Month: March 2005

  • A word safari: Hunting the elusive Day off from work.

    Ah yes the day of from work, an elusive animal. Often seen hovering around the end of the week or clustering with ritual events. Noted to be considered by those who partake of it, as both refreshing and relaxing. Many stories have surfaced concerning the possible ritual significance of the number of these in a […]

  • A creative jaunt

    Every once in a while I feel the need to get creative. Paintings writing and other outlets often help quell this bug. But lately I have been attempting to expand my horizons concerning computer art. I have latched onto the desktop art as a medium. I feel that if you can create and image which […]

  • Capitulation: A study concerning the fall of the pompous

    I was and still am a longtime PC (IBM clone, for the older geeks) user. I consider myself a power user. I write, I game, and I network with my PC. I build my own systems. As a lab manager for a large university I found myself in the position of needing to be more […]

  • Be on Time,

    Why is it that earlier in life I always tried to follow the guidelines set forth by the establishment, and others who broke rules, missed deadlines ect had their work given the same shrift as my own, punctual work. I almost never turned things in late. Now I am in the position for punishing those […]

  • A challenge from afar

    It is not very often that people stare history in the face and marvel at what has happened. In fact there are very few occasions when the normal person stops in their tracks and stare long and hard at something and realizes even a tenth of the history it represents. My great grandfather built and […]

  • PodCast in the News

    I have to say it was cool at first when I started listening to Podcasts. Wow you mean I can listen to a news program, tech information, comedy whenever I want. Ok so that wore off very quickly as I had no time to actually listen to certain people. Others I couldn’t stand the voice […]

  • Sorry i forgot my fingerprints today

    I am currently in charge of a network which has approximately 350 – 400 users in an isolated section of the Universities Network. I deal directly with the users. The story mentioned above concerning Microsoft ditching or possibly ditching password authentication is going to be nothing but a hassle for me. My network is a […]

  • The Day is over:

    After a long day of work, almost nonstop work, I usually find that I am less tired then when I started. However today is not one of those days. I feel run down. I mean like drug behind a car run down. Days like today feel as if there was someone watching over you waiting […]

  • The fog of war:

    Sometimes things don’t work out like they should. Last night I said to myself, self lets have a drink before bed, not only will it relax you but you need one. Now I can barely think. I sit here in my living room / dining area and I swear to you that I could probably […]

  • The Unmitigated Gaul

    Taking into consideration the fact that people are often dealt with harshly because of blogs relating to work I’ll generalize as much as possible. I absolutely cannot stand when people make grand suppositions of ones availability to help and then leave the scene. Note this altered example. Ex: Person from a separate department leaves a […]