http://dannyman.toldme.com Interesting bits of information and editorial, evolving online since 1995. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:59:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The other day I was working on a shell script to be run on several hundred machines at the same time. Since the script was going to download a file from a central server, and I did not want to overwhelm the central server with hundreds of simultaneous requests, ... http://dannyman.toldme.com/2008/07/04/shell-sh-bash-random-splay/ "I pledge allegiance, to the flag, of the United States of America. And to the Republic, for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for All." Notice anything missing? Some time in grammar school I figured there was something wrong with an Atheist pledging allegiance "under God" and ... http://dannyman.toldme.com/2008/07/04/one-nation-indivisible/ Yeah! http://dannyman.toldme.com/2008/07/03/slick/ Ed tipped me off that the North American factory for the new electric sports car, the Tesla Model S, will be in the San Francisco Bay Area. San Carlos is about half way between San Francisco and San Jose. It was thought the factory would be opened in ... http://dannyman.toldme.com/2008/07/01/tesla-san-carlos/ http://dannyman.toldme.com/2008/06/26/sketches/ Done in Thailand. I don't recall if this was before or after I got sunburned. Pretty colorful for a white guy! http://dannyman.toldme.com/2008/06/19/self-portrait/ And one more excerpt from Mister Pip which so aptly describes depression: The only thing I could think to do was to get into bed. And there I stayed. For six days I didn't get up except to make a cup of tea, or fry an egg, or lie in the ... http://dannyman.toldme.com/2008/06/16/depression/ "Mr. Watts was as elusive as ever. He was whatever he needed to be, what we asked him to be. Perhaps there are lives like that--they pour into whatever space we have made ready for them to fill. We needed a teacher, Mr. Watts became that teacher. ... http://dannyman.toldme.com/2008/06/16/mr-watts-epitaph/ I was sitting in the Danish cafe in Kata, Thailand. I was thinking of the rhinoceros I photographed two months before at the Berlin Zoo. I drew him from memory, so this guy is one horn short and has floppy ears like my old dog, Max. I ... http://dannyman.toldme.com/2008/06/12/rhinoceros/ I love sleeping. I have a peculiar fondness for that lazy part of the morning drifting in and out of consciousness, especially if the sun is shining through the window upon those parts of me where the sun don't shine. I can hit the snooze button for hours. I ... http://dannyman.toldme.com/2008/06/11/free-bacon/ Saturday morning was volunteering with Mount Sutro Stewards via One Brick. A contingent of Cisco employees appeared from their haunts across the region as part of some sort of New Hire / outreach program. Nice kids. "I work for IronPort." We were clearing a ... http://dannyman.toldme.com/2008/06/08/transfer-l-owl/ MikeyA's recent comment got me thinking about how to bring this web site back to a more personal feel. I'm trying a slightly different tack the last few days. The following was originally written long-hand. June 6, 2008 I recall in my Tellme days that more than one person expressed ... http://dannyman.toldme.com/2008/06/06/june-6-2008/ Thursday I attended an art opening at a gallery called 20 GOTO 10. I learned of the show as I learn of many parties these days--through a friend on Facebook. Most such parties I learn of through one particular friend and it lends me to wonder if she ... http://dannyman.toldme.com/2008/06/06/gallery-opening-illuminopart/ Looking kind of Greek, I think. http://dannyman.toldme.com/2008/06/05/people-sketch-3/ Yesterday I was listening to a public radio story on The California Report. I gritted my teeth as the announcer thrice referred to horned toads as lizards. I like to think that public radio folk are reasonably bright and that they proof-read stories, and so when a friend ... http://dannyman.toldme.com/2008/06/01/horned-toads-and-light-years/