I think one of the side benefits of our occupation in IT is that we do in fact depend on 'taking care' of things because we constantly deal with the...

This will be pretty personal but I'll share with you for what it's worth.

In 1973, my first wife discovered a breast lump and we went to our local doctor.  He...

I have the radio on when I'm working at home playing a classic rock station.  As much as anything, it's because I don't like sitting in silence and it's...

Showing my age here...I listen to Forties Junction and Fifties Gold.

So what media do you all use for your music?  When I was young, my only media was a Sears Silvertone AM radio at the head of my bed.   Over...

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I had never considered this as I never worked in an environment where music was played.  I had various situations from private offices with doors to individual cubicles and even...

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I've mentioned these before, but will throw them in for any newbies on here.

When I took my last position as a DBA where I was an employee contracted out to...

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I don't object to certifications, but given a choice between a certificate and 5-10 years of experience, I'll likely go with the experience.

Thanks, but no.  I have retired the d-Link entirely.  Still running the WD, which regularly reports some kind of power supply issue but always comes back - so far.

Ten years before I retired my wife and I built a log cabin on an old 10 acre mining claim Skeleton #1, looking out east to the Continental Divide.  There...

I've never been to Las Vegas.  First of all, I've been in a casino exactly once, just so I could say I have done it, blew a whole ten dollars...

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Some perspective: During the 11 years I was in a position to hire, I mostly thought depth was better than breadth.  And in 42 years I only experienced intra-company platform...

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I have a shirt that says:

"I'm a cranky old man.  I do WHAT I want WHEN I want WHERE I want.  Just one sec, I'll ask my wife".

You can guess...

Yes, I a cranky curmudgeon, and proud of it.  I earned it the hard way.

This subject reminds me of several observations from my years in IT.

First of all, maybe we put far too much emphasis on 'uptime' that isn't really all that important.  Maybe...

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