Bandwidth is a bitch. Due to the horrible horrible bandwidth here at the hotel I'm staying at the broadcast from USTREAM was a bust today, and after hours of trying to find any other way of doing it, I've just decided to make another run at it tomorrow. If I cannot do it tomorrow as well I'll just record a broadcast and post it here for all to see.
Sorry for that, and frankly you can blame the Army and their hotels.
Check it tomorrow.
Special thanks to my heroes over the last few weeks, The fellows at helpnathanbuyfirefly.com. In what seemed like a dream come true or a movement worth of late-night news, ships came out of the night sky and pulled the community (at least the ones who wanted to come along) into a wild ride.
Nearly a day after opening up the facebook page, there were hundreds, thousands, soon tens of thousands of followers and the number kept climbing like an odometer; the odometer watching us roll. The mystery continued, tweets flying here and there, mysterious facebook posts, ideas of how to fund our idea . . . and not to mention all of the media coverage. Even though I had no part in the actual site, I felt honored to be pushing out the signal as far as I could.
In what seemed like a short hop-skip-and-jump, there was pledge ideas, more ideas ...
read moreInfo-graphics are all the rage nowadays. That's why I figured, I'd get in on it while the getting's good . . . and while I wait for more conversations . . . and because my therapist thought this would be a great way for me to self-heal and stuff (I don't really have a therapist), Honestly. I'd have to say that this might as well be a Polaroid of my face, if Polaroids came out as pie-charts based on a person.
Now Laugh and think of me. :)
Meanwhile in a meeting this morning . . .
Meeting Leader: ...And we need the computer and the program up by the end of this month.
ME: End of the month, got it!
Meeting Leader: That's the spirit Wes! Can . . . . you . . . . . do it!
ME: Can the Millennium Falcon make point 5 past light speed? Can Captain James T. Kirk get the green alien girls!?
Everyone in the Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ME: I Think I can.
Meeting Leader: Excellent
I think I'm going to cry, Excellent Sci-Fi Culture responses . . . given the silent smackdown . . . now I just have to make it through the day.
USER: I like these new phones, but the old Black Berry USB cable will not work in them.
(we have HTC Touch Pro 2's, which use a different connector, but still work with mini USB)
ME: Why would you want to use that cable with it any way? And it will work, it's reverse of the Black Berry . . . up means down.
USER: I've tried it every which way, it won't work.
ME: Still, why do you want to use that cable?
USER: so I can have one here and another at home.
ME: Fair enough, it will work, I promise.
USER: No it won't
ME: seriously? I have an HTC, which uses the same connector as your and WILL work with the Black Berry.
USER: I don't believe you.
ME: Fine, give me the cable and you can just do without it.
USER: No ...
read moreYou know, when I'm trying to migrate data from one computer to the next and you are not here; it's always best to decrypt your data. I know how you may just want to hide those "financial reports" and those "vacation pictures" from prying eyes, but seriously, what are you encrypting when all of the proposals and information are saved in an unencrypted format on a network drive? Seriously I don't care if you have "nudie pics" of your wife / girlfriend in that encrypted folder, what I do care about is the fact that you made me waste my time un-encrypting them (sales people use easy passwords btw . . . think default).
Just because you made me waste 20 minutes hunting down and 20 minutes un-encrypting (I have to guess passwords after all) I'm going to take those pictures and put them on my hard drive as "insurance".
Dear Sprint Tech Support:
There is no doubt in my mind that you guys at Sprint Technical Support are helpful, and no doubt underpaid to deal with people on a daily basis. There is no doubt in my mind that most of you know what you are talking about (provided the tele-prompter tells you what to do next). Please note I don't hate you, I just hate having to call you, partially because there is nothing I hate more than having to give the account number and reason for the call . . . 8 times; and each time I do it I have to go through the same initial troubleshooting steps . . . 8 times (regardless of the ticket number I give you that details what I have already done . . . 8 times). Let's face it, if I didn't have to call you I would have no reason to WANT to smoke ...
read moreTo all of you who are MAC users and know how to use a MAC don't worry this does not apply to you. For all of you who use a MAC just so you can join the ranks of people who know what they are doing, you should just go back to windows . . . PLEASE!! If you are unsure here is a list of what you can do so that you too can be a member of the group of people I despise.
1. When your IT support arrives, mention that you got a MAC so that you can stick it to the man (Microsoft) because MAC is way better, then be prepared to offer no support as to how you have it set up.
2. Utilize the background ability to change pictures, set it to change pictures at the smallest interval so as to give your computer that "I ...
read moreWhen your boss indicates in a meeting that, "email appears to not work still" and it's your job, and he finishes with, "and I'm not throwing darts at anybody." What he means is, "GET OFF YOUR ASS YOU LAZY GOOD-FOR-NOTHING AND FIX THE THING I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT!" and what everyone else in the meeting hears is, "See, I can use technology words too, I at least try to sound like I know what I'm talking about."
The proper response to this is: clench your butt-cheeks, try not to punch him, immediately go to a device with email and prove him wrong in front of everyone.
Last but not least, ask for an apology, nothing says, "You really don't know what you're talking about." like a demanding public apology.
Conversation of the Day:
USER: I need help, my laptop doesn't work properly (drops laptop on my desk).
ME: Okay, let's have a look-see at what may be the matter.
USER: Whatever happens, I found it that way.
ME: ...
USER: No, really!
ME: There is almost a hole where your "H" key used to be!
USER: I found it that way?
ME: Try again?
USER: I dropped it.
ME: And again?
USER: I got angry . . . at one of my friends on Facebook.
ME: You got angry, and took it out on the "H" key?
USER: It wasn't my fault!
ME: Why?
USER: My friend called me a "HO"
ME: So call her and say something about it, please don't take it out on my computers . . . HP WILL NOT like my explanation for this.
USER: I didn't want to call her.
ME: And why not?
***WAIT ...
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