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An Automattic 6+ Months
Leaving my old job at SVSU to work for Automattic has been great. I haven’t had a single regret with my decision. The company has changed a lot in the short time I’ve been there. The number of Automatticians has grown from less than 20 to over 30. We acquired BuddyPress and IntenseDebate. (...)
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Heading to Las Vegas for Blog World Expo
Tomorrow afternoon I’m flying out to Las Vegas to work the WordPress / Woopra / Layered Tech booth at the Blog World Expo. It’ll be my first time traveling to an event as an Automattic employee, so I’m excited. It looks like a lot of great companies will be there to represent and there will be bloggers everywhere. Heather and Jane will also be working our booth. (...)
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Quickie: 04/11/2008 8:47:25pm
It’s been an extremely long week. (...)
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Quickie: 04/04/2008 8:57:19am
Finding some music to listen to. I think it’s going to be one of those days. (...)
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From SVSU to Automattic
I started attending Saginaw Valley State University in 1998. A year and a half later, I got a job in the IT Services Support Center as a Student Technician. In 2002 I was hired as a Help Desk Analyst and graduated with my Bachelor’s a few months later. A little over a year ago I took a job as Microlab Technology Specialist. After nearly 10 years, Wednesday was my last day working for SVSU. (...)
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Quickie: 03/03/2008 10:51:24am
Documenting all of the accounts, passwords, procedures, and just about everything I do at SVSU. Basically a brain dump. (...)
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Quickie: 02/22/2008 2:30:13pm
I’ve been running around campus all week applying updates which make logins over a minute faster. Only a few labs left to do. (...)
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Quickie: 02/11/2008 11:10:31am
Kind of hard to get any work done when all of the documents I need to edit are on a shared network drive which has been up and down for weeks. (...)
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Quickie: 02/06/2008 11:31:31am
SVSU closed at 11. We’re supposed to get up to 10 inches of snow today. (...)
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Quickie: 02/04/2008 10:00:12am
Testing auto login to Windows XP with manual login to Novell. (...)
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Quickie: 02/02/2008 12:01:01pm
Spent about 3 hours at work. Will finish up the straglers on Monday. (...)
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Quickie: 02/01/2008 8:14:50pm
Snow day today but now I have to go in tomorrow for a few hours to change boot settings on all podium computers around campus. (...)
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Quickie: 02/01/2008 6:31:12am
SVSU is closed today. Big snow storm. I had a lot of work to get done, but there is always next week. (...)
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Quickie: 01/29/2008 10:35:16am
Everyone seems extremely needy this semester. (...)
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Quickie: 01/28/2008 9:12:39am
Only working a half day today. The rest of the day I’ll be in the dentist’s chair getting a root canal, crown prep, and implant crown prep. I think I’d rather work all day. (...)
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Quickie: 01/22/2008 11:38:02am
Ordered food from New China. Picking it up on the way to work. (...)
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Quickie: 01/10/2008 8:12:26am
2 days left to get everything done at work. School starts on Monday, but I’ll be gone to MacWorld. (...)
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Quickie: 01/02/2008 5:25:46pm
Imaged 150 computers today at work and would have been 50 or 60 more if I hadn’t wasted 2 hours using an the wrong images on a couple of labs. (...)
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Quickie: 12/19/2007 4:16:25pm
One more work day. Then 12 days off. 8 of those (weekdays) are paid without using any vacation, personal, or sick time! (...)
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Quickie: 12/19/2007 12:53:15pm
Can’t stop eating. We have tons of food at work today. (...)
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Quickie: 12/18/2007 5:56:19pm
Need to make Scotcheroos tonight to take to work tomorrow for “Eat and Get Fat Day.” (...)
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FaceBall at Flickr
Someday I want to work at a place which plays fun games like Faceball at Flickr. (...)
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First Post of 2007
Wow, three months without a single post on the blog. That kind of sucks. I’ve had plenty of material to write about. Looking back through my calendar, here are a few highlights… January 5 — Bought a house. January 7-12 — Attended MacWorld in San Francisco, CA. Rest of January — Cleaning, removing wallpaper, painting, and moving. (...)
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Ahhhh
Where to start? It’s been nearly a month since the last post here at MtDewVirus. That has to be a record since the blog started over two years ago. The lack of posts hasn’t been because of a lack of activity, because plenty has been going on in my life and the world around me. I simply needed some time away from blogging. (...)
Out of Office
Just looking at the calendar I counted out of the next 21 weekdays I’ll only be at work for 7.5 of them. I love this time of year! Our holiday break starts at noon on December 22nd and we’re back to work on January 3rd. On the 8th of January I fly out to San Francisco for MacWorld and will return on the 14th after a nice 7 hour layover in Las Vegas. (...)
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San Francisco Treat
I’ll be attending Macworld the 2nd week of January with Dave. I’ve been helping out with Mac support at work and this will be my training for the year. I’ve wanted to check out San Fran for quite some time, so I’m excited to go. Hopefully I don’t come home as a switcher, because I hate to say it, but I love Windows. I can’t wait to see what SF has to offer. (...)
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If You Had All of the Money in the World
If you had all of the money in the world what would you do? Before you answer, understand it’s not a question about money. The average person must work 40 hours a week to make ends meet. If you had all of the money in the world you wouldn’t have to work that much. You could do whatever you wanted. So what would you do? (...)
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Endless Time Off
After using 64 hours of vacation in August I still have 169 hours left and 48 sick days. Sick days work on a yearly basis and renew with the fiscal year each July 1st. We build vacation time at 15 hours a month up to a maximum of 275 hours. (...)
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Refreshed
I was out of town for a long weekend and I’ve been very busy since I came back, so that’s why I haven’t posted in a week or so. Last weekend was the 2005 Nautical Festival (”Naughty Fest”) in my hometown of Rogers City, MI. It’s always a blast and this year was no exception. I had more fun over those couple of days than I’ve had in a long time. (...)
Long Week
I just realized this will be my first full 5 day work week in nearly 2 months. The past 7 have all been short weeks due to holidays, vacation, jury duty, sick time, etc. It’s been nice to say the least. (...)
Apply Mystery
I think someone left an apple on my desk. (...)
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I Code
Today was the first day in a long time that I didn’t want to leave work at 4:30. I’ve been coding a program for the past week and because of the short work day I didn’t get time to work on it until almost 4:00. I was just getting into the zone and found out where my bug was when a co-worker mentioned it was time to go home. Time flies when you’re doing what you like. (...)
Short Monday
Last Monday SVSU didn’t open until noon because of an ice storm. Tomorrow, it’s because of snow. Next Monday might be locusts. Just found this on the SVSU site. (...)
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3 Whole Years
I forgot to post this last week. Last Friday marked the 3rd year I’ve been working full-time at SVSU. Over 5 years total if you count the time I spent as a student employee. Way too long… (...)
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Ultimate SPAM Filter
Lately the SPAM coming through to my work email address has dropped off considerably. Well…today while troubleshooting a problem with my email I found out that I was blocking all email from the svsu.edu domain. Nearly 400 messages had been blocked so far…whoops! (...)
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Without Internet
Every couple of weeks I get a reminder of what life was like without the Internet. It’s one of the many perks for working at SVSU. (...)
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Day 2 In Philly
Today, in the first day of class, we covered a lot of material that I had already learned from classes I took during college, so it wa a little boring. After class, I waited for Lindsay to return from her trolley tour and then we headed off for some excitement. (...)
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I’m Off…
In about an hour I’ll be taking off for Flint, flying to Chicago, and then arriving in Philadelphia sometime after 6 (their time). Lindsay and I always have fun, so it should be a blast. I have no clue what we are doing though, I left all of the planning up to Lindsay (teachers have all that damn free time in the summer). The training class should be really good too. (...)
The 2nd Time Around
Today I passed Microsoft Exam 70-306, which I had failed the first time. Just barely though. My score was a 725, only 25 more than the required 700. I guess a passing score is a passing score, so it doesn’t really matter. (...)
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What To Do In Philly?
I’ll be going to Philadelphia from August 15th to the 20th to take an SQL training class for work. Has anyone been there before? I’ll be in class until 4:30 or 5:00 each day, but I need some things to do at night. Where are the hot spots and what are the must sees? (...)
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Pass, Fail
I was cramming all night. Finally decided to get a little sleep at 6:30 AM and woke up again at 8 to study some more and get ready for the tests. 1.5 hours of sleep…not bad! I managed to get through all 193 pages of Microsoft ASP.NET Setup and Configuration Pocket Reference. A great little book for the price. (...)
A Busy Week Means A Quiet Week
Just a warning that I have a very busy week ahead. On Friday I’m taking a couple of Microsoft certification tests, so all of my free time will be spent studying. I don’t have much free time as it is, so updates and posts to the site will be few and far between, if any at all. I’m also trying to get into a sleeping routine, which hasn’t been going so well. (...)
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Update On Changes
Back on the 1st of the year, I set some goals for 2004. I just wanted to bring it back up and give some updates on how things are going… Get a new job in the area of programming. -I had the job at SVSU all lined up, but then got screwed. This is still in the plans for my near future. Cut down on my sarcasm. (...)
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Is Midnight AM Or PM?
The power went out in my house at some point yesterday so when I got home from work all of the clocks were blinking and my computer was off. Not a big deal. Right? Wrong! I didn’t get around to setting my alarm clock until after midnight because I didn’t have a need to use it until I was setting the alarm. (...)
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Workin’ It
Today was one of the best days at work that I’ve had in a long time. It flew by because of this, so that was an added bonus. About 2 months ago I was assigned the task of HEAT Administrator for our Help Desk. No added pay or job title, just another responsibility. HEAT is our call logging system, which communicates with an SQL server as the back-end. (...)
Being Satisfied
I am easily satisfied with the very best. Winston Churchill Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. Thomas Edison I never made a film which fully satisfied me. Roman Polanski Is being satisfied a good thing or a bad thing? BAD satisfaction The fulfillment or gratification of a desire, need, or appetite. (...)
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The Sacramento Trip
Here’s a recap of my trip to Sacramento… Sunday Flew out of Detroit at about 5 PM ET, had a connecting flight in Phoenix, and landed in Sacramento around PM PT. Rented a car, checked into the hotel, and just crashed for the night. Nothing exciting. Monday First day of class (9-4:30). (...)
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Off To Sacramento
Later today I’ll be taking off for Detroit and then flying out to Sacramento, CA. I haven’t done laundry or packed a thing, so I’ve got a few things on my “To Do List” for this morning! For the next week, the site will be a little “dead”, but I do have dial-up access in the hotel so I’ll check things at least once a day. (...)
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Enough Posts About The Site!
I haven’t posted much lately about what I’ve been up to, so here it is… As you can probably tell I’ve spent a lot of time over the past 5 days working on the site. I’m happy with the outcome and will be taking some time off. I say that, but it never really happens. Golf season is in “full swing” now and Mother Nature seems to be playing nice again. (...)
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Sacramento Here I Come
On Thursday I booked a trip to Sacramento to take the Advanced Visual Basic.NET Programming class from HOTT starting on May 23rd. I guess Heather and Mom are tagging along too. (...)
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Failed
I failed my Micosoft certification test today. I took exam 070-305, which is for Visual Basic.NET with ASP.Net. The class I took through HOTT was a great class, but I’m not buying into their guarantee: HOTT guarantees that students will pass related certification exams, or HOTT will pay for a retake. Well over half of the questions on the test were not on things covered in the class. (...)
Good Friday
Is it really that good? I’m still at work, which is extemely slow by the way. A lot of people have taken the at least a portion of the day off to go to church or do whatever. Since I’m taking so many other days off during the month, I’m stuck here. Maybe I’ll get to leave early and head up north before all of the traffic gets crazy. (...)
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TV At Work
Nothing beats having a TV at work during March Madness. I get to check stats and updates on the Internet and watch the games live. The only thing better would be working for ESPN and getting to watch multiple games on multiple TVs at once! Can you tell I love this time of year? (...)
The Trip
Sorry for the lack of postings this past week, but I didn’t have Internet access readily available. With that said, here is how the week went… On Sunday, we (mom went with) took off for Detroit around 10 a.m. We had a connecting flight in Chicago and ended up landing in San Diego at about 6 p.m. It was nice gaining the extra 3 hours. (...)
Off To Sunny San Diego
Tomorrow, I’m off to San Diego for a week. I’m taking a Visual Basic.NET class for work, which will take up most of the day, but I don’t plan on doing much sleeping during the week. I’ve never been out to the west coast so I’m going to make the most of it. (...)
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Kung Fu The Flu
Made it through two and a half hours of work today before I made the decision to come home sick. I get tired just walking around. Anyone have any secret remedies to get rid of this? (...)
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Some Kind Of Flu
I started coming down with something on Monday night. I could feel my throat getting a little scratchy and the stuffiness was starting. Tuesday at work I felt like shit all day long, but managed to get through it. When I got home I went straight to bed for about 2 hours. I felt a little bit better, but still went to sleep at 11:00 last night. Today when I woke up it was worse. (...)
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Terrific Tuesday
It was a good day today. I don’t feel like typing much, so I’m going to keep this short. I had a 30 minute phone interview for a programmer/analyst position in Kalamazoo. I think it went pretty well. My new Norelco came in and I can’t wait to try it tomorrow morning. I called M that I met at the bar the other night. We had a nice little chat and are planning to go out. (...)
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This And That
Went out to an 80’s bar last night with a few friends and ended up staying until closing time. As a result I’m feeling a little “under the weather” today. The bar is pretty cool…they have a big screen TV that they play videos on while the song is playing, so you get the feeling that you’re back in the day, listening to some of the music we grew up on. (...)
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No Go For Vegas
The training class I wanted to take in Las Vegas was canceled so I had to pick another city. I was really getting excited about going to Vegas too! Booked the class and reservations today and I’ll be heading to San Diego in about 2 and a half weeks. I could have went to Phoenix, AZ, but I’ve already been there before so I wanted to go somewhere new. (...)
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Sick
Didn’t feel the greatest this morning, so I decided to call in sick. (...)
Still Alive
After the bad news yesterday I decided to get drunk. If you ask anyone that was with me last night, I think they would tell you that I succeeded. I must have drank enough beer to kill a small horse! On the way home, I was even lucky enough to hang my head out the window and puke on Heather’s car. I’m actually feeling pretty good today. (...)
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No Job
They offered the programming job to the other guy, so I guess it’s back to the job searching… (...)
Is No News Good News?
Still no news on the job. They were supposed to make their decision this week, so I should find out tomorrow. Things have been getting worse around the office with Doug being out for two weeks with a broken arm and now all of the network and Internet problems that are going on. (...)
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The Interview
I had my interview today for the programmer/analyst position at the University. I think it went pretty well. It didn’t get started until an hour after it was scheduled due to the fact the some of the programmers were working on a portion of the website for displaying tax information. (...)
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Another Day Off
I took that directly from the SVSU website. Yes, we are closed once again because of the storm that came though the past two days. Every time this happens, I love working for a small University more and more. You can’t argue against what in reality is an “unplanned paid vacation” as I’ll call it. (...)
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SVSU Campus Closed
SVSU is closed again today because of the big storm coming through. I don’t have to work, but still get paid…I love it! We are supposed to get 6-10 inches today, so if that happens I wouldn’t be suprised if we get canceled tomorrow also. Enjoy your day, I know I’m going to enjoy mine! (...)
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A Good Day
Just a few updates… My interview for the programming position at SVSU has been scheduled for next Wednesday afternoon. It can’t come soon enough. I started on my income taxes today and it looks as if I’ll be getting another nice return this year. The money will be going straight towards extra payments on my student loans. Casey, Hater, and I met for dinner tonight. (...)
Back To Normal
Life should be back to normal now. I took another nap not too long ago and probably could have slept til morning. Just mentally drained I guess. Dad is taking tomorrow off work and I’m glad. He rarely ever takes time off and usually works 50-60 hours a week. This is definitely a time when he can use the day off. The drive back today wasn’t too bad. (...)
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University Closing
Just got word a little while ago that SVSU is closing at noon because of all the snow on the way. Looks like I get to go home early and play! (...)
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Another Winter Semester
Monday marks the beginning of the winter semester at SVSU. The week at work went by suprisingly fast since I was dreading working again after the long vacation. Students were registering for classes at the last minute, as usual. New faculty wanted access to their accounts at the last minute, as usual. It still amazes me that the majority of society loves to procrastinate. (...)
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The Future is Brighter
Things are starting to look better already for 2004. I got a call earlier today from a company asking if I was interested in a position, but it was a software support position. It would be similar to what I’m already doing and this is what I want to get away from. He said he was going to keep my resume and get in contact with me again if they have any programming positions become available. (...)
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2003 Comes To An End
2003 has been a different kind of year for me. If I had to come up with an event that has shaped the year, I don’t think I could. In 2002, I got a full-time job, moved off-campus, and graduated from college, which were all rather large steps in my life. 2003 has been kind of dull and boring. (...)
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Eat & Get Fat Day
Tomorrow has been labeled “Eat & Get Fat Day” at work. We are all bringing some type of food to snack on throughout the day. Mom was down last weekend and brought me big back of chex-mix so that is what I’m taking. I can’t bake or make anything great, so I’m taking the easy way out. (...)
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Let The Shopping Begin
I finally started my Christmas shopping today. I’ve been dreading going to the stores, but it wasn’t all that bad today. After work I changed and then went to swipe the credit card a few times. I picked up gifts for my mom, sister, and friends. I never really waited in line anywhere and didn’t run into any crazy shoppers attempting to run me over. (...)
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Find Your True Calling
I believe that everyone has a common goal in life. We all want to find our true calling and end up doing that for a career. Every human being has that one thing that puts us in “the zone.” The hard part is finding out what that is. (...)
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Performance Evaluation
I had my 6 month performance evaluation this morning and it went well. My boss praised me for being such a good employee and all that good stuff. We talked about some of my goals for the future, when I informed him that I’ve been looking for a new job for the past month or two. (...)
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Vacations Are Nice, But…
A vacation from work and normal life is always a nice thing. It helps to clear the mind and gives you time re-focus on things. It’s fun to get away from all of the normal, everyday responsibilities that we have. Vacations are a time to relax, have fun, un-wind, and “free your mind” (couldn’t help myself with the Matrix quote). (...)
