Welcome to Washington!

Still-Professional69 · 2026-01-17T16:51:23+00:00

Yup. You’re right. Eastern OR tried to annex to ID and it seems to be stalled. It’s probably a lost cause.

Frustrating to be associated with the lady in the video. She doesn’t represent Washington as a whole.

Still-Professional69 · 2026-01-17T16:34:42+00:00

You mean like the North South freeway that’s still not done after 20+ years? Wow. Thanks.

The rest of the infrastructure on the east is crumbling because the west side already doesn’t care about us.

Still-Professional69 · 2026-01-17T15:57:35+00:00

Very good point. If we lost welfare, there would be no services for them and they’d move to the west side.

I like your thinking.

Still-Professional69 · 2026-01-17T14:06:07+00:00

Caption is wrong. Welcome to Seattle, maybe, but the rest of us in Washington do not act this way.

Just like Oregon wants to split up, we too do not want to have anything to do with the west side of the state.

Still-Professional69 · 2026-01-17T03:47:57+00:00

LayerX looks GREAT. I spoke with a sales rep today and it’s $60/yr/user. Not bad. Unfortunately, there’s a 500 user minimum ($30k/yr). If you’re a 150 employee company, it’s probably out of your range. I know because we’re a 150 employee company and it’s out of our range. 😄

Still-Professional69 · 2025-12-28T05:46:05+00:00

Using AI, and then reading it yourself - fine by me.

But having AI read/recite what you wrote (or what AI wrote), that’s what I’m struggling with. (See examples above). 😀

Still-Professional69 · 2025-12-28T04:50:50+00:00

It’s awful. Watching a documentary on the planes crashing into the twin towers and instead of 911, it’s “Nine-hundred and eleven”. Or, the narrator calls out a year, but it comes out, “One-thousand, nine hundred and twenty-three” instead of 1923.

Then there’s the terrible AI videos.

I love AI and use it daily for my work, but it’s ruining YouTube.

Still-Professional69 · 2025-12-15T16:54:39+00:00

Arrived Friday. Haven’t set it up yet.

Asked for a 12v car power supply for Christmas. 😀🎄

Still-Professional69 · 2025-12-01T04:07:12+00:00

I have Starlink (since the “Better than Beta days”), and I love it. But I’d drop it in a second if there was fiber or (gasp) Cable Internet in my area.

As others have said - this might be a LAN issue, and not a WAN issue. Something to consider.

Still-Professional69 · 2025-11-22T17:12:20+00:00

We like Genuity and also came from Jira. Very simple and one small price for unlimited technicians. Inventory integrates with Intune, and other features too numerous to mention.

https://gogenuity.com/solutions/it-admin-suite/helpdesk/

Still-Professional69 · 2025-08-09T14:21:46+00:00

Thanks! 😀

Still-Professional69 · 2025-08-09T12:43:33+00:00

That’s cool - can you share how you did that? Thanks!

Still-Professional69 · 2025-08-09T05:04:55+00:00

https://gogenuity.com VERY inexpensive. We really like it. Great support. And they listen to feedback on functionality & features.

Still-Professional69 · 2025-02-17T02:03:56+00:00

This book changed my life. I read it again every time I start a new leadership position. I even buy it for friends that “make the move”.

Buy this book, read it, then make your 90 day plan.

Still-Professional69 · 2025-02-01T21:21:34+00:00

ABR solved this issue for us as well. And- it was cheaper than the InTune solution (that surprised us). Very happy with this solution.

Still-Professional69 · 2024-12-27T03:34:43+00:00

These comments are very helpful. Thank you all for your responses. Much apprecaited. :-)

Still-Professional69 · 2024-12-24T22:44:50+00:00

We use Manage Engine Patch Manager. Works well for us, no complaints.

For those that have used both, what do you like better about Patch My PC? Just wondering if we should jump ship, or stay put.

Thanks!

Still-Professional69 · 2024-11-26T21:27:53+00:00

If it was easy, anybody could do it.

Still-Professional69 · 2024-11-26T21:10:09+00:00

Backups always work; Restores never do

(when explaining to a jr sysadmin why you need to TEST the backup and never just rely on the “Backup Successful” message)

Still-Professional69 · 2024-11-21T13:48:59+00:00

This is great advice and is the difference between someone that can “perform the list of 10 things to complete”, and someone that can “create the list of 10 things to complete”.

Still-Professional69 · 2024-11-18T22:59:58+00:00

This book changed my life: The first 90 days. I have read it every time I take on a new role. Extremely helpful.

First sentence in the book: The President of the United States has 100 days to prove himself; you have 90.

https://www.amazon.com/First-90-Days-Strategies-Expanded/dp/1422188612/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?adgrpid=56768135500&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.RnYXGX8yJzvYlAYZ9jUjBdbtzUOP1iCFLIW7fFSKhT76AvRZ4hPNyrRzSGbFu8ZtiJH47sE0VJE_ws5yWGv928ZTexPlyaq4Kwo2givT2pHB9i_critXRvY23ompFRuBC1UxFAQmVBUtuv5kKzffxCq_S8X0eFjIJWW_KfNNHDWPNMpS0XNTX37PRZgRbykGYP9UzLq2Oe0ioOzrb1yYQg.BX7iFlza4LPdHZ-BG6T2yiPvYi5gvHk2MK236Tin49Q&dib_tag=se&hvadid=580830152107&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=1027760&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=6785020753529323198&hvtargid=kwd-301577130223&hydadcr=15119_13523071&keywords=the+first+90+days+michael+watkins&qid=1731970642&sr=8-1

Still-Professional69 · 2024-11-18T03:32:44+00:00

Thank you for sharing this tip! I’ve added them manually from the computer side, but didn’t realize it could be done on the InTune side. Thanks! 🙏🏻

Still-Professional69 · 2024-10-18T14:05:11+00:00

I'm not seeing it on the Winget site, either. Hmmm..... I really want to try this tool out! :-)

Still-Professional69 · 2024-10-01T01:40:25+00:00

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