Inside every Windows 8 is a Windows 7 w/out bugs... trying to get out.

I've got W8 running on a couple laptops.  I'm guessing that they'd run MUCH better with more memory; but the Metro interface just doesn't do it for me.  Maybe if I had a tablet with touchscreen...

ARRGH! I hate computer (users) (Work! (Duh Valley))

Morning starts:
1. Cannot connect Domain Controller 2 to the SonicWall (gateway device).
Huh?
2. PANIC! EMERGENCY! All Phones are down in the call center; Internet follows. (VOIP)
(the main reason they pay my rate)...
3. Boss gets notified, logs in from Israel (vacationing!); other consultant logs in remotely also.
Me: "Hey -- wayy to many blinky lights on the switch stack. Looks like a packet storm, WTF?"
Consultant: "I've seen that when you've looped back a switch".
Boss: "Do something! " << MUCH doing. >>
Much furor and way too many cooks... Nada.
4. $$$ being lost in large numbers (it's a call-center)
5. Executives send everybody home. NO point, only two hours left in the work-day, and it isn't going anywhere.
6. Sonicwall support technician says, "Are you sure you haven't got a physical wiring issue?"
7. I unplug cables from the network.
AHA!
8. Upstairs took a cable from the local switch... plugged it into the phone. Phone ALREADY has a cable plugged into it.
*** Instant loop back***
9. UNPLUG CABLE.
Going home...

work is good to have. ANY WORK

Woof.

And THIS girl engenders controversy?
LAT ARTICLE

Kate Upton Pictures

Be careful for what you wish for...

I have a new job/gig/contract.  (this with my other contracts, might just pay the bills)
...

Let me savor that...

I have a paid-in-advance part time gig that pays something approaching my rate. (well, almost anyway)

Yippee.

I'm doing IT work (support) for a local business, a call center for cosmetic products and various other items.


Hey -- it's work and the checks cash.  The folk are nice to me too!

Who would have thought...

tears for that lost

alcohol has it's moments.
It can bring clarity, just before you bend over the bowl
my life went sideways
when I lost my wife (first marriage) and not improved since with the second...
it's a raw nerve that exposes
when I least expect it

mortality and thoughts... again

sometimes, it's just weird. I just found out - -
One of my "condo association" friends and allies... passed on back in November. Apparently her son told the temp at the property Management office, and they told our account manager when she got back from vacation. I found out from someone who talked to the rep...
I've been leaving messages, and now I know why...

mortality and thoughts

Today my aunt died.  She had multiple problems, wasn't really coherent and didn't want to hang around like that.  She told my mom and her kids so emphatically.  My mom's younger sister.  The funny thing, she's about 4 years younter than my mom, and my mom's pretty spry.  In spite of various things...

I still miss her, but if she's in a better place (the euphemism), so I will hope.  (I don't really believe in life hereafter, it doesn't make sense in a rational universe.  But, I wish I could).

July 20, 1925 - November 13, 2011 at about 8 pm. Sleep well Aunt Ev.