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Madonna and Passwords II

January 25, 2022
Thank you Robert!

I believe the phrase he used when we were spinning up servers was, " I mean the mother of our lord! Not the profane singer."

I really miss him.


Christmas Party Take Over

January 25, 2022
Around 2009, Patrick was hired to install a series of technical solutions for a government agencies.   They had stumbled on a number of projects and clearly needed leadership.  Patrick way over performed.  He got all the various systems up and running and trained the staff in managing them.  Looking ahead Patrick saw there really was very little left for him to do.  Worse, the person in charge of the department who had failed so miserable was not happy about Patrick getting all the praise.

So he started looking. It was around Christmas and he really enjoyed the season. The miserable supervisor always ran the company Christmas party.  So Patrick gathered the staff took over the party and left for a new job!

Madonna and passwords

January 25, 2022
This is the story I was telling my girlfriend recently that got me to try to reach out to Patrick recently and led me to discover that he had passed.

Patrick often spun up web sites with the default password as Madonna followed by some 4 digit number. And then he would go on to say “and I mean the mother of our Lord, not the woman who dances around half naked to the joy and delight of preteen girls everywhere”.

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