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Month: February 2005

  • Can I nuke and repave more than just the computer?

    So let’s go through the rundown of today’s annoyances, just for kicks:

    • The copy of Napster on one of the FM studio computers. Argh.
    • The copy of Limewire on one of morning show hosts’ computers. Double argh.
    • The complete inability of an out-of-office client to follow very, very simple instructions. “Click this link. Click this next link. See files? Good.” Apparently the second step is beyond their ken. Triple argh.
    • The utter discombobulation of the print system on one particular computer, to the point where the only way I’m going to get it printing again is to throw it on the bench first thing tomorrow for a nuke-and-repave job. Extra quadruple argh with a cherry on top. And I don’t like cherries.
    • People who use other people as a buffer for tech support calls. Hi, I’m not an ogre, and I really appreciate not having to go through an extra layer of communication when there’s a problem that needs fixing, so stop having other people make your damned support calls, okay? Argh quintuplets.
    • Impossible and/or conflicting mandates from management. Argh, argh, argh, argh, argh and goddamned argh.

    And this is one of the better tech jobs available. Maybe I really am in the wrong line of work…

  • 28 Days Later (Than Right Now)

    In case you were wondering what to get the geek who has everything (and by “everything” there I actually mean “very little, so please give me lots of stuff”), I recommend to you my Amazon wishlist, complete with headphones, DVD boxed sets and music. Take special note of the “love to have” selections, if you would. Much thanks.

    This has been a public service announcement brought to you by the “Karel Wants Neat Stuff For His 33rd Birthday” Committee.

    Also, I’m thinking of throwing a 33-1/3 Birthday Party in July. (It’s the RPM of an LP record, don’t you know.) Tell me that’s not the coolest idea you’ve come across all afternoon. Go on, I dare you.

    (Please note: You don’t have to buy anything specifically from Amazon. Nor are you limited to items on that list. The list is provided solely for the purpose of those who, like myself, draw a complete blank when faced with the task of choosing gifts for friends and loved ones.)

  • CSI(:Vegas) Drinking Game

    In case you needed a drinking game for Thursday nights (hey, Friends is gone now, you never know), Lonita has prepared the following resource:

    CSI Drinking Game

  • Two go down, two come in.

    So I took a good, hard look at my City of Heroes roster on the Protector server yesterday, and realized that at least two were never going to be much fun to play. (There’s a third that may or may not make the cut. I’m still debating on him.) Yesterday I blew out one of them, and this morning I blew out the other. In place of NeutrinoStorm and Myne alMyne are a new Defender and Controller (respectively) named R Ken Ettic and The Immaterial Girl.

    Ken’s a Kinetics Defender, and Imma’s a Gravity/Radiation Controller. And now I remember why I didn’t play Myne very much: Controllers are hard to play in the early stages. Gah.

    I’ll post screenshots eventually, but for now suffice to say that Ken’s a robot (as implied by the Asimovian naming scheme) and Imma’s in a getup somewhat similar to (but not exactly like) Sailor Jupiter, as Dawn noted upon first spying her costume in the game. Ah well. So it’s not like I’m ever going to win any costume contests…

  • Praise $DEITY

    Let the weekend commence.

    That will be all. Go forth and enjoy, my friends.

  • Mixed Blessings At The Workplace

    Good: Approval for new email server

    Bad: Waiting about two more weeks for new email server and hoping that the current server doesn’t collapse under its own weight in the meantime

    Good: Upgrading the sound card in one of the prep rooms

    Bad: Suddenly losing one channel of audio in and out of the machine (has nothing to do with the card, as swapping left/right on the breakout box for the card produces the expected result), leaving me bewildered and out of ideas

    Good: Mandatory off-site meeting from 3pm to closing time

    Bad: Mandatory off-site meeting… well, you get the idea

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