We have been busy lately. It’s just the time of year, there are always lots of events at the end of summer and beginning of autumn when the weather is perfect. It’s always been my favorite time of year. Last weekend we took advantage of the beautiful weather by visiting one of MJ’s colleagues up […]
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Our last A’s game in Oakland
September 17th, 2024 by pleia2
I attended my first Oakland A’s game on May 17th 2010, just a few months after moving to San Francisco. I wrote about it here: Art and Baseball and the A’s won 8 to 4. A friend of mine I met through the Ubuntu community brought me along and hooked me up with the opportunity […]
Summer joy through the clouds
September 16th, 2024 by pleia2
Depression is something I feel like that even I fail to fully understand until I’m in the depths of it. I have to very carefully manage my priorities, because some days I just hit a wall and I need to make sure I get to work and that life-sustaining basics are done for myself and […]
IBM Telum II at Hot Chips
September 12th, 2024 by pleia2
Back in 2021 the IBM Telum processor, the heart of the IBM z16 mainframe, was unveiled at Hot Chips (video here). I watched the recording when it came out, absolutely glued to each little detail that was presented, even the ones I didn’t fully understand (after all, I’m not that much of a processor expert). […]
Loss, Passover, and our anniversary
May 24th, 2024 by pleia2
The day before I left for my trip that took me to Austin and Seattle, MJ’s aunt Sherry died. It was unexpected, and in addition to the shock and grief, left us all in a troubled state about what to do logistically. Should I cancel my trip? Should we all drop everything and immediately fly […]
Open Source Summit 2024
May 1st, 2024 by pleia2
My journey to the Open Source Summit North America came on the tail of the Texas Linux Fest, so I flew to Seattle from Austin on Sunday afternoon. A quick ride on light rail put me in downtown Seattle where a short walk got me settled in to my hotel that I’d call home base […]
Texas Linux Fest 2024
April 14th, 2024 by pleia2
The last Texas Linux Fest I attended was all the way back in 2014, which means it had been a full 10 years since I’d been. I was supposed to speak at the event in 2020, but no one spoke in 2020, so I was really happy to finally, finally be back. But first, I […]
Celebrating 60 years of mainframe in Poughkeepsie
April 12th, 2024 by pleia2
On April 7, 1964 the IBM System 360 was launched, with much fanfare from (and risk to) IBM. I’ve recently been reading the biography on Tom Watson Jr. (The Greatest Capitalist Who Ever Lived) and it was fascinating to read about what led up to this launch, specifically that even 10 years prior to it, […]
CPOSC 2024
April 9th, 2024 by pleia2
Regional open source conferences are so important. I’m reminded of this yet again as I come home from another Central Pennsylvania Open Source Conference (CPOSC), which for the second year in a row aligned with our spring visit to Philadelphia. They may not have the numbers power to impress the marketing team or whoever is […]
SCALE 21x
March 21st, 2024 by pleia2
The last conference I went to before the COVID-19 pandemic began was the Southern California Linux Expo, which I wrote about here: SCALE 18x. Being on the cusp of the pandemic, it was a surreal experience. But it’s still one of my favorite conferences, so I thoroughly enjoyed our time there, and the ability to […]