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Techie traced cables from basement to maternity ward and onto a roof, before a car crash revealed the problem
Techie fixed a ‘brown monitor’ by closing a door for a doctor
GNOME Foundation's new executive director is Canadian, a techie, and a GNOME user
Techie solved supposed software problem by waving his arms in the air
Techie diagnosed hardware fault by checking customer's coffee
Techie pulled an all-nighter that one mistake turned into an all-weekender
Techie pointed out meetings are pointless, and was punished for it
Techie cleaned up criminally bad tech support that was probably also an actual crime
Techie fluked a fix and found himself the abusive boss's best friend
Techie left 'For support, contact me' sign on a server. Twenty years later, someone did
Techie took five minutes to fix problem Adobe and Microsoft couldn't solve in two weeks
Techie made a biblical boo-boo when trying to spread the word
Client tells techie: You're not leaving the country until this printer is working
Techie told 'Bill Gates' Excel is rubbish – and the Microsoft boss had it fixed in 48 hours
Facebook prank sent techie straight to Excel hell
Admin took out a call center – and almost their career – with a cut and paste error
Techie installed 'user attitude readjustment tool' after getting hammered in a Police station
Bad vibrations left techie shaken up during overnight database rebuild
Techie invented bits of the box he was fixing, still botched the job