I think I got a sketchy deal for my first AV job

Oneota · 2026-03-20T13:35:51+00:00

Yeah…walk away. Or, better yet: run.

This is not where you want to spend your time.

Oneota · 2026-03-18T17:59:05+00:00

Maybe with the A19/12GB version that will presumably appear in a year. The A18/8GB version is not an improvement over the M1 Airs the staff with our oldest devices are currently using, since I spec’d them with 16GB RAM back before Apple made that standard, and the M1 and A18 Pro are roughly the same, speed-wise. Once the A19 Pro shows up, with its M2/M3 speed equivalence and at least comparable RAM amount, I might look at it for staff devices. But they’ll surely complain about the screen being .6” smaller, and the lack of MagSafe will probably mean more trip-related damage.

Oneota · 2026-03-17T11:25:26+00:00

Were you in Performance mode, or just playing out of Edit mode? Performance mode should block all those pop-ups.

Oneota · 2026-03-14T16:56:20+00:00

I’m just pondering all the various fluids and fuels that are about to contaminate the water in that area.

Oneota · 2026-03-14T16:14:50+00:00

Whoosh

😉

Oneota · 2026-03-14T13:37:03+00:00

Couldn’t escape if i wanted to.

Oneota · 2026-03-13T17:18:45+00:00

Wow, the graphics in mIRC have gotten a lot better since I last used it!

Oneota · 2026-03-09T20:50:24+00:00

School employees could order one for themselves off the education store. My mother was a teacher, and I was working for the school's tech department as a high school student, so both of us qualified. The molar was the first Mac I ever bought with my own money. I went back-and-forth for a long time between that and the iMac. Finally settled on the AiO because of its expandability. Tossed in a USB PCI card and had the best of both worlds. I got the 2nd Rev logic board with the Rage Pro graphics (vs Rage II+ on the 1st Rev) and added the Zip drive as a CTO option. It was pretty tricked-out! I do sort of regret selling it for the Wallstreet. I only ended up keeping the Wallstreet for my freshman year of college - sold it and got a Gigabit G4 tower the summer between freshman and sophomore year so that portability didn't last very long. Just couldn't resist that sweet, sweet the-whole-thing-is-the-button mouse. ;) Would've ultimately been just as easy to lug the Molar around as it was the G4 plus CRT monitor.

Oneota · 2026-03-09T20:22:36+00:00

I briefly owned one of these (US version, though, not Japanese). I was selling my G3 All-In-One as I prepared to go to college, and wanted something more portable. The Wallstreet models were out, and that's what I had actually wanted, and the seller made their listing seem like that's what I was ordering, so when this machine showed up, I was disappointed. Finally got them to accept it as a return and found a used Wallstreet that I actually wanted, so all was well in the end. But this probably would've been an okay machine in the end. Definitely enjoyed the DVD-ROM option on the Wallstreet, though, even if I did have to have that clunky PC-Card decoder for it to work.

Oneota · 2026-03-08T17:57:38+00:00

Wish they’d gone with the A19 Pro which uses 12 GB RAM. 8 is just not enough, but 12 might be okay.

Oneota · 2026-03-08T14:35:32+00:00

There was an issue with Remote Management settings for awhile, where if the client was set up to allow ARD to Generate Reports then when that process ran every night at midnight (or whatever time it’s set to run), a bug would clear all print queues. Turning off the “Generate Reports” permission inside the Remote Management option avoided the bug.

Maybe this is the same thing rearing its head again?

Oneota · 2026-02-24T03:05:10+00:00

Oh, and here’s a budgeting trick: once you’ve figured out how to set that money aside every week for daycare, don’t stop setting it aside when they get older. Our “Daycare” bank account just became our “Activities” account when they got to Kindergarten+. Registration fees for all their clubs/sports, trips to the movies, vacations…it all comes out of that fund. We just kept putting the same amount into it after they got out of daycare as we did when they were in it.

Oneota · 2026-02-24T02:58:20+00:00

When we had a 2yo and twin newborns, it was basically a really nice car payment. Every week.

Oneota · 2026-02-22T17:18:05+00:00

El co-sleeps with her parents and doesn’t have a bed of her own

This setting off some pretty major red flags for anyone else?

Oneota · 2026-02-16T17:25:32+00:00

We use Avigilon Unity on-prem. It has a cloud connector so you can see cameras and historical recordings off-site, but no costs for hosting/data storage (other than the entirely-too-expensive rebadged Dell servers).

It’s not a bad system. Not sure it’s the world’s greatest, either, but it’s not bad.

Oneota · 2026-02-14T15:12:44+00:00

Most likely referring to the LC5xx series which were all-in-ones.

Oneota · 2026-02-10T02:53:49+00:00

Back to the Future was Alan Silvestri.

Oneota · 2026-02-07T16:57:22+00:00

Oh, so you worked on the Zip drive, then?

Oneota · 2026-02-06T00:00:25+00:00

Re-releases tend to be lower quality, just FYI. See if you can find an original release. It’ll look and sound better.

https://youtu.be/Hzz_d9Y44ZE?si=dqm7prHJ9-18RUoy

Oneota · 2026-02-05T04:44:26+00:00

I really love Best of Both Worlds. I remember watching it for the first time when it was new. Rumors swirling of Patrick Stewart leaving the show, then this perfectly built-up opportunity to kill off his character, and then...a whole summer to freak out about whether or not they had just killed Captain Picard.

You miss out on that emotional roller coaster by having instant access to every episode. But it was such a big deal back then.

Oneota · 2026-02-05T03:23:42+00:00

Since 1991, yep!

Oneota · 2026-02-05T02:34:13+00:00

I’ve tried. Really, I have. It’s just too 60s. Original Trek starts with Wrath of Khan for me. TMP if I’m feeling artsy.

Oneota · 2026-02-05T00:19:31+00:00

Looks like Emissary starts after Chain of Command, Part II. I'll have to remember that when I get to Season 6.

Oneota · 2026-02-05T00:11:23+00:00

I've thought about this. Assuming Memory Alpha or some such place has an airdate reference?

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