The Bank

Gotta love high security

September 11, 2007

OK, so we have this system here at work for requesting access. It’s a Lotus Notes database (shudder) that is a real pain in the patoot. Unfortunately, it’s the only way to request new IDs in Active Directory, or to get users moved in and out of AD groups. Anyway, after you submit a request [...]

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Stuff and nonsense

August 10, 2007

Time for some various and sundry updates. The Pupperoni Carrie and I are experiencing a Scout-less weekend, since he went Up North with Carrie’s sister Becky yesterday to visit the grandparents. He’ll be back on Monday. Our house is very quiet. Also, we finally got a full night’s sleep last night – since we’ve been [...]

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Policies of the draconian sort…I love working at a bank!

May 22, 2007

So yesterday I got the following email: Matt, CSIRT received the alert below showing that you used AOL chat from the JPMC infrastructure. Use of external instant messaging and webmail are violations of the IT Control Policies due to the inherent security risks involved. Additionally, the firm’s workstation inventory system shows your machine has several [...]

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Sometimes I love my life…

April 9, 2007

Jeff just called me. He’s got the Cubs tickets from his work for today. You know. Opening Day. This necessitated the following IM conversation: Matt: I know the rule is to request days off in advance, but I just came down with “opening day cough” Matt’s Boss: lol Matt: (translation – a ticket for today’s [...]

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Real World Laptop

November 28, 2006

Mugsy – I actually loaded OS X in a virtual machine last night on it. but then I patched OS X, and it stopped booting Mugsy’s Boss – doh Mugsy – it was fun to try though Mugsy’s Boss – lol Mugsy – I just thought it looked funny to run it in fullscreen and [...]

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Gotta get ahead one way or another…

August 7, 2006

Matt Stratton – which is also why I always include my little “playing dumb” thing asking for the documentation on the process Matt Stratton – which you notice nobody ever provides Matt’s Boss – lol Matt’s Boss – I play dumb pretty well too Matt Stratton – at review time, I’d like it remembered that [...]

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Mid-Year Review

June 21, 2006

Just got my review from my boss. This has nothing to do with money, so it’s not that important, but in case you care, here’s what he had to say: Matt has continued to be a steady performer for the implementation team, delivering quality projects within projected timeframes. Matt is a team player and on [...]

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