Jim @sullybiker@sully.site

'The computer was sitting in a puddle of mud, with water up to the motherboard' • The Register
https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/21/on_call/

Ordered a desktop managed switch to replace my little Netgear that died and now my advertising recs seem to suggest this is a new and exciting start of a collection

Nothing like showing why they fired him
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/former-it-manager-pleads-guilty-to-attacking-high-school-network/

Worst my wipers started making a noise about like Yoda as the snow apparently had glue in it

1" of snow in about an hour, which isn't a lot but the whiteout conditions were not fun.

Perusing some traffic logs and holy heck do a lot people use Spotify at work. It's very noisy.

Happy Fedi Friday!

"We've all been sacked LOL"
https://blogs.vmware.com/teamfusion/2023/12/a-new-chapter.html

In a very long list of things I despise on the internet, those picture grid captures havet to be the absolute worst.

Got a very chunky palo alto firewall for evaluation so I'm going to fuck around with it on my desk. Bye bye little Netgear switch, you served me well and you shall have a little holiday.

These yearly wraps people share should give users pause for thought. This engagement gimmick is a demonstration of what they are selling of you. I know it's fun and I hate to be that guy about it, but there is a downside.

Because I've turned into my mother I've really enjoyed S2 of The Gilded Age, or 'Real Housewives of New York' as some wags have it.

Boss copies me on a mail when I'm on a family outing stating there's an issue on a prod server but "He might not be able to get to it as it is a weekend". You cannot say something like that to someone like me, or any sysadmin. It's really fucking dirty.