Sean’s Obsessions

On my way to work this morning it dawned upon me that 5 years ago today we were in an IT boom, and the Y2K bug was about to destroy the world. I was fairly new at my job, and had a pager strapped just in case the whole IT staff had to be [...]

Wintery whiteout: Blizzard blankets highways, taxes CAA
The snow in my back yard was so high this morning, let’s just say my guys were chilly. Busses were stopping in the street to pick up passengers. The airport is closed. Part of our office is closed. Busses are getting stuck.
Anyone need a network [...]

We recently dumped the Winnipeg Free Press for the National Post. What a welcome change! Anyway, an article today caught my eye: Reasonable Terms of Agreement. Alas, the article doesn’t seem to be available for non subscribers. Summary below.
Basically, a salesman changed companies on the promise of higher commission (among other [...]

It’s another year. I’m not going to make any predictions because I don’t see the point. But here’s what’s happening with me over the next year.
First is I’ll hopefully be getting into VoIP at work, especially in the call centre area. I’m looking forward to this, and depending on which way we [...]

I’ve experimented with different types of markup language to store small amounts of data, usually for config files, but never found something that quite did what I want. Of course, if I could define what I wanted, I’d be in a better position to find it.
The .ini style of files is all right, and [...]

Every so often, I’ll respond to a scammer’s email just to waste his time. Usually they’re pretty boring, but the latest one was a lot of fun.
It all started with this message…

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Dr. Liu Peijin, managing director of China National Arts & [...]

I was reading through an article with the byline Making good IT hires is critical to the success of the growing business, and came across the following comment:

When you bring in a new employee, you don’t get any value out of them for about 18 months, says [Robert] Berger

Yikes. That’s scary if it’s true.
I [...]

I found this at Searchenginewatch. I should prefix the list with a favourite phrase: “Arguing on the Internet is like running in the special olympics. Even if you win, you’re still a retard.”
“IN THIS FANTASY WORLD OF YOURS, DO YOU HAVE ANY MAGICAL POWERS?”
“What Color is the sky in your world ”
“I [...]