Author: Coté
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Bavaria Boom, but Germans Feel Economic Malaise
Bavaria Boom, but Germans Feel Economic Malaise – NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/25/world/europe/25germany.htm “I see how families are struggling,” said Eberhard Irlinger, administrator for Erlangen-Höchstadt, a district of about 130,000 people around the city of Erlangen. “In fact, part of the economic prosperity comes from people not getting the social security they should have. Germans are very reluctant…
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The people’s spy
Bradley’s gonna become a “spy” whose “espionage” consisted of making the activities of a democratic government visible to its voting population. With the New York Times publishing the fruits of his misdeeds. Some set of American prosecutorial lawyers is confronting this crooked legal hairpin right now. I feel sorry for them. http://www.webstock.org.nz/blog/2010/the-blast-shack/
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An OK TV show, but a zombie let-down – The Walking Dead, Season 1
We finished watching AMC’s The Walking Dead tonight (through Amazon Video OnDemand in beard stubble HD clarity) – I wouldn’t recommend it as a super zombie show. There are a few good scenes, maybe a whole episode (the second?), but overall or suffers from being a drama instead of a zombie show. A second season,…
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Enterprise Software Explained, Oracle vs. ASF – DrunkAndRetired.com Podcast #169
In this episode, we discuss what’s up with Oracle and the ASF, which leads us to also discuss that weird world of “enterprise software.” There’s probably more too. If you don’t like the video, you can get the audio by downloading it directly or subscribing to the feed.
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All the world’s furniture – DrunkAndRetired.com Episode #168
In this mini-episode, Charles talks about the excess of furniture, as he sees it, in the world. Audio only is also available, and in the feed if you’re subscribed to the podcast.
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Lowlands Trip Photos, 1
We’re back from a trip to The Netherlands and Belgium. I’ve got all the photos I took (and some I stole from Kim), but here’s a first batch of a selection of them, working backwards chronologically. See more in the full set, and Kim will have a whole lot more some day (and not just…
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http://www.parleys.com/share.html#play/514892280364bc17fc56c04f Pragmatic Cloud Computing, or, Dealing with Morlocks, or, Agile Infrastructure – a talk I gave at Devoxx 2010, pleasantly early in cloud, DevOps, and such to be nice and squishy. See slides here as well. (Source: http://www.parleys.com/)
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http://www.parleys.com/share.html#play/514892280364bc17fc56c0b5 “What’s the point of DevOps,” a talk John Willis and I did at Devoxx 2010. Check out the slides here if you’re interested. (Source: http://www.parleys.com/)
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Coming to Austin? Here’s what I recommend – Things to do in Austin
Folks coming to Austin often ask me for recommendations of things to do and eat. Here’s my most recent write up. Feel free to leave comments and additions, someday I’ll polish it up real good like. There’s two foods you need to eat, of course: BBQ and Tex-Mex. Austin has it’s own type of Tex-Mex…
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Debt, The Ruby Racer, Tales of Platinum Amex – DrunkAndRetired.com #167
Finally, we record an episode. You can download it directly as well. I’ll put an audio version in the podcast feed soon!. The audio only version is now available, and in the podcast feed.
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Enterprise Gold at SXSW
(Cross posted from my work blog.) It’s panel promotion time for SXSW 2010. This year, I’m going for a panel on selling to the enterprise, targeted at the SXSW crowd, of course. I thought this would be a fun contrast to the consumer-heavy, “free” stuff that the SXSW sessions and panels are usually full of.…
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Maintaining Charm
Striving to protect that charm, town officials crafted an ordinance that bans “formula restaurants” from opening within the city limits. A group of eight investors challenged that ordinance, suing Springdale, 16 town officials and the town’s attorneys for what the plaintiffs say is their constitutional right to open a Subway restaurant franchise. —“Towns block chain…
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Mason and Melissa’s Wedding
This past weekend, we all went out to California for our friends Mason and Melissa’s wedding. It was in a fantastic resort-y place just south of Yosemite. Also, it was Cormac’s first flight! Here are some photos: With the groom before the wedding. Next to a redwood in Yosemite. The wedding. Oath by mustache. First…
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At the beach
Nite Beach, originally uploaded by cote. It’s been family vacation time at the beach. Galveston to be exact. While people have been freaking out about the BP spill, it’s still nice. In theory, it won’t be soon. My childhood memories are of the beach being hot, sandy, and dirty. Back in the 80s, it seemed…
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