Friday, October 21, 2005
Heh.. Gives me a smile everytime...
Yea I know, I know... But you have to admit that it brings smile to your face.
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Turn me around bend me over and offer me a cookie.
See there are reasons why I don't drink much, but I do understand why people drink, especially after work. It simply amazes me how much people think things are easy for someone in the IT field. Granted, they can be and at times it will seem like there is nothing being done on our end. But believe me, Things are being done regardless if you see them being done. Think about it. How quickly is something fixed that you may ask your IT person. And the things are not fixed with-in a reasonable time, are issues that are sometimes out of the tech's hands, a Third party issue perhaps. These things happen. Just because there is down time for us doesn't mean we're not needed or that we're not doing anything. Things are being watched, things get done before you see a problem.
So the meaning of this post so, so late in the day...
I started today with a smile on my face and a Blue Monster in hand. On my way to work I get buzzed on my Nextel.
"Whats up?"
"Chad, you coming in today?"
"Yea, Im on my way now. Should be there a little after 7:30am"
"Ok,....."
" ... ? ... "
"Cause, the computers aren't working. They're not showing anything on the screen."
(This next comment from me isnt because Im being a smart ass, Its just needed to be asked.)
"Are they on?"
"Yes, they are. The computer is just blank."
"Ok, Turn them off and wait about 10 seconds, then turn them back on."
"Ok, Oh and the power was off earlier today... (in a Yeah, I think so tone.)"
"Really, well then that changes everything, I'll be around in a few."
I arrive at work, and clock in to get my day going. Head on over to the Cashier's computer to see whats the matter. Ah! a router needs to be reset. Simple enough. So the shipping and receiving guy comes looking for me. Tells me the same thing. And I tell him its the same problem. I explain to him how to fix it if Im not around again. Well, he also has a problem with a Dot Matrix printer that isnt working. So I log into ERA to see whats the matter. Simply it's holding the print job because the router needed to be reset, which is was. After the reset you need to give ERA alittle push so it sends the que'd job on its mary way.
Next Issue arises as I'm in the Server room making sure all Servers (Ours and The Third party ones) are up and running, so I dont get other calls. When Bloop. Power goes out. Its about a little past 9am at this time. The power is out for about 2 minutes max. Everything comes back online looking spiffy. Ahh, But the internet. So, at about 930 or so I give the Mr. Wonderful a call.
"Good Morning Mr Wonderful!!" (Nice and bright!)
"Yesth, Chadt.." (I'll have to get a Voice mail from him and put it up here.)
"It seems to be that the T1 line has gone down, and I have Done everything I can possibly do.... " (Now mind you if you know what type of access to things I need they give me, you'll know that this EVERYTHING isnt alot.) "... and I was wondering if you can give Luis a call and have him check out the firewall" (at this time, I came to the conclusion that with the power outtage that the firewall went down and shutdown hard and the configuration wasnt saved to flash. We had recently upgraded to a T1 from DSL, this is why I thought that. Because it was a possiblity.) So on-ward.. I went explaining the situation to Mr Wonderfull. "Blah Blah Blah Yakk Yakk Yakk Llama Yakk Cow, BLah Llama Blah Blah Moo." So I sit, and wait for some reply as Mr Wonderful does his thing hes does so very well. While I sat and waited I thought about the other possiblities that could have caused this. Could it be that its a refurbished Router? Could it be that the UPS's are worth the 1 ply tissue paper in the mens bathroom at your local AM/PM. Could it be that I shouldn't have ate that burrito from the vending machine? Was it because the T1 speed both up and down Sucks ass. These my friends are questions that moggle my bind. Thus I get up and check the router out and the firewall. Nope, still no connection. "Hmm..." I thought puzzled. Nothing that I can do at the moment. "Damn I wish Mr Wonderfull would get back to me."
At about 11:30am I get a Call from Vik, asking me for some information. I give it to him. and What do you know, He can't connect to us. Imagine that. So, After awhile with dealing with him I get him to have Luis call me so we can get somewhere. We then proceed to try to change around a few settings on the firewall and back to the DSL IP settings. and Nothing, after ahile the Firewall stops allowing a connection, it goes in to denial. Alot of other things happen during this. We try that, do this, try that, move that, hit that, kick that, turn if on, turn it off, Blah Blah Blah. Sign off, Sign on. Nothing. During the this and that time, I had called the T1 provider and got a tech to come out before we closed, or at least before I left for the day. about 1ish Luis hangs up because he has gone through his own resources. And Still no internet access, No wonderfull world of Google, No Checking of personal email, No mySpace.com nothing. Sad a Porter is, Sad... Never the less, I contuine on. I get a back linksys router up and running through the net work. The PIX 515E firewall is down and out likewise the T1 Router. 3:30pm was the time the glorious Single Image page of google with offers of a lucky search came to be. I am Trumpet. then POP! my bubble goes from the sound of my nextel going off. A Sales manager cannot check a credit report. "Doh" I say with a smack to my forehead. So I give ReyRey a call, and to my suprise the T1 line has yet to score a few points against me. So, I tell the rep to change it over to the Dialup modem, which fixes it for the time being. In the mean time, The Tech for the T1 provider is working on the T1 router. The Router is bad. and a New one is placed in. Thus it is about 4:50pm when the new T1 router is completly setup and ready for me to test it. Thus, I unHook the current connection. OH, yea I did. How-ever I thought about it, but also.. Its almost 5pm, most of the employees are completed with work and pretty much heading home. So, I did disconnect it. And No luck with the new router. Oh, it works but not with the Firewall. So I am led to believe that the firewall is having issues.
I am in NO WAY going in early tomorrow. I may however post more about todays events.
I so look forward to tomorrow.
So the meaning of this post so, so late in the day...
I started today with a smile on my face and a Blue Monster in hand. On my way to work I get buzzed on my Nextel.
"Whats up?"
"Chad, you coming in today?"
"Yea, Im on my way now. Should be there a little after 7:30am"
"Ok,....."
" ... ? ... "
"Cause, the computers aren't working. They're not showing anything on the screen."
(This next comment from me isnt because Im being a smart ass, Its just needed to be asked.)
"Are they on?"
"Yes, they are. The computer is just blank."
"Ok, Turn them off and wait about 10 seconds, then turn them back on."
"Ok, Oh and the power was off earlier today... (in a Yeah, I think so tone.)"
"Really, well then that changes everything, I'll be around in a few."
I arrive at work, and clock in to get my day going. Head on over to the Cashier's computer to see whats the matter. Ah! a router needs to be reset. Simple enough. So the shipping and receiving guy comes looking for me. Tells me the same thing. And I tell him its the same problem. I explain to him how to fix it if Im not around again. Well, he also has a problem with a Dot Matrix printer that isnt working. So I log into ERA to see whats the matter. Simply it's holding the print job because the router needed to be reset, which is was. After the reset you need to give ERA alittle push so it sends the que'd job on its mary way.
Next Issue arises as I'm in the Server room making sure all Servers (Ours and The Third party ones) are up and running, so I dont get other calls. When Bloop. Power goes out. Its about a little past 9am at this time. The power is out for about 2 minutes max. Everything comes back online looking spiffy. Ahh, But the internet. So, at about 930 or so I give the Mr. Wonderful a call.
"Good Morning Mr Wonderful!!" (Nice and bright!)
"Yesth, Chadt.." (I'll have to get a Voice mail from him and put it up here.)
"It seems to be that the T1 line has gone down, and I have Done everything I can possibly do.... " (Now mind you if you know what type of access to things I need they give me, you'll know that this EVERYTHING isnt alot.) "... and I was wondering if you can give Luis a call and have him check out the firewall" (at this time, I came to the conclusion that with the power outtage that the firewall went down and shutdown hard and the configuration wasnt saved to flash. We had recently upgraded to a T1 from DSL, this is why I thought that. Because it was a possiblity.) So on-ward.. I went explaining the situation to Mr Wonderfull. "Blah Blah Blah Yakk Yakk Yakk Llama Yakk Cow, BLah Llama Blah Blah Moo." So I sit, and wait for some reply as Mr Wonderful does his thing hes does so very well. While I sat and waited I thought about the other possiblities that could have caused this. Could it be that its a refurbished Router? Could it be that the UPS's are worth the 1 ply tissue paper in the mens bathroom at your local AM/PM. Could it be that I shouldn't have ate that burrito from the vending machine? Was it because the T1 speed both up and down Sucks ass. These my friends are questions that moggle my bind. Thus I get up and check the router out and the firewall. Nope, still no connection. "Hmm..." I thought puzzled. Nothing that I can do at the moment. "Damn I wish Mr Wonderfull would get back to me."
At about 11:30am I get a Call from Vik, asking me for some information. I give it to him. and What do you know, He can't connect to us. Imagine that. So, After awhile with dealing with him I get him to have Luis call me so we can get somewhere. We then proceed to try to change around a few settings on the firewall and back to the DSL IP settings. and Nothing, after ahile the Firewall stops allowing a connection, it goes in to denial. Alot of other things happen during this. We try that, do this, try that, move that, hit that, kick that, turn if on, turn it off, Blah Blah Blah. Sign off, Sign on. Nothing. During the this and that time, I had called the T1 provider and got a tech to come out before we closed, or at least before I left for the day. about 1ish Luis hangs up because he has gone through his own resources. And Still no internet access, No wonderfull world of Google, No Checking of personal email, No mySpace.com nothing. Sad a Porter is, Sad... Never the less, I contuine on. I get a back linksys router up and running through the net work. The PIX 515E firewall is down and out likewise the T1 Router. 3:30pm was the time the glorious Single Image page of google with offers of a lucky search came to be. I am Trumpet. then POP! my bubble goes from the sound of my nextel going off. A Sales manager cannot check a credit report. "Doh" I say with a smack to my forehead. So I give ReyRey a call, and to my suprise the T1 line has yet to score a few points against me. So, I tell the rep to change it over to the Dialup modem, which fixes it for the time being. In the mean time, The Tech for the T1 provider is working on the T1 router. The Router is bad. and a New one is placed in. Thus it is about 4:50pm when the new T1 router is completly setup and ready for me to test it. Thus, I unHook the current connection. OH, yea I did. How-ever I thought about it, but also.. Its almost 5pm, most of the employees are completed with work and pretty much heading home. So, I did disconnect it. And No luck with the new router. Oh, it works but not with the Firewall. So I am led to believe that the firewall is having issues.
I am in NO WAY going in early tomorrow. I may however post more about todays events.
I so look forward to tomorrow.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Printers Sport Hidden Codes...
A research team led by the EFF said that it has broken the code behind tiny tracking dots that some color laser printers secretly hide in every document. "We've found that the dots from at least one line of printers encode the date and time your document was printed, as well as the serial number of the printer," said Seth David Schoen, staff technologist at EFF.This is actually a great idea, unless your a kidnapper and need to use your printer for hostage reasons, then I think your pretty much screwed.
The tracking codes have been around or in use since about 1999 or earlier. Enjoy the Full Story here
Mommy can we go to McDonalds....
Yeppie! Mcdonalds has taken away the Super Size selection of their menu and gave us another way to get fat. Order More food, then Sit and play Games, Screw the Play area I want to play me DS.Apperently all the DS user has to do is bring his/her DS and a Wi-Fi-enabled game into a Wayport-enabled McDonald's, the user simply launches the game in Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection mode. No setup is required. Maybe a good thing, maybe not.. How hard is it, or I should say, How soon? will be used for laptops and psp's to use the WiFi connection. Im sure sooner than McDonalds and Nintendo wants.
Source: pocket-lint.co.uk/
www.NintendoWiFi.com
Monday, October 17, 2005
Monday, October 10, 2005
The Fabulous goodness of FireFox Extensions..
While at home this weekend, I updated my FireFox with the extensions I use here at work and found a few additional ones I should post about.
Here They Are:
I also Can not forget the Swedish Chef! This extension allows the Swedish chef to translate the site for you.
Here They Are:- FlashBlock
- Gmail Delete Button
- Adblock (Use Filterset.G with this if you have FireFox v1.0.7)
- Adblock Filterset.G Updater
- PDF Download
- FasterFox
- MouseGestures
I also Can not forget the Swedish Chef! This extension allows the Swedish chef to translate the site for you.Friday, October 07, 2005
Support your own habbit, I do.
I just ordered some recycle bins for work.
All the bins are shipped out free of charge.
http://www.bottlesandcans.com
All the bins are shipped out free of charge.
http://www.bottlesandcans.com
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Alarm Clock Puzzle...
Karen would love me to have this, Because I would actually have to wake up to Snooze or turn the damn thing off. I will admit, Im lazy and I will set the alarm for 5:30am just to wake up at 630. Yes, I hit the snooze that often.What the Alarm clock does is fire the pieces in to the air, and then makes its wonderful soothing sound until you put the pieces back in again.
Check it out here, Or even buy it: [ Link ]
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Honestly...
Whats the point to having a Network Admin. at your work if the network administrator doesn't have access to everything he needs. Seriously, Why am I here then. I need full access to everything, So when an employee has an issue with something I'm able to fully help them out. I shouldn't have to tell them, "[Wuh-oh] I can't do that, you'll have to call Mr. Wonderful for this." Believe it or not there are serveral things here that I do not have access to, that I should have access to. Thus is amazing to me why I do not have access to these things. One of which the General Sales Manager does, and I don't. He is in Sales, I am the Companies Network & Systems Adimistrator, (or at least I thought I was) To my knowledge I should have the access to setting up user accounts and removing them for certain websites that service uses and NOT Sales. So why can I not have this access? What am I going to do, Bring the company down? why would I. If I realyl wanted too there are other ways in doing this, And If I really wanted to I can have access to these things, but if they see I use them they, I should say Mr. wonderfull will have a shit fit. He no longer works down here, so why does he still have his lil grubby hand here. The place already runs better than when he was here. Our third party companies servers' and systems don't here from us, and if they do its because something on their end and not ours. I don't hear bad things about what I do here nor do I hear that things suck around here because of me. If thats the word then I would like to know, but I have not been told otherwise. I just don't understand this concept of his of keeping me out of these things. To tell you the truth, when I first started here I wasn't shown anything but a few small things. In fact On January 1 there was a virus that got into the system, in which I figured out what and when and how to fix it. However, I was not told about a certain pc that seemed to be the culprit (wow, I cant believe I just used that word), so after cleaning every pc in the this place it hit again, WTF I thought. So then I ask, I need to know where Every pc is in this place and I went out on a hunt and found it and stoped it. Would have been nice to know about this lil guy because I had to go and clean the place over again just to be safe. And Not even a Thanks Chad, or Good Job, Nice Work or even a pat on the ass with a "Good Game!". And I still work here, Jesus I need a new employer.
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Webcam Action...
Tails wants in on some of that Webcam Action!
Tails' is a Japanesse Bobtail, White with small Toffee spots. I think I have a pic on my flickr.com thingy. .... Ok I checked.. So I don't.. I'll get some up later... For now its time for "Some Super Happy Fun Sleepy Time!"
Monday, October 03, 2005
No Freaking Way...
Good GOD Man.. This is Insane... This ride is atop The Stratosphere in Las Vegas, NV. No Freaking way on this green earth will I step foot on that thing. I would however ride the rollercoaster.. but not that freaking thing... Sweet jebus.. Whats next...Check out the Live Webcam on The Stratosphere [View]
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Going for a new Look...
Remember few days or weeks back I said I wanted a new look, Well heres the Start of it...
Just Testing..
Check it out in Action!
Just Testing..
Check it out in Action!
Download Status Bar for FireFox, Quite Niffty!
Screen Shots For the Fantastic Add-on for FireFox:
Great Idea! Using it as we speak.. Or as I type. (and quite possibly while your reading this!)
Check out the Download page for information and some more Screenshots!
Requires: Firefox: 0.9.x - 1.5beta
Install Now (61 KB File)
Check out the Download page for information and some more Screenshots!
Requires: Firefox: 0.9.x - 1.5betaTuesday, September 27, 2005
Happy Birthday GOOGLE
Happy Birthday Google, Big Number 7.
However Google's actual birthday is September 7, 1998. So, Happy Belated B-Day GOOGLE, May you see High Doubles.
Have a look at past Holiday Logos: [Link]
Monday, September 26, 2005
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Gonna Have a go at the eBay thing...
Gonna have a try at selling on eBay. Bought a 14.1" LCD Display for a Dell Latitude 100L because I had aquired one for Free from work, but the only thing about it was that the Display was bad. Thus I changed the display, and about 3 days latter dell decided to call and want the Laptop back, So I had to change the display back to the one with an issue.
Want to see my Item [Click Here], Hey Need it? Bid on it!
For those like me whom have yet to sell anything I shall let you know how it went. Well, The setup was fine and easy, Quick and simple. Im just curious on how it will list within the searches because I did not pay for the higher listing fee. The Item will last for 7 days, After that I might put it back on, I will be charged 7 dollars for this ebay posting. I shall post in 7 days about my ebay selling adventure.
Here go look for something on eBay.com.
My Item for Sell Link
Monday, September 19, 2005
MMmm Orange...
This lovely LaCie USB drive needs No Drivers and is very USB 2.0 compliant. Good for us whos desks are filled with junk, So this takes up very little space, So Junk is not moved aside.
Buy One! [www.lacie.com]
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