White Lightning Axiom: Redux

Yesterday ... it was a bother. Long day of trying to port a content feed and test it so that production data was not impacted. Coupled with the fact that the software was developed, tested and released on the production host made it that much more dubious. I had to grind through each bit of code to and search for any hard-coded references to production hosts or data-stores. On top of all this, they want to switch over to a new database that may or may not be complete yet AND move the jobs to run under an Autosys instance that has not been successfully installed yet. A few too many moving cogs for a project dumped on a couple of unmotivated contractors who will be gone within 2 months. I suppose putting the job-security endangering jobs in the laps of the blamesultants is a politically correct thing to do in the 4th quarter. For a company that relies on commerce and we all know that 50% of all commerce happens at this time of the year ... this client sure knows how to play with matches!

The Mrs and I decided not to buy the diesel sedan from Gus. Not so much that it was an unknown quantity, but it would cause discomfort between Gus and ourselves should something go amiss. No, better that we wait for the exact vehicle we need. Someday, a wagon diesel with ABS, AWD, air bags, cd player and a 10 year warranties will show itself to us. Till then, we will continue to pour more cash into the coffers of the Oil companies, Hugo Chavez and the Sheikhs overseas. Argh. Speaking of gloom, it's raining here again. We had a few hours of 'non-precipitation' here but it was quickly vanquished when a NorEaster, a heavy cold front and the Farts from Wilma collided together over the Haupertonian Empire. The soil here is completely saturated from the last 2 day rainstorm and floods are in the making. It's nice to live on a hill, but we still have sump-pumps to run and if we loose our power ... bad things. Perhaps a generator is in the calling. Boy, I'm really itching to spend that diaper money we no longer are spending, eh?

# posted by mdmhvonpa @ 8:32 AM