The week's twitterings – 2010-10-03

  • After grommit's PS failure, @stevel and I agreed it's time to replace it. So I just ordered a new 1U (3TB) server from Silicon Mechanics. #
  • I know: I'm a #cloud guy, so why should we run our own hardware? Why not host in the cloud? Because it's fun…. (Plus OpenSolaris+ZFS.) #
  • Q for philosophers of religion: what is the relationship between what you do and religion "on the streets" – in Afghanistan, Rome or Miami? #
  • Do you believe your subtle philosophical arguments are relevant in dealing with religious bigotry or violence? #
  • Oh goody! Fire alarm drill. Everybody out…. #
  • Going onto my reading list: Hacking Work, a new book by Bill Jensen and Josh Klein. Boing Boing review at #
  • Just blogged (but missed by the WP-Twitter automation):: Repairing the blog, and recommitting http://geoffarnold.com/?p=3913 #
  • Another day, another Yahoo! building, another evacuation drill. Pretty soon I'll know all of the assembly points for the whole campus… #
  • All William Gibson, all the time – http://developer.yahoo.com/blogs/ydn/posts/2010/09/william_gibson_weekend/ #
  • No silver bullet: Canonical's COO Asay on monetizing APIs: Half-a-billion users don't mean API payola http://reg.cx/1KXP #
  • Mmm… "Counterintuitive": one of my favourite words. See http://t.co/QA4KIaO via @motherjones #
  • Why Johnny Can't Program – Of course, "Why Jane doesn't want to program" is also part of the problem… #
  • Up at Roaring Camp railroad behind Santa Cruz. Train is full of guide dogs in training. #
  • Just back from riding the steam train at Roaring Camp. Pics here: Then wine tasting at Hallcrest Vineyards. (Mmm!) #

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