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Sun Unveils Simulated Wal-Mart Distribution Center

Sept. 28, 2004 - At the EPCglobal Conference in Baltimore, Sun unveiled a retail RFID compliance test facility that will simulate a Wal-Mart distribution center. Sun also announced the creation of the Sun RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) offering for iForce Partners, the industry's first program established specifically to foster the development of networked RFID solutions. EPCglobal is leading development of industry-driven standards for the Electronic Product Code to support the use of RFID.
This is cool. Anything to get my shopping done faster!
Links:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/09/27/HNsunrfidwalmart_1.html
http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2004-09/sunflash.20040927.2.html
http://news.com.com/RFID+confab+draws+big+names+in+retail%252C+high+tech/2100-1012_3-5385128.html

A Day without Sun
A Day without Sun
"ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, THERE WILL BE NO MEXICANS IN NEW YORK,
CHICAGO, MIAMI, SAN ANTONIO AND AUSTIN. "

The above is a trailer for a new movie called A Day Without A Mexican.

I responded to this immediately. WOW! Wish I thought of writing the book.

So now I'm off on this 'What if...' trip:

    'A Day without Music',...is a sad day!

    'A Day without Orange Juice'...is like a Day without SunShine,

    'A Day without Politics',...Actually, I'll stay away from politics.

So how about 'A Day Without Sun Microsystems'.
What do you think? Got any ideas? Enter a comment, please.

Handbook releases Metropolis

Recent Sun System Handbook publications:

Sun Java[TM] Workstation W1100z
Sun Java[TM] Workstation W2100z

6920 Gets the Gold

The Sun System Handbook Team really likes this kind of news about one of our documented systems - the Sun StorEdge 6920:

Sun StorEdge 6920 System Gets the Gold in Midrange SPC Performance Benchmark
Some highlights:
 

    Results Knock IBM and HP Out of Performance and Price-Performance Competitions

    outperformed IBM's TotalStorage(TM) FAStT900 Storage Server by over 150 percent

    and delivered a 35 percent higher price-performance ratio

    Comparative results against the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array 5000 2C12D were also impressive

This benchmark firmly positions the Sun StorEdge 6920 as the performance market leader in the midrange storage class and reflects Sun's commitment to delivering customer value across all its products and solutions.


Our regards to the 6920 Product Team. Congratulations!

Sun System Handbook News
Recent Sun System Handbook publications:

Sun Fire V40z Server
Sun StorEdge 6920 System
Sun StorEdge L8500 Tape Library
Sun StorEdge 3511 FC Array
and coming soon:

Sun Java Workstation W1100z (A58)
Sun Java Workstation W2100z (A59)

The Equivalent of Subway's Jared?
You heard about the guy who ate at McDonald's every day for 30 days?
He has made a documentary called "Super Size Me".
So I thought, maybe I'll blog a healthy McDonald's diet ( is it possible? ). I could become the McDonald's equivalent of Subway's Jared.
Then somebody told me that story is taken. So I googled it. and Damn, here's the story Downsized at McDonald's in the Washington Times.
The good news: I'm not going on a diet.
The bad news: I'm not going on a diet.

On a post script: My original Title to this blog was Downsize me. You know the anti Super Size Me.

political impersonator-an oxymoron?

Also titled "The Trash guy's DNC opinions"

I am not political. but I thought this was a very funny way to start a Monday.

Last Friday was trash day and when we got home, the trash can was gone. It's one of these big trash cans on wheels. The trash truck can pick it up without having the poor trash guy break his back. We had 3.5 inches of rain in a hour (something like that) so we had visions of the trash can being swept down the street by rushing water. We went looking but didn't find. Then my husband mentioned the can was a bit busted. Then we had a good time on the Big Dry Creek trail surveying the effects of a lot of water dumped into the creek. Big Dry Creek certainly was NOT.

Anyway, this morning - a huge truck delivers a new trash can. So I went outside to say hi, I'm glad our trash can is back cause I have some really stinky cantalope to get rid of. Also, I'm glad to see you because now I don't have to call your company.

The trash guy turns out to be a political impersonator ( is that an oxymoron? )

I'm talking 'stand up comedian' quality. I laughed out loud - loudly.

He did a dead on Bill Clinton impersonation. Sorry I just realized I can't tell you the funny things he said cause my Dad always told us (and I often quote this) "Never talk politics, gender or religion unless you want to get into an argument.".

I was trying to listen to the news and kept missing little snippets about the DNC. I am mostly interested because I am from the Boston area. Trash guy gave me the details on these 2 items.

Kerry did the Fenway Park thing - I thought - 'that was brave of him'.

Teresa Heinz Kerry said what?

It was interesting to get my news from the trash guy (said with the highest respect) instead of google.

oxymoron

A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.

An incarnadine line up=mystical and Macbeth
Everything is lining up pink.
I find this funny.
I did these 2 blogs with a pink theme.
First, my pink iPod.
Then a fabulous pink flower.
Then I read about a Sun blogger's (where did you go, working mother?) pink VW.
Then my blog was ref'd by Tim Bray. That thrilled me.
My main blog page does a link to Improve your Vocabulary - Word of the Day.
And what do you suppose is today's word of the day?

Word of the Day for Monday July 26, 2004

incarnadine \in-KAR-nuh-dyn\, adjective:
1. Having a fleshy pink color.
2. Red; blood-red.

transitive verb:
To make red or crimson.

Will all great NeptuneÕs ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine,
Making the green one red.
--Shakespeare, Macbeth

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from Italian incarnatino, which came from the Latin incarnato, something incarnate, made flesh, from in + caro, carn-, "flesh." It is related to carnation, etymologically the flesh-colored flower; incarnate, "in the flesh; made flesh"; and carnal, "pertaining to the body or its appetites."

Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for incarnadine

your brain is very complex
you simply must see this:
famous optical illusion
This reminds me that on our recent vacation to see my family in Winthrop, Massachusetts, my family went crazy over this trick Greg taught me.
For righties: Cross your right knee over your left.
rotate your right ankle to circle your foot CLOCKWISE.
Now draw a big 6 in the air with your right hand.
Can you do it? Is your foot still circling clockwise? It isn't.

Georgia O'Keefe
So many people have admired this picture taken by my step daughter Sadie.
I thought I would post it here and just remark on her Georgia O'Keefe style.
Her brother Isaac has a Bierstadt style.
And big Daddy Tom has this one recent photo that he doctored with Photo Impressions that is postively Van Gogh.
It's nice to see Tom developing a photography style. Especially in portraits.
I can tell Tom took the picture. Actually, I think it is a mild distortion or possibly a lighting feature.
And it might even be my stigmatism becoming more acute. does that happen?
His people portraits are getting really nice - almost as nice as his bug portraits. Enjoy! Sadie O'Keefe
I just realized that Sudha likes this picture a lot and it's pink!

My mini iPod is pink
I so love my mini iPod.
I had it inscribed. It says 'Je m'appelle Christine et j'aime Tommy'.

Then Sudha ruined it for me by calling it a Barbie toy.
Probably because it's pink.
It's NOT a Barbie toy. It's a mini iPod. So what if it's pink?

I realize now she is just jealous.
I do so love my mini iPod.
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Anyway another nice thing about my Sun Ray is the easy use keyboard audio controls.
Another nice thing about my new office is I can listen to music without having to
use my head phones. Yes, I tested it. My neighbors cannot hear. I mean my
music is not bothering my neigbors.

Handbook publishes E20K/E25K content The Sun System Handbook provides you with the latest support information for Sun's system products. Find specific information about a particular system, including part numbers and hardware specifications.
Check out the new Sun Fire E20K and Sun Fire E25K servers. They are Sun's first high-end throughput computing systems powered by the chip multithreading technology of the UltraSPARC IV processor. These servers deliver up to twice the performance of our current UltraSPARC III-based Sun Fire 12K and 15K servers in the same footprint.

New office, new Sun Ray, new B1600 Blade
I just moved my office and lost my Sun Blade 150.
I wasn't sure what it would be like to be on a Sun Ray.
But I also got a Sun Fire[tm] B1600 Blade System Chassis for development work.
The B1600 is in a lab.
Here's what I like so far:
nice and quiet!
I really like the whole session thing - being able to swipe my badge/smart card in a co-worker's Sun Ray so we can work through a problem together or be on the same page. 'Hot Desking' is the term.
This configuration makes me more mobile and makes life easier for our Sys Admin - you know who you are - Gary!

Wouldn't you know it - I forgot my badge the 2nd day in my new digs.
I could still use the Sun Ray but lost the beauty of the saved session.

Sun System Handbook
What content would you like to see added to the Sun System Handbook? It was a happy day for the Sun System Handbook Team when we found the Handbook had a record breaking number of page views for the month of May.

I don't think I should actually say what the record breaking number is BUT it IS significant as well as record breaking. (You know, it's not like we broke our own record of say 1500 page views in a month.) I will say the Handbook is undeniably popular and we get a lot of good, constructive feedback. Makes it fun.

I'd like to get feedback about adding more content to the Handbook and going beyond hardware. What about Software content? Is the content at http://wwws.sun.com/software/ good enough or does it need a Support/Service slant?

Right now, the Handbook's Software content is limited just to .

What are opportunities to expand? What would Customers and our Service people like to see? Send me a Comment. Please.

I'd actually like to get more involved on the content side. I miss authoring and maybe blogging will appease the urge.