Removing Aurora: Yeah, Right

One of my duties on my recent trip to Scotland was cleaning up the home network of one of our associates there, and that meant dealing with spyware. I’ve always... M O R E »

Where I've Been

You know what’s ridiculous? That I haven’t even considered writing anything here for the past two weeks. As expected, I’ve been working for almost two full weeks now. Adjusting to... M O R E »

Now Gainfully Employed

I got the word yesterday that, come graduation, I will officially have a job. Officially.... M O R E »

Now with Less Employment!

Today is my last day of work. Sure, I'll continue to work for CSC after I go back to school (first project: website overhaul), but I'll no longer be coming... M O R E »

Learning The Hard Way

I stopped getting email today through my newly installed mail server at work. I checked the logs to find this gem: 13:09:21.89 1 ACCOUNT(ajs) [32954] failed to deliver. Error Code=end... M O R E »

While Waiting for DNS Records to Propagate

Most things I do happen instaneously. DNS updates don't. Wait. I should tell some of the backstory. I asked a not-hypothetical question last week (what, you didn't realize that I... M O R E »

Still Working

Today is the tenth consecutive day that I've been in the office since I got home last weekend, and it's starting to wear on me. I feel like I need... M O R E »

Girl in the Lab

There is a girl sitting in the lab right now looking at porn. I've seen guys looking at porn before, and they usually try to minimize the windows as I... M O R E »

More Realizations

With Asterisk configured properly (even without an FXS port), I could set up call forwarding when I knew that I would be away from my apartment for an extended period... M O R E »

Endless Possibilities

This winter, I'm looking at the Asterisk Open Source PBX and the related hardware offered by Digium. This is just a collection of thoughts to this point (I'm finally beginning... M O R E »

Back to Work

I've been home for less than 48 hours, and I'm already back to work. Not that I'm complaining or anything. To quote Mark, Expect Less.... M O R E »

Tutoring Begins

Today is the first day that I'm holding office hours for my two-week old position as a Tutor/Peer Mentor for three freshman CS students. My "office" is the graduate student... M O R E »

Happy Labor Day - Not

Why is it that everyone respects labor day but JMU? While most other Americans are enjoying a long weekend, I'm up at 6:45, working in a virtually dead computer lab.... M O R E »

Gainfully Employed

As I mentioned earlier (and then failed to elaborate upon), I've been looking for a job. Not actively, that is, because I already have two (one as a lab manager,... M O R E »

Lab Changes

Once again, I'm working in the Hillside Basement as a lab assistant. You may remember the drama that ensued in May when I was denied a position as lab manager... M O R E »

Internet Telephony Lives

Two entries in one day about work. What's up with me? My main project for the last couple days has been getting the new toy to work. The theory is,... M O R E »

Adventures in Computer Repair

I made the rounds this morning to the homes of a few people in the office to check on various computer problems. Inside one computer, I found: Four dollar coins... M O R E »