Category Archives: Empire

The Enormous Computer Corporation

You know what’s No Fun?

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Marchbanks

Working over a crappy VPN connection to try to save your leave hours, is what. Continue reading →

Posted in Empire, Work (WORK!!?!??!) | 1 Comment

I has a job an a computr

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Marchbanks

I’m to transfer to a new team as of Monday. Continue reading →

Posted in Empire, Them Computin' Machines, Work (WORK!!?!??!) | 14 Comments

My job is evaporating by inches

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Marchbanks

While work-ish things are depressing, and not helping my spoon count, they could be EVER so much worse. Continue reading →

Posted in Empire, Work (WORK!!?!??!) | 9 Comments

Today sucked donkey dick

Posted on June 3, 2008 by Marchbanks

I really don’t want to try describing very much of it, but here are some bits. Continue reading →

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Massively unclear on the concept of “excess capacity, as designed”

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Marchbanks

Please TRY to understand that the Puritan work ethic does NOT apply when it comes to processors. Continue reading →

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Not holding on all that well

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Marchbanks

My tolerance for front-line tech and customer idiocy is way down, and I’m not filtering my responses worth a good goddamn. Continue reading →

Posted in Empire, Family, Work (WORK!!?!??!) | 11 Comments

Schedule changes

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Marchbanks

This is going to be very much an Experiment. Continue reading →

Posted in Empire, Work (WORK!!?!??!) | 4 Comments

The week was Teh Suck

Posted on September 4, 2007 by Marchbanks

At that point it was official:  the Emperor Had No Clothes. Continue reading →

Posted in Empire, Work (WORK!!?!??!) | 5 Comments

The Time Is out of Joint

Posted on July 27, 2007 by Marchbanks

Today was full of anger and upset. Continue reading →

Posted in Empire, Work (WORK!!?!??!) | 6 Comments

I keep chewing through the leather straps anyway

Posted on May 3, 2007 by Marchbanks

I was so annoyed by the effrontery of anyone still seriously propounding “let them eat downloads” that I went a lot further. Continue reading →

Posted in Empire, Work (WORK!!?!??!) | 9 Comments