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Home Script

Remember me complaining about moving all my media under a per date format? Well, I did so. It works great. I upgraded my sly script for home use. This starts a new blog html file and creates a 'current' link to the current date folder.

This script is written in bash. Bash sucks. I prefer Python. This script was already written in bash so it stays in bash. One day I might upgrade it. This willing to happen until I have some free time at work. This is the way that IT professionals say never. We do not have, by definition, free time.

Things I need to do when I have time

• Upgrade the firmware of a desktop to test the one USB stick thing that will not work for one of our employees.
• Figure out where several retired bits of equipment belong besides under my tables.
• Track down all the USB keys.

What I did today

• Setup IPs for like ten pieces of equipment.
• Figure out why two users have trouble sharing a file. This to a couple hours. I left thinking I need to replace a messed up switch.
  • Find a bandwidth tool.
  • Figure out how to ping -f.
  • crawl under fifteen desks and track wires for hours.
  • unplug network cables and go hunting around for dark connections while using people's complaints to help track down the destination.
• Make a release for one of our products.
• Set up systems for shipping.
• Ignore the script I was supposed to spend this morning fixing. I spent the morning fixing the network problem for the same person.
• Fix a broken IP for a different user.
• Change the password on routers.
• Setup Windows update for a bunch of computers.
• I documented something, bu I do not remember what.
• Be sick all day and complain, but no one cares. I'm out of sick days.

And all in like 10 hours. There was a bunch of other junk that I forgot.

We had Chinese for dinner. I've consumed NiQuil. Later looser. I'm off to have funky dreams.