Monthly Archives: January 2006

Amazing profiling and tracing tool… Shark

Its been a while, but I still remember scanning the output of strace (and later ktrace) from unix machines, looking for that hint of what went “boom” or was causing significant unhappiness with the machines. So when I read the … Continue reading

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Rum

Back over Thanksgiving (?? was it that far back), Nathan brought over some extra-fine rum for sipping before/while we made dinner and chatted. I’ve had it happily lurking on the side table since then – it’s a neat looking bottle, … Continue reading

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cleaning the basement

This whole water thing is at least netting us something – a very clean basement floor. The rainstorms that ran through here over the past few days just added to the seepage and wetness in the basement. In fact, I … Continue reading

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a couple of stouts

Tonight? Tonight was a good night. We had a decent turnout at the XCoders meeting (16 folks) for an overview of Perl. And that was one very thorough overview of perl! There is stuff he covered in that preview that … Continue reading

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Selenium

Well darn. I took a stab at developing some internal tests using Selenium to see if that might be a reasonable fit going forward. I was impressed with the cross browser functionality and focus, which would make a number of … Continue reading

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racing in a 30′ sailboat

A few years ago I spent quite a bit of time racing as part of the crew of a 30′ sailboat. Lately thoughts of that time have been popping back up, and I’m finding it a pretty apt analogy to … Continue reading

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the kid with the ball

When I was coming home yesterday, I saw a kid sort of poke his head out from underneath a large truck, a red playground ball in his hand. He was popping out and then he ducked back in quickly, and … Continue reading

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PF Changs at Westlake

I met Karen at PF Changs at the Westlake Center tonight for dinner. Man, I have to got to say they have incredible service. They were incredibly diligent about dealing with a food restriction when we asked late about it … Continue reading

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Disney is reinvesting in creativity

I’m hugely pleased to hear that the rumors have been confirmed about Disney purchasing Pixar Studios. Eisner, is my opinion, destroyed the creative staffing in Disney and I’m thrilled to see the company making dramatic efforts to bring creativity back … Continue reading

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grand house reorganization thoughts

Today has been reading and grand house reorganization thoughts. One of those “strategic thinking” days really – walking around the house, trying to visualize and think of the house in a slightly different format and use. We have, long ago … Continue reading

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