Friday May 27, 2005 Word of the Day
noun - the use of design or purpose as an explanation of natural phenomena
( May 27 2005, 12:23:05 PM PDT )
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Monday May 23, 2005 The Glass is Always Full
A peer of mine recently claimed that I 'always see the glass as half full'. While this comment was intended as a compliment, I felt it necessary to correct him. I prefer to look at things this way - the nature of the contents and their relative contributions to the overall volume might change, but the glass is always full. :-)
( May 23 2005, 11:52:02 PM PDT )
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Sunday May 22, 2005 Words to Live By
"We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action." - Frank Tibolt
( May 22 2005, 09:23:04 AM PDT )
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Friday May 20, 2005 Word of the Day
noun - a harmonious succession of words having a pleasing sound
( May 20 2005, 09:17:01 AM PDT )
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Sunday May 15, 2005 Words to Live By
Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
( May 15 2005, 12:21:31 PM PDT )
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Friday May 13, 2005
Monday May 09, 2005 V40z Wins a Well-Connected Award
The Sun Fire V40z has recently earned a Well-Connected Award, awarded by Network Computing magazine, in the Server category. Comments from the article announcing the awards:
"As for servers, with security, performance and reliability looming large on the minds of our readers, we chose the SunFire 40z as the best of its kind. Whatever else you may think of Sun Microsystems, there's no denying it makes some of the best technology around, and the SunFire 40z is no exception."
Congratulations V40z team!
( May 09 2005, 03:01:59 PM PDT )
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Sunday May 08, 2005 Words to Live By
"The greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more." - Dr. Jonas Salk
( May 08 2005, 12:49:32 AM PDT )
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Saturday May 07, 2005 Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton - Ron Chernow (2004)
**** 1/2 (out of 5)
[review TBD]
Also Recommended:
- John Adams - David McCullough (2001)
- Benjamin Franklin: An American Life - Walter Isaacson (2003)
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Friday May 06, 2005 Word of the Day
noun - given to or abounding in aphoristic expression
( May 06 2005, 12:06:02 AM PDT )
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Thursday May 05, 2005 Early N1 System Manager Articles
The Inquirer: Sun votes AMD, puts hatchet into Red Hat Linux (05/04/05)
" The new and exciting bit [from NC05Q2] was something called N1 System Manager..."
The Unix Guardian: Sun Expands N1 Systems Management Programs(05/05/05)
"The interesting bit with this tool is that N1 System Manager has a combination command line and GUI interface, and when you do commands in one interface, they are shown executing in the other interface as well."
The System Manager user experience is a source of pride for us.
ServerWatch: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Sun's Line in the Sand (05/05/05)
"We ... came up with the following highlights [from NC05Q2]...
* N1 System Manager was introduced..."
ServerWatch: Sun Revamps Its N1 Strategy (05/03/05)
jax magazine: Sun Microsystems Announces Sun N1 System Manager (05/04/05)
( May 05 2005, 11:59:32 PM PDT )
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Wednesday May 04, 2005 Trivial Tidbits
The month of May, according to some, is named for Maia, the Roman goddess of bounty and the mother of Mercury.
At present, May is the only month in which no American President has died.
According to the Modern Birthstone list provided by the Jewelers of America, the official birthstone of May is emerald.
( May 04 2005, 02:41:18 PM PDT )
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Tuesday May 03, 2005 N1 System Manager
Now that N1 System Manager - a product that I helped to architect - has been announced at NC05Q2, I can finally start to talk about it. System Manager is a systems management product, as the name implies, intended to manage the lifecycle of hundreds of systems from initial provisioning, through monitoring and maintenance, to re-provisioning or decommissioning. With a solid feature set, well designed user interfaces, and an initial focus on Sun's line of impressive x64 servers (e.g. Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z), System Manager makes a great new addition to our N1 portfolio.
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Sunday May 01, 2005 Words to Live By
"Represent the Lord Himself as close to you and behold how lovingly and humbly He is teaching you. Believe me, you should remain with so good a friend as long as you can. If you grow accustomed to having Him present at your side, and He sees that you do so with love and that you go about striving to please Him, you will not be able -- as they say -- to get away from Him; He will never fail you; He will help you in all your trials; you will find him everywhere. Do you think it is some small matter to have a friend like this at your side?" - Teresa of Avila in The Way of Perfection
( May 01 2005, 12:42:32 AM PDT )
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