Thank Crunchie!

Friday!!!
Working week done, just scouting to get out of the way and I can relax in front of the box for the day!
This Sunday should be a challenge. I'm helping some scouts pass their staged IT badges, 2 time slots to cover and I've got to try and fit in a gym visit... It's going to be tight!

Doctor is in

Got my first Qwertee shirt yesterday, arrived when I was in work so was a nice treat for when I got home.

An awesome design of Futurama heads in jars, all of famous doctors!

Hopefully this will be the first of many Qwertee's!!

Media meltdown

I seem to be having an issue with external storage lately. I'm now on my 3rd dead device in as many weeks. Not sure what I'm doing but I'm killing them outright, I've tried my hardest on all three drives to access the data and got nothing back! I think it's time i switched to solid-state devices, there's less chance of me killing them when they have no moving parts!

Managerial misconduct!

Apparently someone once said "it's better to be unmanaged, than mismanaged". I beg to differ I've been in my job for a year, and can count the amount of times I've met my manager on one hand and the amount of time spent with my team leader using an egg-timer. Most people wouldn't complain of this, in fact they would probably wish for that type of management interaction. i on the other hand am annoyed by it! Why do I need them I have been self-sufficient in my role for a year now, with no sign of that changing. In fact I am taking on more responsibility to add value to my role. I'm finding it very hard to find reasons why i need them. I could contract myself out separate from this company and earn more money surely? I begridge anyone who gets paid to do nothing, unless of course that person is me?!?

Tiredness can kill

Today seems to be one of those days.
From the second I walked in the building I've not stopped.Job after job pouring onto my queue with no end in site.
Mix a queue of irate users with the fact I've switched to decaf coffee and you have people dicing with death!
Demand that I fix your problem... I double-dare you!

Boys and their toys

What a week in work.
Having to load laptops with OS and software packages that are not supported by our service desk.
And all because the big-bosses want new toys.

So I have to learn how to use a MAC (have supported windows for a decade) and then learn parallels so that it can hold an image of Windows 7.

You try telling an SVP "No". It's not in their vocab!

A moment in history

I've been witness to a number of amazing things in my lifetime that will be read in history books in years to come. The death of lady Diana, attack on the world trade centre, first black president and the queens Jubilee to name just a few.
But today is a special day also, today will be known as the day I finally snapped and went on my killing spree!!! It's not even lunch time yet and people are rubbing me up the wrong way, seriously people... I'm one man doing the work of two. you have to be patient!!!