Best posts made by gjacobse

FInally,... my finger was getting tired from hitting F5,..

Set up a NAS, Use CloneZilla, and go...
Multiple hardware types are a pain, but the last 10 years have been the norm for me. I miss the days when I could build a bootable CD and would TnL (Toast and Load) a workstation for me...

Ah.. batch scripting with Ghost...

@scottalanmiller
Talking to @steve

Thanks to @JaredBusch for the assist on configuring my router.. Very thankful for him and others on the forum as I learn new things..

@IRJ
While I don't condone it,.. you'd really only have to buy one. Just re-gift it.

PINE A64 is the world's first 64-bit expandable Quad Core 1.2Ghz supercomputer, tablet, media center, and more... starting at just $15.

Youtube Video

I can't say I pay attention to DrWatson.. but having just pulled this drive from a 'suspected' computer. When I plugged in to scan with Webroot - I noticed the drive bar was Red (near limit) so I looked at it with WinDirStat -

OM Word! drwtsn32.log file is 119.7GB is size!

Unreal!

@minion-queen said in Shots for Scott:

Who wants to chip in on shots for scott?

http://pop.h-cdn.co/assets/cm/15/05/54ca859473745_-_nerf-guns-9-470-0409.jpg

@MattSpeller said:

Narrowly avoided a nasty car accident this morning, still a bit pumped on adrenalin! Very glad I shelled out the extra for good rain capable tyres.

Glad they missed.. I hope they do not decide to try again. Generally no one likes a quitter.. but in this case - they should make an exception.

Current outage for AT&T

@Carnival-Boy said:

Post like crazy and then get a job at NTG. That's what most people on here seem to do

Dang it,.. My secret is out...

I'll preface this with saying merely that IT jobs aren't what they used to be ten and twenty years ago. And with the scope of things in the world right now,. they aren't even what they used to be pre-Covid.

I am not a fan of Temp/Contract to hire,... and yet here I sit in one. After working as a contractor for the State. I don't like the 'stigma' and the limitations associated with being a Contract to Hire / Contractor.

Simply put this way: My last job at (Contract Company) and my current job (Contract Company) are a means to an end. They did a few things: got me out of a situation I didn't like or got me closer to home with more benefits.

Without knowing more - and honestly that doesn't really matter - it is difficult to make the choice you are trying to make... But maybe strip it down to just one thing:

Make it about the numbers: Is it more per hour/year, closer to home, more/less days off, any PTO,.. in short - what check boxes does it hit. I may be willing to put up with a bit more for an additional $6.00 per hour, but then what are my options for time off and holidays? I mean - for me,.. I have four kids and a grand-daughter.... a grand-daughter I have yet to hold as I'm in a different state.

Having insurance for me is a key item as I carry the kids,.. Contract and Contract to hire are never a guarantee - being hired on full time doesn't either. being there 2-10 years doesn't guarantee anything either.

Trying to employ the 'last place looked' to find some parts I'm in need of. I know they are here,.. on my desk,...- the other desk,... the one buried in stuff.. It pretty much has to be here... in theory. Hmm...

I need a Remember-all.....or something.

OUCH!

Hope he is okay.

@thanksajdotcom said:

@thecreativeone91 said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Who is this for? From what I've heard you are joining a company next week that provides pretty extensive lab facilities for staff. No need to maintain personal ones anymore

Ah but, there's still the fun of personal ones.

Yes, and if he ever leaves said company, he can keep his personal lab.

I'm very much hoping that I can stay at said company a very long time... at my age, it gets to be a bit more difficult every year to look forward. Getting into a team that not only can work together but also get alonG is really important.

One of the goals with said company - is to not just fit in,.. but become part of the family...

@MattSpeller said:

@Minion-Queen come help me be productive with my day, I just got a deluge of tickets and an insufficient number of hands to complete them all

Go to the nearest copier, place hands on glass, hit copy.

You now have more hands.

@Minion-Queen said in Hackers Caught on Camera Breaking Into Laptops:

Sigh do I need to give you people more to do?

Hey Meow,.. I think we have plenty to do. Especially meow that we are so close to MangoCon. I'm meow starting to pack up what I will need.

I'll admit - not done much command line tasks in a very long time. And only a bit of Linux. But with having a EdgeMax Router Lite, and a CloudatCost DevBox - it's high time I really put some time in learning.

First project is openNMS - Open Source Network Monitoring System.

I'm following their documentation for installing it and have to say - not having to much issue thus far.

@handsofqwerty said:

Worked on the help desk - that should count..

That is awesome. Two were given away as part of MangoCon.