Category: Work
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Sickness sicks
My sister-in-law and nephew have been slightly sick recently, but they all have pretty good immune systems it seems. I, on the other hand, weigh in at 135lbs and 5′ 10″ tall. I do not have a great immune system. In fact I have such a bad immune system, that I would currently lose a…
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Linux on the Desktop at Google
Yes, Google has a linux distribution it uses for desktops. Yes, it’s called Gubuntu (a prize for anyone who can guess which other distribution it might be based on 🙂 For those of you in SoCal, Vince Busam, a current Google systems engineer will be giving a talk on Google’s use of Linux on the…
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The hardest thing about working at Google..
I think I’ve figured it out. At my last company, it was easy to become the superstar systems admin. All you had to do was learn the basics and then relentlessly tackle the tasks no-one else wanted to or knew how to. The problem with working at Google however is that everyone else already knows…
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Yahoo admins conceed that Google is the better search engine
In a surprising statement, two Yahoo! executives admitted that they have lost the search battle to Google. There are a number of rumours as to why Yahoo! might announce something like this. Their earnings statement released last week fell far short of analysts’ hopes, that their stop dropped 12%. It still has not recovered. Maybe…
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Are you looking for a job?
Google’s hiring. We need people who are willing to relocate to Oregon for systems admin / data center engineer positions. There’s a lot of growth inside the company, lots of room to learn and earn more. A lot of people ask me what it’s liek to work at Google. I’m hard pressed to find anything…
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A hunting a will go…
There have been many reports over the last few months on Google’s search for a new executive chef. Our previous chef, Charlie Ayers (former chef to The Greatful Dead), left last year. The San Jose Mercury News published an article by one of the remaining contenders, Steve Petusevsky. It’s a good read, and goes into…
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One year later…
Could I be any lazier? life has been getting increasingly chaotic over the last 12 months. Fortunately my ability to cope has increased at the same time. A quick run down of events from the last 12 months: Family moved from Oldtown, ID to Priest River, ID Family moved from Priest River, ID to Laclede,…
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User Unfriendly
What the fuck happened in the last month?! Everything has gone to hell. I’ve had to come back to LA twice! Not only that, but they upgraded the software on my DVR. Now it likes to enter “power saving mode” at random times. WTF?? If it misses a single recording as a result I’ll be…
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Busy body at work
We’re under going a pretty massive re-org at EarthLink. Things are all up in the air. Some people thinks it’s a great thing, and others are quite unhappy about it. it’s going to get very interesting in the next few weeks. I’m trying to keep myself busy, find new cool things to do. Apparently I’m…
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Friday!
Another busy morning. Kevinb left for his Africa Adventure today, so we’re down a man for the next month. Plus with me going to Idaho for a week people here are going to be stretched quiet thing this month. I’m sure it’ll be over soon I’m not looking forward to Brandy and the kids moving…
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