I received this email today at work. Technically our team has grown so that I am no longer responsible for end user support. However, this one was joy to diagnose and fix over the phone. It has been edited to protect the computer challenged ( Read more... )

Somewhere there is a marketing executive with serious attachments. And a total and complete lack of taste.

http://www.boreme.com/bm/JAN05/a/vw-suicide-bomber/fr.htm

Our work's exchange server stopped dead in it's tracks today. BLAM! File size limitation reched! Upgrade to Enterprise Edition! Which is easier said then done when you're dealing with a 6 year old software platform ( Read more... )

Mental Note: when already depressed do NOT sit down and watch the last hour of Das Boot ( Read more... )

Tonight marks the official beginnning of the driving season. We've had cool days in the last couple of months, but the humidity has never quite cooperated. Tonight, perfect. Nothing like cool clean air to free up the extra ponies necessary to spin the wheels freely in the first couple of gears and gracefully push into a smooth four wheel drift ( Read more... )

After viewing the Chineese film Hero a couple of weeks ago I knew there had to be some significance to the various color themes used in the costumes and sets. A friend of mine informed that IMDB had posted the meanings in their trivia section for the movie ( Read more... )

I'm suffering from a major case of brain fade this morning. Attempting to shift brainz into 1st gear and I appear to have fried the clutch. I don't even have chemical or sleep deprivation excuses. Perhaps the office cold has finally caught up with me. Anyways ( Read more... )

I've spent a good deal of time over the last month beating various corporate entities over the head with varying degrees of success. Simply screaming "DO MY BIDDING MINION!" at the top my lungs doesn't seem to work as well as it should. One company even emailed me back saying that they didn't appreciate my tone ( Read more... )

I currently hold the title of "IT Architect", a hazy and general catch all handle for a job with ill-defined boundaries and a multitude of responsibilities. Working for a small company is like that. A not so pleasant part of my job includes cutting email, phone, VPN and system access when we let employees go. The unpleasantness of these tasks ( Read more... )

Today I emailed two people who in the distant past incurred major emotional trauma in my life. This damage wasn't necessarily their fault of course, but it leaves scars nonetheless. Those events are long past, and attempts at friendship have been attempted in the gulf stretching between now and then with varied measures of success ( Read more... )