Rule one: Do not act incautiously when confronting little bald wrinkly smiling men.
Posted in big brother on Feb 28th, 2008
Since beginning my new job and discovering I didn’t have admin rights to my own machine, I feel like I have been trying to outstare the sun as I have battled for various pieces of software to be installed.
Company I.T. policy prevents the installation of, well, anything and this is enforced at a local and […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 26th, 2008
Should anyone have visited here over the last few days they would have been greeted with a post from October 2006. Why? For some reason the blog started listing posts in reverse order, oldest first? I’m not sure whether this was triggered by some upgrades at my web host or if it was a bug, […]
Posted in personal on Feb 20th, 2008
I’m sat at home, in the warm. Central heating is a beautiful thing, oh yes. I touch a button and almost instant warmth. Magic. No need to sit under piles of blankets while wearing three sets of clothes.
This is the first cold I have experienced with my new employer, and the commute would normally prevent […]
Posted in telecommunications on Feb 12th, 2008
Finally I have a phone. It appeared while I was out of the office, 3 weeks into my new job.
Now it’s here, and I haven’t a clue on how to use it!
It doesn’t ring, it just lights up. I have just downloaded a User Guide and am trying to figure it out.
Update:
OK, I have managed […]
Posted in big brother on Feb 4th, 2008
Another leap forward for surveillance society as the number plate recognition scanners record all vehicles in an out of London, for the sake of our health you understand. How could you refuse?
BBC news
But Transport for London, which is implementing the zone, says it will improve quality of life for people with asthma, cardio-vascular disease and […]