Nov
26
2009
What am I not grateful for this Thanksgiving? Being the guy who “knows stuff about computers”.
So far in the 24 hours I’ve been at my parents’ house I have:
- come very nearly to the point of tears after being dispatched to figure out why their PCs couldn’t get on their new wireless network (I USE A MAC YOU GUYS WHAT THE FUCK IS A “WORKGROUP” I DON’T EVEN KNOW)
- been ordered to “make a website” for my stepdad (I AM AN ENGINEER I DON’T “DESIGN HOMEPAGES”)
- struggled to get Windows to play nicely with a thumb drive to get data off of my stepdad’s system before losing my fucking mind and making him install Dropbox (THE 2000S ARE ALMOST OVER YOU CAN GET RID OF YOUR FUCKING THUMBDRIVES)
- subsequently been forced to deliver a lengthy dissertation on “the cloud” and why it’s OK to store data there (JUST BECAUSE IT’S “ON THE INTERNET” DOESN’T MEAN “EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT”)
- asked to add a “blog” to the aforementioned “website” using “the Wordpress” (SERIOUSLY WHAT THE FUCK DOES THIS SHIT MEAN ANYWAY WPDB->GET_ROW(“SELECT ID, POST_TITLE, POST_STATUS, POST_PARENT FROM $WPDB->POSTS WHERE ID = ‘$CURRENT_PAGE’”);)
If only I’d gone into investment banking or some shit I could be sitting in front of the TV drinking beer and watching football.
