Weekly tweet digest for 2009-12-13

congrats to @Simon_Riggs,@robertmhass,Greg Stark & ITAGAKI Takahiro for becoming committers for #PostgreSQL http://tr.im/GV6G #
uh.. getting 'BRB' when trying to access http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/ #
@ahockley yeah, this is motivating me to set up that distributed failover i've been meaning to for a while. le sigh. in reply to ahockley #
first word on the complete dreamhost network outage? OSPF issue. yuck. #
@qhartman happened about two hours ago, lasted for an hour or so. see: http://www.dreamhoststatus.com in reply to qhartman #
PostgreSQL Conference 2009 Japan slides and video recordings available! http://www.postgresql.jp/events/pgcon09j/e/program_2 (HT @suzuki) #
wow! 30 people joining the Winter Coders Social potluck. Gonna be awesome. http://calagator.org/events/1250457765 #
RT @GEOpdx: Interesting Example of Selection Bias: Mapping SAT Scores http://bit.ly/7MM9I0 #
it's that time of the year when the tiny hose for getting rid of condensation from the furnace freezes shut. #
@markgross probably not. but that's a GOOD IDEA! in reply to markgross #
RT @igalko: Today! Join us at the Winter Coders' Social, 6pm-11pm at NedSpace Old Town: http://calagator.org/events/1250457765 #
OH: "I would be tempted to use a +1 sword of –nodeps." #
heartened by the ability of an open source project to route around stupid embargos to share knowledge. #
this is the kind of stuff you get at the #codersocial (http://tr.im/H3QC : RT @schwern: Time to make the egg nog. #
crap. running late. #
OH: is someone bringing connect 4? #codersocial #
If you have napkins, plates, plastic cups or flatware please bring more to share! For the winter coders social #codersocial #
OH: putting the F U in fun. #codersocial http://yfrog.com/3nu4vqj #
considering @pgsnake's avatar change as proof that he will be doing karaoke at the next pgcon. #
thanks again to @nedspace & @emmaemail for sponsoring the Winter Coders Social! Great turnout, delish potluck, and matrix algebra. #
@lhawthorn I hope he feels better soon! in reply to lhawthorn #
just had sweet lunch at podnah's with @jenred. #
RT @rogoway Blackbox Republic,out of the box today- 17 employees in SE PDX building social networking site from scratch http://bit.ly/8vDIrf #
@dukeleto i hear mostly Java on the backend 🙂 in reply to dukeleto #
@br3nda congrats!!!! 🙂 in reply to br3nda #
@igalko thanks for sharing the great pics. this totally cracked me up: http://www.flickr.com/photos/igalko/4173163856/ #
concluded epic crafting session. realized that glue has gotten a lot more awesome in the last few years. #
ok. this is exciting. #
that tea definitely did the trick. wide awake. #
@kscaldef ugh. hate that. in reply to kscaldef #
@abrichar u might try SAO. not sure if it will help w/pre-existing but worth a shot. in reply to abrichar #
@caseorganic i love that idea. we should make a new one. in reply to caseorganic #
@caseorganic definitely! lets schedule it. next week sometime, i can meet up 🙂 in reply to caseorganic #
@jchris @janl congrats!!! 🙂 in reply to jchris #
RT @brianaker: The O'Reilly MySQL Conference for 2010 is a go! http://en.oreilly.com/mysql/ #
@missrogue i ran a deeply technical, open source developers conference – 30% female speakers. http://opensourcebridge.org/ no quotas used #
@missrogue we did it by asking women directly to submit proposals and content cmte did not consider gender when voting on talks. #
picking an irssi themes. this is a nice one: http://www.irssi.org/themefiles/cyanic.png thx @xdeadcodex #
@btmspox haha, you're right! i think that i have a special place in my heart for seafoam and associated colors. in reply to btmspox #
RT @StephStricklen: getting ready for my 5pm hit. my story– if you want an H1N1 vaccine.. oregon opened it up to everyone. #
@funkatron wow, if only all gun instructors were so patient, knowledgeable and had such sweet hair! in reply to funkatron #
sweet! packages for bucardo are being made for fedora https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/bucardo #
@plasticbagUK there is a female tech leadership gap & it's not because women aren't capable. exclusion is a multi-layered issue as well. in reply to plasticbagUK #
@plasticbagUK right 🙂 i think that fact sucks & trying change it. have a feeling for why and some data. on confs: i changed my approach. in reply to plasticbagUK #
@plasticbagUK belief: there r more women involved than is obvious/action: i ask those i know (men&women) to contribute/present, individually #
@plasticbagUK yeah, its a tough word, esp in tech community which is full of sincerely open-minded, egalitarian people. in reply to plasticbagUK #
@plasticbagUK but, what else to call it? i have a hard time labeling things sexist, but there is systemic bias and exclusion. in reply to plasticbagUK #
@plasticbagUK agreesies on culture. Conferences manufacture/amplify culture. A vector, and definitely not the only one. in reply to plasticbagUK #
@plasticbagUK i agree. we need to make it amazing/rewarding for women to be involved in tech. can be done anywhere, anytime. in reply to plasticbagUK #
.@hypatiadotca definitely! i <3 @terriko's writing. (re: http://bit.ly/8n2lnU) in reply to hypatiadotca #
@robtreat2 they are, although not sure how exactly the packaging will work yet. DBIx::Safe is the main issue. in reply to robtreat2 #
chores, chores, chores, coffee. no snow! #
@missrogue @plasticbagUK another issue is connectedness – getting female speakers into local communities to practice, gain confidence #
@missrogue @plasticbagUK from working on user group advocacy, we've got a directory of groups we can publish. i'll make that our next step. #
@aprildunford we tried & were successful. got women involved early, helped/encouraged to give talks locally first, asked directly. in reply to aprildunford #
ugh. #