I'm Katie, I live in Tampa Bay, FL. I am the Help Desk Manager at NTG.
I own a mango tree, but it will be a few years before it can produce fruits.
In fact, there is a race between my mango tree and avocado trees to see which fruits first.

BrainBench is an interesting certification site for a diversity of software products. They now have free testing for Windows 8.1 administration. This is an excellent way to help prepare for the certification exam or just to see where your skills are at present.

http://www.brainbench.com/xml/bb/common/testcenter/consumer/taketest.xml?testId=3074

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Wake up to the smell of bacon
Apparently there's this new iPhone app with scent dongle that creates an olfactory alarm when it's time to get up.
It sounds like something that should be really popular for people who like bacon.

What are some elements of a good IT career? This is different than a good job, in that a job is not necessarily a permanent thing.
In a good IT career, there are things like continuing education, new challenges, and the ability to stay employed.
I've met many IT professionals in different stages of their career over the years, all with different perspective.
What are the most efficacious traits it takes to maintain a good IT career?

@Dominica @bsouder Spicy pepper eating does create a lot more creative output than regular foods. Not for the faint of heart.

@s.hackleman said:

Then have Scott move me to east coast to work at NTG, drink beer, and fade into the sunset.

I resemble that remark (including the sunset!), other than already being on the east coast.
Sometimes the beer runs out, sometimes you have to drink it by yourself, and sometimes the sunset is obscured by clouds.

Might as well start a thread for mango foody goodness.
I'll start with a Mango Lassi:
Ingredients
1 cup plain yogurt (use Greek yogurt for thicker drink)
1/2 cup milk
1 cup chopped mango (peeled and stone removed)
4 teaspoons sugar, to taste
A dash of ground cardamom (optional)

Method
Put mango, yogurt, milk, sugar and cardamom into a blender and blend thoroughly, then pour into individual glasses, and serve. Can sprinkle with a little cardamom.

In other news, high-waisted short-shorts are a bad idea.

@ajstringham Wear pants. Complete the look so you can feel more confident.

In the MSP world, often enough we are called upon to ferret out issues with Quickbooks, including ancillary third-party plug-ins.
What have been the worst issues you've been called upon to resolve?
I think the most frustrating ones to troubleshoot are the error codes that stem from multi-user access.

@ajstringham Splunk will take your log files (along with other data types) and parse the data in a multitude of customizable ways.
It's a good way to fish through your machines to collect information.

Since this is the WC forum - perhaps I can ask about bathroom paint.
I need to paint my bathroom, is there a special kind of paint for this, being as it is a high-humidity room and (especially in FL) prone to mold and mildew?

I am trying to collect more information about printing through a remote desktop session from MacOS to a terminal server for a client.
Works fine through Windows, and previously worked well from the Macs. One of the Macs takes as long as 25 minutes for the print job to hit the queue.
I am posting to see if anyone here has knowledge of how print jobs are routed through the remote connection that can help me troubleshoot this.

Thanks!

@Bill-Kindle I agree - it's a much nicer interface!

@Nic said:

You could always do barter - like your price for an hour of tech support is gonna be a case of beer. That straddles the line between friendly favor and business transaction.

The bartering idea is a good one - I think it helps the friends realise the value of the help they're asking for.

@PSX_Defector Bigger isn't always better, though...

@ambarishrh In what direction are you looking to go with your CRM use? There are many ways it can be customised, but primarily it is for sales and customer data handling.
A basic workflow in CRM looks something a little like this:

I have administered MS Dynamics CRM since 2008 and can probably help you, but I need to know some context for what you are looking to do.