SCaLE 20x – Day 0
Today I left for Pasadena and the 20th iteration of the Southern California Linux Expo. Me on a plane SCaLE is on of my favorite events of the year, and I’ve been coming (for the most part) since...
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I spent Friday morning practicing and working on my presentation, but managed to make it over to the conference just before lunch. SCaLE 20x Sign I was really impressed with the “steampunk” graphics...
View ArticleSCaLE 20x – Day 2
I got up fairly early on Saturday and went through my presentation one final time. When working on a new talk there is a point where the feeling I get when thinking about having to present it goes...
View ArticleSCaLE 20x – Day 3
The final day of SCaLE 20x was bittersweet, as I was eager to see more presentations but not ready for it to be over. Dr. Kitty Yeung The opening keynote was given by Dr. Kitty Yeung. Dr. Yeung is one...
View Article2023 Percona Live – Day 0
This week I am in Denver attending the Percona Live conference. As part of my job I tend to focus on relational databases, especially open source relational databases, and Percona Live has become the...
View Article2023 Percona Live – Day 1
The first day of sessions at Percona Live saw me recovered from the food poisoning I experienced on Monday. It was a miserable experience but I’m happy that it didn’t last very long. Whenever I go to...
View Article2023 Percona Live – Day 2
The final day of Percona Live started off with a keynote and a panel discussion. As on the day before, Dave Stokes starting things off with some housekeeping notes. After that he introduced Percona’s...
View ArticleUsing rclone to Sync Data to the Cloud
I am working hard to digitize my life. Last year I moved for the first time in 24 years and I realized I have way too much stuff. A lot of that stuff was paper, in the form of books and files, so I’ve...
View ArticleThis Blog Can Now Vote
It’s hard to believe but this blog is now 21 years old, having started back on this day in 2003. In the beginning I only had the one reader, but now I’m up to a whole three readers! I’m hoping by the...
View Article2024 FOSS Backstage
I was a speaker at this year’s FOSS Backstage conference, which was held 4-5 March in Berlin, Germany. FOSS Backstage is gathering dedicated to the “non-code” aspects of open source, and I was...
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