@eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Just sent payment for the remaining balance for the wedding venue
Exciting times...
(DON'T DO IT)
It' be a great day for you both - and it's YOUR day -
@eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Just sent payment for the remaining balance for the wedding venue
Exciting times...
(DON'T DO IT)
It' be a great day for you both - and it's YOUR day -
Preparing....
They are calling for a major storm this week... 1-4" of rain, possible flooding and 20-30 degree crash and ice and snow.
Laptops - The MS Autopilot issue hasn't been resolved yet... so getting them set the old way. Image, update, rename/join and install. - so much the lame.
@rojoloco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I sincerely don't know how we missed that. Can't point the finger of blame at any one person, but damn.
(while managing iDrac during phone call)
"Hey Rojo - Here's that paper you needed to perform that thing you wanted" drops papers in floor.
Oops, Sorry
Phone rings
Distractions come at us at the speed of IT.
Reading up on Cisco Umbrella and what it does... Seems it is something we are setting up here.... (where did this dark ominous cloud come from???)
@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
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@jaredbusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Correct, so not really worried about it, but the whole "lets keep it a secret" thing doesn't site well with me.
yeah, that is weird - how can people possibly know they are supposed to use it starting monday, if they aren't aware of it until monday...
The reality is that people won't use it until tuesday after they have their new usernames and passwords.
That's fair.
An app on a personal phone? Nope.
I'm sure that's just one option. it's very likely one could punch in from a web browser on a computer as well.
I'll have more information on it Monday apparently
Well , since you don't know anything about it now,.. I'd say that's very likely.
@eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Writing documentation PDFs for a client.
Boo -
I got to thinking on a chance to do more for work,... only I'd have give up more of my personal time. I may still do some of it,.. but I am about done giving my time away - Paid or unpaid..
I just can't even -
The phone system is broken,.. Calls aren't being routed as the system believes we are off hours. Nothing points as to why -
And Surprise - Vendor shows up to do work that we knew nothing about.
And we have a person out -
Hey Spammer -
Go thermite your PC and your ISP Connection.. I'm in a mood and I will smack you down!
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Tomorrow seemed quite far away in September (proposal date). Wedding ceremony is 24 hours and 30 minutes away
*your phone rings
Boss: You're going to be at work tomorrow, right?
I really hate it when I know I have done something in the past - and now I can't remember how it was done and I can't find my note... UGH!
@srsmith said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Making rookie mistakes even though I know better
Sadly it is a thing that happens. It's how you deal with it after the fact and what you learn from it.
In theory though - the user should not have lost any mail - or at most - a few hours worth... In theory..
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Good morning all! Coffee time.
Could I have mine with Bourbon please?
@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
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@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Mistakes were made Friday when I left work - I didn't grab my laptop charger, but I grabbed my Laptop with a full battery.. After a weekend of helping with 10 minute calls / etc - I woke up to about 2" of snow - a van that doesn't drive well on dry streets- I'm not comfortable driving it 30 minutes across town in snow plus not being able to leave the neighborhood, and not enough gas in the "safer vehicle" from running around for everyone while they were out of town.
Opted to work from home today noticed laptop was down to 50% and thought I should plug it in... Oh well. Lesson learned I suppose - always grab the charger.
Laptop officially died. Clocked out, waiting on my boss to call me back so I can explain.
Oops..
️ Oh well.
I should add - I forgot my charger a few months back. I was lucky enough that the laptop was USB-C and I had a USB-C cable and supply at home. it was a fifty power power supply - but it let me run all day regardless...
Why fifty pounds? It's a portable battery / inverter ...
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@mattspeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
almost 8 years to the day since this thread started
Wow, that's crazy. It has been quite a long time.
Eight years.... that's when I joined. July 2014. That is just crazy. I am glad I have along for the journey Met a fabulous group of people, spoken out when prior I would not have, and learned a few things.
@krzykat said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs That's why I have a couple power supplies for laptop. Keep one at desk at home, and the other stays in bag. If by chance I accidentally leave the charger at a client's or something, I'm not screwed.
That is very easily way lighter than toting this thing around:
It literally weights about 50pounds
Latest discussion is on equipment we apparently don't own,... and is leased.
And the lease expires in a month. And we had a support agreement when issues arose - that we didn't know about.
Previous IT management dumped a load on the future IT management...
I feel a storm brewing...
@eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Looking at job listings.
Hope it goes well.. You have a wealth of experience and knowledge -
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Running some basic tasks -
Image PC, Update, Join Domain, install final apps.
Swap battery from one model to another (same battery type/size)
General Monday stuff on a monday.We picked up six inches of snow Friday night / Saturday morning. It's all but gone now,.. really was late yesterday.
Also wondering where everyone is at today.. nearly noon and all I have seen are crickets...
On site wondering what is going on with Ubiquiti APs. Devices had only been able to communicate with internet and other devices connected to the AP on the same network. Started working properly a few minutes ago, no rhyme or reason why the change. At least it's working now, and I was here when it started working.
Like some office staff - they saw the boss coming and got back to working like they should.. But that's a pain.
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Just went for a walk. Man it was a windy afternoon!
I haven't kept track of it of course,.. but it seems that the winds here have increased over the years. We have seen stronger winds more often - enough that instead of solar I have thought about a VAWT - not that the HOA would allow that any more than solar.
VAWT? Vertical Axis Wind Turbine; they are pretty neat in operation and build.
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
About to get outside and do some filming. It's a "gorgeous" day. I could use some not gorgeous days for a change, though.
Wanna trade? 54F here, been raining since midnight, gonna keep on raining...
Man, 54F and rain sounds like nice. I just went to my salsa class and it is 96F and humid.
I realize it's a thing you get adjusted to. But with the seasons here (in Kentucky), I don't. We have had so many days with a swing - you can't figure out what to carry with you. One day it's 70 and sunny and in thirty-six hours it snowed...
at 96F with humidity... I can't breathe.. I'm just not adjusted to it.