You know, up until a year or so ago, reading about the global Spanish flu pandemic from a century ago seemed like so much abstract history, like something that couldn’t possibly happen in this age of modern medicine and advanced technology. So… that happened. I’ve been fortunate; Friday, March 13, 2020 was the last day… Continue reading Pandemic life
Category: Work
Tools of the trade
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything overly technical here, but it strikes me that a “snapshot” of what I do (for work) and how I do it (the tech) might be useful to some. What I do is web development for Smart Solutions here in Bend. Smart Solutions is a web and software development… Continue reading Tools of the trade
Dell computer fun
Simone noted the humor/frustration level I was having with Dell this week at work. Of course, anytime I mention “Dell” around her she shakes her head in disgust, so perhaps she’s not exactly the most objective observer. 🙂 What happened was, at work this week one of the newish Dell PCs started making a high-pitched… Continue reading Dell computer fun
Sucky week
I would’ve blogged this week… but work beat it out of me. (I did manage to keep blogging over on The Brew Site, barely…) Not just “regular” work, I’ve also been working on a website in my spare time as well. As part of my other, semi-freelancing gig. That’s taking up a lot of my… Continue reading Sucky week
Intuit Master Builder
Being a construction company, we use Intuit Master Builder pretty extensively at work. It’s basically an all-in-one accounting/construction management package and while it does the job reasonably well—for the average user—I thought I’d relay some of the problems with it from an IT/computer programming standpoint. (Kind of an anti-review.) Which is sure to be amusing… Continue reading Intuit Master Builder
Walla Walla
I’m in Walla Walla tonight, on the road for work. My company purchased a house up here and needed to get a computer and WiFi set up. It’s kind of a cool deal, the house is available to employees spending time up here—business takes a priority, but it’s open to anyone who wants to take… Continue reading Walla Walla
Still no internet at work
Okay, that’s not exactly true: we got our internet service back at work around 3:30pm or so. But that still means we spent the better part of a day without. The problem, as it turned out, was a dead SAS unit. (I have no idea what “SAS” actually stands for; it’s basically like a cable… Continue reading Still no internet at work
Sucks when there’s no internet
At work, that is. Our internet connection was down the entire day. And there wasn’t a thing I could do about it except wait for the tech from OneEighty Networks (nĂ©e HighSpeed Communications nĂ©e EmpireNet) to try to fix it. With no luck. The problem? Well, for starters we have OneEighty’s goofy LMDS “wireless broadband”… Continue reading Sucks when there’s no internet
This week
Yes, I’m finally back posting. It’s been a week. The eye surgery went very well, as good as it could have gone, and except for red eyes, you wouldn’t even know our son had surgery. The only real issue we’ve had is a bit of a struggle when we give him his eye medicine (topical… Continue reading This week
Office Agoraphobia
This week the office is being rearranged—furniture, computers, phones, etc. The net effect for me is that I get a significantly larger office space all to myself—and all that extra space is kinda freaking me out. 🙂