Posted by Matt on Dec 2, 2005 in
digg = content,
tech Each and every one of these is true.
I love it. The link leads to list of system admin truths, each one of them obvious to me now…after a year as a system admin.
From how a user will lie to you, to how screwed you’ll be if you don’t have a good reliable backup system, each one of them underlines some important ideas in cya. (cover yo’ ass).
I was also pleasantly surprised by how many of them I already agree with…
#1 – Users Lie- OHHHHHH yes. This alone is important enough to be 1-5.
#2 – Email is the Lifeblood of Non-Techies – Well, you gotta stay in touch with clients, right?
#3 – Printers Suck – He mentions HP printer network cards crashing out…both of ours at work have…need I say more?
#4 – Cleanliness is Godliness-Yeah, just look at their desktop…if it’s a mess, be wary…
#5 – Backups are Crucial – Duh. So obvious and yet no one actually backs up their shit.
#6 – Switches and Hubs (Usually) Die One Port At A Time – I knew a guy who never used port 1 in linksys routers…said they always went bad. I have no idea if it’s true or not.
#7 – No One Ever Got Fired For Buying Microsoft – Except an Apple Employee.
#8 – Politeness > Brevity – Watch it with this tho…talk to much, you’re longwinded…not enough, your stuck up. Probably the single most difficult skill to master.
# 9 – Know Your Needs – It’s tough when you always want to play with the new stuff..but new stuff is just that, new. You never want to be a ‘test pilot’.
#10 – The Holy Grail of Tech Support…is the reboot. So true. There are so many things that can go wrong without any outward signs. Apps crash, preferences get messed up, network settings can be effected. Restart, and -poof- they’re all gone.
Read this, it’s a great post…
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Posted by Matt on Nov 21, 2005 in
digg = content Looks like Google underestimated demand. Glad I got in there before they closed the gate.
Google was providing free web-traffic analysis based on Urchin (a company they bought a while back). All you have to do is implant a small bit of code into your web pages and -poof- instant stats.
Except demand was so great that it was a little less than instant. In addition it doesn’t work with Safari (I don’t know why) and now the service is down.
Once they get it ironed out, people will still adopt it in droves. Before you go on a ‘Google is taking over the internet’ rant, just remember that other companies have offered very similar services, in the form of page visit counters and other such things.
But yeah…Google -is- taking over the internet. Just hit this site for the proof: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20051117.html
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Posted by Matt on Oct 22, 2005 in
digg = content,
tech Come on…no one could ever need more than 13″ VGA…
256 colors is more than enough for anyone!
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Posted by Matt on Oct 22, 2005 in
Apple,
digg = content,
tech Ok, so I guess I gotta get the PC ‘accessory’ for my iPod now…
More an more my friends talk about iPod ‘ready’ cars and stereo’s etc. Seems to me that more and more every day, the iPod becomes a pseudo-standard which other devices are designed for and around.
Funny how more and more, the iPod becomes ‘the’ device, and everything else becomes the ‘accessory’
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Posted by Matt on Oct 4, 2005 in
digg = content,
tech So I could imagine bil herron using these to do something amazing.
Such as helping me understand what Einstein’s talking about.
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