So, I got a laptop for work now. When I get the security key and VPN setup I can work from home. I have mixed feelings about this, which is why I never pushed real hard for it. One thing I really look forward to is jamming out on the home stereo. And my chair and desk are so much better. I also have that new 28″ monitor. It’s not too bright. It’s not too cold. The Internet connection doesn’t run through the corporate servers. So, I can feel free to play Pandora internet radio.
Unlike most of my coworkers, no one is at home. There’s no one to pester and get pestered by. That’s good and bad. I like the personal contact. It would be nice to work at home 1 or 2 days a week.
There are some technical details to work out. I use a huge external drive at work and I don’t want to carry it around. I still want an external drive, preferrably RAID, at home to have good backups. The 150 gig on the laptop is nice, but I’ve come to rely on 300 and I have 5 20 gig VMs.
The RAID solution is expensive and no created yet. The whole computer thing at my house is on pause. The two Windows boxes died and I’m just not interested in putting them back together right now. My little MacBook rocks. I don’t think it’s been rebooted this year. Should have gone this way 2 yr ago.
Anyway, work from home yay for me.