Ramblings
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Ouch. Ouch. Ouch.
Went karting last night with the guys from work (work paid). It was a blast, but I’m paying for it this morning. My boss, ever so smartly, has taken today off – but some of us have to be in to keep the department running! Arms hurt, back hurts (bruised on the spinal area), shoulder…
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Cars are black holes on land
As the title says, cars are black holes on land. Money just disappears when it comes in contact with a car, especially an older car. Case in point – I took my car to a local garage to get a full service done on it. They called me back later that day and said they…
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On MS Exchange and meeting rooms
In the current job, I’m dealing with Microsoft-based administrator more than I ever have before. I don’t mind too much, it gives me a few more skills, and another bullet point or three on the resume. Today, however, Exchange has been driving me batty. We have Exchange 2003 – it’s not bad once it’s had…
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A painful event
Last Friday, I went to see my local GP about a rather annoying sebaceous cyst in my right shoulder. It was inflamed and sore, and had already been there for a week, so he put me on flucloxacillin, 2g per day. Jump to Wednesday morning, nothing much has happened, though the rate of growth has…
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Fiddling with laptops
Someone at worked asked me to take a look at their old laptop for them – apparently it wouldn’t boot, wouldn’t even power on some days, and generally was being a pain. I agreed to take a look at it, and see if I could get any data off of the drive. The owner offered…
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Playing with ISDN
As I work on the current big project at $work, I’m getting more exposure to ISDN (otherwise called It Still Does Nothing by my boss), and the tools used to diagnose ISDN connectivity issues. We’ve got a few bits of kit lying around here, including handsets that can emulate a PBX or monitor an ISDN…