Max's Miscellaneous Musings

I just got a fantastic performance review.  My manager seems to think I'm wonderful.  Who knows how that happened, but he does.  It's a shame the company's got no money, so no bonus  :roll:  Never mind.  TBH, much as the job shits me, I'm happy to have o… more »

Dear moronic co-worker, If I have taken remote control of your computer, and am in the middle of applying updates to it, do not take that as an opportunity to switch the bloody thing off. There's a reason I locked the console. There's a reason it sa… more »

So, GD is dead. I closed the site down last night. I'm conflicted about it. On the one hand, I'm sad and disappointed about it. On the other hand, I know it was the right decision to make. Some positives have come from the experience, namely learnin… more »

I'm on call this week, lucky me, so the work mobile is on 24/7, and sits on my bedside table. I received two text messages from CSC (our outsourcer) at midnight last night, telling me a production-critical problem existed at one of our sites and that th… more »

Day one back at work after a week off, and within minutes I wanted to throttle everyone within reach. Lots of dumb stuff, but the last straw was yet another fuckup related to this fucking printer project. I lost it and emailed the boss that I was a hai… more »

The situation in Victoria is awful. I donated $10 to the red cross appeal yesterday, and felt guilty about not giving more. How do people recover from losing everything? Will $10 really make a difference.. etc. Still, every little bit helps, I guess.… more »