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    • RE: Computer Education Ideas for a Seven Year Old

      What about Kano? http://us.kano.me/

      --edit--

      The more I look at it, it is really just a raspberry pi kit marketed toward kids. Probably not much to gain over your idea to get her a Pi.

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: Looking to Hire a Help Desk Tech - Best Places to Post Ad?

      @wrx7m said in Looking to Hire a Help Desk Tech - Best Places to Post Ad?:

      @scottalanmiller - Normally I would but I am looking for someone a little less green. Someone that has at least a small amount of experience.

      Edit: I am trying to lessen my workload and increase the time I have to do the higher-level work. If I have to spend time schooling someone from the lowest end of AD and hardware/software troubleshooting, then I might as well just do everything myself.

      Maybe check with local universities and certification testing centers and see if you can post the opening on their boards. If you can snag someone that is a little green, has a basic certification or two, and a lot of enthusiasm; that should go a long way.

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: Looking to Hire a Help Desk Tech - Best Places to Post Ad?

      @wrx7m said in Looking to Hire a Help Desk Tech - Best Places to Post Ad?:

      https://community.spiceworks.com/careers/jobs

      SpiceWorks seems to charge $100 per 60 days... Am I missing something?

      Yes, just post it in the career forums without listing it with them.

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: Looking to Hire a Help Desk Tech - Best Places to Post Ad?

      @wrx7m said in Looking to Hire a Help Desk Tech - Best Places to Post Ad?:

      Southern California - West Ventura County

      How much are you paying? I could totally use a change of scenery... lol

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: Looking to Hire a Help Desk Tech - Best Places to Post Ad?

      @wrx7m If you're in the USA most local papers will list your positions on Monster/Yahoo job boards, as well as in print in the local paper for a fee (this might have changed, I've been out of the recruiting business for quite sometime now). Post here and in the Spiceworks career group for free. You could go strait to Indeed.com and/or other job boards and post there as well. If you have zero budget, throw something on Craigslist.

      Take a look at local college/university tech programs, it is intern season.... 🙂

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: Need a Good Bottle of Scotch

      @scottalanmiller Yes, I'm drinking Starbuck's excuse for esspresso... X-D

      And I primarily stick with ale if/when I do drink, and I don't do much volume when I do. I'm not dumb enough to even try and keep up with anyone in regards to alcohol consumption. I don't have the body mass or willpower to come out on the right end of that battle. My brittle old 35 year old body just doesn't recover quite as quickly as it did 15 or so years ago...

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: Need a Good Bottle of Scotch

      @scottalanmiller said in Need a Good Bottle of Scotch:

      @RamblingBiped said in Need a Good Bottle of Scotch:

      I'm of Swiss/German/Irish descent, that means I should have a leg up right? 😮

      Nope. That's the same as the "RAID 5 is a special case when used from ZFS before ZFS is so good" argument. But I'm afraid we took that into account when we made the RAID 5 stats already.

      Swiss/Scottish here.

      But I have a ginger beard. That has to count for something.

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: Need a Good Bottle of Scotch

      @thanksajdotcom said in Need a Good Bottle of Scotch:

      At Spiceworld EVERY YEAR, we lay down a couple ground rules for people who are new to the @scottalanmiller pub crawl:

      1. DO NOT try to keep up with Scott. Period. Don't try to go drink for drink. You will get hurt, and probably wind up in either the hospital or a parking garage (sorry, couldn't resist).

      2. Don't try to keep up with my sleep schedule. You will get hurt, and probably wind up in either the hospital or a parking garage.

      I usually sleep 6-10 hours the entire conference. Over 3-4 days. And I don't try to match Scott on drinking...but someday I think I might be able to...then again, he's a Swede and German...his liver is built for this. But I'm English, French and German...so I will probably be okay...lol

      I'm of Swiss/German/Irish descent, that means I should have a leg up right? 😮

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: Consulting for a Small Construction Company

      @aaronstuder Yes, we use it here for a lot of our project management.

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: Consulting for a Small Construction Company

      If they are just looking for a project management/ticketing software just spin up a redmine instance somewhere out in the cloud and use that. You can create/manage accounts locally on the server, or sync it with AD.

      http://www.redmine.org/

      If you're feeling really lazy: https://www.turnkeylinux.org/redmine

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: Another reason to like the FreePBX distro

      Isn't the upgrade module a paid module? I've done all of my upgrades sequentially via their upgrade/update scripts... Not awful, but can be time consuming if you don't stay on top of them.

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: Need a Good Bottle of Scotch

      Also, if your plan is to consume a high-end $100+ bottle of scotch in a single sitting, you're probably doing it wrong. The exception being you're splitting that bottle between multiple people and not just two.

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: Need a Good Bottle of Scotch

      @thanksajdotcom If he is a big fan of Scotch you might look into finding a local tasting somewhere and take him to that. You'll probably spend less than $100, learn something, and have a better time.

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: Need a Good Bottle of Scotch

      I'm pretty big fan of Scotty Karate: http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1471/28039/

      The next time I brew a strong dark belgian I plan on grabbing a bottle of okay scotch and making hot scottchies with some of the wort; I've been told they are fantastic.

      And if I'm not drinking an Ale I'm usually enjoying a gin and tonic. Hendrick's and Tanqueray are usually on standby at all times.

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: Bits and Bytes (1983)

      @scottalanmiller said in Bits and Bytes (1983):

      @RamblingBiped said in Bits and Bytes (1983):

      These are fantastic! I don't know how I'm going to keep myself from putting these on our Wiki at work and flagging them as mandatory training for all the engineers...

      Have you seen them before now? These are my favourite computer videos ever made. I grew up on these.

      I had not seen them before you posted them. I would have been 2 years old when they originally aired.

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: Best Development Solution For a Development Apprentice Like Myself

      Like @Dashrender is referencing, see if your company will give you credit for hours spent studying development. My company does this and allows me to log it as Professional Development time. I usually have 90% of this time logged away from the office, at home, where I can sit and read/practice without interruption.

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech

      "The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August" -by Claire North

      If you like History and/or Sci-Fi/Fantasy, I can't recommend this book enough.

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: What Are You Doing Right Now

      @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @RamblingBiped said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @RamblingBiped said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @RamblingBiped said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @RamblingBiped said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @RamblingBiped said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      Counting down the minutes until quitting time and going over packing lists in my head in preparation for Ragnar in Richmond this weekend.

      Have fun. You and @MattSpeller are way more active than I am. Then again I'm slowly de-evolving into a chicken mcnugget.

      I dunno, I think I just practice a lot of poor judgement. I acquired a micro-tear in my left calf during the first week of March and have been slowly nursing that back to health. I wasn't able to run more than 2 miles until earlier this week. I should be good to do 25k right? Ignoring reason hasn't failed me before. Or at the very least it hasn't killed me yet.

      Plus I have a can of Heady Topper waiting for me at camp.

      Fully realize the scope of my pudginess. I tried to run the other day. I got to 3 mins 41 seconds until I had to stop. I'm basically dead already.

      There's a trick to getting good at running. Run. Then run again. I didn't really make it a habit until I started doing it with a local group. Group runs are so much more enjoyable. I hate running alone. Anything more than 4 miles alone is torture.

      Also this free app is pretty nifty: http://www.smashrun.com

      And running from zombies while gathering supplies and fortifying your camp is kinda cool too: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sixtostart.zombies5k&hl=en

      I'm going to start the Zombies! Run 5K training next week. Just need to load my phone up with music to use with it. I have access to two tracks that I can run on, indoors and out, so I shouldn't have any excuse.

      For the love of Jeff go outside and run, on roads, or in the dirt. Running circles around tracks will suck out your soul. Unless you're soul-less, then by all means whirl yourself endlessly around the upper rings of hell and enjoy your torture.

      Got to start somewhere. The roads around here aren't the friendliest for pedestrians and I don't, at the moment, have ready access to hiking trails or the like.

      That being said I find running mind-numbingly boring. Even when I was doing a mile a morning around my small town it was a chore to turn my brain off.

      Fair enough, some running is definitely better than no running. The zombie app definitely helps with keeping you engaged in what you're doing. I occasionally still use it with iheart radio app when I'm out and about. Most of the time here lately I just like to zone out, clear my mind, and try to forcefully deprive myself of oxygen though.

      So your go-to solution is a plastic bag over your head?

      No, that is entirely too efficient.

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: What Are You Doing Right Now

      @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @RamblingBiped said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @RamblingBiped said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @RamblingBiped said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @RamblingBiped said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      Counting down the minutes until quitting time and going over packing lists in my head in preparation for Ragnar in Richmond this weekend.

      Have fun. You and @MattSpeller are way more active than I am. Then again I'm slowly de-evolving into a chicken mcnugget.

      I dunno, I think I just practice a lot of poor judgement. I acquired a micro-tear in my left calf during the first week of March and have been slowly nursing that back to health. I wasn't able to run more than 2 miles until earlier this week. I should be good to do 25k right? Ignoring reason hasn't failed me before. Or at the very least it hasn't killed me yet.

      Plus I have a can of Heady Topper waiting for me at camp.

      Fully realize the scope of my pudginess. I tried to run the other day. I got to 3 mins 41 seconds until I had to stop. I'm basically dead already.

      There's a trick to getting good at running. Run. Then run again. I didn't really make it a habit until I started doing it with a local group. Group runs are so much more enjoyable. I hate running alone. Anything more than 4 miles alone is torture.

      Also this free app is pretty nifty: http://www.smashrun.com

      And running from zombies while gathering supplies and fortifying your camp is kinda cool too: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sixtostart.zombies5k&hl=en

      I'm going to start the Zombies! Run 5K training next week. Just need to load my phone up with music to use with it. I have access to two tracks that I can run on, indoors and out, so I shouldn't have any excuse.

      For the love of Jeff go outside and run, on roads, or in the dirt. Running circles around tracks will suck out your soul. Unless you're soul-less, then by all means whirl yourself endlessly around the upper rings of hell and enjoy your torture.

      Got to start somewhere. The roads around here aren't the friendliest for pedestrians and I don't, at the moment, have ready access to hiking trails or the like.

      That being said I find running mind-numbingly boring. Even when I was doing a mile a morning around my small town it was a chore to turn my brain off.

      Fair enough, some running is definitely better than no running. The zombie app definitely helps with keeping you engaged in what you're doing. I occasionally still use it with iheart radio app when I'm out and about. Most of the time here lately I just like to zone out, clear my mind, and try to forcefully deprive myself of oxygen though.

      posted in Water Closet
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      RamblingBiped
    • RE: What Are You Doing Right Now

      @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @RamblingBiped said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @RamblingBiped said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @RamblingBiped said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      Counting down the minutes until quitting time and going over packing lists in my head in preparation for Ragnar in Richmond this weekend.

      Have fun. You and @MattSpeller are way more active than I am. Then again I'm slowly de-evolving into a chicken mcnugget.

      I dunno, I think I just practice a lot of poor judgement. I acquired a micro-tear in my left calf during the first week of March and have been slowly nursing that back to health. I wasn't able to run more than 2 miles until earlier this week. I should be good to do 25k right? Ignoring reason hasn't failed me before. Or at the very least it hasn't killed me yet.

      Plus I have a can of Heady Topper waiting for me at camp.

      Fully realize the scope of my pudginess. I tried to run the other day. I got to 3 mins 41 seconds until I had to stop. I'm basically dead already.

      There's a trick to getting good at running. Run. Then run again. I didn't really make it a habit until I started doing it with a local group. Group runs are so much more enjoyable. I hate running alone. Anything more than 4 miles alone is torture.

      Also this free app is pretty nifty: http://www.smashrun.com

      And running from zombies while gathering supplies and fortifying your camp is kinda cool too: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sixtostart.zombies5k&hl=en

      I'm going to start the Zombies! Run 5K training next week. Just need to load my phone up with music to use with it. I have access to two tracks that I can run on, indoors and out, so I shouldn't have any excuse.

      For the love of Jeff go outside and run, on roads, or in the dirt. Running circles around tracks will suck out your soul. Unless you're soul-less, then by all means whirl yourself endlessly around the upper rings of hell and enjoy your torture.

      posted in Water Closet
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      RamblingBiped
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