troubleshooting

Why does everyone at work always say Foxfire when referring to Firefox? And then try to explain to us how we're supposed to solve their problem.

Things would go much smoother if everyone just acknowledged their inadequacies with computers by simply stating their problem, with no suggested "solutions" or "I think..." statements. If there are further questions that need to be answered, the IT staff will ask the relevant questions to get to and solve the problem.

Additional/non-relevant information just messes with the troubleshooter and makes them even crankier than normal.

Even if this is not true, at least it places us on guard.

I get really scared when I continually receive email with opening lines similar to the above. Not from what I have never read below the line, but from the thought that I may be that overly paranoid and uniformed parent one day. (shudder)

Not in the cards

I pretty much threw all of my chips into the IT Director position with AIESEC US. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, they will not be filling that position. Thus, I will not be moving to New York City. And I will no longer be a member of AIESEC US.

Now, I'm back at the job search thing. It's still weird explaining to people that I don't have a job... when I'm working full-time doing IT support and web design.

I really need to get the hell out of Dodge.

In my quest for a job, I convinced an old friend, Quentin Schiller, to travel to Malaysia with me this August. We previously took a road trip down to New Mexico. So even if Junior decides to do his own thing, I'm going to have increased pressure to follow through with the Southeast Asia plan.