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• 10.22.09
  It’s Time I Get Back to Work Comedy, Office Life, TV Shows, Water Cooler | (0)

  Man I've been lazy. I think it's been about 2 years since my last post and really the time has come for me to get back at it. All I needed was a little inspiration delivered by no other than Mr. T.
• 08.28.08
  Repercussions ….. Taste of my own medicine! Practical Jokes | (0)

  In my office, its no secret that I'm one of the big pranksters, reference this blog article some pranks I have pulled. So the other day I just did a SMALL prank, I placed a few extra chairs around my quad-mates chair. So I got a little laughter out of watching her move the chairs out of her way. Then we both decided to take those chairs and push them and block another teammates chair. I then left the area as I went and met with some people on another team in another area. I walked back to my cubicle about ...
• 08.24.08
  Five simple ways to play practical jokes to annoy your co-workers. Practical Jokes | (3)

  Well there are five simple ways that I have been playing practical jokes on co-workers around the office. I'm a pretty lively guy and in my office there are not that many exciting individuals. In order to combat this, I'm always playing jokes on individuals just to provide excitement throughout the day. I'm going to explain these jokes which range from simple, technical and all the way up to ARE YOU SERIOUS. Joke 1: Mess with their seat adjustments. In my office we have 3 standard types of desk chairs which they range in adjustablility. The first type of desk chair ...
• 11.07.07
  Why won’t the boss fire that idiot?!?! Office Life | (0)

  Here is a great article coming from CNN and CareerBuilder.com that talks about why bad employees get fired. As easy as it sounds to fire someone, it actually is not. I personally expected to hear about how screwed up companies policies make it to fire someone nowadays because of the fear of being sued. This article lists ten other reasons that I did not think of but once I saw it, it made complete sense. First point they talk about how the employee has a relationship with someone higher up. This does not necessarily mean a romantic relationship but just any type. ...
• 09.13.07
  Third of IT projects exceed budget? HUH? Office Life | (0)

  According to a survey that software management company Computer Associates gave, they concluded that a third of IT projects exceed budget. If you have ever worked in an IT department (Not IT Company) this should not seem new to you, heck I think the number is a little low. This article from Cnet talks about the normal culpriates for this problem. First big problem is "Scope Creeping", this always happens during the Software Development Life Cycle. The "clients" which can be internal or external ask for more features than what was originally asked. Sometimes these features can cause a huge overhaul of ...
• 08.14.07
  10 things your IT department won’t tell you, from WSJ. Office Life | (0)

  I came across this great document from Wall Street Journal, it describes 10 problems in the work computer environment and then solutions to these problems. This article might not be helpful for the real tech nerd but it will help out others. These problems range from blocked websites, sending large emails and even how to look like your busy while doing some heavy web surfing! For each of these 10 they go over "the problem", "the trick", "the risk" and "how to stay safe". 10. HOW TO LOOK LIKE YOU'RE WORKING The Problem: You're doing some vital Web surfing and your boss ...
• 07.26.07
  Do you think you are the only person at work wasting time? Office Life | (0)

  I finally came across an article that really describes the focus of this website. This blog site was created to provide a medium for people to break out of their CUBICLE walls and check out new things going on in the technology world. Two other guys and myself decided to start this life because the day to day operations at our jobs bore us to death and really disgusted us in how the corporate life has turned into. This article from Reuters surveys over 2,000 employees online. 60% of employees admitted to wasting time at work and on average waste ...

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