One of the nice things about this past weekend was that I was able to take a bunch of photos without much forethought. For example, in Windsor, obviously I wanted to make sure I got some nice photos of the Detroit skyline so I went focused on making sure I got plenty of those to…
I read with interest the post by Security Monkey today about swatting flies, not because I don’t agree with him about his point, but his example really brought to mind another of my pet peeves about working in IT generally, but Help Desk specifically. Let’s start with his example: Your help desk reports to you…
We spent the weekend with Angela’s family, including a little trip across the border to Windsor, Ontario. It’s only about a two hour drive from where her parents live and none of them had ever been to Canada, so it was fun, even if the Border Patrol was suspicious of a car full of folks…
I saw this article on-line today, Top Ten Reasons e-Discovery is a Major Headache for Most Companies and Lawyers. I couldn’t agree more. In fact, the more I learn about my new job, and the whole areas of electronic discovery and litigation support the more overwhelming it seems. Seriously, if your company was party to…
So you’re a cable repair guy. you go to someone’s house and there’s obviously a network running. The cable modem is giving the customer problems, so you decide to try and replace it. In fact the tech support folks on the phone told the customer that there seems to be a recent history of the modem losing connection to…
I actually meant to say something about this awhile back. For a long time I looked at people who worked with dual monitors and thought to myself “meh”. I never saw the attraction, or saw much benefit to having two. In fact, I kind of figured if I had that much desktop space to look…