This thread exists to discuss any and all weekends, past, present, and future.
This weekend, I got fun stuff. Massage on Saturday and planning for my big vacations coming up.
First will be a big road trip 24 June-6 July. Two weeks' vacation used for that one. We'll drive from Dallas to Jackson, MS to Birmingham, AL to Atlanta to Greensboro, NC to Cincinnati to Nashville to Memphis. The theme is the history of the US Civil Rights movement, so we'll take in the sights related to that time period. Thanks to my Hilton points, we can line up a Hampton Inn in every town. Free breakfast erry day, yeah...
Next vacation is for my anniversary, around 1 August. Wife wants Las Vegas and who am I to say no? Boss approved both leaves, so I'm ready for some fun in the sun!
:bole:
Sounds fun Dean. I'd love to see more of the US. I'm on a mission to test out all the breweries I can and my girlfriend wants to attend a baseball game in every MLB park. When we hit up Phoenix/Las Vegas in May we are going to see the Giants vs Diamondbacks. Which scores me a ton of points since she's a California girl and lifelong Giants fan.
Tonight e have a night out with some neighbors we do things with. Going to one of those places where you have to figure out all the clues to get out of the room, aptly named Escape Room. Then on to a Japanese restaurant to watch them cook our food. Love those places, actually I just love rice and meat. Of course we'll be enjoying some Saki and Japanese beers.
Tomorrow I'm re-building a retaining wall in the back yard and moving a bunch of rock around so I can lay some new sod. Sunday is my girlfriends birthday and we have tickets to the baseball game for the local University. And at some point I need to finish the crown molding I started.
Which reminds me... my wife wants me to install a bidet. Whatever happens, I'm in line for a new experience.
Well, I'm going to inventory my safety deposit box at the bank tomorrow. haven't been in it for like 10 years, so it will be an exciting adventure, have no idea what is in there. Filling the rest of my time with the Masters Golf tournament.
Watching the Masters!!
I never did get watching golf.
I *do*, however, get watching fishing competitions and shows.
@deanwebb when you are in the Cincinnati area you will be in my neck of the woods.
I was planning on taking my son to his first MLB game (Cincinnati Reds) Sunday, but just found out we have to go to my sister-in-law's for a birthday party. :(
Quote from: Nerm on April 08, 2016, 02:26:08 PM
@deanwebb when you are in the Cincinnati area you will be in my neck of the woods.
I was planning on taking my son to his first MLB game (Cincinnati Reds) Sunday, but just found out we have to go to my sister-in-law's for a birthday party. :(
Cincinnati will be arriving 30 June, seeing sights 1 July, departing 2 July. Plan to eat at least once at Tom+Chee. We'll be visiting the Underground Railroad Museum there. I also just like Cincinnati a lot. I went there to grade AP Economics papers for a week, three years in a row. I'll also have to get some Skyline Chili in there, as well. I'm up for a meet-n-greet with the families, for sure!
Quote from: deanwebb on April 08, 2016, 02:39:59 PM
Quote from: Nerm on April 08, 2016, 02:26:08 PM
@deanwebb when you are in the Cincinnati area you will be in my neck of the woods.
I was planning on taking my son to his first MLB game (Cincinnati Reds) Sunday, but just found out we have to go to my sister-in-law's for a birthday party. :(
Cincinnati will be arriving 30 June, seeing sights 1 July, departing 2 July. Plan to eat at least once at Tom+Chee. We'll be visiting the Underground Railroad Museum there. I also just like Cincinnati a lot. I went there to grade AP Economics papers for a week, three years in a row. I'll also have to get some Skyline Chili in there, as well. I'm up for a meet-n-greet with the families, for sure!
I live about 60 miles southwest of Cincy (pretty much halfway between Cincy and Louisville). When it gets a little closer to those dates you should hit me up and maybe we could plan to meet for lunch or something while you are in the area.
I gotta disagree on the Skyline Chili. I have lived in the area for almost 20 years and I still hate the Cincy style chili. IMO chili is supposed to be hot not sweet. :)
Department happy hour this evening, always a good time! Man I'm getting old. I look forward to the weekend just so I can lay around and take naps..
This week has been 12 hr days every day. Im on a change right now, its saturday at 2am with Cisco TAC and this is not going anywhere good. Lucky change window closes at 5am....
Kids will wake up around 7am so yeah...
I get to have a few change weekends in my future with some yeeshy potential to them...
Spring sprung, time to get the power tools out of the shed, change the oils, and get them up and running for summer, got's to mow, trim, and edge the lawn this weekend. should be very nice here in DC this weekend, much better than Denver.
Beautiful weather this weekend... just before we potentially get another round of hail. Doing my radio show Saturday AM, then enjoying nice weather on my patio as long as possible.
Should get a ton or rain starting tonight.
This weekend is prepping for me being gone next week for my quarterly visit to Corporate in Pittsburgh and taking the blunt of kid duty so my wife can get some relaxation.
Work has been crazy busy and Im really hoping to not get called. Maybe I can just turn my phone off. Would any of you guys watch my CoC base while Im off the grid?
Sure, not a problem. I have a very convincing Indian accent that I can use to buy you some time.
Quote from: that1guy15 on April 15, 2016, 10:33:21 AM
Should get a ton or rain starting tonight.
This weekend is prepping for me being gone next week for my quarterly visit to Corporate in Pittsburgh and taking the blunt of kid duty so my wife can get some relaxation.
Work has been crazy busy and Im really hoping to not get called. Maybe I can just turn my phone off. Would any of you guys watch my CoC base while Im off the grid?
Pittsburgh is my neck of the woods. I hope the weather was nice when you visited.
Been raining the past two days, forecast is rain through Monday, then a chance for showers through next Thursday,
Was hoping to get a lawn mow in, as I didn't last week, guess the lawn will grow.
Also got to dig in the garden, was going to put up my tomato supports, but I thinks it's going to be too wet for that.
got to get them in the ground soon.
Got to change the air filters in the HVAC system, that's always a fun job.
Have you changed yours recently?
Yeah, I need to do my filters... OK, I'll do it, I'll do it... Rain all day today, but it's supposed to clear out tomorrow, so I can do a little puttering about in my garden.
Going to be nice enough to mow today. Then rain the next several days again.
I'm sure I'll be prepping the house some more to move out... and spinning tunes on Mixify.com per the norm.
I really should be studying for a certification or something.. but.. meh.
Yeah, I have to re-up my CCNP by July... And it's May in a few days... Looks like I get to study them VPNs some more...
Memorial Day holiday weekend here in the US, unofficial start of Summer here, pools open, etc,.etc.etc. got to mow the lawn, and I've got a 4lb strip steak roast I'm putting in the smoker tomorrow, I'll be at the community pool sometime this weekend. Got to do some electrical work too, one of my wall outlets shorted out last night, weird, only the top half, that''s connected to a wall switch. I'll need to find time to finish up my TSHOOT lab topology I've been building. did redistribution last night, it's almost done, BGP and then the IPv6 stuff left to do.
a friend is getting married next Saturday and we gonna have a bachelor party this weekend :) Hope we will survive, if you do not hear from me for some time, start to worry :D
Tension nahi lene ka, I'm in full India mode, after troubleshooting two different issues in India. Now I've got plans to see the release of "Kabali" when it hits the Indian theaters here in DFW.
Sadly, one issue is an ongoing major outage, so I may have to do things on Monday morning instead of holiday... I'll be sure to get the comp time later on, though!
:bole:
Quote from: deanwebb on May 27, 2016, 10:38:38 AM
Tension nahi lene ka, I'm in full India mode, after troubleshooting two different issues in India. Now I've got plans to see the release of "Kabali" when it hits the Indian theaters here in DFW.
:bole:
shouldn't that be South Asia to be PC ?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36376110
Nope, not when discussing cinema. Bollywood is Hindi- and Urdu-language northern/western India, centered around film industry in Bombay (Mumbai now). Tollywood is Telegu- and Urdu-language for east central Indai, centered around Hyderabad film industry. Other south Indian cinema includes industries for Kannada, Tamil, and Malayalam languages. Then there is Pollywood, the Pakistani film industry in Karachi.
None of these should be confused with Nollywood, the Nigerian film industry in Lagos that churns out soap operas like nobody's business.
canning canning canning, processed about 35lbs of tomatoes last week, canning salsa and catsup.
tomorrow i use up another crap load of tomatoes to make sauce. that should take up most of the day Saturday.
need to find some time to do some smoking Sunday, although it will be rather hot. I'm thinking bacon wrapped chicken thighs
smoked with hickory wood.
I have two sites to cut over to the new RADIUS server... the cutovers go fast, but one is at 10am tomorrow and the other is at 6PM. Thanks a lot, Asia!
I supposed I'll read more of FM34-60: Counterintelligence in between the cutovers.
I was tired of having an angry avatar. I'm going with the famous luchador enmascadero, Blue Demon.
cooking tomatoes again this weekend. making BBQ sauce.
have to settle on my house refi, got into a 15yr at 2.75% :rock:
Going with my son to his CCENT exam on Saturday. Last day to take the old version... hope he passes!
Quote from: deanwebb on August 19, 2016, 11:13:23 AM
Going with my son to his CCENT exam on Saturday. Last day to take the old version... hope he passes!
exam rule #7342, always take exam a minimum of 8 days prior to expiration, that way ya get one more chance.
best o luck to him.
I know, I know... but the books are cheaper than college, so it's not a totally bad deal.
No way, CCNA combined or bust [emoji13] Do you want to live forever?[emoji13]
Quote from: wintermute000 on August 19, 2016, 06:10:44 PM
No way, CCNA combined or bust [emoji13] Do you want to live forever?[emoji13]
What, take a test in a jumbo frame? No, my wallet has an MTU of one test at a time. :P
Quote from: ristau5741 on August 19, 2016, 11:04:25 AM
have to settle on my house refi, got into a 15yr at 2.75% :rock:
We did that last year and settled just under 2% here in BE. I hear they are now to around 1% in some cases, it's crazy. Too bad the refinance costs a lot, or I would consider doing it again.
Having a nice time now watching a documentary on storytellers. Sunday evening is the perfect time for quiet, contemplative topics... no worries about work or hassles.
But back to the storytelling... it's fascinating how so much of what we think is bland and unexciting in our own lives can be fascinating and emotionally connecting to others. When we find reasons, connections, and wisdom and share them with others, we create bonds that run deep. The stories we tell share our values and build bridges across generations and cultures. It's fascinating...
Weekend starting off right with a massive outage! Whoo! I'll be here for the next 72 hours, I'm sure!
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMajor system upgrade! Starting in 11 minutes!
NETWORK SECURITY KNOWS HOW TO PARTY
BIG weekend coming up in the USA... Global Megacorporation gives everyone the 24th of December to the 2nd of January off, so I don't roll up to work until the 3rd.
Today and tomorrow are very light days, as most everyone has already shuffled off for the holiday. I'm working from home, responding to emails, but not doing a lot of changing since there's a change freeze in place. Time to get some comp time back from that major system upgrade and the two major outages I had to work a few weeks ago...
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and a Happy Festivus to all. Those are my holidays, so those are the ones I'm wishing to everyone. Feel free to wish a merry or happy whatever it is you like to do at the December-January interchange. :)
SUPERBOWL PAR-TAYY :partay:
Superbowl this weekend :drama: I'll certainly not be like :glitch: When Falcons score, I'll be like :rock: :joy: When New England scores I'll be like :doh: :angry:
when the Falcons win I'll be :banana: in the streets. Cheers to all :cheers:
@ristau
I knew I liked you. Especially being a Bills fan. BURN PATRIOTS BURN!!!!1
>:D >:D >:D
:kiwf: :kiwf: :kiwf:
NE is going up there on the hate team list along with the Cowboys and Steelers for winning too many superbowls.
Hey, waitaminit!
I like the Cowboys! And Steelers. And Patriots. And while I'd like the Falcons to win, I'm going to watch the game for the sake of the game and enjoy it if it's close, like the Pats-Seahawks 2 years ago. Last year's and the Broncos-Seahawks games were just runaway ridiculous and were pretty much over after the first 137 touchdowns scored by the winning team in each contest...
It's on, March madness, I've like 50 BB games to follow between yesterday and next Sunday
I get to continue dealing with the guys putting in my new bathrooms.
Playing the new Tom Clancy game. Need a free weekend of no IT.
-Otanx
Didn't have a weekend last week, and then on projects for two weeks non-stop, so catching up on time with the kids
Quote from: Otanx on March 15, 2017, 04:00:43 PM
Playing the new Tom Clancy game. Need a free weekend of no IT.
-Otanx
I need a free weekend of no kids to catch up on IT!!! #nonstopstudylife
I wish I hadn't answered this thread on Wednesday. Now it feels like I'm working on a Saturday. :(
Quote from: deanwebb on March 16, 2017, 08:43:57 AM
I wish I hadn't answered this thread on Wednesday. Now it feels like I'm working on a Saturday. :(
you should be watching basketball, it's on now,
oh that's right you are an hour behind, so the games wont start for another hour for you
Quote from: ristau5741 on March 16, 2017, 11:07:09 AM
Quote from: deanwebb on March 16, 2017, 08:43:57 AM
I wish I hadn't answered this thread on Wednesday. Now it feels like I'm working on a Saturday. :(
you should be watching basketball, it's on now,
oh that's right you are an hour behind, so the games wont start for another hour for you
No, we did a spring forward, so it's now an hour later all the time until November.
Quote from: deanwebb on March 16, 2017, 03:29:59 PM
Quote from: ristau5741 on March 16, 2017, 11:07:09 AM
Quote from: deanwebb on March 16, 2017, 08:43:57 AM
I wish I hadn't answered this thread on Wednesday. Now it feels like I'm working on a Saturday. :(
you should be watching basketball, it's on now,
oh that's right you are an hour behind, so the games wont start for another hour for you
No, we did a spring forward, so it's now an hour later all the time until November.
Forgot about the short weekend last week.
Speaking of weekends, all our members in the US government sector are still keeping an eye on the Congress... the stopgap funding bill just cleared the House and is likely to clear the Senate. It will keep the money taps turned on for another week, during which time Congress should hopefully pass a bill to keep the rest of FY 2017 funded.
Quote from: deanwebb on April 28, 2017, 10:26:13 AM
Speaking of weekends, all our members in the US government sector are still keeping an eye on the Congress... the stopgap funding bill just cleared the House and is likely to clear the Senate. It will keep the money taps turned on for another week, during which time Congress should hopefully pass a bill to keep the rest of FY 2017 funded.
maybe I can use some of my vacation. of maybe I should hold it until the end of the fiscal year.
LWOP sucks.
got 2 8 lb whole roaster chickens going in the smoker this weekend.
4-day weekend here in the USA... so far, I've spent it in catching up on some shows I watch, doing some more videos on networking, reading up on RADIUS change of authorization, and, if I can keep this party going... I'm going to restart my CISSP study.
:bole:
Vacation for me on the next three days. I will have no email availability.
YES!
:wootwoot: :yahoo: :ninjaturtle: :joy: :banana: :batdance: :cheers: :dance: :pub: :rock: :partay: :woohoo: :dj:
I think I am mainly frustrated with customers who just do not care to learn anything newer than the 3 tier model of 1980s networking yet the rest of their organization is driving them towards newer ideas and though processes.
Quote from: burnyd on July 06, 2017, 11:52:45 AM
I think I am mainly frustrated with customers who just do not care to learn anything newer than the 3 tier model of 1980s networking yet the rest of their organization is driving them towards newer ideas and though processes.
So... you spend your weekends getting frustrated?
:problem?:
Quote from: burnyd on July 06, 2017, 11:52:45 AM
I think I am mainly frustrated with customers who just do not care to learn anything newer than the 3 tier model of 1980s networking yet the rest of their organization is driving them towards newer ideas and though processes.
+111111
Extra burn if it's security architects insisting on default gateways on firewalls and that ECMP is insecure because networks should be session based (that's almost a direct quote FML)
Comp time Friday because of outage Wednesday and maintenance Saturday night.
I will take this moment to be very thankful my employer is down with the concept of comp time. :woohoo:
Wife and I signed up for SCUBA classes so this weekend we have to do the CBT part that is a prerequisite for the real class, and dives. Also I have a new blog I am starting. Got signed up on WordPress, and got the basics setup, now I just need to write my first post. So this weekend I am writing up a recap of Cisco Live as my first post. Want to get something up while I still have the momentum.
-Otanx
When it's ready, shoot us the URL and we can add it to our blog part of the forums!
Started upgrade at 8PM last night... 3 hours of sleep from 0330 to 0630... still doing the upgrades... made one change and then...
:whatudo:
user portal for guest wireless isn't working... got the development guy from the vendor on the WebEx to help with that issue... still have a bunch of patches to apply after this gets fixed...
I think I'll be having some MAJOR comp time a-comin' this week...
:gangsta:
Apparently I am going to review, and maybe update my resume this weekend (Thanks Dean, and Ristau). Also going diving this weekend. Will be my second dive after we got certified. SCUBA is so peaceful. Nobody can talk to you, you can't talk to anyone, and best of all there is no cell phone reception 40ft underwater.
Looking at my last post in this Thread I was supposed to get a blog post up. That never happened. I do have one on SNMPv3 95% done. I just need to spin up a linux VM so I can validate some syntax, and get screenshots. Maybe do that Sunday while watching football.
I plan to get more work done for my RSA proposal and enjoy some faster Internet getting installed today. Also need to study for my FSCA exam.
I get to go see my mother-in-law who is on her death bed and waiting to die. She's been waiting to die for like 2 weeks now. Trying to starve herself to death. (Don't be sorry, it was her own choice to give up on life like she did. It is what it is)
now on to brighter thinks
canning tomatoes...again,
smoking my last NY Strip Steak roast. (w/applewood)
DJ Gig... chill with family.. house work.. maybe read up on some MPLS.
Quote from: ristau5741 on September 15, 2017, 01:49:28 PM
I get to go see my mother-in-law who is on her death bed and waiting to die. She's been waiting to die for like 2 weeks now. Trying to starve herself to death. (Don't be sorry, it was her own choice to give up on life like she did. It is what it is)
now on to brighter thinks
canning tomatoes...again,
smoking my last NY Strip Steak roast. (w/applewood)
YAY I don't dave to go. Wife decided she doesn't want to see her mother in that condition.
Still, wow... that is hard to have to go through.
Over here in Dallas, I'm helping my mom with her radio show and then I'm gonna have tacos for lunch.
Quote from: deanwebb on September 15, 2017, 12:00:56 PM
I plan to get more work done for my RSA proposal and enjoy some faster Internet getting installed today. Also need to study for my FSCA exam.
Finished my RSA proposal earlier this week and I just passed the FSCA exam. Looks like this weekend is going to be for taking it easy as a reward for my efforts.
The never ending deluge of kid stuff. Two kids under four = 24x7 kid stuff
Quote from: wintermute000 on September 23, 2017, 06:20:03 AM
The never ending deluge of kid stuff. Two kids under four = 24x7 kid stuff
I've got three kids over 14. One lives in an apartment on her own, one's in college and living quietly at home, and the youngest does a lot of stuff with her art, so we just stay out of her way and she keeps out of ours.
Once youngest is in college, then options for travel really open up.
2 racks of baby back ribs ready to go in the smoker tomorrow. mmmmmmmm should take about 5 hours 215 -220 degrees. using a mix of hardwoods and some home-made rub and sauce.
My brother is having a BBQ on Saturday, fun for the whole family!
And then I get to track NFL results with Ristau...
Quote from: deanwebb on October 06, 2017, 08:52:57 AM
My brother is having a BBQ on Saturday, fun for the whole family!
And then I get to track NFL results with Ristau...
I had crappy pics last week. that's for sure.
Quote from: ristau5741 on October 06, 2017, 10:26:44 AM
Quote from: deanwebb on October 06, 2017, 08:52:57 AM
My brother is having a BBQ on Saturday, fun for the whole family!
And then I get to track NFL results with Ristau...
I had crappy pics last week. that's for sure.
I tell you what, after week 3, I decided that the teams playing this year are NOT the teams that played last year. I think after week 4, and for sure after week 5, we're going to have a clearer picture of which teams are playing *this* year. There will be teams with winning records, and then there will be teams with winning records, but with wins only against teams with losing records. If a team can consistently beat other winning teams, that's the one to truly reckon with.
Unless it gets a bunch of injuries, which is why picking GB v Dallas is so damn tricky this week... Dallas' defense recovers after some key players return from IR, and I'm pretty sure Dak and Dez had a come-to-Jesus meeting after the loss to the Rams. For its part, GB has had wins, but only just in some cases.
Mandatory PTO for my firm for all of Thanksgiving week, so I'm off on a holiday adventure! Happy Thanksgiving to everybody, even if your weekend doesn't start until Wednesday!
Got back from a weekend trip... looking at rebuilding my virtual environment so it can also work better as a fileserver...
I just did that. All-in-one NAS/KVM/docker server. Runs like a dream, now to VMware-to-KVM convert a bunch of Win2012R2 servers. eek
Quote from: wintermute000 on November 22, 2017, 05:08:22 AM
I just did that. All-in-one NAS/KVM/docker server. Runs like a dream, now to VMware-to-KVM convert a bunch of Win2012R2 servers. eek
I'm building out a Windows Server 2016 DC so I can make all my family's gear part of an AD domain... so I can scan their stuff with my agentless NAC product...
protip: VMware to KVM conversion is a pain especially if its your single home non-redundant DC. Vcenter basically stops working without the DC/DNS.... you gotta turn off your DC to copy the VMDK across..... Vcenter doesn't work so can't run the standard red hat v2v tooling etc....
... which is why I'm just going to rebuild, not convert/migrate. Easier to demolish and clear the land than to try to do all those intricate repairs.
I only lightbulbed recently re: Vcenter and AD: its the DNS and only the DNS (LDAP aside) that it cares about.
1 DNS container later, full vcenter operation using local account (non LDAP).
Now its backed up with AD primary and the container as the secondary.
You do sometimes learn more trying to convert/migrate. Either way getting Wintel to run on KVM has its own quirks/'vmware-tools' equivalents.
On other topics: docker all the things. You won't regret it.
The below is running the following:
- syslog
- dns
- plex
- openvpn
- docker web UI
- bittorrent sync
- smtp relay
Check the footprint.... then realise everything is nicely separated and ephermeral, I can fire up, upgrade, spin down at will with zero linkage or effects on each other or my base host system libraries or configs
CONTAINER CPU % MEM USAGE / LIMIT MEM % NET I/O BLOCK I/O PIDS
6ec018a12aa7 0.00% 3.996MiB / 31.28GiB 0.01% 2.19MB / 0B 8.7MB / 8.19kB 4
8b1dba94c5ca 0.00% 2.832MiB / 31.28GiB 0.01% 2.2MB / 0B 26.4MB / 16.4kB 1
618ccbe7dadf 0.00% 3.523MiB / 31.28GiB 0.01% 2.37MB / 173kB 6.97MB / 0B 10
9566aca90569 0.00% 5.52MiB / 31.28GiB 0.02% 2.21MB / 12.2kB 12.3MB / 8.19kB 1
6fa3cad4d29b 0.00% 2.395MiB / 31.28GiB 0.01% 2.19MB / 0B 6.17MB / 0B 1
1a8c9109f871 0.56% 373.9MiB / 31.28GiB 1.17% 0B / 0B 207MB / 3.06MB 75
8793be737cbe 0.19% 12.79MiB / 31.28GiB 0.04% 3.83MB / 1.09MB 26.1MB / 53.2kB 14
In other news, I'm daydreaming about an alternate universe where I was an ansible/docker hipster ninja instead of a crusty data plumber who yells at people that mention stretched VLANs.
My rebuilding of my $VENDOR product got put on hold because I need a demo license. When Monday rolls around, I'll be back in business with that.
Now I need to fix up my DNS so that I can join PCs to my local AD domain.
This looks like putting in a manual entry for all my PCs...
wait, you're running a local domain (not just for lab) but you're not joining PCs to it??? WTF
Quote from: wintermute000 on November 25, 2017, 03:01:22 PM
wait, you're running a local domain (not just for lab) but you're not joining PCs to it??? WTF
Well, it's my local PCs joining the local domain. They were all here first, so they don't know to put the IP of the DC as their primary DNS.
Just joined this PC to the domain.
Got my linux bridging and iptables NAT skills re-upped. Now I've gotten rid of my lab vSRX and running all my virtual networks off linux bridges (second NIC) straight into my ESXi.
Next addition: Quagga container because why not.
This coming weekend, I get to leave late Sunday to be at a client site by Monday morning.
Quote from: deanwebb on November 28, 2017, 07:59:43 AM
This coming weekend, I get to leave late Sunday to be at a client site by Monday morning.
Gonna miss the battle of the birds? Eagles Vs. Seahawks.
I DVR'd the Ravens' Houston game last night. gonna watch Houston self destruct.
If that's the evening game, I'll be in the hotel in time to watch it. I'll be driving to the location, so I can better time my arrival. :smug:
Quote from: ristau5741 on November 28, 2017, 10:46:53 AM
I DVR'd the Ravens' Houston game last night. gonna watch Houston self destruct.
wasn't as bad as I hoped. Pretty decent game. Missed last 5 mins of the 4th quarter due to the game running long.
Quote from: ristau5741 on November 29, 2017, 06:53:08 AM
Quote from: ristau5741 on November 28, 2017, 10:46:53 AM
I DVR'd the Ravens' Houston game last night. gonna watch Houston self destruct.
wasn't as bad as I hoped. Pretty decent game. Missed last 5 mins of the 4th quarter due to the game running long.
That one big push TD the Ravens made was on the highlights reels, so I did catch that one.
This just in: Giants going with Geno Smith over Eli Manning... that's pretty dang bad if you have to reach for Geno Smith...
HOLIDAY ALERT!!!
Christmas Day, day after Christmas are going to be holidays in many places around the world.
For those of you getting the holiday, MERRY CHRISTMAS!
For those of you not getting the holiday, keep the on-call phone charged up. :smug:
Don't worry, those getting Christmas have to cover during Eid and other holidays, it all balances out.
But for me, I want to wish a Christmas Mubarak to one and to all!
(https://infinitemirai.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/vlcsnap-2016-12-24-10h29m39s467.png?w=630&h=363)
big football weekend, this weekend, plan on watching BOTH games on Sunday,
the Puppybowl, then the Superbowl.
Not sure which will be more interesting
Fingers crossed that the Philly Eagles put up a good fight. For the whole game. Don't want to see another 38 point lead get blown...
Quote from: deanwebb on February 02, 2018, 09:56:45 AM
Fingers crossed that the Philly Eagles put up a good fight. For the whole game. Don't want to see another 38 point lead get blown...
founding fathers against the US national birds.
at least it's patriotic
I'm hoping for the Beagles, oh, I mean Eagles also....
WHAT A GAME. Further discussion in the NFL thread... :zomg: :wootwoot: :yahoo: :batdance: :rock: :pub: :cheers: :woohoo:
Customer site to work a major outage!
:kidwoohoo:
I'm not dead, I'm just getting back from PTO. Finally got decent Internet at home... my room at the hotel kept picking up on an AP from a neighboring hotel.
Just found out I start my weekend late next weekend... got a customer with an emergency issue. Fun started this morning at 8:30am, went all day, got a break before the call later tonight, then I fly up there on Sunday to be onsite Mon-Fri, fly home Saturday, get home around 6pm.
Plus side is I get comp time and loads of miles 'n' points.
I was tending fire yesterday, smoked 2 6lb brisket flats, took about 10 1/2 hours, then as a sucker. I made burnt ends after dinner, which took another 90 minutes.
pretty good day, I got alot done while the meat was smoking
In NYC now, and there's a weird rash on my left arm and hand I noticed while I was getting off the plane.
Quote from: deanwebb on July 15, 2018, 06:54:34 PM
In NYC now, and there's a weird rash on my left arm and hand I noticed while I was getting off the plane.
You must be in New York. Rash is probably from the New Jersey Dumps
Could very well be. I notice that with the rain today, the rash has gone down. :smug:
On the midnight to 8am shift.. haven't slept yet and sitting at an American Legion Post in Earle, NJ having my first beer in over a week. I'm tired but the sweet nectar of Yuingling is keeping me going.
Resting my back right now as it started to twitch this morning. Good news is that my chores are finished and I've got a new episode of The Grand Tour to enjoy. :)
WE NEED A WEEKEND THREAD AGAIN
Looking forward to having my brother and his sons come over for a visit. We're planning to do a service project together and then play some board games. Fun times!
Still staying home most of the time. I am in the high risk category if I get COVID so staying away from people as much as I can. This weekend it is mostly chores. Working on cleaning up part of the garage, and the back porch. With the nice weather we want to sit out there, but it is pretty cluttered right now. Also need to get a new tire on my truck. Last time I went off road one of them got ripped up.
-Otanx
UK is in lockdown again. Spoke to my friend there and he's planning on fixing up his house and his car. He recently got a classic truck imported from USA and he's just got it on the road.
I'm trying to make the most of the "not-in-lockdown-at-the-moment" phase we're in here in Australia. This weekend we had karts. I managed to come 3rd overall so I'm happy with that. I seemed to have one of the slowest karts but was able to move up in the results from 6th once I figured out the corners. There were far too many crashes by the others. I'm on the far left here with my two mates to the right of me. Everyone else is friends of friends. Was good fun :mrgreen:
Lockdown sucks, but hospitals overwhelmed with patients is even worse, trust me... so glad that the vaccine trials are looking solid so far.
Quote from: deanwebb on November 09, 2020, 11:03:12 AM
Lockdown sucks, but hospitals overwhelmed with patients is even worse, trust me... so glad that the vaccine trials are looking solid so far.
But are they? Last info I saw was the vaccine is only lasting for a few weeks so you'd need to be jabbed every few weeks to stay immunised. Might be OK for health care workers but I cant see that being viable for general public.
Yeah, we don't yet know the longevity of the vaccine. If only a few months or less and if it requires elaborate storage systems, it's probably going to be hospital/government only for a while. On the other hand, those are the guys that need it most so that they can stay in the medical front lines.
I suppose it is a step in the right direction. At least it will help stop the spread from person to person if some people are short-term immunised.
Meanwhile, I put in my PTO for November and December. I'll have all 5 days of Thanksgiving Week off and the 24th of December - January 2nd. I have some use 'em or lose 'em days already, so it's time to use 'em.
I am in the same boat with my PTO. Like you I have Christmas to New Years already approved. I have two more days I have to take before the end of the year. I am probably going to take the week off before Christmas. COVID kind of messed up my plans. I was supposed to have gone to Florida earlier this year which would have put me under the PTO cap. Going to hold on to as much PTO as I can, and once this is over take a good long vacation somewhere. My company allows us to take up to 30 days in a row.
-Otanx
Quote from: Otanx on November 11, 2020, 10:19:48 AM
My company allows us to take up to 30 days in a row.
-Otanx
30 Business days, or 30 days including weekends?
I'm still waiting for the Noobs to get activated into the on call rotation, then, if I am not on call. I will take off between Christmas and New Year.
Quote from: ristau5741 on November 11, 2020, 12:04:58 PM
I'm still waiting for the Noobs to get activated into the on call rotation, then, if I am not on call. I will take off between Christmas and New Year.
The day the new guy gets into the call rotation schedule:
:bole:
30 business days. So 6 weeks. A couple years ago I got close taking Thanksgiving to New Years off.
You guys don't throw them on the rotation day 1? Trial by fire.
-Otanx
Quote from: Otanx on November 11, 2020, 03:40:36 PM
You guys don't throw them on the rotation day 1? Trial by fire.
-Otanx
Sometimes, it takes a CRQ to get processed to update the list. :smug:
Quote from: Otanx on November 11, 2020, 03:40:36 PM
You guys don't throw them on the rotation day 1? Trial by fire.
-Otanx
we have an extremely complex network environment, so we need to make sure people know how to do the job, have been doing it successfully for a month.
we put them on new ticket duty fairly quickly, then work them into the CM process, have them help, then as primary, after they've made successful network changes on their own. then they go into on-call rotation, for each of the 4 network duties that our group is responsible for. firewall, RA VPN, Authentication, and Web Filtering.
I used to work where the phone would ring, the level 1 guy would read, letter by letter, the IP address and name of the router interface that was flapping. Again. The on-call guy would say, "Acknowledge" and then go back to lunch or sleep, whichever was being interrupted. Unless the level 1 guy said, "no, need escalation." Then it was, "OK, email me the details" and then, whatever it was, we owned the escalation.
I *hated* getting the perimeter router calls... I'm a security guy, I wanted to fix everything with static routes. :smug:
Purchased new 2021 Chevy Trailblazer RS for the wife this past weekend, to replace her 1998 Honda CRV
Fun times, new car!
My weekend ended at noon today, since I'm on APAC hours, working noon-9pm today.
Next week is 100% PTO, baby! :D
New car is always nice. Is it that blue color? That looks pretty sharp.
-Otanx
Quote from: ristau5741 on November 16, 2020, 12:03:44 PM
Purchased new 2021 Chevy Trailblazer RS for the wife this past weekend, to replace her 1998 Honda CRV
I like that! Do you have the 9-speed transmission? It looks like the Toyota C-HR:
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I think it does have the 9-speed transmission, the color is official "oasis blue"
.and yes, it looks very similar.
I work Sunday - Thursday so today is my Friday. I can't believe how fast this week went. While I was pulling into the parking lot this morning I commented to myself how empty it was, looked at my phone, and then realized what day it is. Then I thought about what month it is. Jesus.
I'm going to take a good timeout this weekend. I need to slow it down and refocus. Tonight it's time to have a cocktail and assess.
Yeah, I've been having 50-hour weeks in the rush to finish stuff by the end of the year. Thanksgiving was nice, I'm hoping I last the next 15 business days until Christmas/New Year's break.
Wishing one and all a happy and safe December Change Freeze! May your on-call phones stay quiet and may you get no texts saying "Sorry to disturb you, but could you check your email and please respond?"
:smug:
Quote from: deanwebb on December 29, 2020, 08:24:23 AM
Wishing one and all a happy and safe December Change Freeze!
The ol' Holiday Halt.
Waiting for my replacement memory to show up for my laptop (hopefully the speed and voltage are right for my motherboard) so I can get back to Cities: Skylines building.
In the meantime, I'm doing a lot of CK3. It's a great game, and there are some unexpected surprises... like when my wife was looking over my shoulder as I was clicking around on leaders and we discovered at the same time how the Medieval Adamites were clothing-optional... there's some crazy nudity in that game, to go with all the royal incest and murder plots.
And by "crazy nudity", I don't mean loads of pr0n. I mean that people seem to go crazy and then, next step, clothes are off. Trust me, you do NOT want to see inbred naked smallpox victims... but I guess that's part of the charm of CK3. :smug:
Bahrain has been pleasantly cool this weekend. I took the old lady down to the farmers market yesterday to buy vegetables and we had a stroll on the grounds of an old Portuguese fort nearby. The night before we had a birthday celebration for one of my contractor friends. Dinner was awesome. Cowboy tomahawk steak, beef tongue appetizer, and habanero mac. Now I'm sitting on my couch having some wine and reading the news. Been a nice weekend and I still have another day off to look forward to.
Not gonna lie, my weekend is getting overshadowed by some issues at work. Sucks when that happens, but it happens. Meh.
Had an OK weekend. Had Monday off so got some extra time to relax. NHL started playing last week so my wife is in heaven.
-Otanx
Picked 3 of 4 winners in the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs... going with Chiefs over Bills if Mahomes is good to go and I think that either Green Bay or Tampa Bay will win in their game. Total toss-up on that one.
Quote from: deanwebb on January 19, 2021, 01:05:02 PM
Picked 3 of 4 winners in the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs... going with Chiefs over Bills if Mahomes is good to go and I think that either Green Bay or Tampa Bay will win in their game. Total toss-up on that one.
I'm a little partial having grown up in WI :smug:
OK, I'll cheer for the Green Bay team.
Kinda crazy awesome for Brady to have taken TB this far while Belichik did not get the Pats a ticket to the big dance. Makes me wonder how much of the Pats' dynasty was due to coaching...
Looks like I have a reason to watch the Super Bowl this year.
*Edit* I was half asleep when I read the score. Packers lost.
Yeah, I had a sad for that.
Fortunately, I was also cheering for KC. :smug:
Total War: Three Kingdoms. Tacos with some peeps from work. Studying. Should be a nice little weekend.
third smoke of the year, 8 lbs of canadian bacon. mmmmmmmm
Not freezing is my plan for this weekend.
I still haven't played TW Warhammer let alone 3 kingdoms, gah
Oh yeah, I gotta watch the finals of the Scotties. I love the curling! Got some young challengers in the mix with the previous champions, including the legendary Jennifer Jones. She's roughly the same age as Tom Brady, is looking for her 7th victory AND gave birth to children AND holds down a day job as a senior counsel for a bank. Mad props to the athletes who do it all!
This is absolutely fascinating
https://youtu.be/Nb2tebYAaOA
+1 on the helpful, I usually don't go for these long YouTube videos but this one is awesome.
I looked up Lex, he has a few podcasts with Elon Musk that I want to check out.
yeah I subbed after this, going to listen to podcast 2 on the drive to work over next few days
Labor Day USA coming up soon. I'm taking Thursday and Friday off next week so as to have 5 days in a row, no work.
Planning on takin' it easy and playing some soothing video games. Not the harsh ones. The soothing ones. :D
^ Exactly my plan. Also to include Jackson Browne's version for a fuller discussion of the finer points.
^^ I dig the Jackson Browne
No rest for the weary this weekend. I need to bust out some study time and finish getting rid of all the boxes in my apartment.
So far, things have been taken very easily. :)
This weekend I spent 3 days in a creek bed building a retaining wall to keep the creek from washing around the bridge and cutting off the driveway. I barely looked at my phone all weekend. Covered in mud and sand and sweat. It was great.
Quote from: heath on September 08, 2021, 11:58:39 AM
This weekend I spent 3 days in a creek bed building a retaining wall to keep the creek from washing around the bridge and cutting off the driveway. I barely looked at my phone all weekend. Covered in mud and sand and sweat. It was great.
What's the plan for this weekend? :D
I will be on PTO next week.
ALL next week. :smug:
:dj:
Hopefully, my sewer line gets hooked up today so I don't have to wait for it on Monday. :(
Quote from: deanwebb on November 19, 2021, 08:06:23 AM
I will be on PTO next week.
ALL next week. :smug:
:dj:
Hopefully, my sewer line gets hooked up today so I don't have to wait for it on Monday. :(
Hey! So am I. Don't go back until December 1st. I don't have sewer line problems, but I am getting a new washer and dryer delivered this weekend. If it gets delayed I will have to play college kid, and take my laundry over to my parents house.
-Otanx
EPIC GRAVEDIG FOR END OF YEAR PTO 2022!!!!
Sewer line was fixed up nice last year, BTW. :smug:
Hope everyone on PTO, be it mandatory or voluntary, has a quiet holiday with no all-hands sev 1 conference calls because the devs won't reboot the Windows server unless they've put the network guys through hell testing everything else. :rofl:
*puts shovel away after gravedigging*
I bought three new pairs of jeans today. $156. Everything is crazy expensive now.
On the other side of things, I got stunned last night watching KC go down to the Broncos... Sean Payton's kept his seat from getting hotter with that win.
Gonna epic gravedig and just make this thread about stuff and things in general.
Big storm here last night, I'm all right as is my family and property. But it was a big ol' line of thunderstorms, I tell you what!
Taking a pair of sick days because I'm feeling run down from the last few weeks of travel and work and not having enough time for rest.
We have had some big windstorms off and on the last few weeks. One of the cabinets on the back side of the house tipped over, and broke up. Still need to clean up the parts. Luckily nothing important in it.
Wife is traveling for work this week so I get the place to my self. Using that time to build an O2 generator so I can make my own Nitrox for SCUBA. Getting it put together in the living room, and once I have it working I will take it up to my brothers place where the compressor is and mount it. Just need to get it done before Friday night.
-Otanx
Quote from: deanwebb on April 02, 2024, 09:46:24 AMBig storm here last night, I'm all right as is my family and property. But it was a big ol' line of thunderstorms, I tell you what!
Yeah I saw that on the radar on the FOX weather channel, and was line OH, WOW!
been raining here on and off for the entire month so far.. 2.25in (5.715 cm) so far on the rain gage last I saw.
Did my taxes today and got a noice refund because of solar panels. :smug:
That will pay off some other home improvements at higher interest rates and I get a snowball running that way. (SNOWBALL: taking what was paid for one account that is closed out and applying it to the next one. Start with highest interest rates and work down. Best benefit is on accounts where paying off the principal early reduces total interest paid.)
My tax refund this year is kinda insane cuz I only worked half the year and I also got married.
Debt free since 2017 so I definitely condone getting out of debt and making regular extra payments on principal if you have a mortgage. We plan to buy a house and pay it off asap when the market stops being stupid.
Quote from: Otanx on April 02, 2024, 03:26:32 PMWe have had some big windstorms off and on the last few weeks. One of the cabinets on the back side of the house tipped over, and broke up. Still need to clean up the parts. Luckily nothing important in it.
Wife is traveling for work this week so I get the place to my self. Using that time to build an O2 generator so I can make my own Nitrox for SCUBA. Getting it put together in the living room, and once I have it working I will take it up to my brothers place where the compressor is and mount it. Just need to get it done before Friday night.
-Otanx
Don't you live in the desert? :steamtroll:
Quote from: config t on April 04, 2024, 05:12:25 PMDon't you live in the desert?
Yes, I do, and it is becoming more and more desert every day with the lake drying up. There are still some places to dive near by. Nothing that comes close to the Caribbean, but still good enough. I didn't get the generator done. I was missing parts I thought I had. Hardware store helped out, but there are a couple items I had to order. Supposed to be delivered this week.
This is my last week at the old job. So this weekend will be filled with small get togethers with coworkers that couldn't get together during the week. Then the wife leaves for another work trip on Sunday night.
-Otanx
Saw the eclipse yesterday in Dallas, it was fantastic. Just enough breaks in the clouds to get the full effect.
Caught a nasty cold so dealing with that. I rarely leave work if I'm already there but my energy is zapped so I went to morning meetings and called it a half day.
Quote from: deanwebb on April 09, 2024, 10:33:45 AMSaw the eclipse yesterday in Dallas, it was fantastic. Just enough breaks in the clouds to get the full effect.
Someone brought in a bunch of the glasses so most of the office went outside to check it out. We only got a partial, but it was still cool. Then someone created a Jira task for watching the eclipse to make sure we could all record our time correctly.
-Otanx
Quote from: Otanx on April 10, 2024, 08:23:36 AMThen someone created a Jira task for watching the eclipse to make sure we could all record our time correctly.
WIN
Note to self; If you forget your password and try to brute force back into it send dean a note so he doesn't think you are a hacker.
Quote from: config t on May 21, 2024, 08:41:23 PMNote to self; If you forget your password and try to brute force back into it send dean a note so he doesn't think you are a hacker.
Good tip. This also reminded me to make sure I updated my email address here. I heard the other week that my old email provider is gone so even if I can remember my password for my old email account it no longer exists. Last year I had to get back into it to do a password reset on something.
Not the weekend, but I got my new Lego set delivered yesterday so time to put that together. It will take a few days, and then I need to figure out where I will display it. Has to stand up, and is 24" tall so it won't fit with the rest of em.
-Otanx
But yes, if you email me, I can fix things.
Quote from: Otanx on May 22, 2024, 09:21:18 AMGood tip. This also reminded me to make sure I updated my email address here. I heard the other week that my old email provider is gone so even if I can remember my password for my old email account it no longer exists. Last year I had to get back into it to do a password reset on something.
Not the weekend, but I got my new Lego set delivered yesterday so time to put that together. It will take a few days, and then I need to figure out where I will display it. Has to stand up, and is 24" tall so it won't fit with the rest of em.
-Otanx
My recovery email wasn't working for some reason. Not even to spam or junk.
Bunch of guys at the office bought 1000+ piece lego sets to put together during an extended downtime :XD: