I've just recently put together a wishlist on Amazon, with a list of items costing anywhere from $6, up to $3500. I give my "clients" my URL, which contains the list, as well as a list of my favorite types of beer, what kind of bourbon I like, restaurants, etc.
So far, it's worked out well. People are usually more generous than I could have asked them for, plus I get all kinds of cool shit that I probably wouldn't have bought myself.
Where's the article on annoying end-users? Many of them think they can ask a question of any IT person about anything to do with a computer or a network or an application and expect to get a concise answer.
This particular type of annoying end-user has such a limited understanding of technology that they think one person can know it all. The helpful IT person can then seem annoying when they try and answer a question and get it wrong or honestly answer "I don't know".
There's a small company in Ann Arbor, Michigan that has a commercial terahertz imaging device called the T-Ray 2000. Check it out.
http://www.picometrix.com/t-ray/index.html
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It's too bad that he didn't find some floating gold stars around the area; he could have gotten away clean.
Hell, I guess I'm behind the times. I'm still into shooting centipedes (and sometimes mushrooms when they get in the way).
I've just recently put together a wishlist on Amazon, with a list of items costing anywhere from $6, up to $3500. I give my "clients" my URL, which contains the list, as well as a list of my favorite types of beer, what kind of bourbon I like, restaurants, etc.
So far, it's worked out well. People are usually more generous than I could have asked them for, plus I get all kinds of cool shit that I probably wouldn't have bought myself.
So, will it be larger or smaller the next time around?
Hey, what else can be said? Most end-users are assholes.
Where's the article on annoying end-users? Many of them think they can ask a question of any IT person about anything to do with a computer or a network or an application and expect to get a concise answer. This particular type of annoying end-user has such a limited understanding of technology that they think one person can know it all. The helpful IT person can then seem annoying when they try and answer a question and get it wrong or honestly answer "I don't know".
There's a small company in Ann Arbor, Michigan that has a commercial terahertz imaging device called the T-Ray 2000. Check it out. http://www.picometrix.com/t-ray/index.html