September 2009
Last time I tried to switch to Safari I lasted 2 days, this time only 2 hours and I’m back to Firefox.
JBoss Community Asylum Podcast is out! http://bit.ly/19Td3F Podcast by @maxandersen @michaelneale and @emmanuelbernard
RHT up 7.11% pre-market - I guess our Q2 results were generally well received.
trying to understand how Gmail / any mail push on my iPhone / any phone wouldn’t be a *massive* distraction, time-vampire and general PITA
Trying to stay awake until soccer at 9.50pm
Expect film crews rushing to Sydney to get footage for future environmental Apocolypse / mars colonization movies
Life on Mars / Sydney - fawesome pictures via the bigpicture : http://bit.ly/kMCOY
If the Healthcare debate is a little abstract for you - watch this MSNBC Interview : http://bit.ly/eZNKa
RT @mkrigsman Larry Ellison: “You will quickly come to resemble the companies you compete with.” http://bit.ly/CnuMj
Just when I was thinking it’s been a while since I was at Red Hat in Westford - I have two trips in the next 2 weeks
Just reminded myself how awesome tripit is
For utterly selfish reasons I’d have to agree with @mjasay ‘s conclusion ;) - http://bit.ly/13QGD6
So I guess that’s the major acquisition Dell were planning : http://bit.ly/4pmtAZ
CREST - web-scale architecture, not toothpaste : http://bit.ly/3Wr9ja
OK, nuf email and feed reading for now - off to the gym
A Literacy Revolution ? “technology isn’t killing our ability to write. It’s reviving it” : http://bit.ly/chZWG
Seam and Flex - http://bit.ly/3JsbcZ
Shuffling around like an old lady after soccer late last night #old #git
Watching Michael Tiemann’s Rapid Fire talk at Gov 2.0 Summit 09 : http://blip.tv/file/2613622
Swearing very loudly at Open Office
Somehow meeting-free-Friday has turned into meeting-full-Friday #schedule #fail
Who’s your Daddy ? How have I never seen this before ? http://bit.ly/tRoP7 #redhat #oracle
RESTful data grids : http://bit.ly/teQgc
I travel a lot and like good food - how come I’ve never been to *any* of the best 50 places to eat ? http://bit.ly/OBSTH
email and calendar under control, off for some exercise - please, no more email while I’m gone
I just love the Intertubes : http://www.howmanypeopleareinspacerightnow.com/
Good analysis - RT @maslett: New post: Oracle *could* kill off MySQL as a commercial product, but probably won’t. A Q&A. http://bit.ly/HyxMx
I never would have though that 2x24” monitors with 8 virt. desktops would be insufficient. I think I have Desktop ADD
RT @Dana_Gardner: SOA user survey helps define latest ESB trends, middleware use patterns http://ff.im/89Cg2
hmm, eight minutes to prepare and eat lunch - any ideas ?
Some nice pics. from JBossWorld / Red Hat Summit 2009 : http://bit.ly/FCAHX
Awesome - due to cancelled mtg - now have 1hr and 3 mins for lunch :)
Penultimate weekend at the pool - summer flew by this year
clearing out the last of the magic-hat #9 - pale ale + apricot flavor - not bad summer beer
who treats you worse - your cable company or your healthcare insurance company ? (I know, it’s a tough one)
Heading to the Raleigh farmer’s market
8 years ago - I was wrkn in a vry high building in Canary Wharf which was quickly evacuated after it became obvious that 9/11 was deliberate
8 years ago - I’d just signed my Sun US contract and we we’re busy readying our move from UK to US.
At the pool - where is everyone ?
Footie / Soccer tonight - first time since July - will no doubt be huffing and puffing a bit
how did i miss 09:09:09 09/09/09
Basking in the warm, comforting heat of flat panel displays
Catching up with some of the #jbossworld and #rhsummit sessions I missed : presos - http://bit.ly/Sg12T, videos - http://bit.ly/3v9aY3
OK, after a reboot (something I do very infrequently) - Skype works just fine and dandy on Fedora 11
US Men’s Soccer team are playing Trinidad and Tobago - a country slightly bigger than Rhode Island (the smallest US state). Just sayin.
Just salvaged another old laptop for the kids - just installed and fired up “Frozen Bubble” in network mode - fawesome.
Any #linux education games / packages for 5 & 8 yr olds ?
“up and at ‘em” - expenses that is