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OSX Snow Leopard glitches
In: News|Work updates
5 Oct 2009With every major OS release, you can expect some applications to break, and things to act up until a few patches are released–The latest version of OSX, Snow Leopard is no exception. ZingIT along with some help from a few brave ZCoBbers have been putting it to the test and we’ve found some lingering weirdness: [...]
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Cornman Recon
In: Work updates
12 Jun 2009Elph and I went out to Corman Farms today to talk to Mark and check out some possible spots for a webcam. Elph took photos form the potential posts; I took notes and petted the Shetlands. You can see all of today’s photos in our gallery.
Handy with Cardboard?
11 May 2009Check out this really cool DIY laptop stand… Make one!
Got Network Security?
In: Work updates
14 Mar 2007Craig and I had a good meeting with our new rep from our network security vendor. We’ve had a relationship with the vendor for over 6 years and occasionally get a new rep who we bring up to speed. It’s always a two-way learning. Our new rep has a solid background in the field with [...]
Firewall plays hide-and-seek
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17 Nov 2006This morning from 3:30 to 6:15 our firewall decided to play hide-and-seek with Tom and I. It hid pretty well – blocking all incoming and outgoing traffic. It was a sense of deja-vu from our NYC trip but a different piece of equipment this time. I’ve never felt great about our brand of firewall but [...]
House on the Move
In: Work updates
5 Nov 2006700 The house finally moved today! At around 10:30am, the cable people started mobilizing to take down the wires, and Brian and I proceeded to shut down the servers and workstations. Then we went outside. It was a thrilling sight. We (Craig and Roan were there too) stood at the corner of Detroit and Fifth [...]
Planned (maybe) power outage
In: Work updates
29 Oct 2006Sunday. A historic house is planned to be moved down 5th, right by our building and we’ve been informed the power will go out for a ‘short duration’ between 7am to 10pm. We were unable to verify whether that included the Deli or just ATS and we have no way to learn whether it will [...]
Bodies in the dark
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29 Oct 2006No, not a halloween party. I received a call from Allen at 4 pm on Saturday saying the power was down at Mail Order and judging from the signals out at the intersection it was an entire area outage. I was at home getting ready for a halloween party – popped open my laptop, verified [...]
IT Service System Improvement – 4 onsites
In: Work updates
9 Oct 20064/Onsite Each IT staff member commits to spending at least 4 hours at a Zingerman’s business. We rotate every week among five locations – Deli & Catering, ATS & ZHouse (ZingTrain, ZingNet, DSE), Roadhouse, Bakehouse & Creamery, Mail Order & Coffee. While out there we make ourselves available, we attend huddles, inspect and clean the [...]
Mac battery recall
In: Work updates
24 Aug 200612″ iBook G4, 12″ & 15″ PowerBook G4 https://depot.info.apple.com/batteryexchange/ 15″ MacBook Pro https://support.apple.com/macbookpro15/batteryexchange/
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- missy: Couldn't agree more. Have I already asked you to disable Comic Sans from all of our computers? [...]
- Mo Frechette: http://zmojournal.blogspot.com/2010/07/things-that-should-be-invented.html [...]
- Elph: Thanks Gregg. You are right, though we teach that service applies to everyone, including staff and o [...]
- Gregg Sourbeck: So impressive that you've taken the Zingerman's focus on customer service into the interaction betwe [...]
- Billie: Sure will! It runs every Friday from 11am-3pm through July 30. You can get weekly email announcement [...]