I think you go into companies that have made a mess of whatever their software product is and you figure out how to fix it and develop the plan, and maybe start managing the implementation of that plan
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Based on spotty contexts, I always thought it was system conversions.
I always have a hard time explaining what I do at anything other than a high level too.
Red Mosquito
Formerly RLB the Scrapple Boy
I always thought it was this, which in reality is probably the most important part of the process.
Back To Reality
The thing you often get when you go back to work after time off is the tired expression about being rested up so you can get back to work. In truth, this is never the case because many of us do active things on vacation. So we get back and maybe need another vacation. But if we had another vacation, we would just do more stuff. The cycle would never stop. Oddly, today I hit the ground running because I was pretty happy with this past trip and I was ready to really embrace that adage, work to live. So I wasn't worn down to start the day.
That lasted until about 1:30 then I was ready for another vacation.
There is a piece of software called ServiceNow, made by a company called ServiceNow. Large companies buy this software as their IT ticketing solution, in addition to a lot of other things that really don't matter. I work for a 3rd party implementation shop that configures, and often customizes, this software to fit your needs. The software needs to be tailored to the org. I have never seen a company buy it and use it out of the box. It's probably not possible. Anyway, this is where I work. Specifically, RLB has it kinda mostly correct in a lot of ways. But I have a few other hats to wear, as if often the case with these shops. STB has a subset of this correct, as another shop will often come in, make a mess, then bring in a different shop to fix it. Sometimes we start from scratch. Sometimes we fix a mess.
Anyway, this is in the airport in Bozeman.
The thing you often get when you go back to work after time off is the tired expression about being rested up so you can get back to work. In truth, this is never the case because many of us do active things on vacation. So we get back and maybe need another vacation. But if we had another vacation, we would just do more stuff. The cycle would never stop. Oddly, today I hit the ground running because I was pretty happy with this past trip and I was ready to really embrace that adage, work to live. So I wasn't worn down to start the day.
That lasted until about 1:30 then I was ready for another vacation.
There is a piece of software called ServiceNow, made by a company called ServiceNow. Large companies buy this software as their IT ticketing solution, in addition to a lot of other things that really don't matter. I work for a 3rd party implementation shop that configures, and often customizes, this software to fit your needs. The software needs to be tailored to the org. I have never seen a company buy it and use it out of the box. It's probably not possible. Anyway, this is where I work. Specifically, RLB has it kinda mostly correct in a lot of ways. But I have a few other hats to wear, as if often the case with these shops. STB has a subset of this correct, as another shop will often come in, make a mess, then bring in a different shop to fix it. Sometimes we start from scratch. Sometimes we fix a mess.
Anyway, this is in the airport in Bozeman.
Looks just like the airport in Kalispell
Red Mosquito
Formerly RLB the Scrapple Boy
That's basically consulting in a nutshell. Where would we be without the mess makers?
Going to submit my SN ticket to upgrade my laptop.
The return to work after vacation is very true. We go from one stressor to another especially if our vacation ends with stressful travel.
Today I told my bosses I'm going on vacation next week and flying home the following Monday. And that maybe I'll be working Tuesday.
Today I told my bosses I'm going on vacation next week and flying home the following Monday. And that maybe I'll be working Tuesday.
The Latest Sign
it will come as no surprise that I chose to do this as my next ski sign. I obviously enjoyed the hill, but I also like the color scheme here because it goes against the usual colors I’ve been using for these. In reality, you would probably never see a white sign on a ski hill for obvious reasons. However, since I’ll be hanging these on a wall in my house it’s really a non-issue.
The two pictures below show during and after versions. The espresso is the coffee bean I bought from the place in Berkeley Heights that isn’t very good. When I get coffee I don’t really like I tend to turn it into espresso. I think most beans can make a decent espresso so long as they’re not truly awful. I would call this average at best. But it does the job.
On to the next project.
it will come as no surprise that I chose to do this as my next ski sign. I obviously enjoyed the hill, but I also like the color scheme here because it goes against the usual colors I’ve been using for these. In reality, you would probably never see a white sign on a ski hill for obvious reasons. However, since I’ll be hanging these on a wall in my house it’s really a non-issue.
The two pictures below show during and after versions. The espresso is the coffee bean I bought from the place in Berkeley Heights that isn’t very good. When I get coffee I don’t really like I tend to turn it into espresso. I think most beans can make a decent espresso so long as they’re not truly awful. I would call this average at best. But it does the job.
On to the next project.
That's interesting. Why would it make a better espresso than a regular cup of coffee?
Typically when a bean has been destroyed, it's over-roasted. That puts the roast into the espresso roast category. Coffee beans are coffee beans. You probably know this, but there is no such thing as a coffee bean versus an espresso bean. It's just beans. Coffee can be light, medium, or dark roast. Espresso is a bean that's been roasted more than that. As a general trend, the coffee beans that are not good have been roasted into this darker/espresso land.
That said, sometimes the bean is just not very good. In those cases, hey it's easier to grin & bear it with 2 ounces of espresso as compared to 12 ounces of coffee.
Cole
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Just curious where Homestead roasters fit into you local roaster ranking. It's all I buy any more so just wondering....
The little place we had lunch after Nox? I’ve never had it but it’s unlikely I’d like it. Any coffee that’s in an open container like that, or in those unsealed paper bags, tends to not hold up well.
Cole
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Yea, that place... The 12/16oz bags are sealed.
Picture?
Aches, Pains, & "Training"
I haven't forgotten the STB Mortality post I've been planning to do. In reality, it's a lot to think about, so it's not going to be just one post. In a way, the last few weeks has been a series of those kinds of thoughts. There's a lot to it, and as I mentioned, I'm not worried every night that I might not wake up tomorrow. It's more about how do I spend the next 30 years of life and how to maximize that in every way possible. One of those aspects is the slow creep of aches & pains, which has become more of a reality for me in the last year than ever before.
I have 2 predominant things going on now, both of which I'm in the process of tracking down. The hip issue I've talked about before. I originally self-diagnosed as sciatica but I'm leaning more towards a piriformis issue, which I've been reasonably successful in addressing with specific stretches in combination with specific exercises to strengthen it. The other is the knee, sometimes knees. These have been a problem on & off for years, but the last few weeks, maybe a month, it's been a tad worse than ever. I know some people will say that I should go see a doctor, to which I will relay a story of Homer Simpson.
In the episode where he gets his hand stuck inside a vending machine, eventually an EMT (or whoever) asks him if he's still holding on to the can in the vending machine that he was trying to get. He casually says, "Your point being?" This is when the Simpsons was great. Clip here.
So it's like that, in a way. The doctor would say: Have you stopped skiing & biking for more than a day. And I would say, "Your point being?"
Anyway, I expect to be doing this stuff for another 30 years, so I need to address these issues properly. I've spent a lot of time over the years pushing myself past the limits of what my body felt comfortable doing, which of course is that thing we call, "Training." In doing so, I have probably taxed stuff more than the manufacture recommends. And as we settle in to our 50s, some of those debts are coming due for payment. On that note, in the last few weeks I've been dialing back the intensity on the bike, and trying to go longer in an effort to very, very gently work on what I can get away with. It seems to be working.
Also, skiing moguls does a number on your knees.
Anyway, here's a beach in Melbourne, Florida. Probably the last time we will walk on that particular stretch.
I haven't forgotten the STB Mortality post I've been planning to do. In reality, it's a lot to think about, so it's not going to be just one post. In a way, the last few weeks has been a series of those kinds of thoughts. There's a lot to it, and as I mentioned, I'm not worried every night that I might not wake up tomorrow. It's more about how do I spend the next 30 years of life and how to maximize that in every way possible. One of those aspects is the slow creep of aches & pains, which has become more of a reality for me in the last year than ever before.
I have 2 predominant things going on now, both of which I'm in the process of tracking down. The hip issue I've talked about before. I originally self-diagnosed as sciatica but I'm leaning more towards a piriformis issue, which I've been reasonably successful in addressing with specific stretches in combination with specific exercises to strengthen it. The other is the knee, sometimes knees. These have been a problem on & off for years, but the last few weeks, maybe a month, it's been a tad worse than ever. I know some people will say that I should go see a doctor, to which I will relay a story of Homer Simpson.
In the episode where he gets his hand stuck inside a vending machine, eventually an EMT (or whoever) asks him if he's still holding on to the can in the vending machine that he was trying to get. He casually says, "Your point being?" This is when the Simpsons was great. Clip here.
So it's like that, in a way. The doctor would say: Have you stopped skiing & biking for more than a day. And I would say, "Your point being?"
Anyway, I expect to be doing this stuff for another 30 years, so I need to address these issues properly. I've spent a lot of time over the years pushing myself past the limits of what my body felt comfortable doing, which of course is that thing we call, "Training." In doing so, I have probably taxed stuff more than the manufacture recommends. And as we settle in to our 50s, some of those debts are coming due for payment. On that note, in the last few weeks I've been dialing back the intensity on the bike, and trying to go longer in an effort to very, very gently work on what I can get away with. It seems to be working.
Also, skiing moguls does a number on your knees.
Anyway, here's a beach in Melbourne, Florida. Probably the last time we will walk on that particular stretch.
Cole
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I just wanted to give you some info. A few years ago I had torn my meniscus. The orthopedic doctor said my level of pain didn't match the damage to my knee. Eventually I had surgery. Within a week of PT the therapist asked what was wrong with my hip? I had never gone to the doctor for my hip. At the same time I had a pain I thought was sciatica. At my 12 week check up for me knee, I was told my hip was destroyed. By the end of the summer I couldn't ride an hour without paying for it. At 52 years old I had hip replacement. The pain in my knee went away a few days after. I hope you are well, but encourage you to get it checked out.
Monday
Every now & again, you have to work a full week. No holidays, no vacations, no sick days, nothing. You wake up Monday morning and think that, well shit, I need to work every day this week until Friday is over? And we really don't have any plans this coming weekend? Damn, what's wrong with this picture?
So it's Monday, and it wasn't a bad day, not at all. I felt good. We had a relaxing weekend. And we're making plans sporadically for the rest of the year so it's good to actually do some work so somebody pays you to take those trips and all that. Make donuts, get paid, do fun stuff. Something like that.
Plus, at the end of the ski road, there's always poutine. This has been sitting in my camera roll since December. Figure now is as good a time as any to drop it in here. This is why we workout, right? Pot of food gold at the end of the workout rainbow?
Every now & again, you have to work a full week. No holidays, no vacations, no sick days, nothing. You wake up Monday morning and think that, well shit, I need to work every day this week until Friday is over? And we really don't have any plans this coming weekend? Damn, what's wrong with this picture?
So it's Monday, and it wasn't a bad day, not at all. I felt good. We had a relaxing weekend. And we're making plans sporadically for the rest of the year so it's good to actually do some work so somebody pays you to take those trips and all that. Make donuts, get paid, do fun stuff. Something like that.
Plus, at the end of the ski road, there's always poutine. This has been sitting in my camera roll since December. Figure now is as good a time as any to drop it in here. This is why we workout, right? Pot of food gold at the end of the workout rainbow?
Johnny Utah
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Damn, I needed to hear this.