Mar 25, 2010 | Medical, Work
No, that’s an understatement … it’s been a BITCH of a week!
Our server installation has been a nightmare. 3 Days later and we can finally do some work again but there are so many unresolved issues that we have to contend with that I’ve no idea when we’ll be 100% operational again. Unfortunately, it turns out that the company who sold us the Small Business Server doesn’t *really* know what they’re doing. We’re still sitting with a few machines (the Macs) unable to connect to Exchange, IIS Web Services ain’t happening blah blah fishpaste.
So much money, so much time and I’m seriously hacked about the whole thing. We’re all so behind on work now – it’s going to be a pretty shit weekend trying to catch up.
The alarm system is borked and keeps going off randomly. ADT wants me to evacuate the premises, lock everything up and then stand very, very still to test the alarm. This was after I simply asked them to send a technician. Apparently that’s a fail in their books. No … I have to perform the evaluation and fix myself. Jeez! EVENTUALLY I managed to convey to the chickie on the phone that I don’t have time for that crap and I just want a bloody technician!
We’ve lost a phone line somewhere in the whole office re-vamp AND my home line has died. Yay … we get to rely on Telkom to come fix!
Son#1 is struggling like no-one’s business over in the UK. He got fired from one job, is earning peanuts on the other and basically doesn’t have enough money to survive. i’m getting such sad messages from him, it breaks my heart. Fuck.
My sore back has set me back big time – I had to rest the whole of yesterday AND I had a damn tummy bug on top of that so I’ve been thoroughly miserable. Neither the chiropractor nor my GP knows what’s wrong with my back so I just have to keep on taking meds until it decides not to feel like I’m being impaled in my right lung. Great.
*grumble*
Mmk, I’m finished moaning. Fingers crossed that things start getting better. Fast.
Mar 20, 2010 | Current Events
* * * 4 APRIL * * *
39 <– for those of you who keep forgetting how old I am *cough* Son#1 *cough*
I know you’ve all been saving like mad for this, dying for the opportunity to spoil me with awesome presents, but I’m guessing that you have no clue what to buy me. Right? Right.
Here’s a tip: anyone who gets me anything remotely “practical” will be fired / unfollowed / defriended / disinherited on the spot. No bulk packs of 48 toilet rolls please. Yes, I have been given this as a gift before, I shit you not.
Here’s what I won’t say no to:
- Final Fantasy 13 for Xbox 360
- Ralf Lauren Polo Sport for Women
- Flowers
- Dragonlance Chronicles Gift Set
- Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (Mac)
- Flowers
- Vanilla Cream Body Hamper
- Lapillus Worry Skull
- Flowers
- Monin Watermelon Liqueur
- Bram Stoker’s Dracula: Collector’s Edition
- Flowers
Mmk … that’s enough to start with 😀
Mar 17, 2010 | Life at Home, Work
Well, after 10 years I have FINALLY taken the plunge and going ahead with the much-dreaded (and way overdue) renovation of our office.
The Shit Hole is getting a face lift at last 😀
It all starts tomorrow with the new laminated wood floor being laid. Then the place gets painted, new lights get fitted, floating shelves get put up and wooden blinds get hung. And then *drumroll* … the MOST exciting part … a brand new server HURRAH!
Obviously, everyone’s had to clear out of there and move into my house for the week that this is going to take. Yeah, so we’re snuggled up nice ‘n close in here … all 8 of us, heh.
There are now THIRTEEN computers in here!
Thank goodness we have 4 strong boys here, moving all that heavy stuff
looks like it was hard work, neh?
Note the finger pointing happening on the right, lol!
Kak. That doesn’t look good!
And here lies the poor Shit Hole, waiting for some TLC.
Mar 13, 2010 | Gadgets 'n Stuff
Yeah … feeling like a right pratt using this new machine.
Ok, ok, I know it’s only been a day but STILL … this thing makes no sense to me whatsoever!
Mac’s used to be brilliantly simple and easy to understand. THIS one is illogical – nothing really works the way I would expect it to. Dare I say, it’s not intuitive? Wow, it’s slowing me down BIG TIME.
The pune keyboard it came with was the first thing to go. Jeez, how do they expect you to work with that silly little thing? So I got myself a normal, wired Mac keyboard but it’s not ideal. For one thing, it’s totally flat, not sloped and the lettering on the keyboard is odd too – it’s straight up, instead of slanting to the right so I look at it and my mind doesn’t register what the keys are straight away. The”M” – I only see that as an upside-down “W”. Annoying.
Bah.
And what’s with this stupid “Magic Mouse?” My damn fingers keep sticking to the thing – NOT great when you need pixel perfection in your work.
The display? It’s big. That’s about the only good thing I can say. Damn, it’s fuzzy! All this “smooth” shit makes the edges of stuff extremely difficult to see. Again, when your work entails the precise placement of every pixel, this is a big, fat FAIL. I notice it particularly on Photoshop guides – they look 3 times as fat/thick as they should unless you zoom to the max.
So yeah, I don’t have many good things to say about my new iMac. I prefer Windows. It makes sense to me. This thing feels like an expensive toy and not a serious production machine.
If I don’t get used to it FAST, I’m ditching it.
Mar 10, 2010 | Current Events
Yip, today – 10 March 2010 – is
The International Day of Awesomeness!
BUT …
