This is my blog of broken dreams... not really. Just me posting shit to the internet. It's not all shit. Some of it is really cool shit! Parental Guidance is strongly advised. Mostly because kids might need help reading some of this shit. Shit be all fucked up.

New things…

So today was the start of the John Nolan Show on KUMU-AM 1500. It got off to a start all right. Sounded great to all the listeners out there, but damn am I tired now. Its fun getting a new started, just annoying when it just don’t go the way you were hoping it would. Me being the board op today, was just overwhelmed with many tasks. All that is fine though. With time it’ll get a lot better. One can hope. Nah, it will get better. They don’t call me the best for nothing. I only wish that it wasn’t just me who has to make it happen. One great man (“Uncle Ben”) said, “We great power comes great responsibility.” Who knew that it meant being a director of something was going to suck the living life outta ya!

Well anyways the show got started and I hope everyone takes a listen and tell me what you think!

Your Friendly Tech-Support Guy

This is something my friend Logan found on Craigslist…
http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/pit/320304562.html

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Originally Posted: Fri, 27 Apr 23:38 EDT

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Things to consider when calling Tech Support…


Date: 2007-04-27, 11:38PM EDTHi! I’m your Technical Support Rep. I have a considerable amount of control over one or more important aspects of your daily life: television, telephone, and internet. Sometimes one, sometimes all three. Before we interact, I’d like to share some thoughts with you:

* I am here, simply put, to fix your shit. My job is not complete until said shit is fixed. Please just help me fix this shit.

* With that out of the way, know that I hate you exactly as much as you hate me. No more, no less. If you are at least relatively pleasant, I’m happy to help you- even to make small talk as I attend to the issue at hand. Conversely, if you are a total and complete jackass, I will make this the worst 10 minutes of your week.

* Neither I, nor any of my coworkers, are out to fuck you. We are not idiots. We are college graduates in technical disciplines, the vast majority of whom are here to work their way up the IT ladder to more fulfilling positions. Sometimes we have off days, sure, but we know EXACTLY what we are doing. Note that this does not apply to anyone outside of our department. They are, in all reality, idiots who are out to fuck you.

* So you’ve already unplugged the “internet box” and plugged it back in? Brace yourself, you’re going to do it again. Most of the time I do this for a reason…unless you’re a dick. Then I do it to see how mad it makes you.

* Don’t lie to me- I can tell you have a router. It isn’t illegal.

* To those who think they are “computer illiterate”: The vast majority of the time, you are lovely customers: Patient, willing to learn, and most importantly, willing to listen. Thank you!

* To those who think they are CompSci PHD’s: The vast majority of the time, you are retarded: If you already cycled your equipment and it didn’t work, why did it work when I made you do it again? If you are so well educated, stay the hell out of the queue so that people who need help can get it.

* Supervisors don’t have a magic wand that they can wave to make everything better. They are governed by the same protocol and use the same utilities as I do. In fact, supervisors are more likely to tell you to fuck off- believe it or not, they have other pressing issues to attend to. If a node goes down, they WILL put those 200 subscribers before you in Priorityland.

* Threatening to cancel does not intimidate us. We have an entire department that is paid to care about that, which means that I don’t have to. Harsh? Sure, but I have more than enough work to do fixing shit, yelling at field techs, following up on cases, and explaining the concept of email to your grandmother that it won’t cause me to lose any sleep.

* It worked fine yesterday? Oh, then I must be wrong. Let me reconsider the 40 minutes I spent troubleshooting your Win98 box. Check it out: Shit breaks (see point 1); If shit did not break, I would be mowing your lawn instead of sitting in this office.

* Speakerphone? Turn it the fuck off.

* Don’t call back and have another rep troubleshoot the same problem. He will read the notes I left about how you spilled coke into your cable box. Even if he didn’t, he would come to the same conclusion, and more people with undiagnosed problems would be stuck listening to that god-awful hold music.

* I am not blowing smoke when I say that I understand how frustrating it is to wait on hold, get transferred, and deal with bad agents. I too have called Dell’s tech support line. The difference is that I actually DO care about your problem, so please just calm down before I kill your family.

* My company has over 20 million subscribers. I handle a region of about 2 million. To this day, none of them have ever called in to say “I just wanted you to know that my shit is working correctly.” Maybe someday?

So what can I help you with today?

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Flavors of Honolulu

Great time yesterday at the Flavors of Honolulu. The Spirit of Aloha was really felt as the many chefs, restaurants, breweries, and other local vendors came out for a great cause. A fund raiser for “Abilities Unlimited” who helps Hawaii’s-á disabled with a chance to get out in to the working community. With all the fun and activities, this weekend’s Flavors of Honolulu was nothing short of a smashing success.

A little about me

Here is the gist about me…
I love to do things because I want to…
My love for the weird is something that I enjoy…
*cough* anime, webdesign, fixing and breaking stuff, playing with wires, videogames, tv *cough*
(thats all supposed to sound like i said it really really fast… yeah weird i know…)
but overall i enjoy the freedom of freedom…
life is something you have only once…
so what else is there to do but live it…
i see it that way and thats the way i like it…
so telling me otherwise is a waste of time…
and time is what i dont have…
i only have one lifetime to live…

Hello world!

Hello everyone reading this right now…

Life is an interesting thing and when its put into words, a new look on life is an ever so growing of a life. So I’m coming to you now as CharlieBoy808.com to talk about everything thats going in my life. K well thats it for today.