Just had a 10th and 11th project put on my plate. Well I guess i'm not going to be bored any time soon.

I think I' still buzzing from last nights drinking. I really need a nap.

Those dates are going to be difficult for me because of Halloween but if I do make it it wouldn't be early.

You could do Green Bay. I worked at an arena and we did all sorts of "flat shows" in our convention center. Its about as big at the main hall in Austin. There is also another venue that caters only to conferences with breakout sessions and has an attached hotel. I can pass on info if you are interested at all. Oh, and it's Wisconsin which makes it really awesome.

I remember everyone... just not their name. Sorry @Dashrender, I need more info to figure out what person you were. What did we talk about? What did we drink together?

@bbiAngie said:

Yea that is what I followed and it didn't work. 45 minutes later I realized this is because this is an isolated stack of switches that is not plugged into the domain yet..... Hard to get a time when they cant talk with the ntp server!!

facepalm

Glad you got it sorted out eventually.

Do the have a Scotch trail?

I really suck at this game. I looked you up on LinkedIn hoping you had a real picture on there... nope, just Stitch. Well I guess we will have to meet again next year so I can say "Well f[moderated], now I remember you!"

Can you ask them to give you a copy of the work order where the tech installed the hardware (clearly stating the serial number of the router) that has your signature on it as accepting the work?

@Ambarishrh said:

Next Mangocon... in Dubai then!

I always wanted to visit Dubai! I'm down.

There it is! You could have just said StormTrooper guy.

Has anyone been offered a retention bonus and negotiated for more? As some of you may remember, we're "merging" with another bank and they clearly want me to stay on board and i'm ok with staying but they do know that I'm also seeing what's out there. I've had a couple conversations with the new boss and he isn't willing to talk about salary increase even though my commute goes from less than 1 mile to about 50 miles (one way) but he did offer me a retention bonus. The bonus was underwhelming (about 10% of my yearly salary) so I want to negotiate for about triple. is it bad form to negotiate? Should I negotiate now or wait for something in writing and then negotiate?

I'll say that we are 5 months out from the merger date so it is very early and this has all only been verbal but will be in writing over the next few weeks/month. The new boss wants the new team locked in by the first of the year.

I hope that all made sense.

Or can you provide them with the amazon orders that states the serial numbers therefore proving that you ordered them?

Your avatar should be a storm trooper or something Star Wars.

@scottalanmiller said:
several via attrition brought on by lowering their compensation (through increases in work requirements without equivalent compensation.)

Unfortunately the more I think about it... I think this is me. They essentially already have one of me who is the new bosses right hand man. Bonus just to get through the merger and no salary increase talks. Well f[moderated]!

I used the FAN version of Nagios and had a customized dashboard. If you check out my project on SW it shows a couple of the dashboards I had made but it's so flexible you can do whatever you want with it.

http://community.spiceworks.com/people/tonystahl/projects/nagios-install

http://www.fullyautomatednagios.org/

I just realized the title of this post may be taken the wrong way for someone who wasn't there. LOL!

Well... Then is anyone hiring?

PRTG is great but I never used it past the 100 free sensors. Does it take in the log files for you?

A friend will check to see if you're ok... A best friend will clear your internet history first.

Seriously dude... Sorry it happened, glad you are giving it a go to fix it. You'll never be alone around these parts. I wish you the best in doing whatever is best for you (and your kids if you have any).