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September 30, 2009  12:33 PM

Heard in passing – IT Trenches support at its finest



Posted by: Troy Tate
education, humor, network performance, network support, user education

Okay - if you support networks and have to explain why the network is slow or application performance is not what the users expect, why not use some of the following responses? These statements may or may not have been used in real life. What responses have you given to users when there really...

March 13, 2009  6:25 PM

Friday fun – keyboards for blondes, Polacks, Aggies… hmmm… and me?



Posted by: Troy Tate
equipment, humor, joke, keyboard, product

Please don't take this wrong but I think this is a very funny product. It is directed towards blondes, hence the pink color, but pick your favorite "intellectually challenged" individual (e.g. Aggie if you are a Texan like me) and it could be the best thing to get them for their birthday,...


July 10, 2008  7:46 PM

Ten ways to realize your Internet connection is a little slow



Posted by: Troy Tate
Browsers, humor, internet

- Text on Web pages display as Morse Code. - Graphics arrive via FedEx. - You believe a heavier string might improve your throughput - You post a message to your favorite Newsgroup and it displays a week later. - Your credit card expires while ordering on-line. - Playboy web site exhibits...


June 3, 2008  1:26 PM

Troubleshooting humor for the day – engineer, systems analyst & programmer



Posted by: Troy Tate
administration, CIO, forensics, humor, research, troubleshooting

Quick Stop

A computer engineer, a systems analyst, and a programmer were driving down a mountain when the brakes failed. They screamed down the mountain, gaining speed, and finally managed to grind to a halt, more by luck than anything else, just inches from a thousand foot drop to...


May 31, 2008  2:28 AM

Did you see this? – Noticebored – Infosec Awareness Education



Posted by: Troy Tate
anti-virus, antivirus, awareness, blogging, botnet, Data security, forensics, honeynet, honeypot, humor, IT education, malware, Metrics, Monitoring, online identity, Policy, policy enforcement, research, Security, wiki

Noticebored is a great resource for information security awareness. The blogs are timely and cover a great spectrum of topics with regards to this important...


May 9, 2008  12:51 PM

Did you see this? – the viral bitgirl



Posted by: Troy Tate
forensics, howto, humor, LAN, Metrics, Monitoring, network analysis, Networking, packet capture, Performance, reporting, tools, troubleshooting, WAN, wireshark

I have always had an appreciation for Laura Chappel of www.packet-level.com fame and her quirky sense of ... hmmmmm.. sense?? hahaha... well... she does have a great sense of humor and a heightened sense of awareness with respect to those...


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