In which this shit really happens. “But it worked yesterday!” The fact that something works today does not guarantee it will work tomorrow. Have you ever had an appliance that quit working? Computers are like that. One day it works, the next day it blows up. Shit happens. “But everything else works fine.” This is […]
In which I bitch about my good fortune! [dropcap]I[/dropcap] spent two years unemployed. It was — after blocking out the stress and fear of being only moderately employable during a very deep recession — freakin’ wonderful. I didn’t have to get up five mornings a week and get my ass to work. I could avoid […]
In which each regulation begets a new one, aimed at shoring up its own failures. [dropcap]T[/dropcap]his site is going dark on the 18th in protest of SOPA and PIPA. Yes, people should be paid for their work. Yes, pirates are jerks. No, I’m not going to give up my civil liberties in pursuit of what […]
In which it’s not jargon if that’s what it’s called. Circular explanations are circular: Customer: Connection slower than usual Me: What speed are you connecting at? Customer: I don’t know….SLOW Me: Hold your mouse over the dialer icon in the system tray. It will show you what speed you’re currently connected at. Customer: What is […]
In which there’s a sendlog. When mail is transferred from server to server across the net, this is what it looks like when the servers talk to each other. More or less. LOG: MAIN < = root@server.bmi.net U=root P=local S=381 [root@server ~]#delivering 1Raxum-0002J0-Cc Connecting to blahmail.goblinbox.com [66.240.255.128]:25 ... connected SMTP> EHLO server.bmi.net SMTP< < 250-fc8255128.aspadmin.net […]
In which you experience part of my day. Phone rings. I answer, “Technical support. May I help you?” A person immediately starts a harangue. She does not identify herself. She opens with, “Your message is wrong, because I live in Dayton and my Internet is down!” and ends with “There’s nothin’ comin’ on here at […]
In which I am baffled by many of the people I speak with. As you may be aware, I’m back in tech support. If you read my tweets you may occasionally get the idea that I don’t like it, but I do! I’ve been doing it off and on for a dozen years, and I […]
In which I get to play with tools. My awesome job not only came complete with a window office, a title, and a space heater, it also came with TOOLS. I have custody of the freakin’ tool bag. It lives in my office. I do not have to ask to borrow a Phillips head. This […]
In which I rejoin the workforce! Last night I took myself out for dinner and drank a lot of wine (because that’s what you do when you’re damn near broke and the check you’ve been expecting for weeks still hasn’t shown up, right? RIGHT?), which means I was still in bed at 10:30 this morning […]
