- @joshwisely haha! probably was me. in reply to joshwisely #
- experimenting with the coffee maker. #
- @dukeleto hackathon? #
- @linettasky mostly, i am trying not to start things on fire. i will let you know how that goes 🙂 in reply to linettasky #
- RT @pdxhackathon: If you are going to @PDXScala tonight, come crash the hackathon afterwards. They are close! http://bit.ly/6iLjzR #
- Waiting for the bus to @pdxhackathon #
- OH: #postgres is in the autocomplete on my phone. #
twittering on 2009-12-16
- enjoying demo from @eggyknap of a slony->bucardo configurator #
- hey @al3x, you'll find portland to be enthusiastic and tech-obsessed. geared toward getting-shit-done, rather than telling people about it. in reply to al3x #
twittering on 2009-12-15
- after-lunch sleepy. #
- Playing with Gender Genie (http://bookblog.net/gender/genie.php) – so far, all my blog posts are male. #
- dear vpn software: i will never get that hour back from my life. love, selena #
twittering on 2009-12-14
- RT @PGSQL_Announce: PostgreSQL 2009-12-14 Security Update http://is.gd/5neLR #postgres #
- @jdp23 i like your style! 🙂 kinda busy today, but will have a closer look later on today. #
- @StevenWalling nice, but why didn't the paper just sell ads to support the print edition? $300/issue isn't that much, honestly. in reply to StevenWalling #
- @dukeleto i have the same error. in reply to dukeleto #
- 🙂 RT @irenepapas: Falling in love with PL/Perl… #
- @karolcooks oh sweet! 🙂 in reply to karolcooks #
- bidding! RT @jonjensen0: Interesting new Amazon EC2 "Spot Instance" pricing: http://j.mp/5HfWaZ #
- @pjf 🙁 i hope you're not sick! in reply to pjf #
- @pjf awww. suck. are you in the US right now? in reply to pjf #
- alright, i've got lots of wave invites. DM me if you need one. #
Weekly tweet digest for 2009-12-13
- congrats to @Simon_Riggs,@robertmhass,Greg Stark & ITAGAKI Takahiro for becoming committers for #PostgreSQL http://tr.im/GV6G #
- uh.. getting 'BRB' when trying to access http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/ #
- @ahockley yeah, this is motivating me to set up that distributed failover i've been meaning to for a while. le sigh. in reply to ahockley #
- first word on the complete dreamhost network outage? OSPF issue. yuck. #
- @qhartman happened about two hours ago, lasted for an hour or so. see: http://www.dreamhoststatus.com in reply to qhartman #
- PostgreSQL Conference 2009 Japan slides and video recordings available! http://www.postgresql.jp/events/pgcon09j/e/program_2 (HT @suzuki) #
- wow! 30 people joining the Winter Coders Social potluck. Gonna be awesome. http://calagator.org/events/1250457765 #
- RT @GEOpdx: Interesting Example of Selection Bias: Mapping SAT Scores http://bit.ly/7MM9I0 #
- it's that time of the year when the tiny hose for getting rid of condensation from the furnace freezes shut. #
- @markgross probably not. but that's a GOOD IDEA! in reply to markgross #
- RT @igalko: Today! Join us at the Winter Coders' Social, 6pm-11pm at NedSpace Old Town: http://calagator.org/events/1250457765 #
- OH: "I would be tempted to use a +1 sword of –nodeps." #
- heartened by the ability of an open source project to route around stupid embargos to share knowledge. #
- this is the kind of stuff you get at the #codersocial (http://tr.im/H3QC : RT @schwern: Time to make the egg nog. #
- crap. running late. #
- OH: is someone bringing connect 4? #codersocial #
- If you have napkins, plates, plastic cups or flatware please bring more to share! For the winter coders social #codersocial #
- OH: putting the F U in fun. #codersocial http://yfrog.com/3nu4vqj #
- considering @pgsnake's avatar change as proof that he will be doing karaoke at the next pgcon. #
- thanks again to @nedspace & @emmaemail for sponsoring the Winter Coders Social! Great turnout, delish potluck, and matrix algebra. #
- @lhawthorn I hope he feels better soon! in reply to lhawthorn #
- just had sweet lunch at podnah's with @jenred. #
- RT @rogoway Blackbox Republic,out of the box today- 17 employees in SE PDX building social networking site from scratch http://bit.ly/8vDIrf #
- @dukeleto i hear mostly Java on the backend 🙂 in reply to dukeleto #
- @br3nda congrats!!!! 🙂 in reply to br3nda #
- @igalko thanks for sharing the great pics. this totally cracked me up: http://www.flickr.com/photos/igalko/4173163856/ #
- concluded epic crafting session. realized that glue has gotten a lot more awesome in the last few years. #
- ok. this is exciting. #
- that tea definitely did the trick. wide awake. #
- @kscaldef ugh. hate that. in reply to kscaldef #
- @abrichar u might try SAO. not sure if it will help w/pre-existing but worth a shot. in reply to abrichar #
- @caseorganic i love that idea. we should make a new one. in reply to caseorganic #
- @caseorganic definitely! lets schedule it. next week sometime, i can meet up 🙂 in reply to caseorganic #
- @jchris @janl congrats!!! 🙂 in reply to jchris #
- RT @brianaker: The O'Reilly MySQL Conference for 2010 is a go! http://en.oreilly.com/mysql/ #
- @missrogue i ran a deeply technical, open source developers conference – 30% female speakers. http://opensourcebridge.org/ no quotas used #
- @missrogue we did it by asking women directly to submit proposals and content cmte did not consider gender when voting on talks. #
- picking an irssi themes. this is a nice one: http://www.irssi.org/themefiles/cyanic.png thx @xdeadcodex #
- @btmspox haha, you're right! i think that i have a special place in my heart for seafoam and associated colors. in reply to btmspox #
- RT @StephStricklen: getting ready for my 5pm hit. my story– if you want an H1N1 vaccine.. oregon opened it up to everyone. #
- @funkatron wow, if only all gun instructors were so patient, knowledgeable and had such sweet hair! in reply to funkatron #
- sweet! packages for bucardo are being made for fedora https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/bucardo #
- @plasticbagUK there is a female tech leadership gap & it's not because women aren't capable. exclusion is a multi-layered issue as well. in reply to plasticbagUK #
- @plasticbagUK right 🙂 i think that fact sucks & trying change it. have a feeling for why and some data. on confs: i changed my approach. in reply to plasticbagUK #
- @plasticbagUK belief: there r more women involved than is obvious/action: i ask those i know (men&women) to contribute/present, individually #
- @plasticbagUK yeah, its a tough word, esp in tech community which is full of sincerely open-minded, egalitarian people. in reply to plasticbagUK #
- @plasticbagUK but, what else to call it? i have a hard time labeling things sexist, but there is systemic bias and exclusion. in reply to plasticbagUK #
- @plasticbagUK agreesies on culture. Conferences manufacture/amplify culture. A vector, and definitely not the only one. in reply to plasticbagUK #
- @plasticbagUK i agree. we need to make it amazing/rewarding for women to be involved in tech. can be done anywhere, anytime. in reply to plasticbagUK #
- .@hypatiadotca definitely! i <3 @terriko's writing. (re: http://bit.ly/8n2lnU) in reply to hypatiadotca #
- @robtreat2 they are, although not sure how exactly the packaging will work yet. DBIx::Safe is the main issue. in reply to robtreat2 #
- chores, chores, chores, coffee. no snow! #
- @missrogue @plasticbagUK another issue is connectedness – getting female speakers into local communities to practice, gain confidence #
- @missrogue @plasticbagUK from working on user group advocacy, we've got a directory of groups we can publish. i'll make that our next step. #
- @aprildunford we tried & were successful. got women involved early, helped/encouraged to give talks locally first, asked directly. in reply to aprildunford #
- ugh. #
twittering on 2009-12-13
- ugh. #
twittering on 2009-12-12
- @plasticbagUK i agree. we need to make it amazing/rewarding for women to be involved in tech. can be done anywhere, anytime. in reply to plasticbagUK #
- .@hypatiadotca definitely! i <3 @terriko's writing. (re: http://bit.ly/8n2lnU) in reply to hypatiadotca #
- @robtreat2 they are, although not sure how exactly the packaging will work yet. DBIx::Safe is the main issue. in reply to robtreat2 #
- chores, chores, chores, coffee. no snow! #
- @missrogue @plasticbagUK another issue is connectedness – getting female speakers into local communities to practice, gain confidence #
- @missrogue @plasticbagUK from working on user group advocacy, we've got a directory of groups we can publish. i'll make that our next step. #
- @aprildunford we tried & were successful. got women involved early, helped/encouraged to give talks locally first, asked directly. in reply to aprildunford #
twittering on 2009-12-11
- @caseorganic definitely! lets schedule it. next week sometime, i can meet up 🙂 in reply to caseorganic #
- @jchris @janl congrats!!! 🙂 in reply to jchris #
- RT @brianaker: The O'Reilly MySQL Conference for 2010 is a go! http://en.oreilly.com/mysql/ #
- @missrogue i ran a deeply technical, open source developers conference – 30% female speakers. http://opensourcebridge.org/ no quotas used #
- @missrogue we did it by asking women directly to submit proposals and content cmte did not consider gender when voting on talks. #
- picking an irssi themes. this is a nice one: http://www.irssi.org/themefiles/cyanic.png thx @xdeadcodex #
- @btmspox haha, you're right! i think that i have a special place in my heart for seafoam and associated colors. in reply to btmspox #
- RT @StephStricklen: getting ready for my 5pm hit. my story– if you want an H1N1 vaccine.. oregon opened it up to everyone. #
- @funkatron wow, if only all gun instructors were so patient, knowledgeable and had such sweet hair! in reply to funkatron #
- sweet! packages for bucardo are being made for fedora https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/bucardo #
- @plasticbagUK there is a female tech leadership gap & it's not because women aren't capable. exclusion is a multi-layered issue as well. in reply to plasticbagUK #
- @plasticbagUK right 🙂 i think that fact sucks & trying change it. have a feeling for why and some data. on confs: i changed my approach. in reply to plasticbagUK #
- @plasticbagUK belief: there r more women involved than is obvious/action: i ask those i know (men&women) to contribute/present, individually #
- @plasticbagUK yeah, its a tough word, esp in tech community which is full of sincerely open-minded, egalitarian people. in reply to plasticbagUK #
- @plasticbagUK but, what else to call it? i have a hard time labeling things sexist, but there is systemic bias and exclusion. in reply to plasticbagUK #
- @plasticbagUK agreesies on culture. Conferences manufacture/amplify culture. A vector, and definitely not the only one. in reply to plasticbagUK #
twittering on 2009-12-10
- that tea definitely did the trick. wide awake. #
- @kscaldef ugh. hate that. in reply to kscaldef #
- @abrichar u might try SAO. not sure if it will help w/pre-existing but worth a shot. in reply to abrichar #
- @caseorganic i love that idea. we should make a new one. in reply to caseorganic #
twittering on 2009-12-09
- considering @pgsnake's avatar change as proof that he will be doing karaoke at the next pgcon. #
- thanks again to @nedspace & @emmaemail for sponsoring the Winter Coders Social! Great turnout, delish potluck, and matrix algebra. #
- @lhawthorn I hope he feels better soon! in reply to lhawthorn #
- just had sweet lunch at podnah's with @jenred. #
- RT @rogoway Blackbox Republic,out of the box today- 17 employees in SE PDX building social networking site from scratch http://bit.ly/8vDIrf #
- @dukeleto i hear mostly Java on the backend 🙂 in reply to dukeleto #
- @br3nda congrats!!!! 🙂 in reply to br3nda #
- @igalko thanks for sharing the great pics. this totally cracked me up: http://www.flickr.com/photos/igalko/4173163856/ #
- concluded epic crafting session. realized that glue has gotten a lot more awesome in the last few years. #
- ok. this is exciting. #