Friday, December 17, 2004

Baltimore Blogger Happy Hour-A Recap I had an enjoyable time at the Blogger Happy Hour last night at Holy Frijoles.  I, of course, was the schlub who sat at the bar for forty-five minutes wondering if the big group in the back was the group I was supposed to meet.  Well, that big group was who I was supposed to meet.  Let's just consider my "late arrival" an attempt at being fashionably late.  I had a good time, and it was fun to put faces to names.  I met the following folks, in no particular order: Messy Hair Girl Epiphany seadragon Fool calculatoronfire the wonderful person behind crablogs bre (of breonline.com) There were some other folks there whose names or blogs I forgot.  Admittedly, I am terrible at names.  I mean, I could not even remember the address of my blog.  Damn Radio Userland and its cryptic user number.  Time to burn that into my brain like the value of Pi.  I had a great time, and I look forward to participating in another one (or crashing it, depending upon your perspective).  I loved the part where I had to explain the beginnings of National Bohemian Beer.  "Oh Boy, what a beer!"  Of course, if anyone wants to get together in the next few days, let me know.  I won't be doing anything important.  11:39:09 AM    comment []  trackback []

Currently Annoyed at my Job In the midst of my wonderful vacation, I am awoken today by two things: An email from my boss saying the following: From: My Boss To: Me, a Co-Worker, Cc: My Two Supervisors Subject: Christmas week email emergency contacts Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 18:17:38 -0500 I've been asked to alert you both to the fact that in the extremely unlikely event that a NETMAIL emergency should arise during the migration that I or any combination of others involved at this end (including Novell) can't resolve, that I am to contact you.  So, please carry your cellphones with you.  We all know nothing will happen, and I know that both of you would do all you could to help if something did with no reminder from me.  My Boss My instant messenger client has been blowing up with IM's from the admin of this system.  Apparently, there was what was initially thought to be a problem with the proxy feature.  Instead the problem is with the advertised IMAP capability of the replacement system.  Apparently, the system we are migrating to does not support X-SENDER.  Well, the system we are leaving does.  The Netscape variant of clients--including Thunderbird--use this.  So, what does that mean?  A whole bunch of migrated users get are unable to view their email.  I have no problem with being an emergency contact, as it comes with the territory.  My main issue with that is what type of compensation I am going to receive.  I want to know that if my Christmas is interrupted by my job, I want to not see them until 10 January, for example.  I am trying to see what they need from me.  In the meantime, I will be annoyed about this development.  10:36:45 AM    comment []  trackback []