Death Stalks The Cubicles

Someone is dying in my office. It's happening just feet from my door and I do nothing. A mans life is slowly slipping through his fingers and here I sit and wonder when the last breath of life will be drawn and the overwhelming din will finally cease. Boy, I sound like a pretty heartless prick. In my defense there is an office full of people and no one else is doing anything either.What are you

My White Board Is Talking To Me...

"Oh goodie, Peter's typing up another white board druggie post...""No, I'm serious.""Serious is not a word I would use to describe this blog.""Then why do you still come here?"Ha! Got you there! So, where was I? Right....Ladybugs the ultimate civil rights law suit!"I am not a LADY!"Wait, white boards. That's it. So here's the deal. For the last month or so my white board has been talking to me.

Upgrading IOS

There is something both productive and pointless about upgrading the IOS on network switches. I know I'm doing something worthwhile but no one else in the office has a clue why they are getting inconvenienced by equipment that hasn't been rebooted in over 3 years. Try explaining that to a person who sets Windows servers to reboot every two weeks 'just to be safe'"I need to schedule overtime to

When Raptors Attack

Jurassic Park. Dinosaurs, gene manipulations, chaos theory and screaming. Lots of screaming. I ask you, "What's not to love?"So like the millions of people across the globe, I enjoyed the movie Jurassic Park when it hit the cinemas back in the early nineties. Back when I had to be driven to the movies by my folks or take my life in my hand and ride the city bus. I recall being impressed by how

Geeky Valentines Day 2011

Would You Drink It?

So I was sitting here doing my morning routine. Checking stuff on the network and sipping my coffee. I love coffee and have a hard time imagining the morning without it. In fact I can't think of anything that would stop me from drinking it. Even it it became sentient and objected to the idea... I wonder?Would You Drink It #1: Coffee gets mouthy.So as I wait for it to cool it belittles me? How

The 36" Monitor

So.... I might have acted a little rash. Maybe my geekiness got the better of me. Maybe my lack of sleep affected me. My wife believes I've lost my mind. Who knows she might be right, but I would never admit it to her.

Here's how it went down. I was surfing Craigslist when a posting for a free 36" monitor popped up. I calmly took a deep breath and then mashed out a very well thought out e-mail.

A Week In Poorly Taken Pictures

Last week for me, was spent in training. During the week I was living out of a hotel with expensive televisions, tiny soaps and a broken microwave oven. It was a interesting place with an imposing building and beautiful facade sporting cheap veneered furniture and a standing queue at the complimentary breakfast counter. Looking back on the pictures I took, I only have one from my hotel room. It's

20 Things I Learned From Troubleshooting

Do No Harm. You can and will make it worse if you're not careful.Celebrate even small successes. This keeps you sane.Searching the internet for a solution to your problem with a random Microsoft error message is akin to playing Russian roulette with yourself. Your odds pretty much suck.Everything is fixable. Sometimes that means thinking outside the box or other times it means dropping that box

Excuse Me For Making An Idiot Of Myself...

Awkward. Awkward and outgoing. It's a strange combination, and probably the number one reason I'm so prone to having these horribly embarrassing encounters with people on a regular basis. See my side bar if you need a dose of feel good. After which you will say to you're self something like, "Sweet mercy. This guy is a walking crisis. Do you honestly believe anyone can have that many embarrassing