Well - Sad to say, but I am turning in my resignation tomorrow. As I have done for each employer, I will be giving the customary two week notice.

There are no BAD JOBS.
There are;

• gross jobs;
• difficult jobs;
• unpopular jobs;
• labor intensive jobs;
• boring jobs.

I am not leaving a BAD Job. I am leaving a difficult supervisor.

I started in IT in 1989, having already spent three or so years working with computers, so at this stage I have learned a thing or two... And when you offer experience on a matter you have first hand knowledge about - and they 'laugh at your offerings' it's just not the place for you... or at least me.

In the past when I offered options on how to address an issue or assistance it's been welcomed. But in this case it wasn't just discarded, it was laughed at. I'm sorry - I can get past a few things about a personality conflict - but to have my knowledge laughed at is more than I'm going to tolerate.

So, after starting in August - I now look towards the future. I am already looking a start date as a contractor with a company to support a State Agency - performing desktop and server support. It is a twelve month on-going assignment and will provide with most of what I have now.... there are some cuts,.. but that is just life.

But in addition to this, I may be providing direct support for another company a good friend of my is getting ready to start working for. He and I have already spent a number of hours on the phone and text going over things this new office will likely need. Things that he hasn't had direct exposure to. And he is very open and welcoming to the knowledge I have in areas he hasn't worked with.

Like some of the things I"ve picked up here;

• freePBX;
• NextCloud;
• Server 2019;
• VMs on Linux;
• UBNT Wireless;
• DNS;
• Email (Zoho or O365)

So, for now - I breath a little more quickly as this is an exciting opportunity for me to learn more, and showcase what I have learned.

Shout outs of course go to a of people here on ML;

• @scottalanmiller
• @JaredBusch
• @DustinB3403
• @CCWTech
• @IRJ
• @EddieJennings
• @Dashrender
• and so many many more....

Thank you - I feel that I have continued to learn from input from a number of people...

@scottalanmiller
@JaredBusch
@travisdh1
@DustinB3403

and a number of other people...

So - I express my thanks.

@thwr

What better way to get a loaner computer set up than to come here and update everyone.

It's not been easy,.. any parent will tell you that. But when you have two boys that have been under the knife in two weeks,... it's even more stressful

Finn had follow up foot surgery, so this wasn't as critical as what Ison is enduring. Finn only needed to have some tendon moved to allow more flexibility.

Ison - this is the big deal for us... never with any of my four boys have I been so scared and worried.

The doctors were in about 8am today and set about some goals for the day... Of which we had met two by 9am. Remove the cath, and move.

It isn't easy for him with all the abdomenal pain he has,.. I mean, his appendix was obliterated,.. they could not find it. There was 'little which they could do' with the swelling and most of his lower organs being 'glued' together. Had they gone poking and pushing to much, it was likely that they would have caused additional damage and risk.

For a six year old boy - he has been amazing. I know he is scared, in a lot of pain, and doesn't want to do ANYTHING that will cause him more pain. But he has been amazing. We have run into about everything that is expected thus far with this sort of thing. And we have met it head on. For the most part, he is exactly where he needs to be progress wise.

As any parent will tell you, I only wish I could trade places with him... not saying I would have any better go of it,.. cry or scream any less... I just don't want it to be him, or any child.

I have been so very blessed for the care we have received thus far, and with my co-workers. @Minion-Queen, @art_of_shred, @Mike-Davis, @Mike-Ralston, @jenuinecase, and @scottalanmiller have blessed me with an awesome work environment and support. And while I expect that I will be a little less available, I will be working from Ison's bed side over the coming days to support him as I have the two weeks he was at home with me prior to our trip to the hospital... We have the best guess that this started out as Strep - which was his third bout with it - and stressed his system in such a manner that we are where we are today.

I suppose is time to finish gathering things up to head back to the hospital. I returned home (first since 4pm Thursday) to retrieve the Loaner from @Minion-Queen (Surface for ease) and some other items needed for our stay... Which we hope (pray) that we will be home before Christmas...

Going into the U.S.A. Holiday of Thanksgiving, I am thankful for much... Thankful for NTG and it's staff, Family - both far and near, but most of all, I am thankful for the staff at UK Hospital who are caring for my son.

Well - I suppose it's time to fess up. A few might know this,.. but likely not many...

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It is with sadness and regret that as of 03 August 2018 I will no longer work full time for NTG.

I started 06 April 2015, and in this short time have worked with some great people and learn a good bit. I like to think of myself as previously thinking and working outside the proverbial box, and while I still believe that, I have come to do more outside of that box - things I previously would not have had the chance or the skills to do so.

While curious moving to Linux - I was against it,.. pushed by the 'Corporate World' and the main stream system. But now three of the four systems I run are Linux only, the fourth being dual boot with Windows - mainly to play one or two games. I work easier in SSH and via command line on both OS platforms than previously.

While my official time is coming to a close, I am still making an effort to continue to work with the NTG family; @scottalanmiller, @Dominica, @pchiodo, and the rest of the great staff.

Figured that the MOD needed to be photographed with the most Moderated.

Imagine of happy parent dancing - just NOT ME

Drain tube may get removed tomorrow.
We've walked to the door
We've rolled to the left side (drain tube side) TWICE while sleeping.
We've passed fluid like a race horse
NO FEVER
HEART RATE IS DOWN

And Most Bestest of ALL

Smile and a laugh at a TV show.

My Boy is the TRUE IRON MAN!!

Kentucky lawmaker wants telemarketers to list true caller ID

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - One Kentucky lawmaker wants to make certain telemarketing practices, including disguising caller ID numbers, to become illegal.

House Majority Whip Kevin Bratcher, R - Louisville, has pre-filed a bill for the 2019 Legislative Session which would require telemarketers to list their true caller ID number or have it listed as unknown.

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This should be at the Federal level, and the fines higher...

Congrats to @DustinB3403 and the Other Jared ( @jyates )for receiving Raspberry Pi Starter kits from @StarWinds

2016-Sept-20 Edit: Added tag for @jyates.

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@gjacobse Sounds like hospital food.

Well,.. since that is where I am... yea.. it is. It was decent.

How's your little guy?

@DustinB3403 said in BWAHAAHAHHAHA Im gonna download everything!:

I can hear the sucking sounds now;

@Danp said in Edge works, Chrome does not -:

What version of Chrome? They just released v106, so maybe that is a factor. Is there anything in your environment that would require a new release to be whitelisted?

106.0.5249.62 (Official Build) (64-bit)

I have the same version and it works fine for me…

Looks like this might be a weird issue.

Recently replaced a users computer(s) for a single device - no biggie. All was working fine. Our default browser is Chrome and was thusly working fine.

Until this morning. Chrome loads, but will not load any page. Sharepoint, local news, search - anything.

Same function tried and successful using Edge. Every page needed works. DNS was checked, IP etc.

Uninstalled Chrome, deleted all the folders, rebooted installed and same behavior. Same with a different user on the same computer. It's only that computer - and that other one I find out hours later.

Other actions like resetting the browser, clearing the cache have all be done as well, yet Chrome just won't navigate to any page.

Searching Google for solutions to why Chrome does this have all resulted in the same thing, Check this, do that,.. re-image the PC is the final option - but like to avoid that if possible as this computer was just imaged two weeks ago, and the other user - well they are already on their third computer because "Zoom doesn't work" video is choppy - it must be the network.

Network - we are going (finally) from 10-20MB to 1GB. Don't ask and I won't have to drink (office drinking game).

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I'm back after a weekend in the mountains and traveling all day yesterday. Had to go collect a cell phone from an old employee who "accidentally" took a company phone with her when she left. Then took a hammer and the sidewalk to it before giving it back to us. Ugh.

Uhm,.
What now?

Sadly there is always the risk of not getting something back. There being some kind of disagreement- anger.

But this is,.. unprofessional and completely uncalled for. Sigh.

@scottalanmiller said in Any Experience with BeeLink Mini PCs?:

@gjacobse said in Any Experience with BeeLink Mini PCs?:

@scottalanmiller said in Any Experience with BeeLink Mini PCs?:

@gjacobse said in Any Experience with BeeLink Mini PCs?:

Would any micro form factor pc work? While I would never suggested Lenovo,.. their micro is about that size with 65w power supply... I'd go Dell or ANYONE else over Lenovo!

In theory, but Lenovo is typically 300% or more cost for the same thing. Lenovo we can get in country easily (they are about the only ones), but the cost is absurd. For these, in the US, prices are like $250!

I would never recommend Lenovo - to expensive for the hardware. But - it's what the office uses, I'd go HP before I went Lenovo...Unless it was free...

We've gotten two Lenovo's for free from Lenovo. Both were like $1800+ models. Both died really early. I'm literally diagnosing the dead hardware on one of them right now

Dang- that’s not good. The free I refer to is the: it’s had its life and it’s heading to the trash/ recycling bin. Drive pulled and ‘scrapped’. So it’s already several years old….

The models we are using now are running about $2100 and up.

@scottalanmiller said in Any Experience with BeeLink Mini PCs?:

@gjacobse said in Any Experience with BeeLink Mini PCs?:

Would any micro form factor pc work? While I would never suggested Lenovo,.. their micro is about that size with 65w power supply... I'd go Dell or ANYONE else over Lenovo!

In theory, but Lenovo is typically 300% or more cost for the same thing. Lenovo we can get in country easily (they are about the only ones), but the cost is absurd. For these, in the US, prices are like $250!

I would never recommend Lenovo - to expensive for the hardware. But - it's what the office uses, I'd go HP before I went Lenovo...Unless it was free...

@notverypunny said in wifi for unmanaged devices:

Or just create another SSID for them? I'm not for SSID sprawl, but most gear should be able to handle 3 SSIDs without too much trouble.

SSID sprawl,… lol. I think we have six SSID,…

Creating another still will require being compliant with policies,..

Would any micro form factor pc work? While I would never suggested Lenovo,.. their micro is about that size with 65w power supply... I'd go Dell or ANYONE else over Lenovo!

@scottalanmiller said in Any Experience with BeeLink Mini PCs?:

Specific model of interest...

https://www.bee-link.com/catalog/product/index?id=285

During the initial website load I wasn't a big fan of the graphics and appearance - but after allowing the page to load completely it seemed to settle down and smooth out.

@AdamF said in Unattended remote access utility/ computer:

@scottalanmiller said in Unattended remote access utility/ computer:

@dmacf10 said in Unattended remote access utility/ computer:

@AdamF I like the idea of a Raspberry Pi with MeshCentral as an agent for remote access.

that's what I would do, too.

Any website with IN stock Pis?

Good.Luck.

I've not seen anyone have stock of rPi 3 or 4 in almost a year. Adafruit doesn't have any in stock, nor does SparkFun,.. And if you can find one you might be better off buying a mini PC or using a older pc...

Right now, I'll have to pencil GIT onto the project list. I just don't have the bandwidth to investigate it right now. If the unsaved scripts are lost,... they are lost - my own fault and I recognize that. I had some hope that I could recover them.

I just have to much going on to take on another project I can't truly invest time into. If I start something, I'll just have to ensure I save it - I think I saw something about making PS:ISE autosave....

Thank you for the suggestions and recommendations.