Monthly Archives: December 2007

Made it to CoMo

Made it Columbia, MO just before it started sleeting. It was an odd trip weather wise. I took off from Seattle and landed in Denver for a short layover – the temperature was quite cool and there was a lovely … Continue reading

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power efficiencies in computing

It used to be just the data center folks that really dug into power consumption and trying to optimize power efficiencies. But the newer machines are eating enough power that even smaller development labs should start taking a serious look … Continue reading

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Upgraded

It’s been forever… well – forever computer time anyway… since I upgraded this blog. It was high time to get things in place, so I grabbed the latest goodies and upgraded the whole kit. Don’t really notice a difference? Good. … Continue reading

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more concurrent python goodies

Michael Sparks has been a busy guy – obviously continuing to think and fiddle in the concurrent python space quite a bit. He posted a bit of thought and some initial API concepts for software transactional memory on this blog … Continue reading

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enterprise software developers should take a huge freakin’ clue from Atlassian

I don’t normally post much about work or the work I do (at least anymore… heh). But after today’s “off-hours” upgrade, I’m reminded that Atlassian is a hell of a dev crew, and deserves some serious kudos. In the process, … Continue reading

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Rogue Sheep Holiday Party

Rogue Sheep hosted a great holiday party tonight, and Mike Lee definitely kicked our butts for best dressed: Okay, yeah – it’s a crappy iPhone photo – but you get the drift.

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Good Services Plumbing did just that…

Rob at Good Services Plumbing has resolved Lake Garfield into a few puddles – thank god. Longer term, I think we’re looking at a sump near the back door where most of the inflow comes from. There’s also the option … Continue reading

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Lake Garfield

Three storms converging on Seattle in one weekend – yeah, the expected happened. I just didn’t expect so much of the expected. Our basement’s flooded, and another round of lift, move, drape to get boxes rearranged on things relatively impervious … Continue reading

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Snow

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trying to grok greenlets – more experiments in concurrent programming

I poked around in Eventlet this morning – between shopping runs and helping Karen move things around in the basement. I’d hoped to knock out a quick hackysack experiment with that stuff – since it sounded about the same – … Continue reading

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