Category: Work

18 years ago I wrote some software for a small HVACR company that I was working for at the time. We were one of the first companies that put our technicians and salespeople onto laptops and cell phone connects in their service trucks. Little did I know that 14 years later the companies owner is still using that software. How did I find out? Company was sold, server was taken out of service, and his laptop has locked him out of the system.

I guess my security protocol worked 🙂 There was always a fear of someone stealing the laptop and using the customer lists to start their own businesses. So…. I set it up that if the laptop could not connect to the server it would lock out a whole bunch of the critical information until it reconnected to the server. Nice! It worked!!!

Oh, well, it will give their new IT guy something to do.

Two different learning management systems that are available:

1) Moodle: Does everything I have ever asked it to do. May have had some slowdowns when 1000 students are testing at one time, but those went away.

2) Canvas: Piece of shit software that does nothing I ask it to do. Every time I ask about something that Moodle used to do that Canvas doesn’t I get, “our developers are working on it for a future release.”

Just had to point out the reason I want to slam my head into a wall.

So, my boss blew off a call, I was on the meet-me line for 23 minutes waiting for him. An hour after the call he sends me a text message, “sorry – moving furniture.”

I am going to blow off the next call and when asked, “sorry – walking dogs.”

Oh, it’s almost time to write the book.

People should remember not to put it in email unless you want it printed on the front page of the New York Times. Just sayin’

I am going to change the job description on my email tag line to:

??????

think someone will get the hint?

So…… when you have a dirty air conditioning coil (as in the pictures attached) and the system is only a 2012 system, is the right action:

A) Scare the home owner into replacing system
B) Tell the homeowner that you tested it and it has mold
C) Tell the homeowner that the compressor is bad because the “condenser pressure” is wrong
D) Clean the coil
E) Replace the system and all ductwork
F) All Except D

?????

Guess what the contractor did?

Anyone spot the problem?

(Picture is not my own. Do not know who to give credit to)