Instant Message Excerpt: On Being a Network Engineer, 2

Posted By on November 1, 2006 at 7:39 pm

While trying to learn a new set of commands for looking at a rare piece of Bay Networks gear:
Russ(19:28:23): I think I just blew a synapse.
Russ(19:29:44): I had an easier time with Korean than with this.
[colleague](19:30:09): that’s because talking Bay won’t get you a date.
Truer words were never spoken.

“The Unit” Rocks

Posted By on November 1, 2006 at 3:19 am

I’ve TIVOed CBS’s The Unit from Day 1 — Dennis Haysbert is just too cool — though to be honest I can do without the entirety of the wife-driven soap-opera half of the show. But I intend to continue watching, because of scenes like what follows, from last night’s episode.

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