From: Jonathan Calloway ------------------------------------------------------ I worked in this job for about a year myself. I did about 6 weeks on 3rd shift once, and it was WFH. My only problem was the calls from India and China, but they were few and far between. It gave me a lot of time to read and study for cert tests! -----Original Message----- From: chugalug-bounces@chugalug.org [mailto:chugalug-bounces@chugalug.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Haywood Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 1:47 PM To: CHUGALUG Subject: Re: [Chugalug] Job opening in Dalton I have to hit a certain number of billable hours and accomplish certain tasks. If I were goofing off it would become apparent very quickly. On 2/21/12, Ed King wrote: > thanks for the response Lynn... sounds like Mohawk has a great > working environment > > would still like to hear from other folks regarding their employer's WFH > policies... put it on the table... let's see who is the coolest, most > progressive IT employer in town :) > > > > > > > ..more..

From: John Aldrich ------------------------------------------------------ Got this from a recruiter today... I'd go for it, but for two things: =20 1) I've already got a temp job. 2) I think I'm going to have something =20 better shortly... 508 east Morris St. Dalton, GA 30722 16/hr ITSM Roll-Out, extra contract help needed for 4 months, possibly longer for the Support Center. Douglas said they need someone who is positive and upbeat with solid Office skills. The Support Center Technician I must provide 1st level technical support in a positive, professional image to a geographically dispersed client community. The majority of the work will be spent on the phone resolving tickets at the 1st level, and will escalate tickets to 2nd and 3rd level technicians when necessary. Also, the Support Center Technician I must be comfortable working closely with IS management, their Support Center peers, and other IS technical and applications staff. * Provides telephone or electronic 1st level technical support for the determination, resolution, or escalation of technical problems related to Windows environments and Windows applications, electronic mail, enterprise applications & databases, security issues, desktop hardware/software, server hardware/software, and production equipment related issues. * Troubleshoots problems using desktop remote control products where possible and documents all services provided. * Interacts with business customers of IS services with a high degree of tact and diplomacy to promote a positive image of the IS department. * Uses verbal and written communications to demonstrate a customer-focused attitude when dealing with customers. * Accurately communicates pertinent information to create a work environment that lends itself to the best interest of departmental personnel and customer service. * Develops an understanding of critical business systems / processes and the adverse business impact if these systems / processes are not available. * Invokes problem escalation procedures to coordinate recovery. * Resolves problems at 1st level at least 60% of the time. Performs 2nd level support on an exception basis. * Uses the Support Center ticket database (Service Center) to open and track tickets. Retains ownership for the tickets he/she opens. Escalates open tickets when necessary to a 2nd level technician. * Learns the Mohawk technical environment while maintaining competency and enhancing professional growth and development through continuing education and conferences. * Works closely with IS Management, Support Center personnel and other IS technical and applications staff. * Prefer to have a Bachelor's Degree in a technology or business related discipline, or * Associates Degree in a technology or business related discipline and at least 2 years related experience, or * At least 4 years experience in end-user support with the Microsoft Windows environment. * Must have a technical knowledge of advanced PC diagnostics and strong familiarity with the Microsoft Windows platform. * Industry standard certifications (A+, Network+, MCP, CCNA, CCNP, etc) a plus * Must be customer-focused, work well in a team-oriented environment, and provide quality service for the business client. Must pay very close attention to detail. Must have very good phone etiquette. * Must be open to flexible working hours including nights, weekends, and overtime as needed. * Bilingual in Spanish a plus. Sieron Dottin Senior Talent Qualification Specialist National Recruiting Center Kforce Inc. 813.552.3490 office 877.258.2085 x. 3490 toll free 866.470.6790 fax Great People =3D Great ResultsSM ..more..

From: Dee Holtsclaw ------------------------------------------------------ On Wednesday 15 February 2012 13:46, Rod-Lists wrote: > 1. I was trying trying to get them lay off you. > 2. None of the 911 hijackers spoke Farsi (Iranian). 15 Were from our good > ally Saudi Arabia,2 from the UAE, from Egypt, and 1 from Lebanon. The leader applied for a job at one of my clients in Venice, FL. I asked to see the application but they said all of the paperwork was confiscated by men in suits with dark glasses. ..more..

From: Phil Sieg ------------------------------------------------------ I was feeling whimsical and let my 11.04 install update to 11.10 when I = got the pop-up today... BIG mistake. Bricked my Toughbook. Literally stuck in boot-loader with = no video and zero response. So I nuked the partition and am now re-loading 10.10. No data loss, just = a pain in the ass. So to my Linuxy friends.. BEWARE Phil Sieg President SeniorTech LLC / snapf=C5=8Dn=C2=AE www.snapfon.com Phone: 423.535.9968 Fax: 423.265.9820 Mobile: 423.331.0725 "The computer is the most remarkable tool that we've ever come up with. = It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds." Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 ..more..

From: Phil Sieg ------------------------------------------------------ Holy shit what a great deal! $23.00 with free shipping! = http://www.buy.com/prod/pogoplug-personal-cloud-media-sharing-solution-bla= ck/221688297.html=20 Phil Sieg President SeniorTech LLC / snapf=C5=8Dn=C2=AE www.snapfon.com Phone: 423.535.9968 Fax: 423.265.9820 Mobile: 423.331.0725 "The computer is the most remarkable tool that we've ever come up with. = It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds." Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 ..more..

From: Rod-Lists ------------------------------------------------------ Nice job! Who is NDP? RSS seem to be fixed as well. http://chattanoogan.com/Opinion/feed.rss http://chattanoogan.com/Opinion/feed.rss ..more..

From: Phil Sieg ------------------------------------------------------ http://sellout.woot.com/sale/23918 I have the 7" Sony DASH version of this and it is GREAT! Phil Sieg President SeniorTech LLC / snapf=C5=8Dn=C2=AE www.snapfon.com Phone: 423.535.9968 Fax: 423.265.9820 Mobile: 423.331.0725 "The computer is the most remarkable tool that we've ever come up with. = It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds." Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 ..more..

From: Phil Sieg ------------------------------------------------------ "In a holy crap stat o' the week, AT&T sold a record setting 9.4 million = smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2011. 7.6 million of that 9.4 = million were iPhones. 7.6 MILLION. That's a ridiculous 81% of all AT&T = smartphones sold! That's only 1.8 million phones left to split between = Android, Windows Phone and BlackBerry (ha!). That is freaking nuts." Hat tip to Gizmodo for this. Big Red (Verizon) pushed out some 7.7 million smartphones, 4.3 million = of which were iPhones or 55% in Q4 2011. Sprints numbers wont be available until Feb. Overall that is a crapload = of smartphones, and it definitely looks like Apple is narrowing Androids = overall lead in number of handsets in USA. Unless the GoogleRolla merger = comes up with a literal iPhone killer I suspect that the tables will = turn by late 2011 for new phone sales, and with the short lifespan of = handsets Apple will certainly be in the majority of TOTAL handsets in = the field by sometime in 2014. Phil Sieg President SeniorTech LLC / snapf=C5=8Dn=C2=AE www.snapfon.com Phone: 423.535.9968 Fax: 423.265.9820 Mobile: 423.331.0725 "The computer is the most remarkable tool that we've ever come up with. = It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds." Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 ..more..

From: John Aldrich ------------------------------------------------------ Well, i got laid off yesterday. Yates (my former employer) said they were having a work slowdown and needed to shed some employees, and since I wasn't busy enough (I think) they decided corporate could handle my job. :( If anyone knows of any decent "Geek of All Trade" jobs out there, please point me in the right direction. I've already made contact with Unum and EPB, as well as with the company doing the hiring for a desktop support person for Wacker (the customer at the site where I used to work.) As usual, the resume is freshly updated and ready to fire off at a moment's notice! Thanks! ..more..

From: Phil Sieg ------------------------------------------------------ I just replaced my bedroom furniture in order to increase storage for = the cohabitation... Plus I need a new workbench for the pending = nuptials. The old set is: Queen bed with box springs only 8 drawer double wide dresser with mirror 1 3 drawer night stand. Perfect condition other than drink rings on night stand. Dark Mahogany finish bought new from rooms to go for $1500+ Will sell and help deliver for $500. Great looking stuff. Phil Sieg President SeniorTech LLC / snapf=C5=8Dn=C2=AE www.snapfon.com Phone: 423.535.9968 Fax: 423.265.9820 Mobile: 423.331.0725 "The computer is the most remarkable tool that we've ever come up with. = It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds." Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 ..more..

From: Mike Harrison ------------------------------------------------------ On Thu, 19 Jan 2012, John Aldrich wrote: > I'm going to make an executive decision. As the once-and-future President of > Chugalug, I hereby decree Chugalunch will be at Conga at 11:30 AM on Friday, > January 20th, 2012! Wow, that's an excellent proclamation. Wish I could have made it. Instead I'm doing 12-14+ hr days, eating what people in the Dominican Republic think is "american/european" food. Conga is better. Although, if I get a chance to eat "street food" it's pretty good. ---------------------------------------On Topic (kinda) story: Gotta share a kewl moment from yesterday, we've installed a Linux server at a utility here, running our system. and were test printing some invoices on preprinted paper. The big (HP) printer is currently in an isolated room, and is fairly busy, so we needed to be at the printer, load the forms between other print jobs and send to the printer. Their current printing jobs tie up a WinXP desktop system in another room. Pull up our sysem on my N900 phone (on their internal protected WiFi), navigate to the print queue page.... (on my phone, and show the new commercial manager how to do the same on his iPad), load the paper and click the print button. His eyes get big when the printer dumps out 10 invoices. He asked how that worked, because the server is 2 networks and several hundred miles away. I explain the Linux server talks directly to the printer over the network. he exclaims loadly with a big smile: "I love Linux!" What is amazing to me, is how much I forget how cumbersom most (big busiiness) Windows applications are, and how much IT work goes into making them work. That was your warm fuzzy Linux story for the day. :) ..more..

From: Nick Smith ------------------------------------------------------ Just passing this along http://tinyurl.com/7gmsmh4 Web Product and Software Engineer About the Job EPB has an immediate opening for a Web Product and Software Engineer in the IT Division. The Web Product and Software Engineer=92s primary responsibilities are directing interactive design, information architecture, and software development, as well as planning and executing internal support and maintenance of current, pending, and future customer-facing online projects, as well as the technology stacks on which these applications depend. The Individual Must: Serve as knowledge expert of EPB=92s web and mobile applications, responsible for fulfilling design and technical implementations of user interface, user experience, information architecture, and programming implementation of team projects. Solid creativity and ability to visualize, sketch, wireframe, and direct design of interactive applications for consumers. Understand individual project requirements and potential impact on existing applications. Maintain awareness of potential technical pitfalls in development of both stand-alone applications and those integrated with third-party systems. Provide insight and recommendations on the best technological solutions available to meet EPB=92s evolving business and product needs. Develop full understanding of third-party systems used by EPB to facilitate integration of those systems into EPB's web and mobile applications. Possess a solid understanding of client-side technologies and limitations to provide seamless collaboration during development and support tasks, as well as ability to think through complex problems and business requirements that must be translated into simple, usable, and friendly applications for EPB customers and internal staff. Assist in developing and supporting the software that powers EPB=92s customer-facing and internal applications and websites whenever necessary. Provide sound resource management with respect to project deliveries. Ability to schedule design and development tasks in accordance with company priorities and expected deadlines. Exhibit sound project management skills and ability to direct simultaneous projects in collaboration with multiple departments. Remain up-to-date on current and emerging trends and practices related to software development, user experience, user interfaces, and related disciplines. Any other duties as assigned by supervisor. Education Must have a four year college degree from an accredited college in Computer Science or related field. (An equivalent combination of training and experience may be considered.) Must possess a minimum of 3-5 years of web and application programming experience, as well as demonstrated experience in managing projects from conception to completion. A Github account is encouraged and welcome--if you have one, please submit your Github username with your application. Ability to work within project-specific development environments and multiple programming languages. Must possess a track record of understanding project expectations and delivering to a high level of customer and company satisfaction. Must possess the ability to understand and work within the constructs of project processes, scope, and schedules. Experience in identifying, documenting, and verifying technical requirements; identifying and mitigating risks; and providing accurate and timely technical status reports. Must possess solid communication skills, particularly when discussing technical issues related to projects. Technology Requirements The Web Product and Software Engineer will work on a team whose work consists of and depends on the following technologies and skills. Programming Languages, Platforms, and Frameworks: =B7 Python, Django, Ruby, Rails, Sinatra, Objective-C and iOS*, Android and/or Java*, .NET and C#*, SQL, HTML/XHTML, Javascript & JSON, SOAP & XML, YAML, MVC, HAML, Shell scripts, WebSockets Software used daily: =B7 Mac OS X, Adobe Creative Suite, Omnigraffle (or other wireframe tools), PostgreSQL, git, virtualenv, cron, nginx, god, rbenv, iOS, Unix/Linux, SSH, Bash, Zsh, or other shell, TextMate, Emacs, SublimeText2, vi, and other editors, Virtual machines for development & cross-platform testing, Custom internal tools Other tasks and skills: Writing and maintaining custom scripts for automating tasks. Debugging applications. Test-driven development. Documentation. Reliable code commenting. Strong understanding of git workflow. * These items are representative of planned or possible future application needs, but are not a part of current daily development tasks. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS and PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS The incumbent will frequently be required to sit and type, with occasional need to work overtime or unusual hours according to business necessity. --=20 -------------- Nick Smith nick at nicksmith dot us ..more..

From: Michael Scholten ------------------------------------------------------ I have a HP Pavilion DV6-2000 Series laptop with what looks to be a dead motherboard. I am having a terrible time finding a new one. The sites I found either don't have it in stock, have it for too much for my client (ebay for $200), and/or don't trust the websites. So, my question for y'all, anyone have a 571186-001 motherboard or know where I could pick one up for a decent price? Problem is I don't completely know what "a decent price" is for my client other then when I mentioned the only one I had found thus far was $200 she said that she probably wouldn't be able to pay that. As I work on other's computers as a side job/hobby I can keep my prices pretty low, other then the parts that is... -Michael Scholten ..more..

From: Lynn Dixon ------------------------------------------------------ There is a Business Process Specialist II position that is available at Mohawk Industries. While its not anything directly related to *NIX, it might be a good fit for someone on the list. I have a 2 page Word Doc with all the details if anyone is interested. I will take some snippets from it and paste below: ..more..

From: Mike Harrison ------------------------------------------------------ 2012 is off to an interesting (good) start. Looking for more programmers. We are working mostly with Linux, PHP, Perl.. etc.. Redmine for project management, Git.. Would consider a good web/application savvy programmer with good experience and skills from any language(s). Product Focus; Utility Information/SmartGrid/Billing/Prepaid Systems Looking specifically for a "heavy" and maybe a "light" as well. Job is mostly on-site with 8-5hrs at 701 Broad Street, Chattanooga. email: mike.harrison@utiliflex.com with a resume. ..more..

From: Eric Wolf ------------------------------------------------------ I would avoid Lion for a while. I just got my wife a refurb Core 2 Duo MacBook and put Lion on it. It runs smoothly but CUPS has been broken. It wouldn't work at all with my SMB shared printer and I couldn't even get it to work over LPR/LPD. I had to buy a new printer. -Eric -=3D--=3D---=3D----=3D----=3D---=3D--=3D-=3D--=3D---=3D----=3D---=3D--=3D-= =3D- Eric B. Wolf 720-334-7734 On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Meds Mail wrote: > I have a Dell 10V on 10.6.8=E2=80=A6. not a bad trip.. but now LION=E2=80= =A6 hummmmm Not > sure there..\ > > > Med Dement > On Dec 31, 2011, at 12:54 PM, Phil Sieg wrote: > > Here is the updated guide I followed: > > > http://mymacbookmini.blogspot.com/2010/02/before-personal-stuff-get-in-wa= y-id.htmlou > can > > I don't know if you can update to LION however here is an update path to > 10.6.8: > > http://mymacbookmini.blogspot.com/2011/07/official-pack-for-1068.html > > Hope this helps. > > Phil Sieg > President > SeniorTech LLC / snapf=C5=8Dn=C2=AE > www.snapfon.com > > Phone: 423.535.9968 > Fax: 423.265.9820 > Mobile: 423.331.0725 > > *"The computer is the most remarkable tool that we've ever come up > with. It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds." > > * > *Steve Jobs, 1955-2011* > > > > On Dec 31, 2011, at 12:37 PM, Elise Walker wrote: > > Hey - when we first picked up this Hackintosh from you - Rod said > something about we couldn't run software update on it. Well it needs > updates baaaaaad. It's gotten to the point I can print my coupons out - a= nd > I"m a big couponer - and my programs keep throwing errors and say I need = to > update. > > I need to know - what do I have to do to update this thing? I don't know > what method you used to build it - so I need a little direction here. > ..more..

From: Stephen Haywood ------------------------------------------------------ For those of you who are not also on the Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts lists, here is a telecommute linux admin job. I am with HotLinuxJobs, a technical recruitment firm that specializes in the placement of open source software based professionals. We are presently conducting a search for a Linux system administrator for a company located in Savannah, GA. This company will allow for the person to telecommute. Ultimately, they need someone with Amazon Web Services experience. They need someone who can follow documented procedures, use the command line AWS tools, manage cloud watch monitoring services and troubleshoot alerts. This company has a primary system administrator, so this person will fall underneath them. If you are interested in this position, please send an updated resume to info@hotlinuxjobs.com . No sponsorship available for this position. -- Brent Marinaccio, SPHR Director of Open Source Recruiting HotLinuxJobs 877-548-0003 x3015 www.hotlinuxjobs.com irc.freenode.net #hotlinuxjobs skype: bmarinaccio ..more..

From: Lisa Ridley ------------------------------------------------------ OK, question for the wiser gurus on the board. I've been using Spideroak to keep certain files synced between my Mac = Mini at home, my iMac at work and my MacBook Air. I moved to Spideroak = from Dropbox about 4 months ago b/c I was not happy with the change = Dropbox made to their TOS. I've been encoutering some intermittent, recurring problems with = Spideroak where certain files will get deleted for no apparent reason. = Last night I had two templates for a website I'm working on disappear = during the night (luckily I had pushed them to my git repo so they were = recoverable). Even restoring the files from my git repo doesn't = work...Spideroak just eventually deletes them. I have no idea why, and = I've filed bug reports with them repeatedly over this issue as I have = encountered it before. I'm toying with the idea of using rsync and lsyncd to keep files synced = between the computers, using my remote server instance as the file = store. I've used rsync before to mirror sites and backup files, but = I've never used lsyncd. Evidently it's a lightweight, event-driven = daemon that will kick off the syncing process on your client computer = when it detects a file change to the local file system. There's a = project on Github called lipsync that looks like it consists of cron = jobs to manage the syncing of files to / from the server / remote = client. What pitfalls do you foresee with this process? After reviewing the = process flow diagrams that the author of lipsync was kind enough to = place on Github with his bash scripts, it looks to me like the only = issue will be that all events appear to be driven from changes to the = files on a remote client. If you have a client you're trying to keep in = sync that has no local file changes, any changes pushed from another = client to the server won't be automatically pulled down. That's easy = enough to overcome though by kicking off a syncing script manually on = your local machine, provided you don't forget to kick it off. This will only be used by me (don't have to worry about multiple users = here), so I'm not overly concerned about conflict resolution. What other pitfalls can you think of that I'm missing? ..more..

From: Matt Keys ------------------------------------------------------ I don't think it's just IT folks getting screwed. UT system recently hired consultants to figure out how bad it was across the board : http://humanresources.tennessee.edu/cab/market ..more..

From: Matthew Keys ------------------------------------------------------ Web Quality Assurance Analyst: http://www.hirebridge.com/jobseeker2/viewdetail.asp?joblistid=116807&cid=6147 ..more..