9 #
Non-moronic password rule: pick something a friend or colleague won’t guess in a few tries #
#sec09 Bill Cheswick running thru a history of passwords/phrases/faces… #
SLIDES HERE Security Summit November 2009 – wikis.sun.com http://bit.ly/KeCsj #sec09 #lisa09 #
RT @rajadurai: I’m presenting Sun’s x4275 servers. 2U w/ 12 TB disks, 2 x quad core nehalem & 144GB RAM. Register here http://bit.ly/wRS9v #
“when it comes to equal treatment for men and women… Italy slipped to 72nd in the annual Gender Gap Report,” http://bit.ly/3ZURHo #
LISA ’09 Stream 1 http://bit.ly/2IWWoZ – Darren Moffatt speaking on ZFS Crypto #
my workday begins about 6:30 pm today, filming Sun BoFs #lisa09 til 11 pm. #
@serendipitousP thanks, wd love to, but I need to show up at the reception and then prepare to film. Why don’t you guys join us? Food & bev! in reply to serendipitousP #
got a #lisa09 t-shirt. Does this make me Miss Baltimore Crabs? #
okay, folks, we’re doing it again: four HOURS of Sun BoFs at #lisa09 to be streamed starting in about 30 minutes http://bit.ly/388lAG #
$&^%&%& argh. can’t stream tonight’s Sun BoFs after all. Exact same setup as we had for FROSUG last week, now crashes the browser every time #
“Tuesday’s uproar was the latest in a string of flaps over crosses that began at the start of the decade.” http://bit.ly/484zK9 #
@shawnferry I sure could use coffee… in reply to shawnferry #
Neuroimaging Storage Landscape – “@reiger of the Laureate Institute for Brain Research.” http://bit.ly/1MCVDJ #
@serendipitousP I think we’re down to snacks and drinks,but come on down! in reply to serendipitousP #
Woodstock School Class of â€˜81 and Others, ~1979 http://bit.ly/2DA4NS – school nostalgia, including one really dorky picture of me (age 15) #
BigAdmin BoF #lisa09 – problem with stale information on docs.sun.com , blogs are much fresher. Particular praise for Amber Road / Fishworks #
“How much free time do you think we have to read this [Sun] stuff?” <wince> #
@shawnferry how so? #lisa09 in reply to shawnferry #
Brian Leonard talking about how OpenSolaris will evolve into Solarist.Next #lisa09 #
what’s new in Solaris.next? installer, packaging sysstem, networking stack, open storage platform, ZFS Cryptop, GNU tools, FOSS & frameworks #
…zones #lisa09 #opensolaris #
@shawnferry just brought me dark chocolate covered espresso beans – thank you! #
hmm. More people sliding in for our BoF. We need more beer! #
gotta say – Brian Leonard and Dave Miner look like brothers in their matching polo shirts, both tall… #
“The trick is to admit what we want, even if we are scared we wonâ€™t get it.. if we are disappointed, later on, well…” http://bit.ly/2HfDEj #
@shawnferry thanks, these will have me bouncing off the walls shortly in reply to shawnferry #
Solaris.Next deployment principles: scalability & ease of use, deep integ with Solaris svcs, no patching, completely safe updates… #
…better observability and control #opensolaris #solaris #lisa09 #
50+ people here for the Sun BoFs tonight. Not bad at all. #
“It was largely ZFS that was able to get Twitter to where they got” – Ben Rockwood ZFS BoF #zfs #lisa09 #
dumb spreadhsheet error = seriously undercounted some video stats for the last few months. Turns out my vids have aggregated >88k views #
RT @shawnferry: anyone not know what kstats are? (Jim Mauro shoots up hand real quick while ben isn’t looking, back of room laughs) #lisa09 #
@bahamat straight from the horse’s mouth – Ben himself #twitter #zfs in reply to bahamat #
starting to download video from last night’s BoFs. 80 people in the room by 11 pm, several asked where they cd see vid of earlier sessions #
forgetting a lot more little stuff lately than I used to but, damn, I think I have plenty of excuses! #
up earlier than I wanted to be, but shd use the time to get a good breakfast – probably won’t get lunch (booth bunny duty #lisa09 ) #
more Sun BoFs at #lisa09 – Solaris, OpenSolaris, Solaris.Next at LISA ’09 – Sun at LISA09 – wikis.sun.com http://bit.ly/rZjuM #
TED’s Chris Anderson explains why our school (Woodstock) is so special: http://bit.ly/3QAeoe – yes YES YES! #
follow-up: if you really want to know what shaped my soul and remains my first home and family, read this: http://bit.ly/3QAeoe #
bit.ly info on Chris Anderson blog smokes out lots of Woodstockers on Twitter that I didn’t know about! Following other global souls #
RT @lskrocki: Exiting the Sun Ride http://tinyurl.com/y8pfpy9 – augh! #
@bklein34 whoa, deja vu – I just heard Bill Cheswick give that talk yesterday. Video to come. #attsecurity in reply to bklein34 #
@dudulima yeah. How are you guys? in reply to dudulima #
@bklein34 tshirt definitely don’t remember the rest but shorts and sneakers v normal in the LISA crowd in reply to bklein34 #
@bklein34 ps the way u saw me dressed in Chicago not my usual uniform! We do mostly jeans at Sun in reply to bklein34 #
Survivor’s guilt? No. Survivor’s desire to have a stiff drink? Definitely… #
Pinot noir doesn’t count as a stiff drink, but it goes well with hummus #
Little Shop of Performance Horrors – Trailer – Brendan Gregg at FROSUG. Full video as soon as I have bandwidth.” http://bit.ly/3nKehB #
@vdotw I need better wine than what’s being given out on the show floor… in reply to vdotw #
@lskrocki all right! doing it in style with the Widow! in reply to lskrocki #
ZFS, Cache and Flash – Adam Leventhal of Fishworks – Sun Video http://bit.ly/1qcjnj #
Irc client foe iPhone won’t connect, iPhone running out of battery anyway, dead tired and my back hurts. Can I just go to bed now? #
20 people in solaris security bof – and not just for the beer #
@dfugate who all did we lose? in reply to dfugate #
didn’t take pictures, but we drank a nice Chianti and then Pinot Nero, and had pretty authentic Italian food as well. here’s to @lskrocki! #
@PaulSkillicorn I’m ’81 – know your name for sure! in reply to PaulSkillicorn #
why does video so often (but not always) go out of sync with the audio when captured in FinalCut Express? #
time to go recover my lost Sennheiser lapel mic, then go in search of the perfect Eggs Benedict with @rohrer. Maybe more interviews today #
…interviews on the show floor, I mean – no, I am not looking for a job! #
@shawnferry exactly where we just ate! Pretty good Benedict, served on sweet corn cakes in reply to shawnferry #
@shawnferry thanks, I’ll check that in reply to shawnferry #
@shawnferry yup, you’re right – something went wrong in the encoding, my original is fine. Thanks for the heads up in reply to shawnferry #
@shawnferry try it now – had to reupload in reply to shawnferry #
@creepyed ooh, I’d love to go dancing. What kind of dancing are you doing? in reply to creepyed #
Got my Joyent DTrace tshirt. #
1. I don’t think prayer accomplishes anything so 2. I see no point in praying for complete strangers, no matter their tragedy and…. #
3. I see even less point in telling the world that you’re doing so. Tho I do consider it a kind gesture when people I know pray for me… #
…unless, I suppose, they’re doing it because they think I’m going to burn in hell. #
@jscarp I’m not praying for you, but I am thinking of you. in reply to jscarp #
Little Shop of Performance Horrors – Part 1- Brendan Gregg speaks at FROSUG on Oct 29, 2009. http://bit.ly/3r89dH – part 2 is also up! #
Little Shop of Performance Horrors – Part 2 – Sun Video http://bit.ly/dP23D #
@davidpaulyoung only in terms of t-shirts, but I’m particularly proud of this one. 😉 in reply to davidpaulyoung #
@craigmorgan – try it again, I had to re-upload the video because the first time it got corrupted ZFS, Cache and Flash http://bit.ly/1qcjnj #
LISA ’09 Plenary being streamed now: Towards Zero-Emission Datacenters Through Direct Reuse of Waste Heat http://bit.ly/2IWWoZ #

^ my view of Bryan Cantrill’s LISA ’09 talk – I was monitoring the video stream from my hotel room

#LISA09 – Bryan Cantrill – “Visualizing DTrace: Sun Storage 7000 Analytics” http://bit.ly/19Whqh – will stream live 11am US East Coast time #
Ran into Sunay. The Crossbow BoF went on til 130 am! Birds of a feather indeed. good thing I shut the camera down and went to bed at 1130 #
phew, got a late check-out on the room. Too much to do to be hanging around in the lobby til time to go catch my train at 1:30 #
looks as if they switched the streams on me for Bryan: go to http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa09/stream1/ http://bit.ly/2IWWoZ #
Bryan Cantrill #lisa09 “Use DTrace in anger” #
@pschow Your’e welcome, but the A/V work is being done by Usenix folks – we just paid for it. I’m frustrated by the camera work… in reply to pschow #
damn, damn, damn. Don’t make me come down there and take over that camera. #
Bryan’s a fun speaker – http://bit.ly/2IWWoZ #
if everyone would just do things my way, the world would run much more smoothly. 😉 #
wanted to be in the room, but turns out to be a good thing I’m babysitting the stream – social media production! http://bit.ly/RRxLy #
“We are actually sadists at heart, the idea of torturing machines… thank god we’re in computing and not in biology.” Cantrill #lisa09 #
http://bit.ly/RRxLy – actually LOLling at Bryan – and you don’t have to be a geek to find him funny #
staff meeting with my new boss of boss. Nice to feel welcomed. Lotta people. #
@lskrocki why? looks like a relaxing creative outlet, and a nice change from the keyboard in reply to lskrocki #
On a train from Baltimore to dc. Niceto see fall foliage again #
“he held it one of the prettiest attitudes of the feminine mind to adore a man’s pre-eminence…” #
“… without too precise a knowledge of what it consisted in.” Eliot, Middlemarch #
after yrs of waking up 6 days/wk at 6 am with a recalcitrant teen, it is truly one of life’s luxuries to laze in bed w laptop and coffee #

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-11-01: Broomfield

November 1, 2009 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

^ 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 Â» A Missing Mother http://bit.ly/2BEezb #
The Mismeasure of Woman – NYT “the situation for women as a whole wasnâ€™t improving, and was even getting worse. ” http://bit.ly/qLsjw #
Facebook #fail: “You do not have any friends” #
here comes the snow. Fortunately, not gonna stick. #
hm. Methinks this snow is going to exceed predictions. #
@apperceptions I’m the opposite – I still read lots & lots of good old-fashioned paper. Tho I’m reading a lot more non-fiction than I did. in reply to apperceptions #
Oracle E-Business Suite on Sun Blades – Sun Video http://bit.ly/1P8oa #
Solaris Operating System – Solaris Sponsors LISA ’09 “Solaris Sponsors LISA’09” http://bit.ly/LmOy9 #
everybody stop talking about food. I’m hungry! #
@shawnferry use Shazam on the iPhone – might be able to identify a buyable track in there somewhere in reply to shawnferry #
okay, okay, I’ll do grants today. I now have the POWAH! #
@KathySierra we have entire whiteboard walls at Sun. Results include: Geek Humor http://bit.ly/1KPwUD #
@missrogue it’s cedar trees, the scourge of central Texas in reply to missrogue #
@pizzocalabro oh, damn. You had to mention the Pirates of Penzance… we’re supposed to be thinking scary Halloween music! in reply to pizzocalabro #
Join us at LISA (Large Installation System Administration Conference) rohrer@borealis http://bit.ly/dLKfi – giving away lots of great books! #
@creepyed great! pls RSVP at http://frosug.org/ so we count you for the food. 500 eldorado blvd, broomfield, co 80021 – http://bit.ly/2KChkM #
I seem to have a lot of weeks when I’m counting up registrations for multiple events at once… #
catching up with a lot of old friends over the last few weeks – just when I really need them, too. Feels good. #
@creepyed hon, we gotta get you some better vampire books. Look up Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. in reply to creepyed #
Watching snow fall and fall and fall… #
RT @billstreeter: Why is pork so magically delicious? – because it tastes like human. #
@billstreeter I dunno, maybe it’s one of those ” ultimate taboo” things in reply to billstreeter #
@vdotw hell no, I think we should go for the full 18″ ! in reply to vdotw #
@Cdash *sniff* No one ever wrote /me/ a love letter with zombies in it. in reply to Cdash #
watching snow from BRM office, occasional falls of enormous sheets of accumulated snow from the roofs. Will leave by 2 when CU etc close #
I am so bad at long meetings. Especially on the phone. #
@vdotw i’m new around here, how do we measure these things? Go out in the courtyard with a ruler? in reply to vdotw #
a few gazilliion things I /should/ do. Right now, none of them are the thing I /want/ to do. #
@lskrocki @vdotw see my blog post in reply to lskrocki #
@bubbva read one of the Sookie books, not impressed. But might like it better if I started from the beginning of the series. in reply to bubbva #
@jscarp you just keep kicking that cancer’s ass! in reply to jscarp #
wy do we have 8 guys shovelling the walks in the BRM courtyard? Hardly anyone here today, and those left will leave soon! #
RT @elizadushku: I did her once. It was enough. @sionrees would it be really ironic if you went as Buffy? Maybe not. @nautibitz LOLling now! #
@bklein34 damn! Just when I’m really craving chocolate, too… in reply to bklein34 #
@creepyed no problem. We’re waiting to see what conditions look like by tomorrow afternoon. Our speaker is willing to go on with the show! in reply to creepyed #
RT @italylogue: Am I the only one who (a) isn’t watching & (b) doesn’t care about the World Series? – me neither #
Whoa. Interesting news from the mother ship #
@Cdash Security Summit 9-5, reception 5-7, BoFs 7-11… http://bit.ly/rZjuM #
it’s ON! [FROSUG] Brendan Gregg Talk tonight http://bit.ly/2p7F0Y Sun Broomfield, 500 Eldorado Blvd, Bldg 1 conf center. 6pm pizza & beer! #

^ Brendan Gregg speaks at FROSUG. Yes, of course I filmed it. Yes, it will be available soon.

Lay on, MacDuff, and cursed be he who first cries “Hold, enough”! #
was amazed to discover that you can see entire movies on YouTube now. At least until someone notices. #
hmm. We have an embarrassment of engineering riches in BRM today. #
live video stream of tonight’s FROSUG talk about to start: http://bit.ly/3vyKrE #
@missrogue have you heard Los Lonely Boys? Texican music in reply to missrogue #
a classic piece of comedy to start the morning wiht a LOL: YouTube – Russell Peters in Indian-Italians http://bit.ly/45LH1 #

^ This week we also had the annual Sun Colorado Chili Cook-Off, with about 20 teams competing.
Here’s my colleague Diana Wadding; she and Lynn were serving Mark Nelson’s excellent green chili recipe.

RT @willbldrco: Brendan Gregg demoing Brendan Gregg demoing JBOD shouting disk latency http://twitpic.com/nkq74 #
pre-Halloween video: BRAINSSSSSS! – Stephen Tyree & Alex Barclay of the Laureate Institute for Brain Research http://bit.ly/3tvwua #
I suppose it would be a good thing if I found a Halloween party to go to. But then I’d also have to find a costume… #
@vdotw Oh, dear. I suspect it would take an aswful lot of wine for me to survive six little boys… or even one… in reply to vdotw #
@stephenfry here’s cheers: 2001 trip to NYC, asked 12 YO daughter what film she wanted to see. “Gosford Park, because Stephen Fry is in it” in reply to stephenfry #
weird spam subject line: “We sell you all these pills thinking about you.” #
@mtuckerb lose a day and gain an hour. Or else the universe will implode. Have fun! in reply to mtuckerb #
@dottavi peccato che non ci sono piu’ a Lecco – avrei volentieri preso un cafe’ con te. Dovresti venire in Colorado invece in reply to dottavi #
RT @webmink: SunMink blog: The Fun Theory
It may be an advertising stunt, b… http://bit.ly/eMxtx #
RT @craigmorgan: My Oracle tag-along dwarf tases me whenever I utter the word “free.” (via @fakejonathan) … found via @webmink … #
slept 7 hrs solid, then another 2. Feel great. And happy. Now to pack for Baltimore. (Yes, happy even about that.) #
oh, great. Just when I feel like writing, my blog is down. Guess I’ll do it the old-fashioned way: write first, post later. #
pack, unpack, pack, unpack… looks as if MD/DC/VA will be warmer and wetter than CO #
“Negativity bias explains why [in marriage] it takes five compliments to make up for a single cutting remark.” http://bit.ly/55u9U #
argh. Steeling myself for all the sales crap I’ll have to get through to accomplish online check-in at United #
Amused to learn of a historical cougar: Mary Ann Evans aka George Eliot at age 60 married a 40 YO man. After living 24 yrs w a married man. #
Sun Video “Kernel Conference Australia: Panel Discussion on ZFS” http://bit.ly/2oIZwk #
@jeffreytaylor good! You deserve a break. in reply to jeffreytaylor #
@lskrocki you make an adorable angel in reply to lskrocki #
@thepartycow I bought some really cool rainboots at that Cole Hardware just a couple of weeks ago in reply to thepartycow #
@pizzocalabro “But soon you’ll cage me on your shelf -I’ll never learn to be just me first
By myself.”ouch. #
@reiger umm… I guess it’s a question of what you’re /wearing/ to Rocky Horror. in reply to reiger #
@pizzocalabro being “caged on the shelf” in a marriage can happen at any age – and not just to straight people. Power struggles kill love. in reply to pizzocalabro #
hadn’t looked at Twitter Lists til just now. highly amused at the variety of categories people have put me into. #

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