A SWCSA video talking about just in time grooming and 3PAR's reservationless approach to resource utilization in their InServ storage arrays. Thin provisioned storage and snapshots (3PAR's Virtual Copy software) are assigned storage resources at the time they are needed - and not before. That means that Administrators don't have to guess which pools to put disk drives in - or how to structure hypers and metas with 3PAR.
I caught this meme from Author Nicholas Carr and Amazon's chief technology officer, Werner Vogels. The idea is to pick and album for every year of your life. No bands or artists can repeat (although I think band members with solo albums count as separate entities). I tried to make sure the album for a given year was released during that year. If you are a music lover, you ought to give this a try - whether or not you have a blog to post it to. It will likely bring back memories of music that you haven't listened to for several years.
Here's my list:
1957: Thelonius Monk, Monk's Music*
1958: Duke Ellington,
Black, Brown and Beige
1959: Charles Mingus,
Mingus Ah Um
1960: Ornette
Coleman, Free Jazz
1961: John Coltrane,
at the Village Vanguard
1962: Kingston Trio, Best of the Kingston Trio
1963: Dick Dale, King
of the Surf Guitar
1964: Eric Dolphy,
Out to Lunch
1965: Andrew Hill,
Compulsion
1966: Beatles,
Revolver
1967: Jefferson Airplane, Surrealistic Pillow
1968: Steppenwolf,
Steppenwolf
1969: Captain Beefheart,
Trout Mask Replica
1970: Frank Zappa,
Weasels Ripped my Flesh
1971: Led
Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin IV
1972: Sun Ra, Space
is the Place
1973: Art Ensemble of
Chicago, Fanfare for the Warriors
1974: Loggins and Messina, Mother Lode
1975: Julius
Hemphill, Coon Bid’ness
1976: Tom Waits, Small Change
1977: Bonnie Raitt,
Sweet Forgiveness
1978: Bruce
Springsteen, Darkness on the Edge of Town
1979: Joy
Division, Unknown Pleasures
1980: Kate Bush,
Never for Ever
1981: Material, Memory Serves
1982: Gang of Four, Songs
of the Free
1983: James Blood
Ulmer, Odyssey
1984: Stevie Ray
Vaughn, Couldn’t Stand the Weather
1985: Dire Straits,
Bothers in Arms
1986: Albert
Collins, Cold Snap
1987: Midnite
Oil, Diesel and Dust
1988: Was Not Was,
What Up Dog
1989: Love and
Rockets, Love and Rockets
1990: Los Lobos, The
Neighborhood
1991: Pearl Jam, Ten
1992: Tori Amos, Little Earthquakes
1993: Morphine, Cure
for Pain
1994: Soundgarden,
Superunknown
1995: Radiohead, The Bends
1996: Lyle
Lovett, The Road to Ensenada,
1997: Kate Rusby,
Hourglass
1998: Lucinda
Williams, Car Wheels on a Dusty Road
1999: Foo Fighters,
There is Nothing Left to Lose
2000: U2, All That You Can’t Leave Behind
2001: Bjork,
Vespertine
2002: Christina
Aguilera, Stripped
2003: Outkast,
Speakerboxxx
2004: Green Day,
American Idiot
2005: Queens of the
Stone Age, Lullabies to Paralyze
2006: Muse, Black Holes and Revelations
2007: Eddie Vedder,
Into the Wild
*Originally I had Thelonius Monk and John Coltrane's album, Thelonius Monk and John Coltrane for 1957. But having John Coltrane again in 1961, I thought this stretched the 'no repeat' rule too far, so I replaced it with Monk's, Monk's Music.
