A Week of Tweets

Posted By on December 17, 2012 at 10:00 am

  • Fun afternoon filling out forms for *yet another* work related security clearance. Every customer wants to do their own investigation. Lame. ->
  • RT @radishthegreat: Cats make pretty good heating pads, if you can get them to sleep on the affected area, which you can't. ->
  • I'd have slept last night, but Packet was sprawled in the middle of the bed, posed like he'd been making blanket angels. Could not disturb. ->
  • New blog post – Thus Spake Russ: Instant Message Excerpts: On Being a Network Engineer, 19 – http://t.co/Mw4k89Qq ->
  • Today may be the last day for a while that one can go out in a t-shirt. Now tweeting from the tailgate of my pickup. In a t-shirt. #nopants ->
  • Ever done graffiti on your cat? Kismet was right here, I had a sharpie in hand… it was all I could do to *not* draw a mustache on him. ->
  • RT @IMAO_: As long as Democrats throw entertaining fits every time we shut down unions, we're going to keep doing it. ->
  • RT @KurtSchlichter: x 1,000,000 RT @DavidWohl: @mossadassassins Mossad are heroes. Freedom fighters for the peace-loving Jewish people. … ->
  • Almost ready to start the cut over to the new desk, which means (in part) taking down my network – which kind of goes against my instincts. ->
  • Got the old desk setup torn apart. Cleaning the components before I rebuild. It's like a complete habitat for the endangered Dust Bunny. ->
  • Desk upgrade complete. Took a lot longer than I expected. I'm off to bed. ->
  • There are people who will refuse to call the CT shooter evil. ->
  • RT @matthewebel: Those of you affected by the shooting, I'll pray for your families. Everyone else with an opinion on gun control needs … ->
  • RT @ExJon: Post-Christian America sucks and I fear things will only get worse. ->
  • RT @fatherjonathan: I wish I could hug the families of the CT tragedy. Let us all do our part in prayer and loving those around us ->
  • RT @mdrache: Yes, let's have the mental health discussion. Let's discuss why it's almost impossible to institutionalize a diagnosed craz … ->
  • I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that the shooter was a) not a member of the NRA, nor b) a practitioner of a mainstream religion. ->
  • RT @mitrebox: We could just make people illegal. ->
  • My niece tells me to remember that when people ask "what would Jesus do?" flipping tables and yelling is a viable option. ->
  • RT @ShannonPoe: Extremely good post. A story of mental illness, worth a few minutes of your time. http://t.co/1ZLFUx7I (via @ToddKincannon ) ->
  • The Westboro Baptist 'tards are planning on demonstrating at the Sandy Hook memorial service? Wow, talk about "cruisin' for a bruisin'." ->
  • RT @ToddKincannon: I could never advise anyone to slash the tires of the Westboro Baptist Church crowd. Why, that would be a crime. ->
  • RT @iowahawkblog: Ludicrous Hall of Fame: Hillary has "virus", "faints", "bumps head", can't testify on Benghazi http://t.co/pIWKoNOO #D->
  • Mmmmm…. coffee…. ->
  • Also to change name to "Grandstanding Media Whore." // MT @newsbusters: Sen. Feinstein To Introduce Assault Weapons Ban http://t.co/wmVX9zS3 ->
  • Did anyone get a "me, my, I" count from Obama's campaign speech? #tcot ->
  • And public urinals. // RT @ToddKincannon: Rule #1 of Demon Fighting. RT @itodd1007 @ShaneEthridge We'll make sure not to cross our streams. ->

Instant Message Excerpts: On Being a Network Engineer, 19

Posted By on December 11, 2012 at 10:44 am

Sometimes rather serious queries from the noobies aren’t handled with quite the seriousness they might expect in return from senior staff.

Karim (5:46:55 PM): Previously switch was faulty and we have proceeded with hardware replacement. After the replacement we hit a snag trying to push the backup configuration to the new switch. It seems that the current IOS version used by the new switch is not compatible with the backup configs.
Jim (5:47:41 PM): use the orginal IOS
Jim (5:48:10 PM): thats the law
Russ (5:48:57 PM): Federal law, as I recall
Jim (5:49:12 PM): Universal absolute
Russ (5:49:57 PM): that’s right… but good luck getting a cop to come all the way from VY Canis Majoris

(The tech did get the answer he needed, BTW — merely elaboration on “Jim’s” initial answer above.)

(You honestly didn’t think I was using my teammates’ real names, did you?)