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Friday, April 17, 2009

Disaster Recovery - Part 2 & 3

If we were separated, one on the bike(or other car) one with the Yaris, I think it would be:

Sub:

(Go Home) Go home in the vehicle you have
(EFCC) Go to EFCC and stay there
(Stay) Stay wherever you are

To Do:
(Contact) & (Go Home)

If it doesn’t go smooth:

--- No response after 30 minutes
(Contact All)
--- Being forced to leave home, (EFCC) & (Contact All).
--- Forced to leave EFCC or it’s already been designated a “no fly” zone, (Stay – Secondary Office) & (Contact All)
--- Forced to leave Secondary Office, (Stadium) & (Contact All)

If the vehicle does not work/lost/stolen:
(Contact) & (Stay)

--- No response after 30 minutes (Contact All)
--- Forced to leave location, in a safe way (Go Home) & (Contact All)
--- Being forced to leave home, (EFCC) & (Contact All).
--- Forced to leave EFCC or it’s already been designated a “no fly” zone, (Stay – Secondary Office) & (Contact All)
--- Forced to leave Secondary Office, (Stadium) & (Contact All)

Thursday, April 16, 2009

"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."

I think I have a cursed PC. I had this PC. It was one of the first Lenovo’s we received. I stopped using it when I moved to Vista but held on to it. A few months ago I gave it to a contractor to use since I was short on hardware. He lasted two weeks.

I then upgraded this other contractor since she had +5 year old computer. She lasted 1 month.

I have to be careful who gets it next. I think it’s mad that I’m no longer using it.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Disaster Recovery - Part 1

Scenario: San Diego On Fire/Earthquake/Natural disaster/etc, Serena at office, Mr. Container has the car.

(It could be the other way, but I’m thinking this is more realistic.)

What to do:

I stay where I am and call Mr. Container requesting pick up. No reasonable employer would ask him to stay.

Sub:

(Contact) – Call, text, gmail
(Contact All) – Contact both parents & (Contact). Follow up with parents, Serena on the hour and half hour, Mr. Container at :15 and :45.
(Stay - Office) – For Serena stay at primary office – For Mr. Container it is his primary office at HasturCom
(Stay - Secondary Office) – Make way to secondary office and stay there – When reversed, still Serena's secondary office
(Home) – Get ride home from a trusted person (not public transit or cab) and stay there
(Stadium) - Go to Qualcomm stadium, and find parking lot marker for section D1 aka Disaster1, wait under sign & (Contact All)

If it doesn’t go smooth:

--- No response after 30 minutes (Contact All) & (Stay - Office)
--- Being forced to leave, (Stay – Secondary Office) & (Contact All).
--- Forced to leave secondary office, (Home) & (Contact All)
--- Northbound freeways closed, neighborhood under evacuation, (Stadium) & (Contact All)

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Go on, take the money and run

The Steve Miller Band song "Take the Money And Run" came on the radio this morning. One of these days I'll write up my take on the song. Mr. Container and I like to talk out how we would handle various scenarios. Sometimes it's parenting. Sometimes disasters. Sometimes just normal day to days things.

Today it was just a quick comment that if he told me to "Go on, take the money and run" I would. But he also said that we would have already had a plan in case we were separated. This lead to another conversation. Long story short(ish)....

I need to improve my upper body strength so I can fight zombies with a shovel.

Friday, April 10, 2009

Looks like?

No, it's not a portal to Narnia

An IT closet is one of the most mysterious rooms in any office building. I have a little closet in which I store my shiny technology. Every time I block the door open to work in there, it's about 45 seconds until I see someone sticking their head in.

Sorry, kids. It's not that exciting. I don't have gold plated keyboards or laptop computers that plug right into your brain. It really is where CRT monitors, computer, keyboards and mice go to die.