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:

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@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;
http://thepoolisclosed.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/image-3.jpeg

@jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Had a very rare earthquake this AM here in Western NY, USA, USGS says 3.8, Canada says 4.2; felt the who house shake for about 5-10 seconds. No damage

Glad you are okay,… not experienced one yet,, and like a tornado- no real desire to.

Time wasters,..

Borderlands 3: 1,291 hours
Borderlands 2: 309 hours
Star Wars: Battle Front: 605 ( guesstimate)
Valheim: 124 hours
Epyriem: 4 hours

So much of the weekend lost to at least two of them.

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

The only truly good ads ...

What is this odd phrase? Do those words go together like that? Or is this a translation of some idiom badly translated into english?

Agreed,.. thin only good ad is the one I never see, hear, or read….

I love the blank placeholder on the Roku home screen. PiHole FTW.

Had to shut mine down - interfered with game play on certain iOS games... because - shitting games.

@NHCSAdmin said in Eaton Rack Mount 5P: power on issue:

@gjacobse Is the power input set to the correct voltage? We ran into something similar with the 9p line where the power from the street was 208 but of course the generator was at 240. With the UPS set to 208 and the batteries not at 100% it would not turn on while the UPS was running. We found it out the hardway when the power went on and the generator did not kick on and the batteries drained down. Then the generator repair tech got the generator on but it didnt matter since we couldnt turn on the unit since it was set to 208. Confirmed it with Eaton and all.

That's a good call - but sadly no.

I pulled it out of the rack - thankful for the use of a lift as pulling it down from twelve-fifteen feet up on a step-ladder would have been no joy.

Walked it across the warehouse and plugged it back in and noticed that the reported state of charge on the battery was 88%.

Wait, what now? you lost twelve percent, powered off and no load while I walked across the building? That can't be right.

Unit's going back RMA as failed..

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

The only truly good ads ...

What is this odd phrase? Do those words go together like that? Or is this a translation of some idiom badly translated into english?

Agreed,.. thin only good ad is the one I never see, hear, or read….

@scottalanmiller said in Eaton Rack Mount 5P: power on issue:

@gjacobse said in Eaton Rack Mount 5P: power on issue:

@jt1001001 said in Eaton Rack Mount 5P: power on issue:

@gjacobse Could just need new batteries maybe one of the cell's is low

While possible- it’s a new unit.

But might have been on a shelf for a while?

True,
Pulled it down and testing it… likely will need to exchange it. Reset, pulled the battery,.. still doesn’t want to turn on… but you clearly hear it ‘running’ while charging.

@jt1001001 said in Eaton Rack Mount 5P: power on issue:

@gjacobse Could just need new batteries maybe one of the cell's is low

While possible- it’s a new unit.

Not used the Eaton line much over the years, mainly been APC models.

We have a number of Eaton devices at the site that I will be, and found that one doesn’t seem to want to power on.

Once plugged in, the LCD prompted for initial setup; Language and such. Pressing and holding the Power button has powered most of the devices, but I have one that fails to do so and I am working on some troubleshooting items.

On plug in, the battery shows 87%,.. when I left it showed 90%. Pressing the Power-on resulted in a beep and Status icons to flash once: Power on, On battery, Alarm.

And nothing. I’m assured that the power is live at the outlet - else why would it appear as charging. But I had no tools to test, and honestly - rather difficult from a six foot ladder when the cage is at twelve feet and the outlet at fourteen…

Wondering if someone with more experience with Eaton has seen this before - and if it is an indicator of something in error. It’s not listed in the manual that I have found thus far.

@scottalanmiller said in Windows 10 Workstation Cannot Be Accessed via RDP with Other User Error:

@Fredtx said in Windows 10 Workstation Cannot Be Accessed via RDP with Other User Error:

I would unjoin and rejoin to the domain. Be sure to reset the the password for local administrator before unjoining. I would also make sure the NIC is only looking at an internal DNS server for DNS. Not sure what happened with the computer account, but possibly it was deleted at some point.

Yup, just did and it worked. We never had the local admin, but with our tools we can make a new one which we did, no issues

Yup,.. fun ability. Did that with a pc or three,… kept the same CMD syntax for several computers… of course the remote agent has to work, be connected AND allow for CMD..

@scottalanmiller said in Windows 10 Workstation Cannot Be Accessed via RDP with Other User Error:

Okay, discovered that the computer does not have an account on the domain controller, at all. Yet the computer thinks that it is a member of the domain. Pretty fishy.

We would see this at the clinic where a computer (laptop) was taken home, or forgotten in a drawer and left unused for months. Policies, scripts or attrition, the computer would fall off the domain.

While it COULD be rejoined, I’d image it as a precaution…. And ‘lesson’ to the end user.