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benr

  1. Why oh why do DMTF standards have to be so painful? WS-Man, I spit upon thee. about 19 hours ago via web
  2. w00t, package arrived... @sparkfun weekend of hacking ahead: cuddletech.com/img/SparkFun.j… 6:09 PM May 25th via web
  3. @cjeffblaine @lusis Bummer.... but a great looking product. #jealous 3:20 PM May 24th via web in reply to cjeffblaine
  4. @lusis This looks like a killer idea for a next-gen CMDB... if only it had hooks for Puppet/Chef instead of just CFengine. 1:44 PM May 24th via web in reply to lusis
  5. Note to self: present to the camera, not just the audience... the event is seen by some, but the video is seen by all. 1:27 PM May 24th via web
  6. Oh noes, my ChefConf preso is up. If it seems like I was out of it, twas because I expected a interactive crowd but everyone was working. 1:24 PM May 24th via web
  7. How the Dyson Bladeless Fan works; more clever and less sci-fi than I thought. youtube.com/watch?v=8he8af… 4:13 PM May 21st via web
  8. @sparkfun I was confused by that... At first I thought it was a mobile Sparkfun thing. 4:37 PM May 20th via web in reply to sparkfun
  9. @markimbriaco If your not using Enlightenment, then, yes, it does. (Proudly still using a Solaris workstation running E. Like a boss.) 8:54 PM May 19th via web in reply to markimbriaco
  10. Much love for @sparkfun; they are my favorite #makerfaire attraction. Too bad Make failed them, and the fans. sparkfun.com/news/855 8:00 PM May 19th via web
  11. Are we the only ones that thought #makerfaire felt too corporate this year? 7:58 PM May 19th via web
  12. ... and a #makerfaire App with the program. No need to carry dead trees which are better used for building things. 10:15 AM May 19th via web
  13. Sweet, there is an EventBright app for my #makerfaire tickets... one less thing to carry! 10:14 AM May 19th via web
  14. Getting ready to go to #makerfaire... one of the biggest days of the Rockwood Family year. Much awesomeness awaits us. 9:19 AM May 19th via web
  15. @LordCope Fly safe! 5:02 PM May 18th via web in reply to LordCope