Tagged: geek job

geek job #e squared: the writer of this check and the one who figures the amount to cash it 0

geek job #e squared: the writer of this check and the one who figures the amount to cash it

 Yet another shining example of what will happen when geeks rule the world. Unfortunately (or fortunately) this makes total sense to me. And, keeping it all in the family, my lovely daughter works for...

geek job #11: Computer Jock for the LHC 0

geek job #11: Computer Jock for the LHC

The teams I’ve worked on have managed some incredibly large data centers. But I have some serious geek envy for the dudes running the computing and network infrastructure for CERN’s Large Haldron Collider. In...

geek job #19: “Acquiring” beer for developers 1

geek job #19: “Acquiring” beer for developers

I know without a doubt the motivation of the gent who purloined 450 kegs of beer from the Guinness Brewery in Dublin. The old myth is that whenever you want to get a technical...

geek job #3: fixing Galactica and Pegasus’ computers 0

geek job #3: fixing Galactica and Pegasus’ computers

With all of the retro cool analog phone sets and other low-tech gear on Battlestar Galactica, FTL (faster than light) drive not withstanding I was beginning to get the impression that the whole thing...

great geek job #17: driving NASA Mars Rover 0

great geek job #17: driving NASA Mars Rover

Since I might be slightly too old to be an astronaut (although the specs don’t rule me out for degree, corrected eyesight, height or resting blood pressure!), another cool job would be to virtually...