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Bernard Golden (@BernardGolden)
Moving to the cloud doesn’t always go as smoothly as you’d hope it to. At the 2015 AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, attendees shared their deployment mistakes.
For more tales of woe, and some sound advice, check out this video from the expo floor:
First off, sorry for the quality of this shot. I've been away for a few days, doing a photo shoot for a training program.
This is me with my good mate Andy. We were staying at a pub near the shoot, and we had the whole night to kill. So what better way to spend it than having a few drinks, having a mini impromptu pub quiz, based on a 1980s set of Trivial Pursuit questions. Then having a three course meal with wine at the pubs restaurant, followed by more drinks with the locals.
It's just a shame i was in a state the next morning. Still it was a fun night, and the shoot went OK.
Casio Exilim, (poor focus) some ale called Spitfire, 1980s Trivial Pursuit , and a good time
David Zolotusky
Moving to the cloud doesn’t always go as smoothly as you’d hope it to. At the 2015 AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, attendees shared their deployment mistakes.
For more tales of woe, and some sound advice, check out this video from the expo floor:
Tahiti Pearl Regatta
From May 16, 2012 to May 20, 2012
The most important regatta of the Pacific island is organised each year to be an exceptionally unique event combining regattas, sailing and canoes, human encounters as well as discoveries of charm. It’s the Tahiti Pearl Regatta. It is certainly the annual meeting point for those truly passionate about sailing from Tahiti and the islands of French Polynesia.
An exceptional location
The 2012 edition of the route allows the discovery of the islands of Raiatea and Taha’a, which share a lagoon, and of course Bora Bora.
The Tahiti Pearl Regatta is - and always has been - open to all types of sailing boats (monohull, catamarans, trimarans, private or chartered, even trans-pacific boats) with no size limits.
Each year between 40 and 50 boats from many different nationalities face off over three days, stopping the competition each night on one of the mythical French Polynesian islands.
The festivities begin from the 15th of May to the sound of Toere drums, Tahitian ukuleles and traditional song and dance.
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Kite Aerial Photography
Kite : Dan leigh Delta R8
Rig : autokap rig designed by Brooks Leffler
Cameras : Canon S 95
Wind : NE 08-10 knots
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Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself. - Joseph Campbell
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Cassia Phuket Pet-Friendly Hotel with Full Facilities
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Jeff Jenkins (@JeffEJenkins)
Moving to the cloud doesn’t always go as smoothly as you’d hope it to. At the 2015 AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, attendees shared their deployment mistakes.
For more tales of woe, and some sound advice, check out this video from the expo floor:
Windows could not start because I had a window for the video card driver open while installing the latest video card driver for laptop. After the driver installation completed, Windows asked me to reboot.
The reboot sent me to this beautiful page where Windows wanted me to repair the file by "using the original Setup CD-ROM".
I sent a message to twitter about the problem and, my buddy, Jason replied with an easier fix.
His suggestion of pressing F8 at boot helped! Luckily the Last Known Good option placed me back into Windows where I could re-install the video card drives (and this time without additional driver windows open).
Lesson: When installing software, make sure your driver window is closed. =/
Day 93 of 365: a year in songs and photos
Song: Quicksand, Thorn in my Side
This was an accidental picture. I forgot what setting I had the camera on and the flash went off. I wrote off the shot. Later when I was going through the photos I took outside today (none of which I liked) I decided this was the only keeper. Go figure. And it's not even that good.
I'm not going to write about thorns in my side, though. That could take days.
I want to tell you how I am an idiot and almost killed myself today.
It was a miserable, cold, rainy, windy, disgusting New York day. It even thundered, in the middle of winter. The weather was treacherous at times; the rain would let up a bit and then all of a sudden come down in a windblown deluge for about ten minutes, immediately flooding the streets (my ridiculously high property taxes still do not afford me a proper drainage system, I guess).
I had made lunch plans with a dear friend I hadn't seen since before my vacation and didn't want to break them, so I ventured out of the office at noon and headed to the diner, despite the rational side of my brain telling me this wasn't good driving weather. Who listens to their rational side, anyhow?
I was cruising along at a nice clip down a main street. When I say "a nice clip" I mean I was probably going too fast for the weather conditions. But there was no one else on the road. I was alone, thinking how the roads really weren't as bad as everyone said they were. What wimps! Ype, just me, the rain, the Von Bondies on the stereo and...........holy shit, when did they put a lake in the middle of the road?? All of a sudden, my car felt like a giant, unseen hand had taken control of it. It lifted a little bit and pulled left and pulled right and my windshield was plastered with a huge wave of water so I couldn't see and as the car was hydroplaning sideways through the enormous puddle, I looked out my side window to try to get my bearings and all I saw was the cement of an underpass and some guardrails and my life flash before my eyes.
Now, I've been in accidents before. I was in one not too long ago where I knew I was going to be hit from behind before it happened and all I could do was look in my rear view mirror and prepare myself for death (obviously, the death part never happened). I was doing much the same today. Just nonchalantly thinking to myself, as I was flying through air and water (allow me some hyperbole here, please) "Gee, I'm going to die now." And then I thought "I hope someone remembers to feed the cat when I'm gone." And just as I was about to renounce my agnosticism and repent for my plethora of sins, the car was back on solid ground and I was on my merry way to a cheeseburger and french fries.
It took about fifteen seconds for the whole thing to transpire. I think I missed two lines of the song that was playing while I was airborne. When the car settled down again, I played it real cool like and just started singing again without missing a beat. Just in case anyone was looking. And I'm sure if anyone was looking, they were saying "Wow, that asshole sure is lucky she didn't kill herself." What that person would not see was how bad my hands were shaking.
I drove about 20mph the rest of the way to the diner and took a different road back to work.
The moral of the story, kids? SPEED KILLS.
Well, it could.
And now, I must get Every Rose Has Its Thorn out of my head.
By the way, the song used tonight is in my top 20 of favorite songs ever. You can see it here:; youtube.com/watch?v=UPeDUHcld2E
Matthew Cwalinski (@mcwalinski)
Moving to the cloud doesn’t always go as smoothly as you’d hope it to. At the 2015 AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, attendees shared their deployment mistakes.
For more tales of woe, and some sound advice, check out this video from the expo floor:
Listen, if you can run a mile, run a race.
You know what? Run a marathon.
Outrun a movie star.
If you can ride a bike, ride that thing.
Ride a bull. Ride a – ride a tougher bull.
Let’s watch this…
What kind of bull is that?
If you can move your hips, if you can dance, move your legs, move your feet, move the ball.
Is that Pique? Score the goal.
Yeah, that is Pique.
You like to fight?
Well pick on someone your own size.
Pick on someone twice your size.
Pick on him.
That’s not good…
Oh, uh… lesson learned.
If you can play table tennis, serve like that, beat the champ, beat her mentor.
C’mon you got this…
Beat Serena.
If you can beat your friend one-on-one, beat him.
Steal it, take it.
Sorry, girls.
Now, take your talents to the streets.
Beat the street court legend.
That’s good.
Beat that guy.
Hold on.
We’ve been waiting for this…
That was nice.
Good luck with that.
...beautiful at first sight and looks simple to create but in comparison to the world around it, is actually more elaborate than it seems. In one swift movement, it can be taken apart, ripped to shreds, but that's when you learn to build up the strength to rebuild it, and make it even better than it was before.
Believe it or not, this amazing web was created by one little spider, in the course of a 12 hour period. We had just cleaned all the cobwebs from this one area and nothing, no nothing was here. The next morning, lo and behold this beautiful and complicated web had been woven with this small little spider, STILL spinning!
I was in awe at his/her one minded task and diligence...what a lesson to be learned today...
Show me the numbers:
1 bar white chocolate with macadamia nuts: 480 calories, 0 fiber
Total for the day: 2546 calories, 42 fiber
With this particular food I learned a lesson. I intended only to eat 1/3 or 1/2 as we watched a movie. However, I failed to portion it out and through out the evening the whole bar was consumed. Much to my dismay on the number of calories. However, it was a very tasty lesson learned.
Be so good at what you do that you leave people breathless by your performance. - Robin Sharma
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The Chunky Chicken Pasta Penne was okay. Not great, okay. Same with the photo. I should have taken more shots of this before calling it a day; I might have gotten it better focused if I had. #lessonlearned
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. - Albert Einstein
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Exploring East China Yangcheng Lake and Xianju
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...look for a way of life. Decide how you want to live and then see what you can do to make a living WITHIN that way of life. - Hunter S. Thompson
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Popular attractions in Chiang Mai for your first visit
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One recognizes one’s course by discovering the paths that stray from it. - Albert Camus
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What to Do in Chiang Mai: 5 Insider’s Tips by Local Experts
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Learning is how you evolve. Unlearning is how you keep up as the world evolves. - Adam Grant
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Romantic Thailand Resorts for Honeymooners and Couples
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After having such a fantastic and happy weekend, my Macbook hard drive died last night. The last time I backed up (for whatever reason, thank god I did) was last month, so basically all the digital photos I took and all the film I scanned in the last month is lost. I'm really really sad about it.
I tried to see if could recover the data, but no luck so far. Anyways, I got a new hard drive today and got my Macbook running again.
On the bright side, in the last month I probably took only about 10-15% digital and the rest were on film, so I didn't really "lose" much. I still have my film negatives and I can rescan them. The worst thing though, is that all those photos I've scanned, especially the ones I took during the weekend will have to be scanned again. All those hours of scanning gone down the drain... such a waste.
This was an expensive lesson: Back up your photos everyone!
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I really must remind myself that when I'm tired FLASH IS ESSENTIAL unless I'm using a tripod. (Which I didn't take, because I was just going to a friend's house; I was only half-expecting photo ops. Mostly of the kiddo in her costume.)
So there ya go.
Lesson learned.
FLASH OR TRIPOD. Especially when you're tired. And especially after consuming an adult beverage or two.
Let this blurry pumpkin portrait serve as a reminder to all of us who can't hold a camera steady under those previously described circumstances. =D
Hope all of your Halloweens were fantabulous! If you leave a comment, please let me know what it is that you did for Halloween. =)
Tomorrow starts a dual project.
30 songs in 30 days and 30 days of gratitude.
Though, I'm only holding myself accountable for the gratitude pix; I will do as many of the song pix as I can.
In Lionshead there is a back street with this small waterfall. I suspect it is only there after a rainfall but to have this outside your front window of your home must be a real treat. Should have used a longer exposure but I was still getting used to the camera.
David Bernstein (@DavidRBernstein)
Moving to the cloud doesn’t always go as smoothly as you’d hope it to. At the 2015 AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, attendees shared their deployment mistakes.
For more tales of woe, and some sound advice, check out this video from the expo floor:
Ashley Strayer
Moving to the cloud doesn’t always go as smoothly as you’d hope it to. At the 2015 AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, attendees shared their deployment mistakes.
For more tales of woe, and some sound advice, check out this video from the expo floor:
The bad news is that the past was in your hands, but the good news is that the future, my friend, is also in your hands. - Andy Andrews
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The Mysterious Xiangxi of China
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Everyone has to uncover the lessons of their own journey. - Mark Nepo
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12 Beautiful destinations in Thailand to explore, besides Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Phuket
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…some of it's magic, some of it's tragic but I had a good life all the way. - Jimmy Buffett
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I was unaware that slamming ones head off the ground was enough to give one two black eyes even when said slammage occurs in the back of the cranium.
Now I know.
You are not a prisoner of your fate, mistakes or misfortunes. You are the creator of your own life, the leading actor. - Tomás Navarro
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Coin Flipped, Wonder Found: Temples on Thai Baht Coins
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Derek Rose (@bishma)
Moving to the cloud doesn’t always go as smoothly as you’d hope it to. At the 2015 AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, attendees shared their deployment mistakes.
For more tales of woe, and some sound advice, check out this video from the expo floor:
Day 102:
Today as I was driving along I saw the most beautiful photo opportunity. I passed it by. I was going to come right back to it, but when I went to go back to the site the sun had hidden behind the clouds. Lesson learned today is never wait, take the opportunity when you have it. That does not just apply to photography, but life in general.
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Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? - Mary Oliver
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Best Day Trips from Bangkok: 6 Insider’s Tips by Local Experts
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