I'm normally not the kind of guy who thinks that blowing up police cars is funny or killing cops is cool. Last night I realized that, in the virtual world, I'm quite happy with both of those scenarios. Millard and I sat and played Vice City for hours and I was laughing my ass off every time I'd slam into a cop car or run an officer over. Man, they were ganging up on me so much. They'd push and slam into my jacked SUV or car and just make it do these crazy stunts. That's so much fun! I started out last night not feeling too vibrant because the crazy week at the office drained me hard. After playing that game, I was so relaxed and happy. I wish I'd have gotten this game when it first came out. So, that being said, I'm at the office today with...
Category: IT
Dormio, Ergo Sum
Well, the last couple of days were hellish: Monday at around 4:15pm the e-mail server at the office died. We called Microsoft and they recommended we repair the database. We started that around 9:00pm. Schunk and I stayed until 2:00am, and then went home to sleep. Total hours worked: 18.00 Tuesday we came in to find the server still hadn't finished the repair. We toiled over the machine until 7:00pm, when we decided to cut our losses and restore a backup file from Thursday night, effectively losing four days of e-mail data. I volunteered to stay the "first shift" to make sure the backup routine didn't encounter any problems. Schunk left at 9:00pm. I stayed until 5:15 am. Total hours worked: 21.25 I got home and fell asleep at 6:00am on Wednesday. I slept all day and stayed home from work. It really sucks working all 40 hours in two...
Ugh
I'm still at work. Ugh. I've been here since 8:00am yesterday (20 hours ago). The good thing is that in about 45 minutes, I'm going home and the friggin e-mail server here will be fixed. Yeah!
Give Me a Broken E-mail Server, I’ll Give You 12 Hours
Shit. Fuck. Shit, shit, shit! No, that's not my agenda with the Mudpuppy tonight. It's my disgust with the e-mail server at work. The fucking thing decided to take a nose-dive today at 4:30pm. I call Microsoft for support since it's REALLY fucked up bad, and they tell me that it will be a long repair process; one which I need to watch like a hawk (translation: have to be at the office for). Looks like I'll be out of here around 3:00am or 4:00am. Shit.
The Color Of Mice
So, last week I ordered a couple of really cool mouse pads for my computer. I say "a couple", because I ordered one for the office and one for home. My co-worker, Jon, pointed out a great article on Slashdot that lead to me looking at a bunch of reviews. So, I ended up ordering from newegg.com. The order arrived at the office today around 11:15am, and I immediately opened the box, plugged one of the pads into my work machine, and voila! I have to say, it's pretty cool for only $20.00; there're 7 colors plus the ability to do a "color cycling" effect. Anyway, Jon was envious of me for a little while. I got home and installed the other one. After messing around with it for a bit, I think I've decided that the blue color is my favorite. For now. I'm just in that blue mood,...
