Mitch W

‘Intentional’ AT&T cable cut takes down Sacramento airport comms — The Sacramento Sheriff’s Office is reportedly investigating a cable cut that snarled check-ins at Sacramento International Airport. [fierce-network.com]. Something I wrote with Liz Coyne.

A rule I try to live by: Why do old men wear white athletic socks with sandals? Because they don’t care what other people think about how they look.

And another: People spend far less energy thinking about us than we think they do. People barely notice us at all. (Unless we are Taylor Swift.)

I just looked up “fuggedaboutit” in the dictionary to make sure I’m spelling it right.

I’m going to the Linux Foundation conference in San Jose.

I’ve only taken one trip since December 2019, for personal reasons. Every other night during that time, I slept in my own bed. That seems odd to me—my business travel schedule was so heavy during previous decades of my career.

Our new coffee machine makes 12 cups so I feel the need to make 12 cups even though I normally drink less. I’m sure this will not end up with my being awake at 3:30 in the morning scrubbing the bathroom grout with a toothbrush.

A history of disco in America–not so much the music as the cultural movement. I lived through it and learned some things while listening to this podcast. [The Rest Is History]

It’s Still Alive — “Frankenstein” is often presented as a warning against new technology run amok, but historian Jill Lepore argues there’s a lot more going on in that book.

Now I think I need to re-read “Frankenstein.” And Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr might find that interesting too.

Something I saw while walking the dog: This house has a lot going on–a model train set in the front yard, and signage on the driveway gate. Note random cactus

I don’t feel like I have anything to contribute to the discussion. My contribution might, in fact, be harmful; I’d basically be like one of those guys on Twitter who suddenly became epidemiology experts in 2020 on the basis of watching a bunch of YouTube videos and knowing how to use Excel. Also, I have other things I want to do with my time. And I mostly don’t like reading that kind of thing on social media, so why should I push it on other people?

I do keep up and have strong opinions, and I have been known to rant about them at length face-to-face or on the phone. I used to be more opinionated on social media, but I don’t do that here anymore—not much, at least.

I do have one or two social media friends who have no training in foreign policy or politics, but who post knowledgeably about those subjects. I do enjoy reading their posts, and find them insightful. And I enjoy discussions with them—on their timelines. Not so much here.

📷 The scrap of cloth in Minnie’s mouth was once a toy duck. It was one of the first toys we got for her when we brought her home as a pup 11 years ago.

Blue Planet sends OSS soaring to the ‘smart cloud’ — Blue Planet says its Cloud Native Platform’s Kubernetes-based containerized architecture enables rapid innovation, flexible modernization and avoids vendor lock-in. My latest on Fierce Network, with Dan Jones.

I need to use the puke emoji more.

What signal do I send when I’m walking the dog and I wave to a neighbor with a full poop bag in my hand?

My latest on Fierce Network: I’m happy to be here. Where’s the coffee? — If you’re interested in what I’m working on at Fierce, read this, where I introduce myself with a laborious metaphor involving the movie “Trading Places.”