IBM System i humor

Does this mean all System i users are headcases?

I just saw this job posting on midrange.com: Psychiatrist, American Hospital Service Group.

The description: “Great opportunity to work for your country as a psychiatrist. Candidate must have 2yrs experience and will evaluate,diagnoses & treat psychiatric disorders.”

Is it COMMON for System i’ers to run 5K?

Hat tip to David Vasta, who pointed me to the site of the COMMON 5k charity walk/run, which will take place during COMMON’s annual meeting in Reno in April.

Proceeds from the COMMON Cares charity run will go toward the COMMON Education Foundation and a local Reno charity to be named later. Here’s a good summary of the event:

This run/walk is for everyone - whether you’re a seasoned runner, an early-riser, trying to get back into shape, or attending COMMON for the first time and just want to make new friends, consider taking part in this first-ever 5K charity race.

With the numerous sessions, Exposition activities, and networking events on the agenda, finding the time to exercise will be challenging. In addition to starting out the conference feeling energized, you will be supporting two wonderful charities.

It’s always good to try to get some exercise in, even if you’re traveling. Just ask these mainframers who went for a jog at SHARE.

And if you’re just not into exercising, maybe you could just donate during COMMON Cares’ blood drive at the Reno show.

Hey Microsoft, stop infiltrating my i

The Rational Developer for System i blog has this to say about the auto correct feature of Microsoft Office products:

I don’t know how many times a day I have to hit Ctrl+z to undo Word or PowerPoint’s “auto correction” of my i to an I (as in Rational Developer for I, Rational Team Concert for I, or IBM I). So I finally bit the bullet and removed those auto-correction rules since I don’t generally write about myself in Word or PowerPoint. Honestly, i have no idea why it took me so long

Conspiracy theorists would argue that it’s a Microsoft attempt to undermine the IBM System i platform. Grammarians would disagree. It is definitely an annoyance, as I can attest to when writing stories. I type System i, Word changes it to System I, I go back and change it to i. I have not yet shut off auto correct, but I think I will whenever I’m writing a System i story on the future. See, this is another problem with the System i. When you used to write AS400, it would never change that to I.