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mike susz

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i spent 2024 being thrown at challenged projects, over & over, trying to fix critical bugs and shove them across the line. didn’t take any vacation and ended up stacking all my time off in december.

i come back to work in january with a dismal utilization percentage (i’m punished for taking vacation) and thrown right back onto projects spiraling out of control.

i’m not a “hustler” & i don’t have youthful energy to give for free to my employer to compensate for their lack of ability to plan.

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mike susz

@mikesusz

Bluesky
new year, decided to procure a replacement computer for work (to replace my 2019 intel macbook pro) and they sent me a 2021 m1 mbp. not bad, glad to be on apple silicon, and haven’t heard a cooling fan yet.

no time to set it up though as several “challenged” projects are vying for my help. sigh.

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mike susz

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Bluesky
wait you have to win a popularity contest before you’re willing to make a principled decision? sounds like you should stay on twitter.

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mike susz

@mikesusz

Bluesky
my family arrived home expecting that i had recorded a hip-hop cover of a blink-182 song. i had to explain - no - while they were out, i was planning to _wrap_ All The Small Things.

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mike susz

@mikesusz

Mastodon

@jerzone i haven’t been logging mine locally, just sending it to wunderground. makes me think i should have kept the data, though i can query their history api i guess.

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mike susz

@mikesusz

Bluesky
this morning i took my bucket of salt & sand to spread on a part of our cul-de-sac that’s always in the shade and currently glare ice. and i realized, my transformation is complete. a photo of “Old Man” Marley from the Home Alone movie.

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mike susz

@mikesusz

Bluesky
if you’re the kind of person who compares your own physical conditioning to the other people at the gym, and maybe feel bad about yourself - good news.

today i set the bar really low for you.

real, real low.

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mike susz

@mikesusz

Mastodon

@jerzone i had changed my chair over to rollerblade style wheels and i had to switch back to the normal ones, i was worried about rolling onto limbs or snoots or ears.

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mike susz

@mikesusz

Bluesky
2hr delay for school here tomorrow, aka i do not have to wake up at 6am.

i might have to deal with snow removal several times throughout the morning, however.

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mike susz

@mikesusz

Bluesky
last day of 4 days off. i haven’t had 4 days off in a row since last christmas. looking forward to all my vaca time in december, and vowing (once again) to use it more throughout the year in 2025.

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mike susz

@mikesusz

Bluesky
my thanksgiving trip with the boys fell through and we’re home and joined in my wife’s plan to get cook-at-home thanksgiving dinner from the local bbq smokehouse and my goodness we’re eating smoked turkey all weekend and taking naps (okay i’m the only one napping because they’re not smart enough)

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mike susz

@mikesusz

Bluesky
when i was getting up to use the bathroom, my elbow cracked so loudly that it woke up the puppy. and that’s why i was up before 6am on a saturday.

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mike susz

@mikesusz

Bluesky
in the past two days we’ve gotten 1.5 inches of rain, and that’s most of what has fallen in november. and nearly half of what fell in october. it’s been astonishingly dry here. glad the pattern is changing.

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mike susz

@mikesusz

Bluesky
the biggest lesson i’ve learned from the latest project i was parachuted into (when it was already on fire), is to call b.s. on project scope and timelines. _Especially_ when the people who wrote the proposal completely ignored the estimates provided by devs.

in fact, run the other way, maybe.

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mike susz

@mikesusz

Bluesky
my septic tank pumping company sends me an email suggesting i need to get the septic tank pumped out before upcoming holiday parties and i wonder how much food they think i’m serving to my guests

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mike susz

@mikesusz

Bluesky
one of my toughest adjustments to “checking in” on bluesky is the tooling. with (other networks and 3rd party apps that spoil me) i can open the app on mac/iphone/ipad and it scrolls to my last-viewed item in timeline. with the bluesky app i have to scroll and remember what i’ve already seen or not

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mike susz

@mikesusz

Bluesky
today is an administrivia day. my current portfolio of domain names, email hosting, web hosting, etc. is best described as “a terrible mess.”

working on straightening that out. and stretch goal - finally get some content up on most of my (checks notes… gasps) 28 domain names.

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mike susz

@mikesusz

Bluesky
spent another day yesterday hauling truckloads of leaves to the transfer station. we should be just about done with fall yard cleanup.

it’s been incredibly dry here in the northeast, and the leaves are “fluffy” and “crispy” which means they do not compress well.

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mike susz

@mikesusz

Bluesky
so i’ve talked about it some on Masto, since i was last active on twitter, i’ve moved into Consulting at IBM. while i am able to build a lot more stuff now and use new technology (versus my previous role in Software, managing and extending an established product) i do miss deeply caring about things

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