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Happy Friday all.  It’s been another terrible week here in the salt mines, but things don’t really change much.  I’m either bored out of my skull or being harassed by the throngs of good-intentioned idiots who all seem interesting in nothing more than trying to force very expensive processes and systems into being free.  The biggest frustration with my job is the fact the the following conversation happens at least 2-3 times a week.

Them : “You need to reduce costs in area x”

Us : “Cool.  We can eliminate component 7 from area x because only .0000034% use it and we can save 20%”

Them : “That is COMPLETELY unacceptable. We cannot REDUCE SERVICES.  Oh… and by the way, while I’m thinking about it, we need to add 4 more components to area x while we’re talking about it.  So… when can I have the 20% cost savings?”

Us (as blood pressure hits an all time high) : *gasp*

Them : “Thanks for understanding” (then they leave)

So today, I’ve been working on web servers and listening to music.  I do enjoy doing technical work, when I can get it.  I haven’t been bothered by the usual financial and strategy stuff and can do what I think I do best, bit-fiddle.  Kicking web servers is kind of a hobby of mine and this one is a very complex little job.  Next week, I’m scheduled to begin working on phase two of a coding project that I started a couple of months ago.  I’m geeked about that.  I’m not the greatest code-chunker in the world, but I do enjoy it.

The list has gotten pretty short lately, sadly.  I long for the days of huge, multi-stage, million dollar IT projects that had hard deadlines that were bordering on insane.  At least then, I was busy and didn’t have time to take breaks and work on blog entries.  Speaking of blogs, in the past few weeks we’ve gained a number of readers and we appreciate that.  We’ll be trying to be a little more regular with the posting around here.

So happy Friday everyone.  I will be stopping and getting beer on the way out of town tonight and tipping one in your honor tonight.  Thanks for reading.

Subjects for upcoming blogs : Limoncello, How An Atheist Was Tricked Into Enjoying A Christian Band (and later pointed in the right direction by a kindred soul on Twitter), & the unbelievable twists and turns in the preparation of jello shots.