Tin Foil Soldier

I am still at work, to say we experienced “technical difficulties” would be putting it lightly.
Hopefully business as usual tomorrow

Right before I left my office I noticed that the floor was covered in ants.  The carpet was alive with the tiny little fuckers, eating out of our trash can apparently.  Streams of them were going in and out, eating who knows what since its emptied daily.
I did what I did last time I saw [...]

Your Money - A Primer for Young People Starting Their First Job - NYTimes.com
So below, I offer a proper primer on health insurance, taxes and retirement plans for employees starting their very first jobs. Please pass it out with my regards.
When I first started, it was all confusing. I needed someone to tell me [...]

I taught a session today on using Outlook rules to sort your e-mail. I use them extensively to put mail in folders in both my personal and work accounts.
Later people said they used Outlook Express, Apple Mail, OWA, Thunderbird, etc. I sometimes feel bad that I am a nerd that finds Microsoft products [...]

The REPUBLIC of TEA - Exquisite Green Tea, Red Tea, White Tea, Black Tea, Oolong Tea and More.
This China green tea is luscious with the naturally sweet flavor of ripe pears and tropical tang of kiwi. A highly aromatic, healthy blend that’s refreshing on ice.

I drink a cup of coffee in the morning, and then [...]

We had a power outage @ RIT yesterday.  RG&E somehow messed up and 22 buildings on campus went dark, then lit up, then went dark again.
Fortunately we have a 2 hour UPS for the servers, and the generator kicked in ASAP and kept the network gear alive so aside from being pitch black, we stayed [...]

Great work perks - CNN.com
“Employers realize the best way to retain prized employees among the current talent crunch is to make them want to stay, often through first-rate perks,” Haefner says. “In addition to the standard comprehensive benefits package, some companies are taking things a step further, offering unique perks to keep current employees happy [...]

John R. Durant’s WebLog : NET helpmsg
“Another installation is already in progress. Complete that installation before proceeding with this install.”Cool. The information is there, but not very easily found. What would be better is for Microsoft (us) to surface the information more readily in the UI! I can guarantee my father will never type these [...]

Miscellany: Get the Weather on your HP 4200
The program uses the perl Geo::METAR module to parse METAR weather information from NOAA. You’ll need to install the module if you don’t already have it (and you probably don’t). Install it using ActiveState’s PPM for Windows and the CPAN program (or OS package manager) for everything else. [...]

Finally the move is mostly complete (brian just has a few things left, my old apartment is CLEAN and empty)
and I finally, just a few minutes ago, got set up for the sweet sweet interweb connection that i have been craving.
I don’t know what i will do @ work today without my home computer to [...]

so i spent like 3 days imaging 2 laptops and trying to figure out why it didnt work.
turns out i renamed the wrong image, so i was sending a super old / crazy who knows what it even came from image to the laptops.
plus
Reset Windows security back to default settings
secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\repair\secsetup.inf /db secsetup.sdb [...]

RIT - Webcams
Eastman Quad Webcam

If you don’t go to RIT, you may not be getting tons of fluffy white snow, but we are so you can look @ the webcams and be jealous!

SolidWorks - 3D Mechanical Design and 3D CAD Software
SolidWorks, how I loathe thee