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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-30

  • Argghh!! Flight canceled and now flying tomorrow #
  • OK, at last, flight all confirmed and ready to go. Now I just need to sort my route to the airport #
  • Shortly to be heading to my parents who have, very kindly, offered to take me to the airport on Sunday since the trains are all stuffed #
  • I really would have preferred, on so many levels, to have gone on today’s flight #

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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-29

  • Time to get packing and sorting #
  • So the new computer arrives just in time for me not to able to enjoy it; I’ll find desk space and config worries when I return #
  • Cat’s never know how good they have it; and yet, they know it’s not good enough http://tinyurl.com/lrb7g2 #
  • OK, packed I hope; one last check over the bags and bits (or probably many) #
  • Darcy (cat) is saying she hates me, now she has spotted the suitcase #
  • @BeateVeronica Yes, fly out tomorrow 🙂 #
  • Wow, it seems like I haven’t added anyone new to Facebook for weeks 🙁 #
  • @BeateVeronica Why/when are you going to LA? #
  • @BeateVeronica Cool! I seem to go mainly for work (we had 4 days in Seattle after a meeting once). Never been to LA – but I’m sure you’l … #
  • @BeateVeronica I know. We keep meaning too…we have done Canada holidays, and definitely want to do that again. There’s plenty of time … #
  • @BeateVeronica Wife 🙂 Yeah, we really loved Toronto (we actually seriously thought about moving there), but also want to try Vancouver … #
  • @BeateVeronica Well I’ve never been to Norway (but work with Norwegians all day), but have been to Sweden – I can see the similarities!! #
  • @BeateVeronica Not that I want to stir up any norway/sweden comparison issues 😉 #
  • RT @TaraBusch AudioBoo: Tara Covers Bat For Lashes “Daniel”..the Casio Geek Version… http://tinyurl.com/myq36q #
  • @chris_herborth Bad Karma? #
  • @BeateVeronica True, but Canada is so huge there must be somewhere that it like every where! #
  • OK, home made pizza tonight, but horrors, I’ve run out of anchovies 🙁 #
  • @BeateVeronica I’m jealous – I would love deer steak. One of the downsides of having an almost vegetarian and a carnivore living together 🙁 #

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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-28

  • @pixiesongs Cool – preordered on iTunes and waiting. Can’t wait for the album! 🙂 #
  • @BeateVeronica Mine too (similar reason). They say exercise is good for you, but my muscles think different today 😉 #
  • @BeateVeronica Try Not Always Right – *always* makes me laugh http://tinyurl.com/3978kk #
  • OK, against my muscles better judgement, I’m off for lunch and exercise… #
  • OK, another good workout on #EASActive, but I’m still having problems with the controllers registering some of my movements. I still fee … #
  • @BeateVeronica I know! It’s hard to know whether to laugh or cry in despair at the depths of stupidity sometimes. I think laughing is be … #
  • Wow, I’ve spent more time today planning other peoples journeys here for our meeting in 32 weeks than I have my journey to SF/Austin sat … #
  • Watching Journey to the Center of the Earth right now (another Brendan Fraser). Actually very funny in places and well worth a view #
  • Watching Harry Potter from the beginning again – he looks so young! #
  • @pop17 Wow – that’s impressive use of technology! #
  • OK #facebook has just given up for me completely within Safari; anybody else have the same issue? #
  • Drop the Dead Donkey rocks! #

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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-27

  • Completed the final part of my OU course registration. Roll on October! #
  • OK, back to work, trying to get all the machines humming along before I go #
  • Parallels has started to suck for doing OpenSolaris #
  • Time for another #EASActive session; I think I’ll try some upper-body work today #
  • Damn. I seem to have worn out my Orange Box disc 🙁 #
  • OK, Orange Box replacement ordered. I wonder if there’s anything else I should get for the XBOX360 while I’m at it? #
  • Will somebody please buy me one of these? I’d be eternally grateful http://tinyurl.com/orjuq6 #
  • @Gemmaboyle Try listening to something happier!! #
  • @Gemmaboyle Bummer 🙁 #

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MySQL 5.1 in OpenSolaris

If you’ve attended just one of my recent talks, either at the UC, LOSUG or MySQL University, you should know that MySQL 5.1.30 will be in the next official drop of OpenSolaris.

In fact, you can find MySQL 5.1 in the current pre-release builds – I just download build 111 of the future 2009.06 release.

Key things about the new MySQL 5.1 in OpenSolaris:

  1. Contains the set of DTRACE probes that also exists in MySQL 5.4 (see DTrace Documentation)
  2. Like the 5.0, we have SMF integration, so you can start, stop, monitor and change some of the core configuration through SMF
  3. Directory layout is similar to 5.0, with a version specific directory (/usr/mysql/5.1), and the two can coexist if you want to handle a migration from 5.0 to 5.1

To install MySQL 5.1, use the pkg tool to perform the installation. We’ve split the components into three packages:

  1. SUNWmysql51 contains the server and client binaries, and associated scripts.
  2. SUNWmysql51libs contains the client libraries, which you’ll need for all external (i.e. MySQL) tools, like DBD::mysql for Perl connectivity)
  3. SUNWmysql51test contains the MySQL test suite

To install:

$ pfexec pkg install SUNWmysql51

Once installed, you can start MySQL server through SMF:

$ pfexec svcadm enable mysql:version_51

You can set properties, like the data directory, by using svccfg:

$ svccfg
svc:> select mysql:version_51
svc:/application/database/mysql:version_51> setprop mysql/data=/data0/mysql
svc:/application/database/mysql:version_51> setprop mysql/enable_64bit=1

Any questions, please ask!

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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-26

  • @SaveSamantha Congratulations!! Keeping my fingers crossed! #
  • OK, time to send loads of emails and finalize all the meetings I’ll have in SF and Austin for the next two weeks #
  • @Gemmaboyle Tired after the torrential rain alarm clock! You? #
  • Listening to Paulo Nutini’s Candy…like it #
  • @Gemmaboyle Colour me jealous!! Have a wonderful time 🙂 #
  • @Gemmaboyle No, I hadn’t heard that one, but just watching it on YouTube 🙂 Wonderful! I can feel an album purchase or two coming on 🙂 #
  • Oh cool acoustic version of Mama Do on Pixie Lott’s website http://tinyurl.com/ompr4u #
  • @Gemmaboyle http://tinyurl.com/qzkfz3 :))) #
  • @freshly Have you thought about releasing the acoustic sessions you have each morning on an album or online somewhere? They are stunning! #
  • Just completed my first 50 min workout on #EASActive. Wow – 546 cals burned and I feel tired, but pumped! #
  • OK, I’m frustrated; why can’t I find Pixie Lott on iTunes? #
  • @BeateVeronica Do it !! #
  • @BeateVeronica Challenge every smoker to quit! #
  • @BeateVeronica I would think a tweetchallenge would do – then we just promote like crazy #
  • @Gemmaboyle Are you back on your way again? #
  • @rebekah_king Congratulations!!! 🙂 #
  • @BeateVeronica Yep 🙂 #
  • Wow, Salomon and Suunto emails in within minutes of each other. Are they trying to tell me something? #
  • @BeateVeronica Giving up smoking not fitness? 🙂 Hmm, there is a #quitsmoking tag… #
  • I really like the idea of another #EASActive session, but I really don’t have the time… #
  • I keep forgetting that I have a cool Pixie Lott photo for my desktop image; I guess I should shut down my windows more frequently! #
  • Some to add my shopping list, the new Suunto Elementum http://tinyurl.com/qz4fmf #

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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-25

  • Doing my taxes; what fun! #
  • Just had a delicious afternoon brunch at the Gregory #
  • OK, I know brunch is breakfast/lunch, but they called it brunch even though we had it in the afternoon #
  • @nationaltrust Depends; hot or after a long walk, ice cream; after a short walk or just touring, cream tea 🙂 #
  • @chris_herborth Free antibiotics! #
  • @JenLant Cool!!!! #
  • Hmmm – National Treasure is a thoroughly enjoyable, if slightly silly, film #
  • Green credentials of ebooks http://tinyurl.com/o9snd3 #
  • @amazingamanda Good luck to Sara finding her cat – we lost one for 6 months before he returned unexpectedly. Tell her never to stop hoping! #
  • @BeateVeronica Done – and well done 🙂 #
  • RT @SaveSamantha Nearly 8,500 signatures so far to save “Samantha Who?” Please RT and sign the petition: http://tinyurl.com/p4lcnf #save … #
  • @BeateVeronica Of course you can do it – be positive! 🙂 #

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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-24

  • @JenLant I’m sure there are many people willing to listen in reply to JenLant #
  • Sunday morning, a big cup of coffee, and a cat draped over my arm – time to get the diaries up to date again #
  • @kajarno Belated congratulations! in reply to kajarno #
  • Just watched the last episode of Bionic Woman – why did they cancel this show? #
  • Just played Sharon’s birthday present: Scene-IT Harry Potter edition. Very cool, but now I need to watch the movies again #
  • Watching Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor #
  • RT @zoecello Saddened by the story of #katiereider, a young musician who died of horrific cancer. Each tweet raises $1 for her family ht … #
  • @Gemmaboyle With the added bonus of no frozen underwear! #

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