July 2, 2009A while back, I talked about hiring another administrator. That process is currently happening and progressing nicely.
If anyone reading the blog applied, thank you. If you didn’t receive a call, it is probably because you were far more overqualified than we were looking for. It’s a sign of the bad economy that we’re having [...]
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April 6, 2009On Friday, I used random.org to select 12 rubber ducky winners, to whom I’ve sent emails congratulating them. I’ve received 9 replies so far, and the first floatilla of ducks will be going out in the mail today.
I want to thank all of you who took the survey and who offered advice. I’ve implemented [...]
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February 17, 2009but I won’t like it.
Actually, I think I’ve finally settled on using twitter to publish all of those weird little links and things that don’t really merit an entire blog entry.
Because I don’t want to untie those useful little tidbits from the blog itself, I’ve added an RSS reader to the lower right [...]
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December 1, 2008The other day, I read a post on MySysAd blog about people copying blog entries verbatim and passing them off as their own. esofthub added a postfix to his RSS feed to automatically credit the source of the material, which I think is a great solution.
I wasn’t too worried about it until I google’d [...]
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August 28, 2008I really like my job. I love connecting complex bits of hardware into a working infrastructure. Taking inanimate bits and making a living, breathing network out of them is exciting. It’s the best model train set you could ask for.
There are also parts of my job that I intensely dislike. I’m not talking about [...]
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August 27, 2008Whether you’re a network administrator, systems administrator, cable monkey, or general IT grunt, there are a few professional skills that are indispensable in order to prosper. Sure, you can survive being surly and bitter, but to reach your full potential, it would be wise to take this list into consideration.
10) When something is broke, [...]
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