The 2-Belo <the2belo@msd.bigremovethislobe.ne.jp> wrote:
> We have a report from the fj.life.in-japan Dynamics Officer that
> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net has exploded. Flight director confirms that:

> >> >Agreed.  One of the things I hated about moving from a separate office 
> >> >in a different building to a home office is the proximity of the TV to 
> >> >the PC and my tendency to put off doing things unless I go to a separate 
> >> >place  to do them and return home afterward.  Despite the dog-walking 
> >> >opportunities twice a day and reduced caloric intake, I find weight gain 
> >> >to also be a problem.
> >
> >> Bah. I commute 90 minutes each way from Gifu to Nagoya every day, enduring a
> >> brutal physical regimen of walking up and down train station staircases, and I'm
> >> still gaining enough weight every year to produce my own gravitational field.
> >> It's all about the desk work. I need to invent some job where I can administer
> >> servers remotely from the field (literally; I mean while farming rice). 
> >
> >Console servers and a smart-phone with an ssh agent, and set up a web-vpn
> >at work.
> >
> >Enables me to administer from Yosemite, on occasion.

> Yes, well if my company allowed telecommuting...

Point out to them that what they lose by not seeing your smiling face everyday
is more than made up for by being able to do emergency fixes even on Sundays,
or while you're on vacation.

(If pointing out that it's the 21st century doesn't work, that is...)

Mike