The Twitter Diaries: September, 2011

(In reverse chron order.)

DeirdreS: RT @johnnysunshine: Got the #SmartOS build source out the door. Now it can be both used *and* built ( and custom …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119932288225124352

2011-09-30 23:36:46

DeirdreS: Time for video editing and tequila.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119918638479319042

2011-09-30 23:36:12

DeirdreS: @bdha We just nurture and custodiate it.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119918496170770432

2011-09-30 22:30:04

DeirdreS: @maltron You’re coming? Yay! Please join us Tuesday  (I need a list of people flying in to make sure I invite everyone)
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119901852669181953

2011-09-30 21:45:42

DeirdreS: @lucaconti @zite I’m not on Facebook to talk to brands. I go there for the people, and am getting fed up with the branding & advertising.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119890690388922368

2011-09-30 21:35:47

DeirdreS: @willsnow Aww, sorry to miss you. You can have a beer at Joyent whenever you’re back.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119888194547359744

2011-09-30 21:08:31

DeirdreS: @ryancnelson tell me someone is filming that!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119881333756538880

2011-09-30 20:18:20

DeirdreS: How to create a Virtual Machine in SmartOS – SmartOS Documentation – SmartOS Wiki
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119868701934751744

2011-09-30 19:53:50

DeirdreS: RT @mranney: @bcantrill finally got a Voxer test cluster on Joyent.

Cloud Analytics: holy shit. So good. I hope this makes you all r …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119862538757341185

2011-09-30 19:46:18

RT @_Apistia_: #Science. It works.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119860640797040640

2011-09-30 18:15:32

DeirdreS: @mayureshnirhali Great!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119837800257437696

2011-09-30 17:45:59

DeirdreS: @mayureshnirhali Coming here? If so, please join us!  Would love to see you.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119830364649832449

2011-09-30 17:22:16

DeirdreS: updated: SmartOS-Illumos-OpenIndiana Events – SmartOS Documentation – SmartOS Wiki
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119824393504440320

2011-09-30 17:06:06

DeirdreS: @old_sound Thanks for buying!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119820326292045825

2011-09-30 17:05:07

DeirdreS: @vTexan As long as you’re not all hat and no cattle #OOW11 #OOWHunt #EMCOracle
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119820078098292739

2011-09-30 16:36:50

DeirdreS: RT @lapsu: What I’m hearing at #surgecon is I should be using something called node.js & put it in the clouds. Did I get that right? – yes!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119812960427323392

2011-09-30 16:29:27

DeirdreS: RT @JIMF2113: New, friendlier version of SmartOS (with instructions) at smartos.org Check it out
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119811100849086464

2011-09-30 14:46:46

DeirdreS: RT @rosso: Saw recipe for “carbonara” made with short pasta & feta cheese that would induce strokes in most of my Italian friends.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119785263294713856

2011-09-30 14:40:27

DeirdreS: @lkateley Pick any Cantrill
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119783671648628736

2011-09-30 06:11:05

DeirdreS: @JeremyWeir Cute, but… the Ark is myth, the Titanic actually set to sea.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119655485069721602

2011-09-30 04:37:23

DeirdreS: @myinnervoice Hey, are coming to the party for our irrelevant OS? 😉
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119631906206793728

2011-09-30 04:11:04

DeirdreS: @alexnobert And he didn’t even bring the cheerleaders. #surgecon
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119625281932759040

2011-09-30 04:10:23

DeirdreS: RT @alexnobert: It’s probably too early to call but I am feeling confident: @bcantrill won #surgecon.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119625111023263745

2011-09-30 04:04:49

DeirdreS: @DEVOPS_BORAT So… coming to our party next week?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119623708083109889

2011-09-30 03:56:10

DeirdreS: @jasonh “Friends don’t let friends use Linux” ?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119621533906898945

2011-09-30 02:22:38

DeirdreS: @faseidl You get to see @timminchin live? I am SOOOO jealous. He needs to come to San Francisco
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119597993690284033

2011-09-30 02:19:47

DeirdreS: @pborenstein I rarely tried “Cuz I said so,” and we’re not even Jewish (well, maybe the Tiemanns were forcibly converted back in Bavaria)
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119597276481069057

2011-09-30 02:17:00

DeirdreS: @cwebber that would certainly be one example!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119596577626132480

2011-09-30 02:16:43

DeirdreS: @jamesdotcuff thank @johnnysunshine for that one, and for today’s new release
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119596505576382464

2011-09-30 00:26:42

DeirdreS: @jamesdotcuff hadn’t read your blog yet, but I will be sure to chastise you as appropriate. 😉
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119568816681385985

2011-09-29 23:41:38

DeirdreS: RT @gregkorgeski: Onion’s #CongressHostage is neither funny nor exaggerated if you work with desperate REAL ppl w/o healthcare…”let th …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119557476382277632

2011-09-29 23:36:48

DeirdreS: @ingenthr will bs great to see you!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119556261116256256

2011-09-29 23:36:02

DeirdreS: @hudsonette @thepapertyger @jenmontfort umm… Own several
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119556069776310273

2011-09-29 22:41:50

DeirdreS: RT @riccardo_iommi: @DeirdreS @bcantrill as a service, BCaaS
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119542426917539840

2011-09-29 22:38:25

DeirdreS: RT @fabiorapposelli: RT @BradCasemore: @fabiorapposelli — Ellison and Berlusconi have a few things in common. < I’d say more than a few
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119541568637120512

2011-09-29 22:09:17

DeirdreS: I get extremely irritable when I see good equipment treated badly.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119534236070969344

2011-09-29 21:21:57

DeirdreS: RT @JonWChicago: Those Joyent boys woulda been huge in Vaudeville ! #surgecon
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119522324545417216

2011-09-29 20:48:23

DeirdreS: Meanwhile, back at the ranch, visitors are taking souvenir photos of @brendangregg
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119513876457992192

2011-09-29 20:46:27

DeirdreS: @jamesdotcuff Depends who you give it to.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119513390405263360

2011-09-29 20:44:02

DeirdreS: I think we need to start charging for @bcantrill ‘s presence at conferences.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119512784483528704

2011-09-29 20:42:05

DeirdreS: RT @xaprb: Moderating a panel at #surgecon tonight: Pushing Big Data to the Cloud #VoltDB #Hadapt #OmniTI #Joyent #SEOMoz http://t.co/4B …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119512292357447681

2011-09-29 20:41:43

DeirdreS: Someone said to me once, apropos of a @bcantrill video, “You’re going to edit that, right?” Hell, no – that would take the fun out of it!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119512197679419393

2011-09-29 20:40:09

DeirdreS: @alexis_gil that’s how we roll. 😉
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119511803666501632

2011-09-29 20:16:46

DeirdreS: RT @jtimberman: What if tech conferences didn’t have public wifi available at all, and people attending actually sat and listened to the …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119505919850713088

2011-09-29 19:50:53

DeirdreS: Getting shots (@ AITC) http://t.co/Cr4NHQZW
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119499409036820480

2011-09-29 18:55:13

DeirdreS: Updated Docs! How to Use the SmartOS ISO Image – SmartOS Documentation – SmartOS Wiki
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119485399855935489

2011-09-29 18:50:20

DeirdreS: RT @mvidallopez: #SmartOS Update. Great! Now with persistent setup on boot!  #illumos #opensolaris #in
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119484170916478977

2011-09-29 18:28:05

DeirdreS: @ingenthr Are you in SF next week? Would love to see you at the Solaris reunion
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119478568098070528

2011-09-29 18:20:42

DeirdreS: @metadaddy Fantastic! Looking forward to seeing you.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119476711418101761

2011-09-29 18:11:31

DeirdreS: @pelegri Will you be joining us at the party? Love to see you!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119474402017542145

2011-09-29 17:38:15

DeirdreS: SmartOS Update!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119466030044155904

2011-09-29 17:32:56

DeirdreS: RT @bdha: We’re going to meet up during the after party tonight to organize the SmartOS minihackathon. People should just find a Joyeur
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119464689242607619

2011-09-29 17:26:24

DeirdreS: @jasonh imagining you and/or @davidpaulyoung in a Santa suit…
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119463045763301376

2011-09-29 17:25:50

DeirdreS: RT @sergiusens: Just awesome  #fb
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119462902469111808

2011-09-29 17:15:39

DeirdreS: @rod11 …who happens to be a friend of our own @jamesaduncan
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119460342383382529

2011-09-29 17:14:56

DeirdreS: @TheOnion #CongressHostage story is both funny and painful precisely because these whackos are actually holding us ALL hostage.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119460160505786368

2011-09-29 16:50:50

DeirdreS: RT @joyent: Nekkid Tech #2 – “Back to the Future” w/ Level3 and @edsai talk cloud vendor lock-in, build vs buy, big data, open cloud- ht …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119454093990313984

2011-09-29 15:55:45

DeirdreS: @bcantrill Invite him to our party, as a start. 😉 #surgecon
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119440235171033088

2011-09-29 15:17:17

DeirdreS: @bcantrill Even in Baltimore, isn’t it a bit early for a drinking game? #surgecon
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119430553593323520

2011-09-29 15:09:53

DeirdreS: @metadaddy Joining us at the party?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119428692278652929

2011-09-29 15:01:02

DeirdreS: Is it just my bias, or are a lot more people talking about and using DTrace lately?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119426465791098880

2011-09-29 15:00:25

DeirdreS: RT @johnnysunshine: Life is like UNIX. Powerful, but confusing & frightening to newcomers. Also old men with beards understand it best.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119426308949286912

2011-09-29 14:28:01

DeirdreS: Whether you’re an old Solaris hand or new and want to learn, please join us next Tuesday evening in SF for beer and talk:
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119418155922759680

2011-09-29 14:26:53

DeirdreS: RT @bsousapt: wow…this #openindiana box is smoking fast …resilver in progress since 1.44T scanned out of 10.7T at 810M/s
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119417871905472512

2011-09-29 14:26:30

DeirdreS: @MUCOSUG illumos lists: there are wikis for illumos, oi, smartos. Need regional lists?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119417773347704832

2011-09-29 14:20:18

^ The invasion begins (click to enlarge)
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119416212437467136

2011-09-29 05:49:49

DeirdreS: Yes, it’s weird, but this is the closest thing I have to a Home
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119287745725206528

2011-09-29 04:39:45

DeirdreS: RT @audi22: Strange, I haven’t seen any outrage in my Twitter timeline over this.

Now I have. I’m outraged.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119270112963477504

2011-09-29 01:43:32

DeirdreS: RT @NewYorker: A cloud computing cartoon of the day:  – Uh oh.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119225766268506113

2011-09-29 01:40:36

DeirdreS: @richlowe Possible, but so far my hunch is that it’s a different demographic.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119225030184939521

2011-09-29 00:54:28

DeirdreS: @lderezinski You say that as if there’s anything wrong with eating and sleeping. 😉
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119213417109270528

2011-09-29 00:53:57

DeirdreS: @noebie Thanks – it’s still a top result for Italian slang on Google, and cited in wikipedia – much to my amusement!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119213290432901120

2011-09-29 00:44:40

DeirdreS: Tonight’s dinner will be Indian… with a bunch of Italians. Yes, it’s still all about Countries Beginning with I. But first, some editing..
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119210953245081600

2011-09-29 00:27:23

DeirdreS: RT @ryancnelson: Joyent folks are at #surgecon ! Please say hi, if you’re here too. We’re friendly!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119206601935699968

2011-09-28 21:51:42

DeirdreS: @johnnysunshine …left over from node knockout. Those kids didn’t know how to drink. 😉
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119167421918613504

2011-09-28 21:51:13

DeirdreS: @johnnysunshine There’s about as much again still in boxes.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119167300447371264

2011-09-28 21:00:11

DeirdreS: RT @alexis_gil: Discovering Joyent’s #smartos . Such a bright proposal.  – Thanks!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119154458797146113

2011-09-28 20:57:19

DeirdreS: Do we really need anything else for a party?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119153737280389120

2011-09-28 20:48:12

DeirdreS: @wayfaringrob Glad you’re all in one piece.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119151442140467200

2011-09-28 20:35:56

DeirdreS: @MissyByte  KVM on illumos– but I’m biased. 😉
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119148357930319872

2011-09-28 18:42:49

DeirdreS: @ryancnelson @bdha I leave it in your very capable hands, just let me know how to tell people where to find you #smartOS
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119119889620410368

2011-09-28 18:10:57

DeirdreS: RT @3rdEden: The commercial version of Observer will be deployed on @joyent’s amazing cloud offering. Cheaper, better, faster than AWS. …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119111870379593728

2011-09-28 16:22:40

DeirdreS: @bdha I was waiting to hear from you and @ryancnelson about that
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119084620624044032

2011-09-28 16:22:06

DeirdreS: RT @joyent: Join Steve Tuck, GM Joyent Public Cloud for an Overview on the new Joyent Public Cloud on Tues 10/4 at 10AM PT/1PM ET http:/ …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119084475425632257

2011-09-28 14:24:34

DeirdreS: @willsnow Excellent, be great to see you.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119054900779945984

2011-09-28 14:23:47

DeirdreS: SmartOS-Illumos-OpenIndiana Events – at Surge this week: @bcantrill and @dapsays speaking, & SmartOS mini-hackathon! http://t.co/nEYWZ8Fp
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/119054700518707201

2011-09-28 03:15:00

DeirdreS: RT @joyent: Beer+ KVM + ZFS. Join @bcantrill, @brendangregg 4 Solaris Family Reunion at Joyent HQ 10/4 – 6 pm. http://t.co/oouX7ZUB
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118886398978830336

2011-09-28 03:06:43

DeirdreS: @willsnow It is indeed!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118884312039964672

2011-09-28 01:10:58

DeirdreS: Alasdair Lumsden of OpenIndiana at LOSUG – SmartOS.org http://t.co/pxLh9wTG
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118855180946112512

2011-09-28 00:00:37

DeirdreS: RT @samj: BBC Speechless As Trader Tells Truth: “The Collapse Is Coming…And Goldman Rules The World” – YouTube http://t.co/LIXqOKVl &l …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118837477992710144

2011-09-27 23:02:20

DeirdreS: @lderezinski glad to hear you’re still alive and kicking!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118822811702804480

2011-09-27 22:53:11

DeirdreS: @willsnow gonna come to the party? Would love to see you http://t.co/LF3nLJ7y
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118820508593700865

2011-09-27 20:39:15

DeirdreS: RT @sdtuck: “Cloud” Fireside Chat with Jason.A. Hoffman http://t.co/n1feBwFu via @lanyrd
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118786804596998144

2011-09-27 20:15:22

DeirdreS: “had Oracle added DTrace probes to their enterprise products, we could’ve saved a lot of heartache with a one-liner.” http://t.co/th2HIQqD
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118780792993353728

2011-09-27 19:58:25

DeirdreS: @dexterous Would love to, but won’t hawe time this trip #Pune
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118776526199193600

2011-09-27 19:53:01

DeirdreS: @darrencrawford I have participated in smuggling an ostrich: http://t.co/5Akpr1vv #MonkeySmuggling
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118775166380675072

2011-09-27 17:43:56

DeirdreS: Listening to Nino Rota to drown out office chatter. Seems somehow appropriate.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118742684620955648

2011-09-27 17:34:48

DeirdreS: @davewiner All we have to do is ignore them. The beauty of twitter is that this is easy to do, unlike any other media.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118740385504825346

2011-09-27 17:22:48

DeirdreS: @_alram By that logic, a lot of Parisian men would look pretty odd. #TalesOfParisSubway
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118737367061364736

2011-09-27 17:21:33

DeirdreS: @darrencrawford $5 per monkey? Pretty sure I can get them cheaper in India, but the freight will kill us.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118737051704246272

2011-09-27 16:25:34

DeirdreS: ” DTrace provides insight into the guests in a way that just isn’t possible with any other virtualisation platform” http://t.co/vU78mxZB
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118722959824273408

2011-09-27 16:12:07

DeirdreS: RT @SolarisSIG: Slides from Alasdair’s OpenIndiana 151a and KVM demo are up at http://t.co/ZuwRBQBa #openindiana
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118719574945435649

2011-09-27 15:40:50

DeirdreS: @AnastasiaAshman @NomdeB Always glad to meet another ex-expat!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118711702442352641

2011-09-27 05:56:09

DeirdreS: @bubbva Well, please let the others know if they don’t already, And break a leg!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118564562231492608

2011-09-27 05:53:10

DeirdreS: @bubbva You guys coming to the reunion? We’d lowe to see you all #solaris
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118563812248002560

2011-09-27 05:33:39

DeirdreS: @gnat Well then you’re both good parents. Glad the boy is watching – Joss would approve.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118558899493281792

2011-09-27 05:32:12

DeirdreS: RT @HackerNewsFP: Using DTrace to debug a Node Knockout winner http://t.co/qG0oiEht
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118558537004756992

2011-09-27 05:21:57

DeirdreS: Ack. Dude. Facebook is not “the cloud”. The Cloud’s My-Mom-Cleaned-My-Room Problem – Alexis Madrigal- The Atlantic http://t.co/ml34e4te
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118555955884593152

2011-09-27 05:20:01

DeirdreS: @bdha Oh damn now I’m gonna have to buy it all the sooner. Trying to save it for my trip!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118555471270522880

2011-09-27 05:19:22

DeirdreS: RT @gnat: And so it begins. Ms 9 and Mr 12 watching S01E01 of Buffy. – Which proves you’re a great dad!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118555306648276992

2011-09-27 04:02:20

DeirdreS: Twilight Zone San Francisco: “Why Is Everybody Here?” – YouTube http://t.co/w06NFk11
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118535921531498496

2011-09-27 03:11:41

DeirdreS: @timoreilly Is anything interesting being said? #zeitgeist
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118523174357966848

2011-09-27 02:35:15

DeirdreS: RT @lewellyn: Crap. @oracle killed pkg.opensolaris.org without warning. This is… “bad”. 🙁 Anyone have a mirror of the 134b repository? :/
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118514005185798144

2011-09-27 02:30:14

DeirdreS: @lderezinski Good luck – we’ll be thinking of you!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118512743543357440

2011-09-27 02:29:46

DeirdreS: @substudio Maybe she’ll turn out to be the psycho one #panam
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118512624622243841

2011-09-27 02:29:20

DeirdreS: RT @robertoames: Nice article from @economist on #Facebook and sharing it all. The graphic is perfect! http://t.co/JG4pgUPn
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118512517952716800

2011-09-27 00:47:39

DeirdreS: RT @DEVOPS_BORAT: Source of Oracle is tell me latest version of PostgreSQL can be able download from mysql.com.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118486927379922944

2011-09-27 00:13:16

DeirdreS: @missbhavens Two great shows in their day. Tho I watched a few episodes of Maude a few years ago on DVD, and found it not that interesting.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118478272366526464

2011-09-26 23:56:56

DeirdreS: @missbhavens I didn’t think you were even old enough to remember Maude #jeopardy
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118474161969565697

2011-09-26 23:41:32

DeirdreS: @darrencrawford Now, now we haven’t actually done the monkey benchmark yet. Who was supposed to get the monkeys? #MillionMonkeys
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118470290316599296

2011-09-26 23:40:56

DeirdreS: RT @almightygod: Thank you @HemantMehta for interviewing me on Friendly Atheist: http://t.co/tHBGMdgR
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118470138562486272

2011-09-26 21:23:56

DeirdreS: “Now, Berlusconi is determined to shut Italy’s bloggers up” – Italy’s Fascist Style Blog Gagging http://t.co/sqZAtOrE
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118435660129517568

2011-09-26 21:11:37

DeirdreS: RT @jamesdotcuff: @bcantrill @joyent no kidding! we are due to meet Jason soon: your latest “KVM foo” is pure “unadulterated bmc” at its …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118432559494463488

2011-09-26 21:08:57

DeirdreS: @jeffreytaylor I’ve just lost all my geek cred. 😉
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118431890477809664

2011-09-26 21:00:52

DeirdreS: @jeffreytaylor you’ll have to explain that one to me
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118429853988032512

2011-09-26 20:58:03

DeirdreS: @dboyll got it visible on FF, thanks! #sparc
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118429147721764864

2011-09-26 20:54:15

DeirdreS: @ben I couldn’t see it wih Chrome, can with FF
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118428191584030720

2011-09-26 20:51:47

DeirdreS: @riccardo_iommi I can hear, but not see. ??? #SPARC #oracle
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118427569929461760

2011-09-26 20:50:10

DeirdreS: RT @SAGEProgram: The Gap Year: Breaking up the “Cradle to College to Cubicle to Cemetery” Cycle – NYTimes.com http://t.co/WK17BCKe
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118427163274919936

2011-09-26 18:47:29

DeirdreS: RT @jhk24: Congrats to Ed Saipetch’s blog BreathingData.com for being named top 100 cloud bog!!! http://t.co/00nR7bdx
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118396289221271552

2011-09-26 18:29:01

DeirdreS: Clarification: New & future family members are very welcome at the Solaris Family Reunion – please join us! bit.ly/mYKWer
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118391640883855360

2011-09-26 16:24:58

DeirdreS: RT @brendangregg: new post: Observing Observer: A Cloud Analytics Case Study http://t.co/FgSgs7N4
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118360424264646656

2011-09-26 16:13:50

DeirdreS: No matter how much we try to make it just about the money, capitalism runs on relationships. Corporations underestimate that to their peril.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118357620758282241

2011-09-26 16:07:51

DeirdreS: @urbanturbanguy I am working directly with an agent I’ve used for years in Delhi, http://t.co/BuBdRciv – do it all be email
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118356117058363392

2011-09-26 15:00:34

DeirdreS: Register now for the Solaris Family Reunion, October 4th at Joyent: bit.ly/mYKWer #solaris #opensolaris #smartos #illumos #openindiana #oow
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118339182497247233

2011-09-26 02:46:13

DeirdreS: RT @PeterGalvin: I just reviewed: ‘DTrace: Dynamic Tracing in Oracle Solaris, Mac OS X and FreeBSD (Oracle… via @amazon http://t.co/S1 …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118154376568246273

2011-09-25 22:07:33

DeirdreS: @kusor Enjoy!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118084247197192192

2011-09-25 21:31:44

DeirdreS: @JoeMyGod “But he’s played a President of the United States”. That is all I need to know about Fox “news”, thank you.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118075234980073472

2011-09-25 21:30:31

DeirdreS: I could do without this massive headache.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118074931236974592

2011-09-25 21:29:39

DeirdreS: @kusor Cool, where are you going? I’m just working on my old website with lots of info…
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118074710478176256

2011-09-25 21:27:10

DeirdreS: @kusor Congratulations!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118074085023555584

2011-09-25 21:05:45

DeirdreS: “my father can’t understand how anyone could see beauty in a place of such poverty and squalor.” Seeing Beauty http://t.co/QzcMyHoc
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118068695879790592

2011-09-25 20:44:06

DeirdreS: “Don’t you have anything else?” she asked mournfully. “I’ve been making change all afternoon.” http://t.co/UWqzjB5U
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118063246212218880

2011-09-25 20:05:07

DeirdreS: @apperceptions These ravioli? http://t.co/KcMtWsiw
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118053435743535104

2011-09-25 19:28:55

DeirdreS: a better question may be, “How bad was the world in the past?” http://t.co/xOQNDvvy
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118044326273097728

2011-09-25 19:18:48

DeirdreS: @smaffulli I’d like to invite you and OpenStack folks: Solaris Family Reunion, October 4th at Joyent: bit.ly/mYKWer
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118041782213812224

2011-09-25 19:03:29

DeirdreS: don’t look if you’re hungry: Website Photo Bin: Food http://t.co/BhQOij3T
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118037928067874816

2011-09-25 18:11:58

DeirdreS: @wattersjames Depends – who do you want to toss them at?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118024961830039552

2011-09-25 18:11:31

DeirdreS: SmartOS news for today: http://t.co/EmeKtjhe
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118024850240585728

2011-09-25 18:07:57

DeirdreS: RT @Graftolistic: Installing #KVM and Creating a #Debian VM in #OpenIndiana 151a http://t.co/Ay7WJOKt
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118023952613392384

2011-09-25 16:53:47

DeirdreS: Crowdbooster may turn out to be something I’d actually pay money for. Thanks @sogrady for putting me on to it.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118005286815535104

2011-09-25 16:48:16

DeirdreS: @sevanjaniyan Wouldn’t fit!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/118003899213946880

2011-09-25 16:14:01

DeirdreS: Register now for the Solaris Family Reunion, October 4th at Joyent: bit.ly/mYKWer #solaris #opensolaris #smartos #illumos #openindiana #oow
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117995279835340800

2011-09-25 07:15:58

DeirdreS: what I was doing 7 years ago:
Moving House in Italy http://t.co/gJ7A9mJR
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117859873919737856

2011-09-25 05:53:59

DeirdreS: is it just me or is this a strange juxtaposition? http://t.co/FRVVjq4e
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117839242121580544

2011-09-25 05:36:13

DeirdreS: Emergency: I am out of chocolate!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117834772008546304

2011-09-25 04:49:30

DeirdreS: @jonasthaler snort
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117823014502006784

2011-09-25 04:47:35

DeirdreS: @jonasthaler Surprisingly, I managed to miss that particular disaster, glad you did, too.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117822531704074240

2011-09-25 04:15:50

DeirdreS: @jasonh Hard to choose between Puss and Grover: http://t.co/IY2rPmXh
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117814542339289088

2011-09-25 03:47:21

DeirdreS: RT @bdha: My (very) rough notes on booting a kvm branded zone on SmartOS: http://t.co/UwOMgw7j Will need a guest dataset already configured.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117807374118555648

2011-09-25 00:42:14

DeirdreS: Giggling.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117760788478967808

2011-09-25 00:21:39

DeirdreS: @scottmcnealy Hey, daddy of us all – come along for a beer? http://t.co/rAwCYRCt
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117755607666262016

2011-09-25 00:14:05

DeirdreS: a random buffet of photos of Italy posted on my site over the years: Website Photo Bin: Italy http://t.co/jfKEy14K
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117753703863291904

2011-09-25 00:11:06

DeirdreS: This bell pepper pasta sauce is smelling awfully yummy…
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117752953649102848

2011-09-24 17:42:22

DeirdreS: any SmartOS folks in Delhi Oct 17-18-19? Or Bombay 27-28? Would love to meet up. (Sorry, no Bangalore this trip.)
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117655125677441025

2011-09-24 17:37:36

DeirdreS: I don’t have many flan surfaces at home, so my bed is covered in piles of papers to be filed. It’s that kind of Saturday.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117653925636739072

2011-09-24 16:59:08

DeirdreS: @mfernest If only more of the world would practice that.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117644246789521409

2011-09-24 12:46:43

DeirdreS: Dang it, I keep trying to offend all these people on FB and they still won’t go away! 😉
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117580720905535488

2011-09-24 03:24:58

DeirdreS: @missbhavens Bacon salt?!? WANT!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117439352212172800

2011-09-24 02:17:12

DeirdreS: Too bad the Folsom Street Fair doesn’t take place closer to Fleet Week. Much to celebrate this year.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117422301095538688

2011-09-24 22:28:03

DeirdreS: @professor__x We would be very happy for you to come!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117727020246515712

2011-09-24 20:37:19

DeirdreS: what Ross was doing 4 years ago at Woodstock: Orphan Kids http://t.co/3etqzNPM
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117699153684992000

2011-09-24 20:23:08

DeirdreS: Thoughts for an upcoming reunion: what I wrote 10 years ago About Woodstock School http://t.co/qpRJCura
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117695581794738176

2011-09-24 20:03:33

DeirdreS: @rattay I read that as “scratch the itch of my peoples’ thang”
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117690656817819648

2011-09-24 19:50:17

DeirdreS: @adrianco Hope you’ll be able to join us for the Solaris Family Reunion, October 4th at Joyent: bit.ly/mYKWer
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117687317195538432

2011-09-24 19:35:32

DeirdreS: Register now for the Solaris Family Reunion, October 4th at Joyent: http://t.co/3Kxlh0vr
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117683604099825665

2011-09-24 19:25:33

DeirdreS: @pelegri good idea! #Solaris
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117681094219931648

2011-09-24 19:08:08

DeirdreS: @chrisridd Flat! (Don’t have too many flan surfaces, either. Probably a good thing.)
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117676710761213952

2011-09-24 19:03:21

DeirdreS: SAVE THE DATE: Tuesday, Oct 4th – Solaris Family Reunion at Joyent in San Francisco http://t.co/jQVjl0hc
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117675507318919168

2011-09-24 17:42:29

DeirdreS: @LusciousPear Umm, doing what with them?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117655156522352641

2011-09-23 23:16:12

DeirdreS: updated with downloadable slide deck: Video: Experiences Porting KVM to SmartOS – SmartOS.org http://t.co/rQpjpDko
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117376748735315968

2011-09-23 22:35:30

DeirdreS: “we seem to be witnessing a fraying of the bonds of empathy, decency, common purpose. People fail to see each other” http://t.co/Bj7GHRWE
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117366505292824576

2011-09-23 22:28:49

DeirdreS: @strlen Can’t join tonight, but I will virtually commiserate
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117364825637650432

2011-09-23 20:12:22

DeirdreS: RT @obscurebug: @DeirdreS Regarding bmc, possibly Brownian motion? @bcantrill – made me laugh so hard I started coughing!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117330485725761536

2011-09-23 19:36:56

DeirdreS: RT @storming: A DIY book scanner. Pretty cool. http://t.co/LwOhp98r – want! (and need)
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117321569574993920

2011-09-23 19:36:07

DeirdreS: .@jonasthaler your quips deserve more followers, and it’s #followfriday, so… People, follow Jonas! He plays the accordion.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117321361675923456

2011-09-23 18:32:32

DeirdreS: RT @ryah: In case you were wondering what libuv actually does, I added a list of features to the README: http://t.co/yDbOJdAB #nodejs
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117305360888508416

2011-09-23 18:30:23

DeirdreS: awesome article: SmartOS: virtualization with ZFS and KVM [LWN.net] http://t.co/3Jo0NB7i
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117304822050471936

2011-09-23 18:26:04

DeirdreS: @jasonh If I didn’t know you were working hard, I’d say you’re having too much fun. 😉
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117303734303854593

2011-09-23 18:16:56

DeirdreS: My calendar is full of others’ travel plans, so I can keep track of who I need to see.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117301436936753152

2011-09-23 18:12:32

DeirdreS: New Video: Experiences Porting KVM to SmartOS – Bryan’s talk at the KVM Forum http://t.co/rQpjpDko
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117300330378702849

2011-09-23 17:09:16

DeirdreS: RT @ryah: OH: they replaced some existing LDAP proxy with ldapjs, and got a _70x_ performance increase (they triple checked) – Just… Wow.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117284409740230656

2011-09-23 16:01:42

DeirdreS: @jonasthaler Whatever you’re agreeing with, I probably do too. Nice to see you out on the ‘webs!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117267402454081536

2011-09-23 14:46:43

DeirdreS: OH: “bmc == bryan moving constantly” (a videographer’s experience of filming @bcantrill )
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117248535505813505

2011-09-23 06:49:41

DeirdreS: RT @hydra35: SmartOS: virtualization with ZFS and KVM http://t.co/z22hPcPy
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117128486409351168

2011-09-23 05:35:43

DeirdreS: what I was actually doing 8 years ago: Scuola Guida: Learning to Drive in Italy http://t.co/jbp6V2BI
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117109869168967680

2011-09-23 05:35:08

DeirdreS: (written) 8 years ago, about events much longer ago: Benares: The Distilled Essence of India http://t.co/9LQrmOGe
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117109724444491776

2011-09-23 01:36:09

DeirdreS: Another GOP debate? Right, off twitter for the night. Really, you guys give these dolts way more attention than they deserve.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117049582176833536

2011-09-23 00:43:47

DeirdreS: @bcantrill Musical deck chairs on multiple Titanics?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117036402000138240

2011-09-23 00:23:49

DeirdreS: The creanivity of comment spammers often leaves much to be desired, but sometimes I’m tempted to let one pass for sheer loopiness.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117031379572756480

2011-09-22 22:38:27

DeirdreS: @redtwitdown FWIW, it appears that’s there’s quite a bit of convo about us in places I can’t get to. 😉
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117004861664534528

2011-09-22 22:37:41

DeirdreS: @redtwitdown Yeah, I agree, but these analyst types do it for money. If it’s any comfort, I couldn’t read it either.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/117004669800284160

2011-09-22 21:54:34

DeirdreS: “As S&P’s analysts noted, resistance to the structural economic reforms that Italy so desperately needs is rife” http://t.co/VDVPV8OG
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116993817105797120

2011-09-22 21:52:06

DeirdreS: @mmcallen Normal is way overrated
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116993198383050752

2011-09-22 21:51:30

DeirdreS: RT @joshaber: There aren’t many websites that wouldn’t benefit from bumping up their font size.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116993046008172545

2011-09-22 21:30:29

DeirdreS: Beginning to look forward to my 1st real vacation in years: “home” to India for a Woodstock School reunion, haven’t decided what eles yet…
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116987755455713281

2011-09-22 21:23:09

DeirdreS: RT @the451group: Joyent goes open source to help service providers take on AWS: The company has open-sourced its SmartOS cloud op… htt …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116985911253794816

2011-09-22 20:31:08

DeirdreS: Dear Facebook: I don’t want or need to to be my everything. Stop trying so hard, it just makes you look pathetic.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116972823125307392

2011-09-22 18:35:26

DeirdreS: RT @badnima: Next time, Reed Hastings should hire Woot CEO Matt Rutledge to write his blog posts. http://t.co/vKOTturS
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116943705914621952

2011-09-22 18:32:59

DeirdreS: RT @twiki: what motivates us: http://t.co/vyFk7wLx – #opensource #community “When profit gets unmoored from purpose, bad things happen.”
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116943087208636416

2011-09-22 15:43:22

DeirdreS: Taxi driver was speaking a north Indian dialect, now on cable car dropping off French tourists in Chinatown. Ah, San Francisco!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116900403421003776

2011-09-22 05:09:47

DeirdreS: RT @ahl: new blog post examining a recent RAID-6 recovery paper; does flash require new RAID algorithms? http://t.co/xe8pKyZf
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116740957306753024

2011-09-22 05:02:10

DeirdreS: The reason the US is alone among comparable countries in doing this is that it is the most religious of those countries http://t.co/f7vPIBVP
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116739041046704128

2011-09-22 04:47:08

DeirdreS: RT @Revkin: Unreal: Seismologists on trial for manslaughter for failing to predict ’09 Italian quake: http://t.co/2OJGnUMy via @msnbc
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116735256471678976

2011-09-22 04:40:19

DeirdreS: Gutsy wrangler, huge horse save boy from charging grizzly – http://t.co/nPmTYyPO
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116733541114576896

2011-09-22 04:02:28

DeirdreS: @mformento Fino a quando? Mi farebbe piacere vederci.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116724017217540096

2011-09-21 23:15:01

DeirdreS: First Public Cloud in Taiwan Powered by Joyent ¬´ Joyeur http://t.co/87OcD5VM
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116651674550009856

2011-09-21 22:08:42

DeirdreS: @redtwitdown @richlowe ack, sorry – try now
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116634988446883840

2011-09-21 22:01:34

DeirdreS: SmartOS coolness: Tuning the IO Throttle http://t.co/6Eh2lXPs
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116633192232005632

2011-09-21 20:38:05

DeirdreS: Oh, look who’s on Percona.tv: http://t.co/jbhJktVo
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116612183156203520

2011-09-21 19:49:35

DeirdreS: @rosso Joyent by default ONLY offers SFTP, while the nice WP GUI for adding themes, plugins only offers FTP. Have to do it manually.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116599978079686656

2011-09-21 18:55:20

DeirdreS: RT @lewellyn: Using #HP servers and want to run #illumos #OpenIndiana? http://t.co/nYVVl1n5 will tell you how to get a functioning insta …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116586323271368705

2011-09-21 18:54:25

DeirdreS: @pperezrubio maybe this will help? http://t.co/JAh3QBfI #Openindiana #PXE
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116586091905159168

2011-09-21 15:48:54

DeirdreS: “students familiarize themselves with the information beforehand so class time can be spent helping them understand” http://t.co/pqNFFIyF
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116539407888171008

2011-09-21 15:12:55

DeirdreS: RT @bdha: And my SmartOS system is in production!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116530349718245376

2011-09-21 01:14:48

DeirdreS: Words about Al http://t.co/AmBU5PUP
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116319431726084096

2011-09-21 00:43:06

DeirdreS: No idea what this says, but it /looks/ impressive http://t.co/AOZ0AiLq
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116311453857890304

2011-09-21 00:20:59

DeirdreS: @izs I’m probably not, either,but… I actually did something sorta kinda resembling that today.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116305888880500736

2011-09-21 00:17:47

DeirdreS: @joelhousman but, you know, it’s all electronics, and if you’re good at computers, you must be good at the rest… no? Me, neither.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116305082047406082

2011-09-21 00:08:29

DeirdreS: RT @brendangregg: blunt! “I don’t care if our commodity x86 business goes to zero … we are phasing it out.” – Ellison http://t.co/wi9E4SxL
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116302744842813440

2011-09-20 23:23:19

DeirdreS: Online Rage and Community Moderation http://t.co/R0beu0Xq
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116291377960202242

2011-09-20 23:16:48

DeirdreS: @avbelow SF? We should meet this time! #California
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116289735374290944

2011-09-20 23:00:34

DeirdreS: RT @old_sound: Please comment on this issue for adding DTrace support to Redis: http://t.co/1pKyc9vs
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116285652559085568

2011-09-20 22:37:06

DeirdreS: @Zee Very dangerous for men. If you don’t accompany your woman, she will select large heavy complex items for you to carry home and assemble
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116279745401978881

2011-09-20 22:12:57

DeirdreS: @rosso is there a way to get sftp support for theme etc installs from the GUI?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116273668736294913

2011-09-20 21:54:33

DeirdreS: “their son has a job but refuses to leave home and wants his clothes washed and his meals prepared.” http://t.co/nH5HgeS2
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116269036857344001

2011-09-20 20:55:03

DeirdreS: Realtime Multiplayer NodeJS http://t.co/NrSaoq5z
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116254065876410368

2011-09-20 18:14:56

DeirdreS: http://t.co/48mYa6y9 14 of 27 countries in European Union had public debt exceeding 60% of their gross domestic product at the end of 2010
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116213769130082304

2011-09-20 18:06:25

DeirdreS: @dizzyd should not be, let me check. Can you DM me your username?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116211627916922880

2011-09-20 16:42:04

DeirdreS: RT @anddam: dtrace ownz you http://t.co/DXsMJYP3
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116190397780340736

2011-09-20 15:25:36

DeirdreS: @lkateley No, indeed. The idea is to remind people of the culture that made Solaris great, in hopes that it doesn’t get lost.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116171157023113216

2011-09-20 07:57:11

DeirdreS: RT @oracleopenworld: 13 days to #Oracle OpenWorld. > http://t.co/SYMWJVZC !
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116058308196057088

2011-09-20 06:19:27

DeirdreS: @richlowe Not topical AFAIK, just that @brendangregg and I have been talking about the desirability of preserving Solaris culture & history.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116033712130498560

2011-09-20 06:13:00

DeirdreS: @richlowe We’re strolling down Solaris memory lane… for a reason. Or two or three.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116032089849200640

2011-09-20 05:31:42

DeirdreS: RT @wattersjames: @vambenepe did you hear the joke about Mark Hurd’s Cloud API? its only command is ‘terminate’
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116021695311134720

2011-09-20 05:29:23

DeirdreS: “you screwed up, but your mother still loves you (unless, of course, her home directory is on jurassic)” http://t.co/K2i87BXT
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116021114018336768

2011-09-20 05:07:09

DeirdreS: “put it back today, 20 of your (current) friends will be running it tomorrow” http://t.co/DRUvpQVk
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116015517139083264

2011-09-20 04:50:32

DeirdreS: @mformento E che ci fai nella mia zona? Benvenuto!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116011334423949312

2011-09-20 04:49:46

DeirdreS: RT @ChrisCoons: Now that DADT is behind us, it’s time to go get DOMA, don’t you think? #dadt
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116011141712449536

2011-09-20 04:19:28

DeirdreS: ” I may be obliged to defend
Every love, every ending
Or maybe there’s no obligations now…” http://t.co/tnMxB3AT
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116003515796697088

2011-09-20 04:09:27

DeirdreS: @NomdeB That did cross my mind!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/116000997352022016

2011-09-20 02:16:14

DeirdreS: umm… why is there a gigantic LED screen hanging outside Moscone West showing video (like cam) of a hotel maid cleaning a room?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115972506711621634

2011-09-20 01:05:37

DeirdreS: (hey’ I don’t “treat myself” very often)
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115954733100961792

2011-09-20 01:05:14

DeirdreS: and I just received this and like it muchly, thanks Leslie Lum for the recco! Mini Ruche Bag by jennyndesign http://t.co/y4OMneTd
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115954638540390400

2011-09-20 01:01:56

DeirdreS: Whoever is responsible for the existence of bourbon, I thank you.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115953805144760321

2011-09-19 23:33:46

DeirdreS: @Kim_Cameron did you try support@joyent.com ?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115931620221001728

2011-09-19 23:29:22

DeirdreS: RT @BreakingNews: S&P lowers Italy credit rating – Bloomberg http://t.co/7KgteqLN
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115930511515459584

2011-09-19 23:28:43

DeirdreS: @acarvin I would assume that if you are speaking you’d tweet that yourself if appropriate, and not need them to write it for you.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115930349799874561

2011-09-19 23:24:47

DeirdreS: SmartOS News – SmartOS.org http://t.co/kyo7dLhr
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115929356492226560

2011-09-19 23:15:34

DeirdreS: RT @DEVOPS_BORAT: Source of Facebook is tell me that most requested feature by users is ‘Fuck this’ button. They may able launch at f8. +1 !
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115927039592239104

2011-09-19 22:55:53

DeirdreS: @flexrex cool!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115922083472613376

2011-09-19 22:48:36

DeirdreS: @fitzage geez, we just can’t get rid of you #fb
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115920250784055296

2011-09-19 22:29:31

DeirdreS: “what matters
Is the blame,
Somebody to blame.
If that’s the aim,
Give me the blame” – YouTube http://t.co/KQoX9mq0
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115915449300033536

2011-09-19 21:45:54

DeirdreS: I need a drink or 5, starting right about… now.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115904474605813760

2011-09-19 20:20:11

DeirdreS: RT @mickael: @monkchips @reillyusa @jasonh unfuckable sounds much better than previous Oracle Linux ads
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115882900104286209

2011-09-19 20:18:34

DeirdreS: RT @badnima: Thought provoking article on why Netflix HAD to split up the DVD vs Streaming business http://t.co/xVbkLXFJ
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115882496897454080

2011-09-19 20:09:26

DeirdreS: @codepo8 Lots of info still lacking, but I’ll be glad for feedback on what’s there (and needed).
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115880198758608897

2011-09-19 18:19:44

DeirdreS: AT&T customer service are always great on the phone, but I wouldn’t have to call so often if their website wasn’t so confusing.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115852590155177984

2011-09-19 15:54:53

DeirdreS: @dizzyd please email support@joyent.com – they’ll be glad to help
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115816138235064320

2011-09-19 15:47:25

DeirdreS: @sh1mmer What airline in this? My experience in that you usually can, tho sometimes codesharing messes things up.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115814260050894848

2011-09-19 15:45:54

DeirdreS: RT @monkchips: @reillyusa smartOS is unfuckable software. its clean. cc @jasonh
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115813876204965888

2011-09-19 15:45:40

DeirdreS: RT @BearRanda: @DeirdreS Hi Deirdre! Tom Lenk has a new film seeking support http://t.co/HPICZWlG, would love some help or a RT! 🙂 Than …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115813815773446144

2011-09-19 15:19:55

DeirdreS: @mxcia Aww, thanks!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115807335942848512

2011-09-19 15:19:26

DeirdreS: @old_sound @melanierenzulli I don’t think it exists in Italian, either.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115807213896994817

2011-09-19 06:19:39

DeirdreS: .@storagebod Also FYI we want to work together with OpenStack. Even turns out that my counterpart over there is an old friend, @smaffulli
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115671376194576385

2011-09-19 06:17:01

DeirdreS: RT @antoniovieiro: @melanierenzulli @dangeroustype @DeirdreS It’s “trasnochador” actually, see http://t.co/cSTqeK5c – thanks! A useful word!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115670710239772672

2011-09-19 06:14:51

DeirdreS: Hmm. Where else could we use games to solve real problems? Gamers solve molecular puzzle that baffled scientists http://t.co/X5JNSufw
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115670168864174080

2011-09-19 04:56:09

DeirdreS: “if you rate or review a movie on Qwikster, it doesn’t show up on Netflix, and vice-versa.” http://t.co/G6n3FaK3 – are you F’in kidding?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115650363150962688

2011-09-19 03:48:10

DeirdreS: RT @Graftolistic: cloning a #KVM virtual machine using ZFS in #openindiana http://t.co/oUhSwfgd
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115633254601728000

2011-09-19 03:47:47

DeirdreS: ooh, screenshots! Installing RHEL 5.5 and Fedora 13 in OpenIndiana 151a KVM | Gray Matter Boundaries http://t.co/s8K0PJsM
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115633157193203712

2011-09-19 03:28:36

DeirdreS: “People who are unhappy about their marriage have a Hobson’s choice… between a bad marriage and no marriage at all.” http://t.co/XYwThOn2
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115628328370704384

2011-09-19 02:41:49

DeirdreS: http://t.co/O9SEY3qV Religion and nerds
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115616554456055809

2011-09-19 01:55:28

DeirdreS: @missbhavens According to the parties in question, naturally!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115604892810346496

2011-09-19 01:35:29

DeirdreS: RT @melanierenzulli: *swoon* RT @dangeroustype: Found a cool Spanish word in a Borges poem. Transnochadores: those who have stayed up al …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115599863244271616

2011-09-19 01:28:45

DeirdreS: So… I’m a horrible mother, an unsatisfactory daughter, was an ungrateful wife. At least my aunts seem(ed) to find me a pretty good neice.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115598168699310080

2011-09-18 22:20:52

DeirdreS: @dave_miner yes, I’ll be around
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115550884489994241

2011-09-18 19:33:38

DeirdreS: @storagebod I think we’re all on the same side here. SmartOS is new; community, docs, etc need time and input to grow, we’re working on it.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115508801196666880

2011-09-18 19:23:21

DeirdreS: “a society only thrives if you allow people to give the best of themselves.” the Affliction of Comfort – NYTimes.com http://t.co/0BSpbWcK
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115506210249244672

2011-09-18 19:02:48

DeirdreS: Ugh. FB is for friends and family – people who are popular with /me/ – not the likes of Michael Arrington.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115501039100239872

2011-09-18 16:03:05

DeirdreS: @goMarielle @acarvin depends on their ages. I grew up with images of Vietnam war on TV, knowing my dad could’ve died there. Did me no good
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115455813971230721

2011-09-18 03:50:00

DeirdreS: @melanierenzulli That depends very much on whose hands!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115271326725443584

2011-09-18 03:38:17

DeirdreS: RT @purisubzi: Interviewer: So why do you write these strong female characters?

Joss Whedon: Because you’re still asking me that question.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115268376653348864

2011-09-18 03:36:20

DeirdreS: @AjeyGore Please keep us informed!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115267888193085440

2011-09-18 02:33:17

DeirdreS: “biology is ‘local’ — the ‘same’ biological processes in different places have different ‘effects’ on people.” http://t.co/x4lsF5Yh
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115252020658700288

2011-09-17 22:15:41

DeirdreS: “the wiretaps throw doubt on Berlusconi’s claims that he has never paid for sex” http://t.co/lz36MHYb
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115187191583485952

2011-09-17 22:06:43

DeirdreS: RT @Zee: A useful rape analogy http://t.co/6PQP9IIW
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115184936058761216

2011-09-17 22:02:20

DeirdreS: @melanierenzulli I don’t think I could stop laughing through the “harmonizing energy” part. #Want #travel
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115183831820152832

2011-09-17 21:59:30

DeirdreS: RT @iamsrk: 3am just launched ra.one with happy meals with mc donalds and a lil g.one gift to go with it. Yippee http://t.co/ulWw3zaX
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115183118662635521

2011-09-17 21:39:35

DeirdreS: My neighborhood is already filling up with red. At least it means that a lot of old friends will be in town.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115178107559882753

2011-09-17 21:34:14

DeirdreS: RT @koenvervloesem: LOL RT @sjvn: A simple explanation of why one should use the Oxford comma. http://t.co/Hz91AmIX 🙂 #Writing
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115176760794038273

2011-09-17 21:33:43

DeirdreS: @kusor Ack! Glad at least that you won’t be going to your wedding with casts or stitches.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115176632070848513

2011-09-17 20:12:58

DeirdreS: @storagebod that, and more!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115156311838171136

2011-09-17 16:15:46

DeirdreS: RT @alecmuffett: There are some forms of computer misuse and “hacking” in which one can fairly delight http://t.co/1nXwOeg5 ( via http:/ …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115096618897899520

2011-09-17 16:03:52

DeirdreS: @storagebod Give us some time – right now it’s more DIY than pret-a-porter
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115093621635678208

2011-09-17 16:02:44

DeirdreS: RT @praetoriuss: Artikel über #SmartOS, http://t.co/Sy23vtUe -“The trend of flagellated nerd OS seems to be broken.”
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115093336368492544

2011-09-17 15:52:31

DeirdreS: @jasonh I like your new profile pic!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115090766602317824

2011-09-17 15:52:09

DeirdreS: @kusor All ready?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/115090672268230656

2011-09-17 05:21:11

DeirdreS: @LusciousPear Can’t quite read it? #joy #ministry #fb
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114931883657281536

2011-09-17 04:50:17

DeirdreS: RT @timbray: Yow. Live reportage from Reno race disaster from Gosling: http://t.co/SFOoFNGO
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114924108520751105

2011-09-17 04:38:53

DeirdreS: “compassion is out of fashion — indeed, lack of compassion has become a matter of principle” http://t.co/AkoWlSGP
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114921238702456833

2011-09-17 00:37:42

DeirdreS: @reiger good to know!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114860544451821568

2011-09-17 00:37:32

DeirdreS: @fitzage @benr embarrassingly, that ad is one of the Google ads on my site. Someone targeting Joyent and/or cloud keywords.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114860500969459712

2011-09-17 00:36:38

DeirdreS: @italylogue I had my 40th birthday weekend there, it can sleep ~20 people, if they like each other. 😉
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114860278147059712

2011-09-16 22:36:55

DeirdreS: @italylogue or if you want a whole house, we have spent many happy times here: http://t.co/eHqJ4jsn #italy #travel
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114830149630951425

2011-09-16 20:19:08

DeirdreS: …meanwhile, the pigeons stare accusingly: What about US? Everybody wants something from me…
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114795473889533952

2011-09-16 20:18:20

DeirdreS: finally cleaned and filled the hummingbird feeder after months. The poor little guy can’t seem to believe his good luck.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114795271556304896

2011-09-16 20:17:14

DeirdreS: @lderezinski Aww… don’t feel bad, it’s not actually all that exciting.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114794997752147968

2011-09-16 20:16:06

DeirdreS: @old_sound no, not a all. You should go for it! I just thought this video might be helpful to you as background: http://t.co/UoGlkv5l
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114794712824692738

2011-09-16 20:07:44

DeirdreS: @tomcoates Try Dan Kalshan, Financial District
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114792604998180864

2011-09-16 20:06:20

DeirdreS: @atl at SF HQ? Quite a few of us. #joyeurs
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114792252865388544

2011-09-16 20:05:50

DeirdreS: @old_sound (I mean that to be helpful, not snarky!) #ConFoo #dtrace
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114792126600052736

2011-09-16 20:05:36

DeirdreS: @old_sound You found Brendan’s video about MySQL, right? #ConFoo #dtrace
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114792066319519744

2011-09-16 17:52:32

DeirdreS: RT @RobvanDyck: Watch this video. Why Uniserve uses Joyent as our cloud provider – 1 Billion Page Views Per Month! http://t.co/BAs7KZ8Z …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114758582788030464

2011-09-16 16:28:00

DeirdreS: RT @atl: Yes, @joyent’s new price regime looks great, but it’s their API that has me really impressed: http://t.co/MhM3ODb9
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114737305541017600

2011-09-16 15:58:54

DeirdreS: RT @HenrikJohansen: In my world a knight in shining armour is a geek carrying @brendangregg ‘s Dtrace book …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114729986170175488

2011-09-16 15:58:23

DeirdreS: RT @jgeurts: The @joyent cloud prices are really compelling… going to have to keep that in mind
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114729856058662913

2011-09-16 10:00:43

DeirdreS: RT @HAL9000_: You know, if Dave had said “Sudo Open the Pod Bay Doors” I would have let him in.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114639843673387008

2011-09-16 05:10:49

DeirdreS: It’s been an intense 48 hours or therabouts. If I can sleep for the next 8 or 9 that would be good.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114566890453606400

2011-09-16 05:10:03

DeirdreS: RT @DEVOPS_BORAT: In devops we bring A game only when production machine is down. For rest of crap we do is B- game more than enough.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114566694298599425

2011-09-16 04:20:43

DeirdreS: @lewellyn actually we have quite a lot of wine left over…
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114554279993425920

2011-09-16 04:19:37

DeirdreS: @jamescmcpherson just drunk tweeting
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114554004784164864

2011-09-16 03:37:28

DeirdreS: Sometimes it’s just about helping conversations happen
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114543397724880896

2011-09-16 03:31:57

DeirdreS: I may spend the next 24 hours mostly drunk. Is that ok ?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114542009154404352

2011-09-15 23:52:37

DeirdreS: If you’re stuck inside the cable car is much like any other commute. Except full of tourists
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114486812659032064

2011-09-15 22:24:49

DeirdreS: DTraceBook site is back http://t.co/jpsOxzDz
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114464716558045184

2011-09-15 22:17:33

DeirdreS: starting to think about my trip to India in October for the Woodstock School (and my class’) reunion. Going home!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114462887786971137

2011-09-15 22:08:36

DeirdreS: RT @BronxZooHBadger: HONEY BADGER DONT CARE!!! RT @HuffPostComedy Honey badger narrator gets a book deal! http://t.co/nqALUoBt
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114460632526487552

2011-09-15 21:19:00

DeirdreS: RT @sogrady: spinning up a test @joyent machine. possibly related: we happen to be in the market for a colo replacement.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114448153775833088

2011-09-15 20:54:06

DeirdreS: RT @chorrell: Awwww yeah, we got an API now! http://t.co/k5CfiTmH
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114441886508396545

2011-09-15 20:21:32

DeirdreS: RT @old_sound: It should be illegal to run production services without DTrace
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114433689814974465

2011-09-15 19:09:57

DeirdreS: RT @CloudTopics: Joyent Cloud takes on kingpin Amazon: Joyent pitches its revamped Joyent Cloud as a faster,… http://t.co/qKWt7VqQ Clo …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114415676785045504

2011-09-15 18:27:00

DeirdreS: Wow, perks of blogging! I’ve just been invited to be on a panel on women and travel at a corporate event, in NOLA. Expenses paid. Cool!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114404867304464384

2011-09-15 18:13:30

DeirdreS: Much sleepy…
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114401469272309760

2011-09-15 17:55:52

DeirdreS: Wow, “my” community is evolving more rapidly than I could have imagined. Hang on for a wild ride!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114397033539977216

2011-09-15 17:41:56

DeirdreS: @shawnferry it may be there is no one left there who actually knows how to remove the old stuff.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114393523683471360

2011-09-15 17:41:16

DeirdreS: @pnbersch which new site do you mean?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114393359602290688

2011-09-15 16:44:01

DeirdreS: wow, just realized some old video of mine is still on Oracle Media Network http://t.co/00tHiCPJ
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114378951073337344

2011-09-15 09:12:00

DeirdreS: RT @badnima: The New Joyent Cloud is Live! http://t.co/6AqphzGr
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114265198164058113

2011-09-15 09:10:10

DeirdreS: RT @rosso: Every time I think I want a bigger apartment, I thank goodness its size forces me to throw out crap I don’t need. – Amen!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114264735645577217

2011-09-15 09:08:56

DeirdreS: RT @joyent: Joyent arms cloud for death match with Amazon http://t.co/hiVSzfcF via @regvulture. Typically outrageous quotes from @jasonh. 🙂
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114264423954255872

2011-09-15 09:08:45

DeirdreS: The Observation Deck » Standing up SmartDataCenter http://t.co/7KUafG4b
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114264379683373057

2011-09-15 08:46:44

DeirdreS: @3rdEden thanks! I’m very happy about it.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114258837694976000

2011-09-15 08:11:07

DeirdreS: @fitzage I hope we all can.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114249872886087680

2011-09-15 08:08:15

DeirdreS: RT @kirkwy: Next on the conference roadmap: “Replacing The Linux Kernel with Node.js” /cc @timfox @michaelklishin @monadic @old_sound
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114249154871562240

2011-09-15 05:48:20

DeirdreS: @ajkeen Sounds as if the teller is insecure about his own ability to deal with women who aren’t repressed by culture and law. Contemptible.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114213940938027008

2011-09-15 05:00:26

DeirdreS: @NomdeB @mtuckerb Yes, I assume the “Mom” reference is meant to make us think of the kids but, hey, dads get killed more often…
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114201889222049792

2011-09-15 04:41:47

DeirdreS: This has been stuck in my head all evening. Now you can have it, too! http://t.co/5BLBZt7O
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114197192633364480

2011-09-15 04:34:31

DeirdreS: @mtuckerb I’ve got new allergies to soy and peanuts, which makes a lot of SF’s great Asian food off limits – augh!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114195363778412544

2011-09-15 01:35:41

DeirdreS: @lewellyn Oh, go ahead – I don’t set much store by “appropriate”.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114150362755235840

2011-09-15 01:22:49

DeirdreS: When a crime report speaks of a victim as a “mom”, is that supposed to make the event more tragic than if it happened to a mere “woman” ?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114147123418775552

2011-09-15 01:10:26

DeirdreS: @italylogue And not just for college – high school and gap year too! http://t.co/NGPxZl0B
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114144006841180160

2011-09-15 00:07:24

DeirdreS: @edsai Dammit, I was already hungry! #cloud #smartos
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114128142884548608

2011-09-14 23:51:49

DeirdreS: RT @ryancnelson: THIS DOGFOOD IS DELICIOUS! – I believe “We drink our own champagne” is the preferred phrase. 😉
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114124220082040832

2011-09-14 23:41:32

DeirdreS: (finally) Introducing Your SmartOS Community Manager – SmartOS.org http://t.co/WaiRqZzT
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114121633115025409

2011-09-14 22:43:38

DeirdreS: @bubbva I’ll be fine in India, the part of Asia I tend to spend more time in anyway
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114107061687689217

2011-09-14 21:52:39

DeirdreS: .@smaffulli …and somehow I’d missed that you are now my counterpart at OpenStack!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114094232473567232

2011-09-14 21:48:07

DeirdreS: RT @aliciafremling: No one likes a fearmonger who spreads lies @TeamBachmann http://t.co/dBCAnVP
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114093093652926464

2011-09-14 21:44:45

DeirdreS: @smaffulli We’re very open to that, I’ve been lurking around to try to understand what would be needed.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114092245719855104

2011-09-14 21:33:24

DeirdreS: Countdown to the No Compromises Cloud http://t.co/tLy27Buf
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114089387708514304

2011-09-14 20:43:42

DeirdreS: a mesmerizing guitar solo: Alex Britti ‘Intro’ – Unplugged – YouTube http://t.co/mxwNgn6g
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114076882005278720

2011-09-14 20:32:43

DeirdreS: @adityapatawari heh. If you’d like to doc what you run into, we could include that on wiki.smartos.org
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114074118684540928

2011-09-14 20:31:53

DeirdreS: RT @bdha: @vandergoog @joyent But it works! @ryancnelson is modding up SmartOS as well. Hackathon at #surgecon!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114073909090979842

2011-09-14 19:20:03

DeirdreS: @adityapatawari Or you could use the brand-new OpenIndiana distro which does include many of those things…
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114055830898343936

2011-09-14 19:08:36

DeirdreS: @smaffulli seen my new job? http://t.co/5FsiJqT
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114052948459405312

2011-09-14 17:46:00

DeirdreS: learning to live with a food allergy is a bitch. And, it turns out, being allergic to soy while living in the US is a real problem.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114032159299354624

2011-09-14 17:41:47

DeirdreS: “on the surface we’re a transportation company, but there are so many ways to look at our data” http://t.co/ua2eGod – true of so many cos.!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114031099491004416

2011-09-14 17:34:26

DeirdreS: bought season tix for the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus http://t.co/456d5u3 – Stephen Schwartz conducting songs from “Wicked”? Of course!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114029250226561024

2011-09-14 17:03:18

DeirdreS: oi_151a Release Notes – OpenIndiana – OpenIndiana Wiki http://t.co/6aYjSs3
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114021416646615040

2011-09-14 17:02:32

DeirdreS: RT @scottherson: Bay Area Execs – still a few spots open for tomorrow (thurs 9-15) nights Joyent Cloud Celebration and Launch Party – p… …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114021220432875520

2011-09-14 16:57:14

DeirdreS: spent an hour and a half over breakfast talking about one of my very favorite things: Woodstock School (I could have gone on much longer…)
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/114019887084609537

2011-09-14 14:28:51

DeirdreS: events listing for SmartOS-Illumos-OpenIndiana http://t.co/q7X9pa7
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113982545925902336

2011-09-14 14:21:45

DeirdreS: RT @kbeninato: Elizabeth Warren – “I’m Running” http://t.co/5uzSVRc
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113980758862995457

2011-09-14 05:25:29

DeirdreS: .@CTOPathScale The whole truth is that many people I like & respect are still at #Oracle, and I wish them well. But we all miss #Sun. A lot.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113845802182520832

2011-09-14 05:23:03

DeirdreS: this time last year: How the DTrace Book Got Done http://t.co/gn1ftQM
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113845193328959488

2011-09-14 05:21:33

DeirdreS: 2 years ago, something for you football fans: Halas Hall, Home of the Chicago Bears http://t.co/QUPXgm5
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113844812511318016

2011-09-14 05:19:36

DeirdreS: 5 years ago: Sunday Hike: Canete to Tabia Dasci http://t.co/NrMI0Z7
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113844325246451712

2011-09-14 04:04:12

DeirdreS: @KatieS http://t.co/ffYyX1Y
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113825349351112704

2011-09-14 04:02:39

DeirdreS: @llcrowe @nonstick Not right soon, but I’m assuming you’ll both be around for a while?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113824958240657408

2011-09-14 03:55:13

DeirdreS: @llcrowe @nonstick Hey, we need to all get together!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113823086641553408

2011-09-14 03:50:08

DeirdreS: RT @snare: @toliman yeah 🙁 I’m running OSol on my NAS at home, gonna give SmartOS a go I reckon.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113821807383019520

2011-09-14 03:45:23

DeirdreS: RT @openindiana: Happy First Anniversary! OpenIndiana is 1 year old today 🙂 And to celebrate, oi_151a is now out! http://t.co/msbUbPS
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113820611284975616

2011-09-14 00:57:05

DeirdreS: @peteryorke Thanks! You, too, on both counts.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113778260525064193

2011-09-13 21:13:37

DeirdreS: RT @bubbva: Was glad today that @DeirdreS archives things! Her video helped me to get into advanced class at Voice One! – glad to help!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113722023099908098

2011-09-13 20:36:56

DeirdreS: RT @jamescmcpherson: @DeirdreS http://t.co/d9eG0n9 – I know someone who will want to see this – @NomdeB
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113712790149148672

2011-09-13 19:01:22

DeirdreS: Just got around to buying an album I’ve loved for years: Mozart Horn Concertos
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113688739200507904

2011-09-13 18:36:34

DeirdreS: RT @old_sound: Just applied to the Zürich Canton for a license to open The Church of DTrace. #convert
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113682500542398465

2011-09-13 18:18:42

DeirdreS: RT @WinnieWongSF: Helping my fave Texan look for sublet in SF for next few months. Msg me if you have any leads. Pref move in mid-Sept, …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113678001488662528

2011-09-13 16:22:04

DeirdreS: @NomdeB If I did that, quite a few people would be getting thumped this morning. None of them within reach, however.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113648648776204288

2011-09-13 16:08:41

DeirdreS: Woke up irritable and twitchy from dreams far too close to reality.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113645284373954561

2011-09-13 01:32:14

DeirdreS: @JoeMyGod I hope each and every one of those cheering audience members gets to experience being uninsured in this country. #CNNTeaParty
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113424717280591873

2011-09-12 22:32:41

DeirdreS: RT @izs: @3rdeden Really, it was @brendangregg who saw the smoking gun in cloud analytics. Solving it was a trivial one-liner.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113379533444485121

2011-09-12 21:44:17

DeirdreS: @othiym23 We-ell… hasn’t been tried yet, could be an interesting challenge!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113367352678170624

2011-09-12 21:31:29

DeirdreS: The more I read, the more I feel I don’t understand… <sigh>
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113364128130793472

2011-09-12 21:30:09

DeirdreS: @othiym23 install Ubuntu as a guest in SmartOS and see if he/she notices. 😉
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113363793085595649

2011-09-12 21:16:33

DeirdreS: @joelhousman Dose that include everyone in Wash-ington? I’m all for that.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113360372194488321

2011-09-12 21:15:48

DeirdreS: Network Awesome: Sita Sings the Cosmic Freakin’ Blues http://t.co/yLL74Vx
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113360184046399488

2011-09-12 18:30:00

DeirdreS: OpenIndiana build 151a due Wednesday 14th September http://t.co/d4KM9dH
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113318459387023361

2011-09-12 17:59:48

DeirdreS: RT @koenvervloesem: cool, I’m running the best hypervisor on the best filesystem now 🙂 http://t.co/fgmANaJ #kvm #zfs #smartos
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113310856397332480

2011-09-12 15:57:20

DeirdreS: Mammo center running late because all the equipment got shut down over the weekend and had to be rebooted. And I haven’t had breakfast…
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113280037985320960

2011-09-12 15:17:55

DeirdreS: Ladies in the waiting room passing judgement on the “celebs” in magazines: “Hollywood is nothing but a cesspool, no morals, nothing.”
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113270120171839488

2011-09-12 13:55:59

DeirdreS: @riccardo_iommi probably faithful to their men was intended, but people believe that the two go together.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113249498804916224

2011-09-12 05:21:44

DeirdreS: The FB ad for “single men looking for faithful women” has appeared several times too often. I’d never be interested in a man that insecure.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113120084184141824

2011-09-12 05:18:00

DeirdreS: RT @reiger: Apartment hunting since will probably be in SF longer. Yikes, have a week and nothing is available. Anyone know anyone looking?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113119145289203712

2011-09-12 05:17:47

DeirdreS: @MathSimon You’ll definitely get SmartOS, though you’ll have to put up with the rest. I tweet all over the map.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113119088733196288

2011-09-12 05:12:15

DeirdreS: @bdha We called our daguhter “the beast”. People thought we were unnatural parents.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113117699370004480

2011-09-12 05:08:57

DeirdreS: @timbray Oh, some get far more than that!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113116869057187840

2011-09-12 04:48:37

DeirdreS: Also found my dad’s account, which he never used. Just as well. He didn’t catch on that “the bear” has a different connotation nowadays.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113111751565905920

2011-09-12 04:47:46

DeirdreS: As usual, puzzled by some of my Twitter followers – what do you people expect from me?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113111536704307200

2011-09-12 04:26:17

DeirdreS: RT @NomdeB: Love this RT @TheEconomist An unusual bit of English has been spotted in China http://t.co/XMpUFiu >One for @englishwhirled
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113106131768983552

2011-09-12 04:22:58

DeirdreS: only at Woodstock School would you get a production of Brigadoon with Tibetans playing Scots… http://t.co/5ACRFA9
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113105294426517504

2011-09-12 03:12:20

DeirdreS: RT @joelhousman: Borders STILL can’t get rid of them: http://t.co/43FxZDb
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113087518592876544

2011-09-11 16:47:46

DeirdreS: 8 years ago: “Housewives, who should be cooking, are burning.” – Pirating Music http://t.co/OfVxJEN
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112930340942774272

2011-09-11 16:23:41

DeirdreS: RT @kitt: I cry today not for the loss of the lives ten years ago, but for the loss of my country since then.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112924282975301632

2011-09-11 04:05:50

DeirdreS: @corey_latislaw sounds as if the problem is hers!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112738596431200256

2011-09-11 02:15:15

DeirdreS: that was a very good dinner, if I say so myself
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112710765768749058

2011-09-11 01:37:42

DeirdreS: Like so… http://t.co/GtmbZk9
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112701317033631745

2011-09-11 01:34:30

DeirdreS: making pasta with squashes and peppers from the farmers’ market
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112700513614708736

2011-09-11 22:08:17

DeirdreS: Yes, I still do videos, but this week’s were internal-only. http://t.co/KWslnTa
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113011002953572352

2011-09-11 22:01:46

DeirdreS: @NomdeB what game? #tivo #dangeroustimetobeontwitter
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113009361915351040

2011-09-11 22:01:33

DeirdreS: RT @pancrazioauteri: Microblogging works: many people at IBC show already knew me because of posts on #Twitter and #Linkedin. #ibc2011 # …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/113009309469782016

2011-09-11 21:23:37

DeirdreS: dang, I have a lot of photos… Deirdre’s Photos | SmugMug http://t.co/Ht6ZbqK
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112999761744900097

2011-09-11 20:42:30

DeirdreS: RT @dlsspy: Since I added dtrace probes to erlang, every mystery we’ve ever had is answered with a smug “this, obviously” http://t.co/qO …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112989415688773634

2011-09-11 20:19:56

DeirdreS: fighter jets in the sky is not something I want to see on this particular date
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112983734667583488

2011-09-11 18:49:46

DeirdreS: a nice day on Lake Como in 2004, with my dad and Ross: http://t.co/nRoPD2F
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112961046607699968

2011-09-11 17:15:46

DeirdreS: @trine She’s got her own language, too!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112937389076393984

2011-09-10 21:39:04

DeirdreS: @old_sound you know there’s a book, too, right? http://t.co/X2wIvpO
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112641263181889536

2011-09-10 21:37:58

DeirdreS: http://t.co/IB5d9it
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112640984831115265

2011-09-10 21:29:08

DeirdreS: @old_sound got some videos that may help with that: http://t.co/0rlQCZD
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112638764844720128

2011-09-10 21:28:38

DeirdreS: @kvegh thanks. I was sure of it, my management not always so much. 😉 But I persevere, and the world is catching up.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112638639007219712

2011-09-10 17:42:26

DeirdreS: RT @GuloGuloDesu: I hate #Oracle, and I miss #SUN. So now I’m running #OpenIndiana…. – that correlation seems to hold for many.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112581711975555072

2011-09-10 17:37:25

DeirdreS: and this: Videoblogging for Sun: By the Numbers http://t.co/9Pczeoq
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112580449808822272

2011-09-10 17:36:58

DeirdreS: ~2 years ago, I published: FISL Interview: Using Video to Communicate About Open Source http://t.co/D0mD47x
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112580337699270656

2011-09-10 17:35:06

DeirdreS: and, indeed, she did not (stay in Italy): Indian Schoolkids http://t.co/qBwBTuh
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112579866175602689

2011-09-10 17:33:01

DeirdreS: “I’m not staying in Italy when I’m grown up,” she says. “It’s boring.” http://t.co/dTUTfkU
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112579340549636096

2011-09-10 17:02:33

DeirdreS: RT @brendangregg: The zones:::nsec_waitrq kstat was crucial today in tracking down a perf issue. It’s in #smartos (thanks Jerry)
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112571676352454656

2011-09-10 01:12:34

DeirdreS: @PeterKretzman the founder went to Woodstock School, this was my first chance to see them live. Cool!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112332604686082048

2011-09-10 00:24:22

DeirdreS: Project Bandaloop http://t.co/y4Pm23n
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112320472913428480

2011-09-10 00:13:28

DeirdreS: @LusciousPear we gonna manage to meet this time?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112317732648779776

2011-09-09 23:56:37

DeirdreS: I’m at Mint Plaza (1 Mint Plaza, 5th St, San Francisco) http://t.co/TRX0TpS
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112313488751341568

2011-09-09 21:37:45

DeirdreS: @richlowe Doesn’t my open source street cred require that I have a frothing opinion in the matter? 😉
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112278545664978944

2011-09-09 21:31:27

DeirdreS: Feeling irritable and itchy all over. This may be due to allergies, or to reading about copyleft licenses.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112276957756006400

2011-09-09 20:10:37

DeirdreS: Is Silvio Berlusconi the worst leader of a major country in the world? – By David Rothkopf | David Rothkopf http://t.co/0OftxMz
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112256616644100096

2011-09-09 19:52:00

DeirdreS: @jbouvier get past the front page on http://t.co/5FsiJqT and that changes. We try to feature unmuzzled engineers: http://t.co/UVVLKc3
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112251931476508672

2011-09-09 18:49:22

DeirdreS: @rbanffy Giving away billions in worldwide healthcare qualifies.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112236168451588096

2011-09-09 18:47:28

DeirdreS: RT @raichoo: Religion does not always correlate with ethics. Get over it! http://t.co/gZhNSAB /via @gedankenstuecke
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112235689365606400

2011-09-09 17:34:59

DeirdreS: If I ever use the term “super excited” in any forum or context, please assume an impostor. If it’s really me, just shoot me.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112217450912825344

2011-09-09 17:08:20

DeirdreS: @NomdeB At the moment, carries some grim irony for me.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112210742735945728

2011-09-09 16:55:28

DeirdreS: I guess I’ll have to spend the weekend offline and out of range of any media. I lived thru 9/11 once, don’t need to relive it.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112207505165262849

2011-09-09 16:33:11

DeirdreS: @PeterKretzman “Baited breath” kinda grosses me out.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112201897187868672

2011-09-09 16:32:40

DeirdreS: @NomdeB http://t.co/afN947g
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112201768468877312

2011-09-09 16:21:17

DeirdreS: @PeterKretzman http://t.co/aEmr58v #handbasket
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112198901393653762

2011-09-09 16:21:08

DeirdreS: @sriramnrn Please do. I think I’m reading everything in realtime now, but if you feel ignored, make sure I’ve seen it.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112198862780899328

2011-09-09 16:11:46

DeirdreS: RT @tusharpokle: Curious about no.de’s excellent Solaris platform? Download it – http://t.co/ehoxyId Zones, ZFS, DTrace and KVM
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112196506043420672

2011-09-09 16:11:13

DeirdreS: @sriramnrn Not yet, waiting to see if there’s need for separate channels outside the Illumos ones. I don’t want to needlessly fragment us.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112196367178403840

2011-09-09 16:10:21

DeirdreS: Thanks Atlassian for the free Confluence Open Source license for SmartOS.org! Get one for your Open Source team here: http://t.co/CHNmI96
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112196150521630720

2011-09-09 15:25:14

DeirdreS: RT @bakadesuyo: What can help bond you and your partner closer together? How can you keep the flame burning? http://t.co/t4CJBmq
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112184796419076096

2011-09-09 14:40:27

DeirdreS: RT @robinbloor: He who buys what he does not need steals from himself.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112173526882074626

2011-09-09 14:29:32

DeirdreS: Feel guilty about taking a taxi to something I could normally walk to. OTOH, no longer own a car.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112170780594417664

2011-09-09 03:54:58

DeirdreS: @chorrell only ~40 mins, cuts off without warning
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/112011083681763328

2011-09-09 02:02:58

DeirdreS: 8 years ago: Changing Names: Italian Women Keep Their Own Upon Marriage http://t.co/bDdpElo
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111982901414985728

2011-09-09 01:48:09

DeirdreS: RT @agiletortoise: If health insurance wasn’t tied to employment, there’d be a whole lot more people creating their own jobs.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111979170858414080

2011-09-09 01:33:08

DeirdreS: 8 years ago: Another Rite of Passage Completed http://t.co/i3Jg9XI
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111975391039733760

2011-09-09 01:00:25

DeirdreS: So wha Intel event is coming up at Moscone Center? I can see the logo going up on Moscone West from my window.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111967159017672704

2011-09-09 00:58:59

DeirdreS: @sh1mmer They didn’t tell you about the Fishworks Mariokart obsession. 😉
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111966798689214464

2011-09-09 00:20:14

DeirdreS: Going home to eat anchovies and stinky cheese, possibly on garlic bread. Why, yes, I /am/ sleeping alone tonight – why do you ask? 😉
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111957047024685056

2011-09-09 00:01:48

DeirdreS: @RoxioSupport CD Spin Doctor
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111952407507906561

2011-09-08 23:18:47

DeirdreS: @RoxioSupport OMG, that stupid product name I came up with as a joke is still in use?!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111941582923644928

2011-09-08 21:38:58

DeirdreS: I did community before it was cool… 😉
Wayback Machine: r o x i o | Roxio and Our Customers: Let’s Talk http://t.co/3rNtUa5
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111916463606071296

2011-09-08 21:32:57

DeirdreS: RT @mcavage: Just published my manifesto on LDAP and ldapjs: http://t.co/z34SHJL
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111914948757696512

2011-09-08 19:39:52

DeirdreS: “learners better understand concepts through simple drawing, sets the stage for innovative and divergent thinking” http://t.co/JhkLQyj
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111886490291798016

2011-09-08 18:51:19

DeirdreS: RT @gsyoungblood: Finally getting around to posting screenshot of #openindiana KVM installing OI 148 as a guest. http://t.co/fp2GTpx #oi …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111874272292634624

2011-09-08 16:10:58

DeirdreS: “The work we do is for the rest of what we want: the stuff that makes life fun, meaningful, and purposeful.” http://t.co/y9IMkFG
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111833919451705344

2011-09-08 14:59:17

DeirdreS: @LusciousPear Only time I’ve used them, the car got pulled over by a cop half a block before he reached me. That took a while.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111815878919733248

2011-09-08 14:58:29

DeirdreS: @sogrady Yes, but… I have a feeling we were a lot more schooled in real life, somehow.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111815678025142272

2011-09-07 23:29:01

DeirdreS: what I need today: 7000 Caffè http://t.co/VjzTTZ0
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111581769412784129

2011-09-07 23:00:35

DeirdreS: @jasonh Maybe he’s practicing for the cancelled roadshow?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111574614760624128

2011-09-07 22:59:16

DeirdreS: RT @BrianAGBonney: Developing the next great Web app? Why not test drive Uniserve’s Free Cloud Beta for 2 months? http://t.co/ODaAClh
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111574281401536512

2011-09-07 22:55:09

DeirdreS: @missbhavens You should run a B&B, but with cocktails instead of breakfast. Or maybe FOR breakfast. I’d totally stay there. #1
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111573246004043777

2011-09-07 21:32:24

DeirdreS: @ben Well of course. We have a cunning plan…
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111552422937235457

2011-09-07 20:55:31

DeirdreS: The exhaust port is just there… http://t.co/zPeTdEM
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111543139197652993

2011-09-07 19:29:55

DeirdreS: @jacques An important competition hinges on that!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111521597755621376

2011-09-07 16:45:29

DeirdreS: @lattera Thanks, we are considering it, as mentioned, but no timeline as yet.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111480216169365504

2011-09-07 16:41:30

DeirdreS: @bici effing hackers. Thanks, fixing.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111479212464025600

2011-09-07 14:01:12

DeirdreS: @Joanmarie I’m so sorry.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111438872499585024

2011-09-07 13:59:54

DeirdreS: RT @ZackFord: I absolutely love this reparative therapy for monosexuals: http://t.co/6SdkZvQ
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111438546971271168

2011-09-07 05:03:42

DeirdreS: 7 years ago: Il Capriolo: A Wonderful Restaurant in an Italian Alpine Village http://t.co/ouwWLdG (with video)
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111303608875757568

2011-09-07 04:49:16

DeirdreS: @NomdeB Oh, dear. Glad all are ok.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111299974922387456

2011-09-07 01:35:50

DeirdreS: @sintaxi Looking forward to seeing you both!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111251294664130560

2011-09-06 22:54:45

DeirdreS: @davidpaulyoung Give ’em the old razzle-dazzle…
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111210756816650240

2011-09-06 22:20:03

DeirdreS: @elijahwright That’s just handwaving, only fancier. 😉 #jazzhands
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111202023281655810

2011-09-06 21:29:52

DeirdreS: RT @surgecon: Surge2011 tickets going fast-don’t miss Google, Yahoo!, Boundary, Joyent, Message Systems, Cloudant, SEOMoz and more. http …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111189397281579008

2011-09-06 16:24:19

DeirdreS: @jacques Hey, come find me when you have a break!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111112500170334208

2011-09-06 14:30:52

DeirdreS: Maybe I can have my brain back now…
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111083949446541312

2011-09-06 14:14:37

DeirdreS: @ryancnelson we’ll get that captured somehow #smartos
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/111079862256676864

2011-09-05 16:24:42

DeirdreS: @NomdeB I need one of those
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110750211483254785

2011-09-05 16:00:52

DeirdreS: Outside a highway motel in California, an old woman in a sari gathers flowers on a brass tray for the morning puja.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110744213766934528

2011-09-05 14:42:41

DeirdreS: RT @rcade: In a politician’s comments about God, substitute “Zeus” for God to make sure you’re not missing out on how alarming they sound.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110724536357486592

2011-09-05 04:10:49

DeirdreS: RT @comay: “Goodbye to All That”; this long-but-necessary article made me angry, despondent, fearful, overwhelmed yet motivated. http:// …
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110565524110446593

2011-09-05 03:24:43

DeirdreS: RT @caseymckinnon: Google’s birthday present to Freddie Mercury is amazing!!! http://t.co/Pu60o4u
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110553921453436928

2011-09-04 15:23:39

DeirdreS: @dottavi And many more don’t report it… #cernobbio
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110372457805914112

2011-09-04 15:12:02

DeirdreS: RT @bdha: http://t.co/kaXHFuT # Got @joyent’s SmartOS up and running happily on a zoomy Oracle box. 😉
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110369536225710081

2011-09-04 15:11:45

DeirdreS: @antoniovieiro Exactly, SmartOS underlies and enables the magic cool stuff we do in SmartDataCenter, tho SDC adds some magic of its own.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110369464222105600

2011-09-04 01:37:38

DeirdreS: I’m not going to write them down, either. I’ve spent most of my life being his audience. Time to be the protagonist in my own story.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110164584203165697

2011-09-04 01:36:21

DeirdreS: Dad was a storyteller, but he didn’t write down his stories, no matter how often I begged. He thought there’d be time – he’d live forever.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110164260679716864

2011-09-04 01:17:50

DeirdreS: RT @GodlessAtheist: Christian Charity http://t.co/ONHChwQ #atheism
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110159601193848833

2011-09-04 00:20:40

DeirdreS: @LusciousPear All in all, the week sucked beyond the telling of it. The only upside is that I never have to do that again.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110145214311702528

2011-09-03 23:46:45

DeirdreS: Two different people called my dad a Socialist at his funeral. No one was offended by this.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110136680547233794

2011-09-03 23:45:37

DeirdreS: This is not the kind of chocolate chip cookie I wanted, but I may have distractedly added too much flour. Drat.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110136395040960512

2011-09-03 23:41:41

DeirdreS: @mvidallopez appunto
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110135406745497600

2011-09-03 23:32:53

DeirdreS: Dad’s Funeral http://t.co/cAL3rv6
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110133188659118080

2011-09-03 23:21:05

DeirdreS: @hudsonette “The filly did it” – I like that
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110130219163201536

2011-09-03 23:16:25

DeirdreS: @hemantmehta depends, were you on commission?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110129046817472513

2011-09-03 21:57:15

DeirdreS: I guess I should eat something more than just toast and coffee…
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110109125131780096

2011-09-03 21:53:37

DeirdreS: @pborenstein you might have a point there… #fb
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110108209456496640

2011-09-03 20:58:30

DeirdreS: @sogrady Thanks, Crowdbooster is indeed interesting, though I probably make them work a littel harder – not your typical marketing tweeter
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110094338293370880

2011-09-03 20:46:30

DeirdreS: doing some digital housekeeping, rescued this Gallery: Torino, January 2008 http://t.co/c18f6J2
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110091320302911488

2011-09-03 18:53:06

DeirdreS: I’m at Whole Foods Market (399 4th St, at Harrison St, San Francisco) http://t.co/UW0cdMv
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110062779406368768

2011-09-03 18:14:50

DeirdreS: @alanc We won’t be there, either, but that’s due to pover outage + holiday. 😉
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110053152811782144

2011-09-03 18:13:43

DeirdreS: RT @melanierenzulli: RT @GirlFuturist: Three Charts to Email to Your Right-Wing Brother-In-Law: http://t.co/yMpUhbM
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110052869033558016

2011-09-03 15:15:04

DeirdreS: you’d think the hackers could be a bit respectful and not take my site down for no good reason while I’m writing about my dad’s funeral
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/110007910288994304

2011-09-03 10:46:03

DeirdreS: .@ryancnelson hack-day at Surge conf in Baltimore. #smartos – I like this idea, who all is going?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/109940211118641153

2011-09-03 10:12:04

DeirdreS: @bdha I’d love for you to share modding tips on the smartos site.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/109931657657712640

2011-09-03 09:44:29

DeirdreS: “Consider how a country would amend the Constitution to outlaw daily private behavior.” http://t.co/S2EanxI
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/109924717187698689

2011-09-03 04:19:24

DeirdreS: @sogrady [firstname]@joyent.com – thanks!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/109842908580020224

2011-09-03 04:18:03

DeirdreS: Now a 3sday weekend to decompress and get my brain in order to get back to normal life… whatever that is.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/109842566169624576

2011-09-03 04:16:24

DeirdreS: @sogrady Sure’ I’m always interested in measuring.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/109842152992944128

2011-09-03 03:11:21

DeirdreS: Cider http://t.co/mBdVRHV
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/109825781621997568

2011-09-03 03:00:04

DeirdreS: @llcrowe Dim sum and beer for me. I would like to find good hard cider in the US…
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/109822943667830784

2011-09-03 02:48:19

DeirdreS: Back home, feeling very surreal. And I seem to be shedding hair. WTF is up with that?
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/109819987342000129

2011-09-03 01:23:11

DeirdreS: @milouness Well, if you can’t think of a better occupation…
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/109798560576442368

2011-09-03 01:16:29

DeirdreS: @silveira We look forward to hearing how you like it!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/109796876575981568

2011-09-03 00:13:13

DeirdreS: Now that that is over, I hereby resign as family travel agent. So very over that.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/109780954234621953

2011-09-03 00:06:22

DeirdreS: @lskrocki thanks, glad to be back. Never want another week like this again.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/109779231080333312

2011-09-02 23:47:27

DeirdreS: I’m at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) (SFO Airport, San Francisco) w/ 176 others http://t.co/HP6LDQX
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/109774470075527168

2011-09-02 09:16:05

DeirdreS: @udomsak http://t.co/iIQ7jqj #Joyent
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/109555183914188800

2011-09-02 09:05:43

DeirdreS: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN EYE HOSPITAL AND IT’S FOOTBALL ACADEMY – YouTube http://t.co/D13QFKq
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/109552573350031360

2011-09-02 07:28:13

DeirdreS: @bdha The dreams I remember are all weird, I guess that’s normal for dreams
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/109528036684218368

2011-09-01 22:02:05

DeirdreS: This awful week will end with 12 hours in a middle seat on a United flight. At least at the end of it I’ll be HOME.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/109385563316031488

2011-09-01 21:02:33

DeirdreS: @LisaBloom maybe that was the warning – brace yourself!
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/109370584231718912

2011-09-01 20:54:40

DeirdreS: RT @bgorda: RT @HPC_Guru: Congratulations Rich Brueckner, on the first anniversary of taking over @insideHPC http://t.co/EOW4iLo #HPC
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/109368597457010688

2011-09-01 17:58:43

DeirdreS: The Bamboo Casket http://t.co/XSzBJuG
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/109324317644427267

2011-09-01 17:22:10

DeirdreS: Back in London, flying back to SF tomorrow. Completely drained.
http://twitter.com/DeirdreS/statuses/109315122459197440

2011-09-01 22:28:57

Photo in Need of a Caption

Oh, and the t-shirt is explained here.

Suggestions so far:

“If you thought the latency from yelling at disks was bad, wait until you see what happens when I take this to them”

“Suddenly, @brendangregg just got an uncontrollable urge to scream at the Oracle banner.”

@brendangregg “nth-level hardware / software ORA-fice engineering, a la Brendan ‘Speak softly and carry a large n-zooka’ Gregg”

Words about Al

Ruth at Al’s Farewell

31 August, 2011

Thank you all for coming today to be with Al …..

When I was trying to plan this Farewell to Al, my brain went into overwhelm several times with the most spectacular episode occurring on Friday night – I wanted to make sure everything was perfect for his send-off to his next big adventure, that we could together somehow today sum up the essence of who he was and what was important to him in life – I wanted to do things in the right order, make it all flow perfectly, tell the right stories, have the perfect music, the perfect readings, make sure family and friends didn’t repeat stories, etc, etc, After my meltdown on Friday, I realised that this was impossible and that if Al had been in the room with me, he’d have been saying, “Come under my arm and have a cuddle for a few minutes and don’t worry – trust yourself, you’ll know what to do.’

So I woke up Saturday morning and I DID know what to do ….. we were going to get together in one place around Al, we were going to play some of the music he loved, hear from some of the people he loved, listen to Rabbi Shulamit grant his last request ….. and then, we were going to go back to our house, sit out in the sun if it’s a nice day, eat and drink, talk about him some more and probably cry – at least I know I will – and after today we’ll go on carrying him in our hearts and keep on remembering things he said and did – funny things, touching things, irritating things.

So, that’s what we’re going to do!

We all know that – in no particular order – he came from New Orleans and loved the place and was devastated after Katrina, that he went to Vietnam as a civilian, that he lived and worked all over the world with impoverished people to help make their lives a little better, that he loved his American and English family and friends, had a very strong set of values about right and wrong, was passionate about books, theatre, musicals, that he taught himself guitar, loved history and politics, was a true socialist, loved Asia, always had 5 books on the go, was a walking encyclopaedia – although strangely enough was not always right!, loved shaggy dog stories, hated exercise apart from high adrenalin activities like parachuting, scuba diving, and trekking in the Himalayas, that he loved to tell stories – usually more than once! –

That he overwhelmingly curious and was a seeker all his life……..

We all know that Al always introduced me as his “third and last wife’, that the night I met him in Jakarta at a theatre group, he came up to me and said “You’ve got to come out and have dinner with me “, to which I replied “Why’ to which he replied “Because I’ve always wanted to go out with a woman I could look in the eye!” So I did. We danced all night – as usual I lost my shoes in the crowd which he eventually found, we ended up in a sweaty heap in the middle of a huge traffic roundabout under a statue of Rama and talked all night.

We were together for 24 years and as you all know we had a good many ups and downs about numerous things. This last 4 years when I looked after Al was a hard time for him and me, but it was also a very special time. We often said that even though a lot of things had seemed to fall apart we felt blessed in that we could be together right then. I remember one particular afternoon shortly before he passed away when we were having a cuddle and just being quiet. We started talking about what true intimacy and connection with another person was and we decided that that was what we had at that moment …… and it felt like the best thing in the world …..so peaceful.

Al was a fighter always looking for the next way to fix his body ….. one of the last doctors he talked to in Oxford was refreshingly blunt – he said – go out there and live your life! Al asked if it was ok to go sailing now and the doc said “do it’. The next Monday we went up to the Northampton Sailability club – a place with specially adapted boats for disabled people and we went out in a 2 person sail boat. It was a calm day and he loved it. The following Monday we went again – this time the sky was almost black and the water dark grey and the wind was gusting. We sailed away from the pontoon hanging on for dear life. We never did quite understand the ins and outs of the sails and the wind (but Al would tell you he did!) but Al was in his element – I was more than a little terrified. We decided to try and go in after an hour. He turned to me and said, ‘doesn’t it say a lot about our relationship that we can now do this together as a team’. I agreed and told him I loved him. I’m so glad he had that day – he was walking on air, excited and connected to life again. That is how I will remember him, doing a goofy grin and being my lovely Bear.

Rossella, Al’s granddaughter

I find myself once again on an airplane to London, coming to the end of a great journey. Except this time, it isn’t my own.

Al was never the granddad that could teach me to ride a bicycle or swim; and due to the distance between England and all the places I’ve lived in so far, our visits weren’t as frequent as either of us would have liked.

I do however have terrific childhood memories of a lovely cottage in the countryside with a big garden to explore, cats to chase, cakes to eat and best of all: a squeaky staircase leading to the cosiest bear cave I’ve ever set foot in.

My grandfather was always a rebel, something I learned at a very early age when he let me sit in the front seat of a tiny, yellow convertible. “But my mommy says I’m too small to sit in the front!” I guiltily admitted. “Well, we just won’t tell her then, will we?” he readily replied, teaching me a most valuable lesson: mothers’ concerns become quite irrelevant when it comes to riding in a convertible with a wonderful man.

There was also a certain play-doh bucket behind his favorite chair in the living room.
Those were the days when he and Ruth were smokers and rolled their own cigarettes. It took me years to finally realize why rolling a cigarette out of what was in the play-doh bucket had to be our little secret, and to this day it tickles me to realize how hopelessly hippy he was.

A true child of the sixties, he spent his lifetime seeking knowledge and thrill across the world; appreciating life in its every crazy aspect.

In the past years granddad and Ruth’s has been the home base for all of my life changing journeys. I would visit them on my way TO somewhere and then again on my way back.

Unfortunately I’d be so overwhelmed with emotion (stress from the impending departure or recovery from culture shock) that I’m afraid I wasn’t very present and willing to sit down, listen and empathize with the phase of life they were going through. My grandfather on the other hand would seem to know exactly where I was coming from. Whether I was wrapped in Indian fabric or heading to the outskirts of Sydney to ride horses, he would have an appropriate speech prepared on life and how glorious it is. Nothing would phase him, in fact it all seemed rather normal to him at time when maybe other people didn’t quite understand the logic behind my decisions.

Most importantly, granddad thrived on knowing all about my life. I’ve never met anyone else who would call me to his room, slap the empty side of the bed and exclaim “come here! sit down! tell me about your life”. I took it for granted, and I now realize: as simple of a request as it may seem, how often does it actually happen?

There wasn’t one judgmental bone in his body. Every sentiment or concern I expressed was completely valid and precious to him.

It’s hard in times like these to gather one’s thoughts about life, death, how we feel about losing someone and what they meant to us.

I am a confident person, however my biggest fan and confidence booster is now gone for good and I know I’ll miss the little things. I’ll miss the bed where I would sit and talk if I wanted to, or observe his latest grand project in the making while he sketched away on a pad, groaning from time to time and asking Ruth to bring him something to eat – preferably something sweet.

I’ll miss the simple pleasure of sitting in a living room together watching television, sharing a meal

It may not have been a conscious effort, but his sense of adventure and, really, lack of fear led up to what became a novel worthy life story. This obviously rubbed off on my mother, and eventually and unsurprisingly, me.

I am twenty-two years old and I have lived in four continents, worked a variety of jobs and had my heart broken one too many times. I know this is a lifestyle I probably wouldn’t have adopted had it not been for my grandfather, and although it has its downsides, I’m quite convinced the best is yet to come.

Ian, Al’s son

Eulogy for a Character:

I’d like to start with a definition.
Char.ac.ter
1- the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person
2- an outstanding person: one of the great characters of the century
3- an odd, eccentric, or unusual person: he’s quite a character

Yes these are all things that could define my dad. Actually I’m pretty sure they had to make up those definitions to define him! He was indeed a character who had character. I’d almost be willing to bet money that the character of “Most Interesting Man in The World” was modeled on my dad.

They also say a man can be defined by the friends he has made and the family who loves him; having met many of his friends and being part of his family I can easily see what made my dad such a character.

I have not had the good fortune to know my father as well as many of his friends and other family members and much to my regret I did not get to spend nearly as much time with him as I could have wished for, but that made me value the time I did have with that him much more:
Sometime during my junior high or early high school years I got to spend one summer with my Dad back when he was living in Reston Virginia and it was one of the best times of my life. I don’t remember all of the details, my memory of days gone past is fuzzy at the best of times, but I do remember going white-water canoeing on the Upper Potomac at one point. However, my clearest memory was the day he took me to an Airshow and I got to go up for a ride in a rebuilt Stearman Biplane, an Aerobatics Biplane and me with a horrific fear of heights. It was an experience that was both terrifying and exhilarating and a memory I wouldn’t trade for anything in the world. Looking back through the years I can say with honesty that that was one of the few points in life where I ever felt truly alive and I love my dad even more for giving me that experience.

It’s been a very long time since that fond memory and though I only got to see him one other time after that I know that he spent every day doing his best to live, right up to the very end. And that I think was his greatest quality; showing others how to live.

Forgive me a bit for descending a bit into geekery here, but I am what I am and I think dad would be tickled by the analogy; In a recent episode of Doctor Who, “Vincent and the Doctor” in which the Doctor and his companion Amy Pond shared an adventure with the tormented Vincent Van Gogh. At the very end of the episode the Doctor is comforting Amy when she thinks that nothing they did for Vincent made any difference in the end and the Doctor says; “Life is a series of good things and bad things, I believe we added quite a bit to his pile of Good Things.”

And that is what dad did for me and for all of us, he added a lot to all of our piles of good things.

Nancy, one of Ruth’s oldest friends and, for the last 17 years, Al’s friend, too

Ruthie has asked me to say a few words about Al, to remember him by – as if we could ever forget.

Ruth, of course, has known Al for ever and a day, they’ve been adventuring together for 24 years, overseas, in America and in England. I got to know him when he came to live and work here, as the husband of my very dear friend.

And when I sat down to think about him, I always saw him with Ruth. Al and Ruth, Ruth and Al. So this is a tribute to Al – and to Al and Ruth.

What was Al like? He was big, he was untidy, he lived with Ruth – and he loved her.

He loved to talk and to eat and to play – with his family and his friends – and especially with Ruth.

He loved politics, he read history and he devoured the news – and he and Ruth would spend hours talking about the world and everything within it.

He loved religion and philosophy and big ideas, and he wrote and he googled and emailed and he talked – and he saved his most insightful and most intimate thoughts for Ruth.

He sailed and he played guitar and he read book after book – and he did everything with enthusiasm and he liked doing everything best – with Ruth.

Ruthie was his greatest fan, his strongest supporter, his beloved wife. He simply adored her. They drove each other mad, they made each other laugh, they loved each other through and through. We all know that about them, that is Al – and Ruth.

Al was a socialist and an admirer of the NHS. In recent years he spent a lot of time admiring it up close and personal as he suffered from increasing ill health. But I think it’s fair to say that many of the nurses and doctors who looked after Al admired him too – for his determination, his will and his fight to keep going.

He loved life and he loved Ruth and he didn’t want to leave her – but in the end, despite Ruth’s wonderful care, the hospital’s ceaseless cure and his own strength of will, he died, in peace – with Ruth – as always – by his side.

It is my privilege to speak today, in memory of a fine man, who had a wicked sense of humour and a big heart.

As family and friends you’ll have your memories of Al, too. If you’d like to share your memories back at the house, that would be wonderful. But if, like Al, you like to save all the best things for Ruth, please talk quietly to her, or write to her afterwards – these memories of Al are precious to her.

Thank you.

Rabbi Shulamit Ambalu

Hesped for Al Straughan

I first met Al when he came to our local synagogue one Saturday morning with his friend Davida. It’s a very funny thing, because we had a special kind of service on that day, one we had just started doing, and which we only do two or three times a year. If it had been the usual kind of morning event, I think Al might have listened with polite attention and we would never have seen him again. But I clearly remember this. There was no sermon on that morning. There was hardly any of the usual ritual. But there was this. A short piece of text and a long and wholehearted discussion. No one told anybody what to think, much less what to believe. This was our Jewish experience at its realest, lots of people in the room and lots of different opinions. And at the heart is this, the notion that it is in the struggle, in the argument, in the spaces between our different positions that we might find the truth. Al was taken aback. He was, in our English way of saying it, gobsmacked. He loved that it was real, and also, with his passion and background in the theatre, he loved the sense of drama and story. With his instinctive pull toward metaphorical truth, and a respect for the mystical, Al came back. And he kept on coming back.

As his health declined he managed somehow, to keep on going. He talked about his spiritual life. He conjured up the emotional high of the Baptist revivals, the dogmatic certainty of the Catholic Church, the tensions of the faith inside his childhood home. He had an instinctive distrust of religious conviction. His many years of living in the Far East were not only vital outlets for his passionate drive to mend the world, what we call, in Hebrew, tikkun olam. They also brought him into contact with a gentle and open spirituality wrapped up in a way of life.

But this was somehow not quite enough. When his health declined in the last twelve years of his life, one of his many pursuits was a wide ranging novel, Shadowmirror. This winding mystery novel, set in his childhood New Orleans, explored parallel planes of existence, the relationship of men and women; voodoo and even had a Jewish thread. It was this Jewish thread that led him to the synagogue, ostensibly for further research.

But Al quickly found what he did not know his heart was looking for. Here, no one would tell him what he had to believe.

He was only asked to learn, to practice and to think. These three were not without their challenges. Always a willing student, he read voraciously, and kept a list of questions to ask me. Yet it was difficult to marshal his thoughts. His wide raging intellect would nimbly leap from topic to topic, and it wasn’t always easy to see where next his thoughts would jump. His most common question was “why’. His declining health made Jewish practice enormously difficult. Yet he came to synagogue whenever he could, and he made an impression on everyone who knew him. I think the last time he came; he told the leader of the choir that when she sang he felt the heavens open. He was well loved. He was a loveable, honest man of strong convictions and character, and he gave his spiritual struggle everything he could. I am only sorry I never knew him at his physical best. But I knew him at the time when he was perhaps, at his spiritual best. He struggled, till the end, for coherence and meaning, a struggle, we learn, that is never complete. Al told me that he thought a lot about the book of Job as many people do when they are sick. Job is a book that refuses the quest for an easy set of answers. Job must hold fast to his own hard earned truth.

Al was looking for this underlying truth, the unity, or one-ness, behind our different languages, our different cultures, different ritual expressions. He wanted to get to this ultimate truth, this essential indivisible One. This was the drive between every one of his free ranging questions, his voracious reading, and his practise of meditation. And though it sounds so simple, finding this truth, and holding on to it, is a complex, challenging struggle. He gave it his best. And the struggle, too, for the essential, undivided One, in turn sustained him.

Zichrono nl’veracha, may his memory be for a blessing.

Zvi Friedman – a member of the synagogue

31 August, 2011

Al was a big man with a passion for the big questions in life, questions of science and religion.

Sadly, because he’d been so unwell during the last year or so of his life, we didn’t have many opportunities to sit and talk about these things.

Here is a book belonging to Al, which he insisted that I read. It’s a book about astro-physics, by a Japanese American academic Michio Kaku and it’s called “Parallel Worlds, the Science of Alternative Universes and our Future in the Cosmos’.

This was clearly a book that Al treasured. Page after page are marked with coloured stickers, indicating passages, some heavily underlined, that were for Al of great importance. Some are labelled, such as this one; it says. “Survival of intelligence.”

I have to say that I didn’t get too far into this. It’s complex stuff, demanding a commitment to the philosophy of astro-physics strong for Al, but less so for me.

Yet it would have been good to have had the opportunity to talk more about these great ideas.

But Al’s spirit is now free of our trivial earth-bound concerns.

Somewhere in my mind is the hope that his intelligence will survive, and perhaps he will now know more about his future in the cosmos.

But for we who remain, well, I feel I’ve lost a friend.

Mandie and Paige

We’ve known Ruth and Al for 8 years, and was very sad to hear of Al’s passing. Al and Ruth touched our life’s in a big way more than what I think Ruth realises, I’ve never met such warm hearted, wonderful people who I didn’t realise existed in this world. We feel so privileged to have known them both. They have been there for my daughter and myself more than my own family and friends. One thing I’ll remember Al for was the day he called me in the lounge and gave me an envelope which had a card and money inside it, he said “Ruth and I don’t have much but we know what its like to have hard times and we would like to give you this to help go towards helping you out, as I believe if you do a good thing for someone it will be returned back and you and Paige mean a lot to us” . Well Ditto Al you meant a lot to us and we will never forget you and what you believed in.

Mandie and Paige xx

Addis

I’ve known Alton for over 60 years. So many memories!
As boys we often built houses out of cardboard naming them VAN THUTCHER MANSIONS,
why, I don’t know. We then joyfully would burn them with great pleasure adding sound
effects of screams. Perhaps this was early creativity?
We suffered through the years in a school we hated. Then with freedom, I fled to NY.
Alton to college. He was frequently here. Lord, we were so young!
I remember drinking cheap wine and passing out behind the carousel in Central Park.
. . all night. Alton insisted we spent a lot of time talking with Alan Ginsburg one
night. I don’t remember. . . .Wonder if Mr. Ginsburg did?
As the years passed, we stayed in touch. I remember when Deidra was born, I saw her
grow up.Then her little one. Alton was all over the world, and I was also.
These last years were hard, I know. He always stayed close via email and the
telephone. When I didn’t hear, I knew things were bad. Ruth, you were his anchor.
Bless you. . .
Thorton Wilder said the best tribute to the dead is not grief, but gratitude.
I will close with these words.
Thank you Alton-

Charlie Blank

August 19, 2011

Kathy & I send our sympathies to you and Ruth. Alton was a month younger than I and we went through school together and then off to LSU. We roomed together just before I married. Celeste was a frequent visitor. I remember Addis, who lived across the street from Alton while we were growing up.
The last time we corresponded, we differed about the afterlife. He could not believe that there was not something after death; I called it the Great Void. We would enjoy arguing passionately about such things.

Leslie Posner (and Nathan Cohen)

30 August, 2011

The sad news came on Tuesday, the earthquake on Wednesday , the hurricane warnings and landfall on Thursday to Sunday. This week’s mid Atlantic blockbuster meteorological drama, with its previews, performances, curtain calls and reviews felt like a cosmic salute to a mega force husband, father, and dear friend.

After all of these years of roller health and optimistic endurance, helped greatly by Ruthie, he went out with a shake, rattle, and strong whoosh–leaving debris in his wake.

All of us who love him, and those he loved–Ruth, Deidre, Rosella, and Ian–are trying to find our balance again. Here in Baltimore, we walk carefully through fallen branches and downed wires, and wait for the electricity to come back on.

He kept the lines buzzing between us for over 35 years, wherever we were, and was recently pushing me toward Skype, yet another new level of communication, along with Indonesian, which he encouraged me to pursue.

I am in no hurry to sign on now, as I know that the connection can never reach far enough, that the messages will no longer be returned.

But I have many memories to rewind, including those of our late June visit, and promise to help all of you keep sharing them as best we can.

Donna (Davida) Huchel

28 August, 2011
(Met Al in 1983; collaborated on numerous theatre projects in Indonesia and Herndon/Reston, Virginia.)

Al Through My Eyes

Al forged many enduring friendships as he navigated a world which never seemed quite big enough to contain him—or his enthusiasm. Mine was one.

If I had to use a single word to describe Al, it would have to be “capital C” Creative. The creativity that allowed him to restructure government ministries, found businesses, return to school for a Master’s in set design, write two novels and change bare stages magically into other worlds— a pre WWII Cabaret, a Transylvania mansion, the second smallest town in Texas, a pajama factory, an IRA hideout. This creativity gave Al the ability to imagine, during his long years of illness, a miracle cure, followed by a pain free existence which would allow new travels, new businesses, new adventures.

Along with the optimism wrought of his fertile imagination came an appreciation of what he had in the real world—and at the top of that list was his Ruthie: his lifeline, rudder, sounding board, and incredible “first mate”! While he “sailed” through many cultures and cultivated many lasting friendships along the way, Al never lost the love of his Louisiana roots (evidenced in his 2nd manuscript and 30,000 conversations with me), nor the mighty appreciation of his adopted English homeland, and all it did for him.

Al , as everyone who knew him appreciates, lived BIG in this world. No reason to think he’ll do otherwise in the next!

Curtis and Dee Wood

Austin, Texas, USA
28 August, 2011

Been there, done that.

That’s what comes to mind when I think of Al. He lived a full life- fuller than most- and enjoyed a wealth of experiences. And yes, it was hard to find somewhere Al hadn’t been, or something he hadn’t done.

While he was here in the states exploring yet another religious belief system, I heard him referred to as having “an old soul”. If, indeed, souls come and go through various bodies and times here on earth, I do believe Al had been here and back more than once.

I’ll remember his Indian cooking–always a delight to the tastebuds, and his passion for the theater. And his passion for Ruth. He knew what a treasure he had found when he met Ruth and didn’t hesitate to snatch her up as his mate for the rest of his life. I never did get to thank him for coming back to Texas for awhile, where I had the good fortune to meet both of them.

Thank you, Al, for doing another gig in Texas and for including Curtis and me on your list of lifelong friends.

Niamh and Graham

August 29, 2011

Thank you so much for all the love expressed through your post. Graham and I were privileged to know Ruth and Al in the Maldives where we shared many a fun evening and became really good friends. There was a infamous Murder Mystery Dinner party that will forever stick in my memory!! Probably helped that I am a great musical theatre addict as well.

Our return to the UK was pretty much at the same time as Ruth and Al and I have been aware of Als’ health probs over the recent years. We were just speaking on the phone a few weeks ago about him feeling well enough to come up and visit us in Norfolk in September. I love the photos of Al in good heart.

We shall miss him greatly.

Simon Barnes

26 August, 2011

A lot of people thought Al was an unlucky guy. I am in a unique position to know that he was not. He was one of the luckiest guys on earth, because he loved and was loved by [Ruth] for 24 years.

Introducing Your SmartOS Community Manager

About Me

I’m Deirdré Straughan. A great deal about my personal and professional life is available on my site, Countries Beginning with I.

I have been a community manager since long before the title existed, first for the Italian startup I worked for in Milan, then for Adaptec (when it bought us), then for Adaptec’s software spinoff, Roxio. The website I designed for Roxio was probably one of the first (in 2001) to explicitly describe its customers as members of an online community.

Before I ever heard of The Cluetrain Manifesto, I was acting upon my belief that companies and customers have shared interests in the success and usefulness of products/services. I found that customers had better ideas than I did about how to help them use our stuff; my role was less about leadership than about enabling and facilitating them to work with us and each other.

The open source movement takes this attitude a logical step further: though some open source projects originate largely with a company, they need a real community (comprised of both insiders and outsiders) to thrive and grow. And I enjoy nurturing such communities.

As for this specific community: I have been working closely with Solaris and many of its creators since I joined Sun Microsystems in 2007. Though my title changed a few times, my work at Sun (and then Oracle) was always fundamentally about helping engineers communicate, both internally and externally. Part of my job was to help the OpenSolaris community, including a stint as the secretary to the OGB shortly before the end.

Specific tasks included filming hundreds of hours of experts talking about technology, and teaching others how to use video. I also did social media production for technical conferences worldwide. I also do text: among other things (blog writing and editing,articles), last year I edited (the non-code parts of) the DTrace book.

Putting it all together, I have had the privilege and pleasure of working with hundreds of smart, interesting people in tech, and that’s something I very much enjoy doing.

About the Job

Last December I began working for Joyent – once again, helping engineers and other technical types communicate what they know, including using video. Then, about a month ago, I had the chance to change roles and managers while still at Joyent. Here’s the job description as Bryan Cantrill gave it to me:

Especially as we integrate native KVM into SmartOS, we have a great opportunity to build a community around the operating system: we are the first OS to unify DTrace, ZFS, Zones and KVM under one OS kernel, and we believe that that makes us the preeminent OS for cloud computing. But to make that happen, we need to build and manage community around it. This means a bunch of things, and I’m flexible on the definition €” that’s part of why I want you heading this up.

It means making available resources to the community that explain these technologies and why they are a giant win for cloud computing; making sure that we have an awesome experience for the developer and community member to download the system, learn more about it, and start building with it (which in turn means a web presence, documentation, the right downloads, etc.); that we are engaging with the illumos community to both strengthen that community and to leverage it to strengthen SmartOS, etc. This role is reporting to me because I expect it to have quite a bit of interface with the engineers.

I was happy to accept the job, and that’s what I’m doing now.

A few words about what I am not:

  • I am in no sense a computer scientist / software engineer. I’ve attempted only one programming course in my life to date (Pascal, my freshman year at UC Santa Cruz €“ so long ago that I narrowly escaped having to use punch cards!). I had no particular talent for it. I see software, like music, as an art which I can admire and enjoy, while being damned near incapable of producing it myself.
  • I’m not a sysadmin. I can just about find my way around a command line, given a cheat sheet. (I took a Solaris Sysadmin course 18 months ago, but never had the opportunity to practice any of what I €œlearned€ €“ and I’m more a hands-on learner.)

So you may have to be patient with me sometimes – I don’t know a lot of what you know. But I am not afraid to admit when I don’t understand things, or to ask questions until I do understand. If you’re willing to teach, I’m happy to learn.

Right now I’m just starting to learn who you are, what you want from SmartOS, and how we can help you. You can reach me at smartos [at] joyent [dot] com, and I often hang out in #joyent, #illumos, #openindiana, and related chats on irc.freenode.net. I’m a prolific Tweeter at@deirdres, and can be found on Google+ as well.

I look forward to working with you to help make SmartOS great!

Note: I should have had this post ready on August 15th, when we began telling the world about SmartOS and KVM. Unfortunately, I was then distracted by personal circumstances.

Originally published on smartos.org

Note: Around December of that year, I also took on the community for illumos, the open source operating system kernel which is SmartOS’ parent.

Deirdré Straughan on Italy, India, the Internet, the world, and now Australia