Tag Archives: Sun Microsystems
Moon Cakes and Dragon Boats
. I am often asked how working for a Chinese company is different. Telecom giant Huawei has its US headquarters here in Santa Clara, California, in the middle of the Silicon Valley. In the last 16 months, I have found … Continue reading
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TechShop San Jose Opens
Yesterday, John and Paul and I went to the crowded opening of the new TechShop in San Jose, California. We also joined as lifetime family members! TechShop is a membership-based workshop that provides members with access to tools and equipment, … Continue reading
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TechWomen Mentor Training
I was one of the teachers for the first TechWomen Mentor Workshop today. HP Labs in Palo Alto generously hosted the event. We were joined by most of the 38 Technical Mentors and more than a dozen Cultural Mentors from … Continue reading
Blog Housekeeping, Autumn, Haircuts
It is a lovely autumn here in the Silicon Valley. Like any good geek (even one who is a technology minimalist, like myself), I spend most of my time indoors with my computer, only rarely enjoying the intoxicating colors of … Continue reading
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OpenSolaris Governing Board Elections
My husband, John Plocher was just re-elected to his third term on the OpenSolaris Governing Board or OGB. Interestingly, only one elected member of the new OGB works for Oracle, which owns OpenSolaris as a software product (that’s also OGB’s … Continue reading
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1,001 Post, Diabetes Society Camp Registration
This is my 1,001 blog post since 2005! Last week, I started working as the Camp Registrar for the Diabetes Society in Willow Glen, California. My friend Kat Carpenter (who at 20-ish is also an officer of the newly-chartered Willow … Continue reading
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Expensive Valentine’s Day
Since I no longer work for Sun Microsystems, I am using my own home office equipment more. This week, everything overloaded and died. My old Motorola Razr cell phone had been limping along but then the battery started disconnecting randomly. … Continue reading
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