http://www.ranai.com or, just as likely, chaos from order Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:18:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, this is kinda cool....  make music with flash...   http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix cool enough to get me to make a blog entry.  be prepared to waste lots o time. http://www.ranai.com/2009/04/17/cool-interactive-music-creation/ subject says it all.  congratulations - now fulfill our dreams! http://www.ranai.com/2008/11/04/it-was-a-very-very-good-day/ Well, it seems our property in Big Sur has gotten a proper beating from the fire.  We lost the main house that my grandpa built, plus the garage, the barn, the greenhouse, part of the orchard, and a lot of surrounding trees, brush, fences, etc.  Still have the Christmas House, ... http://www.ranai.com/2008/07/15/the-knoll-down-for-the-count/ Management lesson for today:  When having discussions with groups of people who work for you, always remember that if all of them share the same opnion about your management and communication style, it is important to always put the blame back on them.  After all, it's not a manager's problem ... http://www.ranai.com/2008/04/07/its-not-you-its-me/ "I know you are in interviews right now, and that this is the lunch hour as well, but, here's a document that was created 3 months ago and has been sitting in SMT's lap for some time... could you please read it and give an analysis.  You have 1.5 hours ... http://www.ranai.com/2008/04/07/please-provide-your-input-in-235-seconds/ I would be remiss from all my businsess anecdotes, if I didn't post that we went to see the Spencers this weekend.  We love those people, and we had an awesome time.  Here you can see they're continuing the same old behavior that got Lanina her belly in the first ... http://www.ranai.com/2008/03/11/spencer-weekend/ Let's say, for example, you worked for a company that provided things like network connectivity, dial up access, accounts, websites, email, databases, etc.  You also provide application level services, DNS, NTP, etc.  You have a UPS and generator, and cooling units that cost more than your car.  You've got raised ... http://www.ranai.com/2008/03/11/hey-its-a-data-center/ So, what part of this bothers YOU: helpdesk/analyst: lets file a ticket to clean up a vserver's old configuration to get it updated on the new configuration - not to fix anything, just cleanup. director, on his day off, not even involved in this process normally: Ooh, we should take advantage of ... http://www.ranai.com/2008/03/11/schizophrenic-much/ Ever seen when management goes to a conference and picks up the latest buzzwords without understanding it.  This is a scenario at (most probably) everone's company:  "This Web 2.0 thing is great.  We need to use it everywhere - It's the hip new thing!  Let's get some blogs going, and a wiki ... http://www.ranai.com/2008/03/11/ooooh-new-technology/ So, this just in... we have a brand new process flowchart (with approximately 10 items) from our SLM team concerning SLA process.  Now, I'm sure that they had other things to do, but could someone explain to me why that group first met on 8/21 and it took until now ... http://www.ranai.com/2008/03/11/were-an-organization-of-change/