I worked with a guy who decided to use the disabled toilet in the office, while sitting there wondered what that red cord was that hung from the ceiling.

He pulled it.

IT.

More specifically, networks.

I had been applying for any role I have done before and can go again, ranging from desktop support, technical support, network and server support as well as wireless surveys and design.

My contract role was network automation and I was just getting into the swing of it when we got the axe.

The bulk of my experience is wireless surveys, design and reporting work… but it is quite niche. Very few posts going for those roles. I did get some interviews for similar roles but one company wanted someone more involved in pre-sales and the other didn’t like the fact that I questioned travel (They said ha ha, UK for now but EU… maybe in the future). No mention of travel on the job description, the recruiter that contacted me also had not heard of it and it turns out the company got ‘burned’ once before after an engineer left because of the travel.

Yeah… I don’t see that as burned, I see that as they caused it themselves by not telling applicants about the travel any only let you know in the interview to cover themselves while luring people in.

The reason I was able to apply for so many roles is I cast I wide net, I applied for anything IT related in the city as well as my town and surrounding areas.

I almost landed a sweet, but strange role, where the pay was decent for the work, fully remote but a weird schedule which I was more than happy to do. Damn!

My previous employer cut all the contracts leaving me to find a new role.

I was not in that role long enough to gain enough experience to find a similar role and it was a career change.

I estimate I put in over 750 applications and got maybe 7 interviews out of it.

My CV basically matched the job description for a few roles but was told no.

It’s rough out there, I had to take the first offer as my bank account was basically gone. I’m now earning less than I did 10 years ago and of course rent and prices have gone up. Going to be a rough few years.

One of the Stoner/Doom bands I have on my playlists, good stuff.

No jokes allowed :(

*Foe-Harmer.

Sadly, they are long gone :(

But this was a house with a nice, large back yard that they were pretty much safe in.

I now live abroad and my lease does not allow for pets.

I would love to have cats again, but to find a flat that allows them is rare. When last I searched for a flat, I got 48 results matching my criteria. I checked the box for ‘allows pets’ and… 0 results.

When I lived with my parents I used to leave my bedroom window open throughout the year so that my cats could get in and out.

It bothered my mom, every time she walked past my room she’d complain that it felt like an arctic breeze coming out of there. I’d have my door propped open just a bit for the cats to pass through.

Man… I loved it. I would bundle up in some nice, thick blankets and pull one over my head but I’d be on the edge of the pillow with just my nose sticking out for fresh air.

Winter > summer sleeping any time.

And those mosquitoes… I’d be up early hours of the morning hunting them down. Ceiling fan did little to stop them from feasting on me.

I hit a wall at some point, the difficulty seemed to have ramped up or I was super weak.

Probably my stats and bad weapon and skill choices and I had not picked up certain items and pictos.

I left the game for a few months and picked it up again, started over and I just finished it now, about 30 minutes ago.

I’ll admit I used some build guides and it helped me along, I wanted to finally finish the game without struggling as much as I did before.

I tested a few launchers that were not to my liking, and then I settled on Lawnchair.

I might change at some stage, but so far it’s working for me.

Hot sap.

+10 damage for the sticker.

This is what I got to see, and so do you now.

I saw some article mention that there has not been a Half-Life game in ages… completely forgetting about Alyx.

I’m just hoping for some good games moving forward that aren’t trying to milk us for everything we have with slop we don’t want.

Madlad on the left.

Why Half-Life 3 can never be made.

I don’t think I ever watched that show… but I know that soundtrack.

It’s bugging me now because I don’t know where I heard it from, maybe I heard it a few times when it was on the TV as a kid.

Oh dang, I forgot about those.

Nah, not real thankfully.

Check the words at the top, the print around them is a slightly different colour and on the left there are gaps in the reflection on the paper where the edit happened (right under that green character).

There is also an editing error under the text on the second panel in the border.

XDefiant felt dirty with crossplay on.

A buddy of mine and I had problems playing against console players, the aim assist felt way too strong and I think there was mention of it somewhere.

So we turned crossplay off and we had a much better time instead of getting stomped on.