@gjacobse i do alot of that sort of work. Living in the bush, no one wants to come and fix things, so I have a go myself. Fixed a few washing machines, dishwashers. Done some mains cabling, dug trenches and run cable through the ground.

gee. what a slow monday. i'm getting through it, but this one's been a tough slog.

it's finally hit. a local town that up to this point had only about 4 cases of the big C has gone from 1 to 18 in 3 days.

They're shipping the real sick ones off to a hospital 3 hours away. that's where i'd end up. stuff that, i'm working remotely for a few days.

i'm imaging 50 netbooks. one of the things I hate most in IT is unboxing. It's such an unproductive, wasteful use of my time.

But I get paid the same if I unbox or perform brain surgery.

hello everyone/anyone.
another year, another year.

hope you all had a nice xmas/new year time.

hey saturday morning. i'm gonna work in the shed today, modify my wheeled work bench so I can access the storage from the side. might even finally get around to putting wheels on the mower wheel barrow thingy.

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Since about 4:30am EST been awaiting the fateful call that changes my world and awards me a new achievement..

gotta have a pair of these before you can get into the club though, or so they tell me, i'm not in their stupid club ....

... this about sums it all up ...

@eddiejennings I took a look at Starlink, it'd be pretty outstanding to have 'net access in the middle of the Simpson Desert etc etc, but at $135/month, forget it.

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Best website ever.

https://www.iorl.org/

that's what notepad is for.

@scottalanmiller yep. luckily i've seen maybe 2 people dead. You, or maybe it;'s just me, but I can tell when there's no life left, it's like a level of energy is no longer present.

I've never seen a smashed up human, hope I never do, but if their brain is exposed, there's usually not much hope for them.

experience.

i'm not sure people really want experienced people when they put out a job/position advert?

i'm no longer the sharpest knife in the drawer, I was back in the day, but not now & that's perfectly normal and natural.

but I am much more experienced and also older.

when you are older you tend to end up working under someone younger and it's not uncommon for a younger person to interpret an older persons suggestions and advice as being negative or not with current trends.

history does repeat itself and it's repeated history that an older person may have already dealt with and learnt from, that may appear as current and cutting edge to a younger person.

younger people do get annoyed by what may appear as a lack of interest in change by older people, that's normal. older people do get annoyed by younger overseers requesting change that experience would tell them is not worthwhile.

what brought this spiel on?

just been asked by a younger manager to do something that includes work that will have no point. it won't be referred to in the future and won't be used in the present. but because it's all bells, whistles and flashing lights it is wanted.

if i were to mention that, from my experience, i can see that it will be of no use, i have little doubt i will be considered negative & not interested in change. so i will go ahead and do the work, i won't offer my experience, i will just say yes.

this is not a shot against younger people. i did exactly the same when i was younger, it's human nature. i look back at how i treated some older workers when i was younger and cringe. that's because i didn't understand at that age.

and who is young? if you're 40, 20 is young. if you're 60, 20 is still a child.

so to those in positions of management / overseeing, don't jump on the 'negative' bandwagon too quickly. consider who is saying what and where they've come from, where have they worked before and for how long.

we all need to remember to be respectful and patient with others.

Was lucky today. this happened about 11am. Quiet day. Was able to retrieve all VMs from last nights backup.

oooh. i had a lovely problem yesterday.

I'm removing 2012 servers from everywhere ATM.

Site had 3 DCs which had been in place for at least 12 months. 2 x 2016 and 1 x 2012. The 2012 was the oldest DC.

All DCs listed as GC servers, FSMO roles on a 2016 DC.

I removed the 2012 DC only to find after it had been demolished, that the GC hadn't ever successfully replicated to either 2016 server.

Fortunately the event logs had enough info in them for me to realise the only change that hadn't replicated was no longer needed.

I was able to make a reg change and everything bounced back to life.

nightmare averted.

hello everyone. beautiful weather over the weekend.

Q: if you drive at the speed of light and turn your headlights on, does it make any difference?

.. an old Steven Wright joke.

@scottalanmiller we were talking on the weekend and my wife said, ' ... unless you move to Nicaragua, or some weird place like that...'.

I said I know a bloke who could put us up if you want to go.

@nadnerB said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

binged the Matrix movies over the last 3 days. they left the last one wide open for 5th film.
still reckon the original is the best.

I reckon they should have left it at one. There was just something missing from the others that followed. Don't get me wrong, I have watched 2 & 3 and I did like them but I just feel that they were unnecessary.

eh. maybe, dunno. at least the follow ups were watchable.

i'll be back onto sbs now, see what new Scandi noir masterpiece I can wrap my eyeballs around.

trying to get some group policies to work while listening to lead belly!

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@nadnerB said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Went and got tacos this morning.

Morning tacos? Are they breakfast tacos? What do you put in them?

Yeah, breakfast tacos are the standard breakfast here in Texas. Typically eggs, cheese, potatoes and then either beans for people like me or sausage or bacon for others.

Ooooh, I remember when we visited Houston. Came down from the hotel room one morning, buffet breaky, never eaten so much bacon .....

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I just got off the phone with a loan agent, and I'm getting a home equity cash out loan for some basic home repairs and (Don Pardo voice)... A BRAND NEW KITCHEN!!!!!!

It is long overdue, the rest of the house is great but the kitchen sucks. And my gf and I cook, she bakes, and we've been making our own gummies... all that takes space we don't have. But not for long. Hoping to get it actually started by the end of the year. Before, during, and after photos will be provided.

Yep, congratulations mate, exciting times. The kitchen is a great place to spend money on your home, it's an investment.