Weblog » Tags » workplace (all)
-
Before and After - Pt. 2
I haven't blogged for awhile. Things have been busy. Finally our offices moved to the new Data Center too.Here's the picture of my old cubicle: I had to come in to work last week on Saturday and Sunday to clear all the… -
Before and after...
Here is a picture of our new Data Center last Wednesday: And here is the picture of it on Saturday morning: -
"Controller, we are taking off..."
I am beyond tired. This is the fourth or fifth days now I work 16-18 hours day. Just go home for a short sleep, shower and go right back to work. But things are looking up. The most critical part of our project w… -
Can't Fly When Engine on Fire...
Yesterday I was hoping that our project would work in such way that we can keep the Data Center running with rotating server's outages. Now that failed. We will have to take everything down tomorrow night to do ever… -
Look ma, one airplane's engine stops...
I have a few minutes of down time waiting the contractor to finish his work before we can continue and so I will briefly describe my work situation.Do you know the best way to move an entire Data Center without down-tim… -
Fail to Plan = Plan to Fail
I shared this story this morning:In her book Teaching a Stone to Talk (New York: Harper Collins, 1988) Annie Dillard reveals a sad, but poignant story about what happens when we set out unprepared. She tells of a British… -
Losing Confidence
Sometimes the smallest stuff can ruin the big perception. According to our records, in the course of 2 weeks the Distance Education servers crashed 3 times. The first was because our client actually did it. The inst… -
The Gospel and the Nightmare
I have been dealing with nightmarish situation at work for a few weeks in a row now. Next Monday I am called to the carpet to answer our two VPs about the instability of our system. (Despite the successful 2nd attempt a… -
They are related: Sport Fest, English Ministry, and Protocol Upgrades
I am pretty tired.I went to Sport Fest today and between games I ran back and forth to work to oversee the crew testing out the network upgrades yesterday.The first time we upgraded last Friday, they were trying to injec… -
Stardate 20080725
Last Friday we did a network upgrade at work and it crashed badly. The worse in years. Second attempt happened today. Here's my log...7:26:00 AM On the drive to work, Keenan called: room 315 lost IP in the middle of i…
I12Know
-
- Country: United States
- State: California
- Metro: Orange County
- Gender: Male
- Member Since: 11/17/2003
-
True
Recent Weblogs
-
"No One Die for a Model"
I have been blogging lately about the turmoil at o... -
Are we Asian American Christian or Christian American Asian?
There were a lot of words throwing my way lately a... -
Hunkering Down
Last Sunday I attended the Grand Opening of a new ...
