Rolandes Ramblings

Rolandes Ramblings
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Beat the problem with a sledgehammer

1:22pm Thursday, July 21st, 2005 by Rolande

So, after having a catastrophic hard drive failure over this past weekend and being stupid enough not to have a current backup, I decided to beat the problem to death with a sledgehammer. This propels me into the strotosphere of ultra-geek-dom. Read more »


You’d think I would know better…

10:52am Tuesday, July 19th, 2005 by Rolande

So, in the past year and a half I hadn’t done much but study for the stupid CCIE Exam. That led to an inevitably long list of things to do, once I finally re-entered life again. One of those things on the list had been to backup all of our important data Read more »


Outsourcing is nothing but a political smokescreen

11:26pm Tuesday, July 12th, 2005 by Rolande

One of the hottest topics in the IT industry today is outsourcing, especially among senior management within companies where IT is not a core focus. I, for one, happen to be a current victim of this poorly thought out strategy. The reason for all the hype around outsourcing is that company’s management is duped into believing they are going to save a huge pile of money if they get rid of everything. From my perspective, cost savings can truly only be achieved for Read more »


Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith

4:45pm Monday, July 11th, 2005 by Rolande

So, now I am back to being a huge geek again. I actually went and finally saw Episode III last night by myself. [A friend did back out at the last minute] Anyway, at least I don’t get ridiculous and dress up in costume or things like that. ;) I leave that for Read more »


The Final Cut

4:23pm Sunday, July 10th, 2005 by Rolande

I had seen this movie on the shelf at Blockbuster a few weeks ago and I had heard that it was rather strange. So, I really wasn’t interested in seeing it, until [Surprise!] my wife brought it home yesterday for us to watch. It is always interesting when you let your spouse Read more »

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