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Flashback Friday: No, if it were too risky … oh, never mind
Opinion

Flashback Friday: No, if it were too risky … oh, never mind

The logic of upper management baffles once again.

Wayback Wednesday: Sometimes it really ISN’T your job
Opinion

Wayback Wednesday: Sometimes it really ISN’T your job

Life in the gutter.

Power play
Opinion

Power play

They’re redefining ‘power user.’

Memory-Lane Monday: Seeing is believing
Opinion

Memory-Lane Monday: Seeing is believing

No, no — that’s what the cup holder is for!

Flashback Friday: Oh yes, definitely a quality problem!
Opinion

Flashback Friday: Oh yes, definitely a quality problem!

Just not with the hardware.

Wayback Wednesday: All true statements, in their way
Opinion

Wayback Wednesday: All true statements, in their way

Why challenge a giant?

Seek and ye shall find
Opinion

Seek and ye shall find

Though it might take a while.

Memory-Lane Monday: Documentation just takes up too much space
Opinion

Memory-Lane Monday: Documentation just takes up too much space

And apparently it doesn’t spark joy.

Flashback Friday: Hoarder
Opinion

Flashback Friday: Hoarder

You never know when something might come in handy.

Wayback Wednesday: Oops!
Opinion

Wayback Wednesday: Oops!

When ‘Reply All’ isn’t embarrassing enough.

It was right here
Opinion

It was right here

A folder by any other name would be less confusing.

Memory-Lane Monday: Say, this is almost as easy as Linux!
Opinion

Memory-Lane Monday: Say, this is almost as easy as Linux!

Some support is more basic than others.

Flashback Friday: She’s right — that doesn’t work
Opinion

Flashback Friday: She’s right — that doesn’t work

Let’s start at the beginning.

Wayback Wednesday: Drawn to it
Opinion

Wayback Wednesday: Drawn to it

Few problems are so easily identified.

Time-Machine Tuesday: For better or worse
Opinion

Time-Machine Tuesday: For better or worse

Sometimes it takes two to make a problem.

Memory-Lane Monday: The cruelest password
Opinion

Memory-Lane Monday: The cruelest password

Maybe she should check her dictionary again.

Flashback Friday: Snow job
Opinion

Flashback Friday: Snow job

But you said the labor would be free!

Wayback Wednesday: The joy of do-it-yourself IT
Opinion

Wayback Wednesday: The joy of do-it-yourself IT

You have no one to blame except …

Top secret
Opinion

Top secret

When you said, ‘Door,’ you could have been more specific.

Memory-Lane Monday: Why isn’t everyone looking happy to hear that?
Opinion

Memory-Lane Monday: Why isn’t everyone looking happy to hear that?

You couldn’t have tried that yesterday?

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