On Being Broke

As I may have mentioned earlier, I bought a Playstation 3 this month. I did use my tax refund to make that purchase outright, without taking on further debt. But I also spent money this month on a road trip to a hotel, two nights out in Asheville, some new clothes, and quite a few…

Encouraging My Co-Workers

Recent changes made to a server on campus has played havoc on our Mac users because [another department] saw the projected impact as “minimal” and “there aren’t that many Mac users on campus.” The sixty-plus support tickets related to this issue say otherwise. So, today I found a picture I liked and sent it to…

Tuesday Turmoil

It’s about 2:30pm as I write this at my desk, and I am kind of restless. I’m bored today. I have things to do but I really want to be entertained. I feel highly unproductive today, I think my meeting this morning ruined me. Lots of crazy calls at the Help Desk, more people not…

99% of all Computer Problems

99% of all Computer Problems are from people not listening, not reading, or not following directions. The other 1% is split evenly between service provider issues (in our case, Networking did something and didn’t tell anyone, didn’t test it first, or didn’t think about how it might break things during the middle of the work…