Made In Taiwan 🇹🇼 @rosenbergite@octodon.social

#introductions

At the risk of repeating myself, I am about to repeat myself. Hello from my new-old Mastodon home. I was once @formerlyquincy on this same instance back in 2017, then @rosenbergite@mastodon.lol until a couple days ago. I had an introduction there, but now that I'm settled back here, I go again here:

I have been in the IT support world for around 25 years, most of which were for front-end, customer-facing support in two Midwestern states. Yep, this means I am older than the average tooter. Over the last 2-3 years, I've added a substantial amount of back-end support, so I'm knowledgeable enough to be dangerous in Active Directory and ConfigManager. It is likely that Microsoft 365 services will soon follow along, and even though I'm not a manager or supervisor, I'm unofficially acting in that capacity. It's a bit annoying to be both two things and neither of them at the same time, but that seems to be my path-as-not-a-path journey.

Outside of work, I have a life! I enjoy photography, travel, music, podcasts, birdwatching, wines and beers, far too much what-if speculation like alternate histories or imaginary maps/flags, various cult-ish shows (MST3K, Doctor Who, etc.), astronomy, and I can even talk sportsball.

The above are some of my interests, but not all. I distract far too easily, so some interests are more shallow than others.

#fedi22 #nobot #helpdesk #helpdesklife #serveradmin #travel #cycling #podcast #music #photos #photography #birdwatching #wine #beers #MST3K #doctorwho #astronomy #sportsball #flags #alternatehistory #whatif

Hello from Santa Fe, where I’ve enjoyed Meow Wolf, some NewMex cuisine, high altitude effects, lots of birds I’d never seen before, and some great views. Pictures forthcoming, probably tomorrow after visiting Taos.

Well, that’s a buzzkill.

Ugh. About 21 hours to go before touchdown in New Mexico. That suitcase won’t pack itself, unfortunately.

Pamela Paul will soon be a test case for Riley’s Law, if she already isn’t by proof of this inane article. I’m not going to directly link to the article; if you want to read it, click through to the Twitter link and get your brain pan ready.

RT @michaelhobbs@twitter.com

I write a lot of snarky tweets about this sort of thing but earnestly: Everyone associated with the publication of this column should be ashamed of themselves.

🐦: https://twitter.com/RottenInDenmark/status/1543572058726088705

@3goodthings #3goodthings

1. Only a half-day of work tomorrow, then I’m off until the 18th.
2. Most of the NM planning is done.
3. Summer sleeping mode is in effect.