Random...

IF a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port,
And the bus is interrupted as a very last resort,
And the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort,
Then the socket packet pocket has an error to report!

IF your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash,
And the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash,
And your data is corrupted 'cause the index doesn't hash,
Then your situation's hopeless, and your system's gonna crash!

You can't say this? What a shame sir! We'll find you, Another game sir.

IF the label on the cable on the table at your house,
Says the network is connected to the button on your mouse,
But your packets want to tunnel on another protocol,
That's repeatedly rejected by the printer down the hall!

IF your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss,
So your icons in the window are as wavey as a souse,
Then you may as well reboot and go out with a bang,
'Cause as sure as I'm a poet, the sucker's gonna hang!

IF the copy of your floppy's getting sloppy on the disk,
And the microcode instructions cause unnecessary RISC,
Then you have to flash your memory, and you'll want to RAM your ROM.
Quickly turn off the computer and be sure to tell your MOM!

Quiet...

Yes, I admit and apologize. This was a very quiet month on the blog. Nothing has gone on here, and I know it's bad for business. I hope to change that very soon.

The last month has been very busy and included a short 7 day holiday next to the fishing waters for me and the wife. That was of course very relaxing, and not getting a single work-related phone call made it so much the better.

Mrs. BOFH out-caught everyone on the bank, and took the "prize" with a 7.18kg Common Carp. For those wondering, no - I am not jealous, I am in fact - VERY proud. Runner up was me, with a Common Carp of 6.86kg. This was the biggest one coming up 5 days after we got there.

I also want to make a request for some interesting bofh stories if there are any. I would love to hear some stories, and will post them if appropriate.

Thanks to the few faithful ones that kept coming back!

Administrative Hell

I have once again reminded myself why I have always said that Technical and Admin staff should not mix. At best it's a very volatile combination.

Every day my boss walks into the office and makes some kind of excuse for why he "doesn't feel too good". This is accompanied by lots of annoying sniffing and coughing. Next is usually when he sits in front of his computer and calls out work to everyone in the office. This is annoying EVERY time, as when he calls you out, reads about a million pages of SOMETHING while completely ignoring you. When he finishes at some stage he asks you something, to which the reply 99% of the time is "Well, that's problem." to which he replies "Then sort it out for me". This is all fair and well, but I must say that I don't think it's nice when it is in NO way work related, or when I'm already busy with other work...

Yes, it's round about at that point that the VERY volatile combination gets shaken just a little too much...*POPS*

**sigh** yes, I know, he's the boss. Yes, it sucks bigtime...