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Category Archives: IT Humor

I hate to admit it…

server_room_water

We actually have a server closet with something similar. In our defense, we don’t own the building and the previous building engineer left a water valve open. One flaming server later we decided a tarp to redirect any more possible leaks was a good choice. via: [Fail Blog]

August 9, 2012 Scott Things that should not be Comment

You ever have that feeling the support guy isn’t listening to you?

hear no evil

Well, in this case, reading what you typed? Republished with permission from TheDailyWTF comes an all-to-common occurrence of a technician on the remote end not paying attention to what you’ve explained and he goes trudging through the predefined script nevertheless: Chat title: Laptop freezes at intial boot screen and will not boot. Sagar > Thank [...]

August 9, 2012 Rob From The Field, Thanks for your support Comment

What was he doing for 4 hours?

driveception

Went to a client’s office several weeks ago to do some work. Actually clean-up work from the last “IT Expert” they had on retainer. $250 a month and the company couldn’t be bothered with simple things like windows update and an active subscription to anti-virus. Anyway, mess cleaned up I’m on the way out the [...]

August 8, 2012 Rob From The Field, Horror Stories, You should know better Comment

Wayback Wednesday: Dr. Who selling Prime Computers, circa 1980

tom baker and prime computers

I have never heard of Prime computers, but now I want one!  I have to say, these are pretty entertaining, even by today’s standards…but that’s probably because I know who Tom Baker (my favorite from the 80′s) is…here’s a compilation of all the Tom Baker commercials.

August 8, 2012 Rob Videos Comment

Geek Got Swag: Doug “the Tech Geek” battles rapper

nerd-battles-rapper

Ha!  This is from the iPhone game “Battle Rap Stars.” “Flows so cold they freeze like PCs.”

August 8, 2012 Rob Videos Comment

This kind of thing happens to me ALL the time.

fax modem

I worked at Best Buy back in 2001 and my third day on the floor a lady calls asking how much our modems were. I took a quick walk to the aisle and saw we had them for like $70+ depending on external/internal, brand, etc. I told her this on the phone and she was [...]

August 7, 2012 Rob From The Field, Vaguality 2 Comments

Tired of using a mouse AND a keyboard? We have an answer for you!

combimouse

I just don’t know what to think of this thing.  Tell you what, Combimouse: you send me one of these, and I’ll review and write it up for GAS, eh? That second half you see there acts as the (obviously) right-side of your keyboard, but also as a mouse…I won’t lie, the concept is cool, [...]

August 7, 2012 Rob Geeky Pics, Things that should not be, Videos 2 Comments

WIN: Keyboard shoes

keyboard-shoe-image

I totally want a pair of these! via: [DesignSoak and Pete.com]

August 7, 2012 Rob Geeky Pics, Tech WIN 1 Comment

Mac upgrades, 2012 version.

Mac upgrades, 2012

If you’ve ever tried to open up a new Macbook (I mean really open it to get to the innards…you know this is true): via: [The Wild Adventures of Trunks and Soto]

August 6, 2012 Rob Geeky Pics, Mac Fail 9 Comments

Everyone, chip in and let this guy delete his folder, okay?

Republished with permission from TheDailyWTF: via: [TheDailyWTF]

August 6, 2012 Rob From The Field, Geeky Pics, Things that should not be 1 Comment

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