Perpetual Weekend Thread

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deanwebb

#120
November 11, 2020, 03:57:03 PM
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:
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

icecream-guy

#121
November 13, 2020, 05:44:08 AM
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.

:professorcat:

My Moral Fibers have been cut.

deanwebb

#122
November 13, 2020, 07:57:17 AM
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:
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

icecream-guy

#123
November 16, 2020, 12:03:44 PM Last Edit: November 16, 2020, 12:06:48 PM by ristau5741
Purchased new 2021 Chevy Trailblazer RS for the wife this past weekend,  to replace her 1998 Honda CRV

:professorcat:

My Moral Fibers have been cut.

deanwebb

#124
November 16, 2020, 12:57:23 PM
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
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

Otanx

#125
November 16, 2020, 02:30:52 PM
New car is always nice. Is it that blue color? That looks pretty sharp.

-Otanx

Dieselboy

#126
November 16, 2020, 08:30:52 PM
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:

icecream-guy

#127
November 17, 2020, 08:14:52 AM
I think it does have the 9-speed transmission,  the color is official "oasis blue"

.and yes, it looks very similar.
:professorcat:

My Moral Fibers have been cut.

config t

#128
December 03, 2020, 09:56:02 AM
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.
:matrix:

Please don't mistake my experience for intelligence.

deanwebb

#129
December 03, 2020, 11:40:04 AM
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.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

deanwebb

#130
December 29, 2020, 08:24:23 AM
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:
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

config t

#131
December 30, 2020, 04:13:50 AM
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.
:matrix:

Please don't mistake my experience for intelligence.

deanwebb

#132
December 30, 2020, 09:52:15 AM
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:
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

config t

#133
January 17, 2021, 08:12:54 AM
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.
:matrix:

Please don't mistake my experience for intelligence.

deanwebb

#134
January 17, 2021, 02:22:19 PM
Not gonna lie, my weekend is getting overshadowed by some issues at work. Sucks when that happens, but it happens. Meh.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.
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