Griffey
@nerdrium.bsky.social
I am a Linux administrator at a large, Midwestern University. My phone number is 420-8647 😉. I have opinions.
Well, I'm on thin ice anyway, I think. Dudes be like "I MAKE MONEY AND CAN OWN YOU" and I go on whitepages and Google and Zillow and then... "Is this your piece of shit house in Decatur?" Oh you're a cardboard box salesman? MAGA get hot fast...
December 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Well, I'm on thin ice anyway, I think. Dudes be like "I MAKE MONEY AND CAN OWN YOU" and I go on whitepages and Google and Zillow and then... "Is this your piece of shit house in Decatur?" Oh you're a cardboard box salesman? MAGA get hot fast...
I was trying to print a black-and-white page. It said yellow ink was out. I explained that I didn't need yellow. Printer stood its ground. Yank. Up the stairs, out the front door, over my head, and I smiled for years every time I found a remnant in the yard. 😉🧡💙
December 19, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I was trying to print a black-and-white page. It said yellow ink was out. I explained that I didn't need yellow. Printer stood its ground. Yank. Up the stairs, out the front door, over my head, and I smiled for years every time I found a remnant in the yard. 😉🧡💙
Fuck the damn printers! 🤣🤣 Did I ever tell you my story about a certain Epson inkjet? Makes what Michael Bolton et al. did look like amateurs. 🧡💙
December 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Fuck the damn printers! 🤣🤣 Did I ever tell you my story about a certain Epson inkjet? Makes what Michael Bolton et al. did look like amateurs. 🧡💙
So I'm smoking in the garage and thinking about our lazy-ass decision. Well... if the building power goes off the print server will go down. Psst -- guess what else won't have the power?? (Hint: the damn printers.) 😉
December 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
So I'm smoking in the garage and thinking about our lazy-ass decision. Well... if the building power goes off the print server will go down. Psst -- guess what else won't have the power?? (Hint: the damn printers.) 😉
So my boss wanted to live migrate the xen VM from virt12 in our building, back to virt02 at the datacenter. Consensus argument was that building power isn't necessarily less reliable than the 4x-outage datacenter, right? 🤣 Still following? 2/
December 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
So my boss wanted to live migrate the xen VM from virt12 in our building, back to virt02 at the datacenter. Consensus argument was that building power isn't necessarily less reliable than the 4x-outage datacenter, right? 🤣 Still following? 2/
Well, and it's not like they are flying there in a Galaxy-class Starship. "Hang on -- we're going to sneak away and get busy" and "away" is four feet away from the rest of the crew.
December 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Well, and it's not like they are flying there in a Galaxy-class Starship. "Hang on -- we're going to sneak away and get busy" and "away" is four feet away from the rest of the crew.
It's actually up in the 40s here in East Central Illinois, but rainy and windy and dreary (so, cold). Just saw a kid in a Coors Light t-shirt and gym shorts in Campustown.
December 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It's actually up in the 40s here in East Central Illinois, but rainy and windy and dreary (so, cold). Just saw a kid in a Coors Light t-shirt and gym shorts in Campustown.
I'm not going to mention that yesterday was payday or anything, or that I work tomorrow and then am off until next year (I don't even know the day), or anything. 😉🧡💙 #420
December 18, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I'm not going to mention that yesterday was payday or anything, or that I work tomorrow and then am off until next year (I don't even know the day), or anything. 😉🧡💙 #420
"Don't say 'hi' to Dr. Underwood in the elevator anymore." Duly noted. 🤣😉
December 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
"Don't say 'hi' to Dr. Underwood in the elevator anymore." Duly noted. 🤣😉
When I was in rehab we had some team building exercise that I won't explain, suffice to say after a half-dozen dumb moves by the group I may have taken over, explained that it was a simple logic puzzle, and had things finished up in 3 or 4 moves.... ("When I was in rehab..." how funny to write that)
December 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
When I was in rehab we had some team building exercise that I won't explain, suffice to say after a half-dozen dumb moves by the group I may have taken over, explained that it was a simple logic puzzle, and had things finished up in 3 or 4 moves.... ("When I was in rehab..." how funny to write that)
I love the posts, and am glad you're at least keeping your chin up! Not sure how long it will be before my sled dog team can reach you -- all our snow melted today. Also I don't have a sled.
December 18, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I love the posts, and am glad you're at least keeping your chin up! Not sure how long it will be before my sled dog team can reach you -- all our snow melted today. Also I don't have a sled.
You're hilarious! And brilliant! Cheering you on from the birthplace of HAL 9000. 🧡💙😉
December 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
You're hilarious! And brilliant! Cheering you on from the birthplace of HAL 9000. 🧡💙😉