Well - Sad to say, but I am turning in my resignation tomorrow. As I have done for each employer, I will be giving the customary two week notice.

There are no BAD JOBS.
There are;

• gross jobs;
• difficult jobs;
• unpopular jobs;
• labor intensive jobs;
• boring jobs.

I am not leaving a BAD Job. I am leaving a difficult supervisor.

I started in IT in 1989, having already spent three or so years working with computers, so at this stage I have learned a thing or two... And when you offer experience on a matter you have first hand knowledge about - and they 'laugh at your offerings' it's just not the place for you... or at least me.

In the past when I offered options on how to address an issue or assistance it's been welcomed. But in this case it wasn't just discarded, it was laughed at. I'm sorry - I can get past a few things about a personality conflict - but to have my knowledge laughed at is more than I'm going to tolerate.

So, after starting in August - I now look towards the future. I am already looking a start date as a contractor with a company to support a State Agency - performing desktop and server support. It is a twelve month on-going assignment and will provide with most of what I have now.... there are some cuts,.. but that is just life.

But in addition to this, I may be providing direct support for another company a good friend of my is getting ready to start working for. He and I have already spent a number of hours on the phone and text going over things this new office will likely need. Things that he hasn't had direct exposure to. And he is very open and welcoming to the knowledge I have in areas he hasn't worked with.

Like some of the things I"ve picked up here;

• freePBX;
• NextCloud;
• Server 2019;
• VMs on Linux;
• UBNT Wireless;
• DNS;
• Email (Zoho or O365)

So, for now - I breath a little more quickly as this is an exciting opportunity for me to learn more, and showcase what I have learned.

Shout outs of course go to a of people here on ML;

• @scottalanmiller
• @JaredBusch
• @DustinB3403
• @CCWTech
• @IRJ
• @EddieJennings
• @Dashrender
• and so many many more....

Thank you - I feel that I have continued to learn from input from a number of people...

@scottalanmiller
@JaredBusch
@travisdh1
@DustinB3403

and a number of other people...

So - I express my thanks.

@thwr

What better way to get a loaner computer set up than to come here and update everyone.

It's not been easy,.. any parent will tell you that. But when you have two boys that have been under the knife in two weeks,... it's even more stressful

Finn had follow up foot surgery, so this wasn't as critical as what Ison is enduring. Finn only needed to have some tendon moved to allow more flexibility.

Ison - this is the big deal for us... never with any of my four boys have I been so scared and worried.

The doctors were in about 8am today and set about some goals for the day... Of which we had met two by 9am. Remove the cath, and move.

It isn't easy for him with all the abdomenal pain he has,.. I mean, his appendix was obliterated,.. they could not find it. There was 'little which they could do' with the swelling and most of his lower organs being 'glued' together. Had they gone poking and pushing to much, it was likely that they would have caused additional damage and risk.

For a six year old boy - he has been amazing. I know he is scared, in a lot of pain, and doesn't want to do ANYTHING that will cause him more pain. But he has been amazing. We have run into about everything that is expected thus far with this sort of thing. And we have met it head on. For the most part, he is exactly where he needs to be progress wise.

As any parent will tell you, I only wish I could trade places with him... not saying I would have any better go of it,.. cry or scream any less... I just don't want it to be him, or any child.

I have been so very blessed for the care we have received thus far, and with my co-workers. @Minion-Queen, @art_of_shred, @Mike-Davis, @Mike-Ralston, @jenuinecase, and @scottalanmiller have blessed me with an awesome work environment and support. And while I expect that I will be a little less available, I will be working from Ison's bed side over the coming days to support him as I have the two weeks he was at home with me prior to our trip to the hospital... We have the best guess that this started out as Strep - which was his third bout with it - and stressed his system in such a manner that we are where we are today.

I suppose is time to finish gathering things up to head back to the hospital. I returned home (first since 4pm Thursday) to retrieve the Loaner from @Minion-Queen (Surface for ease) and some other items needed for our stay... Which we hope (pray) that we will be home before Christmas...

Going into the U.S.A. Holiday of Thanksgiving, I am thankful for much... Thankful for NTG and it's staff, Family - both far and near, but most of all, I am thankful for the staff at UK Hospital who are caring for my son.

Well - I suppose it's time to fess up. A few might know this,.. but likely not many...

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It is with sadness and regret that as of 03 August 2018 I will no longer work full time for NTG.

I started 06 April 2015, and in this short time have worked with some great people and learn a good bit. I like to think of myself as previously thinking and working outside the proverbial box, and while I still believe that, I have come to do more outside of that box - things I previously would not have had the chance or the skills to do so.

While curious moving to Linux - I was against it,.. pushed by the 'Corporate World' and the main stream system. But now three of the four systems I run are Linux only, the fourth being dual boot with Windows - mainly to play one or two games. I work easier in SSH and via command line on both OS platforms than previously.

While my official time is coming to a close, I am still making an effort to continue to work with the NTG family; @scottalanmiller, @Dominica, @pchiodo, and the rest of the great staff.

Figured that the MOD needed to be photographed with the most Moderated.

Imagine of happy parent dancing - just NOT ME

Drain tube may get removed tomorrow.
We've walked to the door
We've rolled to the left side (drain tube side) TWICE while sleeping.
We've passed fluid like a race horse
NO FEVER
HEART RATE IS DOWN

And Most Bestest of ALL

Smile and a laugh at a TV show.

My Boy is the TRUE IRON MAN!!

Kentucky lawmaker wants telemarketers to list true caller ID

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - One Kentucky lawmaker wants to make certain telemarketing practices, including disguising caller ID numbers, to become illegal.

House Majority Whip Kevin Bratcher, R - Louisville, has pre-filed a bill for the 2019 Legislative Session which would require telemarketers to list their true caller ID number or have it listed as unknown.

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This should be at the Federal level, and the fines higher...

Congrats to @DustinB3403 and the Other Jared ( @jyates )for receiving Raspberry Pi Starter kits from @StarWinds

2016-Sept-20 Edit: Added tag for @jyates.

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

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@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@gjacobse Sounds like hospital food.

Well,.. since that is where I am... yea.. it is. It was decent.

How's your little guy?

@DustinB3403 said in BWAHAAHAHHAHA Im gonna download everything!:

I can hear the sucking sounds now;

@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Finally back in the office after 12 day quarantine. it feels nice to have 2 screens and an actual Desk to work at again.

What stopped you from having that at home?

my extra screen was moved to the camera system so I have real time video of my front porch and Cars, the Chair I was using got moved and I couldn't find it for the life of me, and not enough power at the desk in question because things were rearranged.

In short @Dashrender

Reasons

@dashrender said in New customer - greenfield setup:

@gjacobse said in New customer - greenfield setup:

Not knowing all of the aspects you will run into, something we have here - and is a pain point sometimes is the WI-Fi and vLans.

We have iPads for certain tasks,.. we have a few RING cameras as well, In some cases - they only need to go to the internet - so they are routed as such.

The iPads are used as interruptor stations - so only need to hit that web site (iPads are MDM'ed), and the Ring camea only needs access to RING.

These are my thoughts as well, it's one of the draw backs to Ubiquiti gear - limited to 4 VLANs on WiFi (at least used to be). For now, I think four will do me.
Production
IOT - internet only
Guest
medical equipment - future potential

lol - well as much as I don't like them - we use Cisco and Meraki... I think we have almost 30 vlans and a dozen SSIDs.. but some are getting added to retire others.

@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Finally back in the office after 12 day quarantine. it feels nice to have 2 screens and an actual Desk to work at again.

We know you couldn't work from home while you were out,.. so why don't you just come in Saturday..... MmmmKay.

Not knowing all of the aspects you will run into, something we have here - and is a pain point sometimes is the WI-Fi and vLans.

We have iPads for certain tasks,.. we have a few RING cameras as well, In some cases - they only need to go to the internet - so they are routed as such.

The iPads are used as interruptor stations - so only need to hit that web site (iPads are MDM'ed), and the Ring camea only needs access to RING.

@dave247 said in New customer - greenfield setup:

discipline the employees

Discipline of employees will only get you so far. You can have all the greatest intitions and an employee follows your policies - until - that one employee that becomes disgruntled and starts to poison another. Or in some cases - they try to actually do the job duties only to find that they cannot due to some over reaching policy and starts to find ways around the policy and security.

@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I had 3 projects at the beginning of the week last week that are all now complete.

I am seeing project spawn projects that should be separate projects after the initial project is finished... It is a cascading mess...

Good on you for proving that they should reconsider they process / policy.

Just deleted and rebuilt my Google User Profile... Been having some issues with YouTube being weird. So - we'll see as no one else has issues in office...

@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

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@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

test results are still pending from Mondays test. so still working from home, and taking my son across town to school every morning. (his mom is going to mexico so regardless if i'm sick i have to watch my son.. )

The school is allowing him to go while you're out on a covid test? hmmm.. that makes TONS of sense!

I Finished the 5 day quarantine without him - and my test results are delayed due to number of tests.

Results came back positive- Yay.

Dang it - Hate to hear that. But - the clock still ticking away..

My Big boss just called me to check on me since I let them know I tested positive.
Told her I've been working this whole week and most of last week with it - she was surprised.

If you have the resources to work from home, that helps... and more over if you aren't feeling bad. If you can save your time, that's good for family things later..

@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

test results are still pending from Mondays test. so still working from home, and taking my son across town to school every morning. (his mom is going to mexico so regardless if i'm sick i have to watch my son.. )

The school is allowing him to go while you're out on a covid test? hmmm.. that makes TONS of sense!

I Finished the 5 day quarantine without him - and my test results are delayed due to number of tests.

Results came back positive- Yay.

Dang it - Hate to hear that. But - the clock still ticking away..

@jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Updating resume and cover letter, former co worker has an open position at their new gig

Starting to really evaluate things and wonder if I should not do the same... again....