Missed writing yesterday, so I will write about what went on now. I thought Monday was busy at work. Wow, yesterday was worse. One issue after another just keep coming. Now don?t get me wrong. I like stress, or should I say I like to keep busy. If I don?t have much to do I get bored. But sometimes things get crazy. I was very bad. I had a roll for breakfast and totally skipped lunch. Well I had lunch if you are willing to count 2 snickers bars as lunch. I didn?t eat a meal until like 8:30PM. Note to self don?t do that again. I also started getting a migrane first thing in the morning. It started to get bad around 11, so I had to take some meds. Never a fan of taking the medication, but when it works I have no choice.
We ran a disaster drill at work. (not sure what that means see below I will discuss what I do a bit) We basically simulate a falure of something and see how long it takes to get the backup systems working. Well it didn?t go over as well as we planned. I was totally not happy, Gus my boss was totally not happy and after we discussed the problems with the group I think we made them totally not happy. We are going to be doing a lot more of those in the coming weeks.
Besides our test we had like two other legitimate problems also at work.
I never covered what it is that I do. I work for a company that basically sells replacement parts for consumer electronic, computer, & appliance?s. But what we really do is develop software that makes it possible to search all those types of parts. It is really interesting stuff, but difficult to explain to someone in a conversation. It is probably impossible to explain it in a paragraph in this blog. I am responsible for keeping the network and systems operational. It is very cool work. I like to say I play with toys for a living (I do), and other people pay for them. Of course since I have to make sure stuff works, when it doesn?t I gotta answer why it didn?t. That can sometimes be very stressful, especially if you need to rely on other people to explain and fix your problems.
I live in NYC. So this blog is looking like it is a product of the 30 minute LIRR (Long Island Rail Road) commute I need to take to Penn station every day. It is a relitivly quiet time that I can write.
While I am on the subject of background info, I might as well explain a bit about the name of the blog POWERZ. If you know me you mostly likely know why it is named like that. If not, here goes. My first name is in fact Scott. Of courseJ I use POWERZ because I got it from an episode of the simpsons. Probibly the best show ever made on TV. Actually I got the name (alter-ego) power from the simpson?s but added the Z. Homer simpson could very likely say ?everything sounds better with a Z in it?. Actually I did it so I could be very sure I got screen names online that no one is using, and keep the same one over multiple sites without adding numbers.
Yes, I like the simpsons, and yes I like computers. No I do not go home and play online gaming every waking hour. No I don?t have computer equipment all over my house. I have a decent amount of it, but I try to keep it small and in a confined space. I may be into technology, but I am so against the ?computer guy? stereotype. Actually it is kind of sad that I currently don?t have any computer games on my computer. I only just started working on my website again. I consider it like a hobby. My dad builds model rockets, my cousin builds remote control car?s, I work on a web site. Probibly cheaper than collecting stamps or coins. Actually my dad does the coin thing too!
I could rant for hours about the computer guy image thing. My friends and I like making fun of it too.
Well the train is in the tunnel again. I want to keep writing but time does not allow for it. Hopefully on the ride home or later tonight I can update what went on today?