Perfect way to start a Monday:
Being introduced to the new employee that no one bothered to tell you about, and having to explain to her that she doesn’t even have a computer to use yet because no one told you she was starting. Oh joy!
Follow these topics: Uncategorized
Funny article today, Which Is Buggier – Windows or Linux?. Funny not because it reaches any real conclusions about the question, but funny in that the conclusion it does reach is “it depends”. It depends on what you’re using the PC for, who’s using it, what sort of environment you’re working in, and about a…
Taken from a TechDirt posting: “A new study in the UK has come out saying that, while more companies are providing internet access to employees, a smaller percentage are using filtering technology to block out “inappropriate” sites. The article makes this out to be a terrible thing – suggesting companies don’t understand the risk.” Now,…
I didn’t realize how much of my time would be spent this week resetting passwords. Not network passwords, passwords to the Postini email quarantines. Seems that our service was upgraded, and moved to another server. Naturally the new server didn’t recognize the cookies that were set by the old server so all those folks who…
Ever had one of those times where you have so many ideas for what you could do with a site that you’re left sort of paralyzed trying to figure out where to start? I’m experiencing that right now with how to move everything from the old Geocities site over to this domain. I’m already linking…
So today, the download site is finally working, and after getting the new drivers and even getting the updated kernel (2.4.18-24) for Red Hat 8.0, the network card still doesn’t work! All I get is a “device does not seem to be present” error whenever I try to start the network on eth0. The integrated…
I finally got to dig around in the wiring closet late this morning. Looks like those 4 ports are just dead, nothing to be done for them. There doesn’t seem to be any indication that the other 8 ports on that switch are having any problems, though their own failure may be coming right around…