New Car!
filed in Uncategorized on Jan.08, 2009
Sorry for the long update. No escuses..
I just bought a new car. Picking it up on Saturday. Photos will follow 
I went to the Boxing, and a Hockey Game broke out!
filed in Humour, Video on Dec.11, 2008
Bunch of pussies! Always trying to rip each others shirts off!
So much for THAT theory..
filed in Site, Work on Dec.09, 2008
Well, I thought that WP 2.7 was coming the other day, but it turns out that it was for wordpress.com users, not for outside users. The best laid plans of mice and men
I have updated to WP 2.7 RC1, and it looks good. I didn’t loose anything throught he update process this time (unlike my last update where I screwed something up bigtime, but thankfully had a backup so it didn’t take too long to recover).
I haven’t had much time to play around with the site, I’ve been flat out at work. The way things are shaping up I may not be able to do too much until after Christmas, when the company practically shuts down for a while. I’ll be at home, but on call.
I’m trying to book in some leave in the very early new year, but haven’t been able to get confirmation yet. I desperately need a break, time to recharge. I will have long service leave owing to me in February, but I’ve already been told I’m not allowed to take that in one hit (8 weeks) until at least May. This despite the fact that I have given them 6 months notice that it was coming up.
I was really looking forward to that long service leave, and I’m devistated that they have put the brakes on it. What worries me is come May when I ask to take it, they will find some other excuse to block me again. And I’ll end up in a never ending cycle of applying and being denied for some other tiny reason.
Anyone home??
filed in Site on Dec.04, 2008
You may have noticed a distinct lack of updates recently. Well, okay, not that there is much here anyways, I realise.
I’ve been tinkering around the edges, trying out things here and there, adding some new plugins (particularly seeing I can get some of my photos up on Flickr and having them display here in a way I like – no luck so far). It’s coming along slowly, starting to shape up, but I still have a lot of learning to do.
But the main reason for the delay? Wordpress 2.7 is coming out tomorrow, so I’m holding for that. One of the features I’m really looking forward to is the auto updating! The last time I updated WP, I managed to loose everything. Luckily I had backed everything up just in case, so it didn’t take long to restore. Hopefully this new update will be the last one I do manually!
Mayhem
filed in Hate it, Work on Nov.25, 2008
Ever had one of those days when you just KNEW you shouldn’t have gotten out of bed?
That was yesterday for me. From the moment I sat down, the phone didn’t stop ringing. Call after call. Non stop. Barely any time to breathe.
I haven’t had a day like that for years.
I need a holiday…
New site, New blog, New Whinge!
filed in Hate it, Site, Work on Nov.19, 2008
Finally, I’ve shifted “thespydersweb.net” domain over to it’s own specific site. There are some who remember the old domain it used to be pointed to – I ask that you keep that old name to yourselves.
One of the reasons for the shift is that I can now try to remain a little anonymous on the web, and gain a bit of freedom on what I post and what I say.
Please bear with me as I start to get this site under construction. I’ve not used Wordpress to any great degree, so it’s going to take me a while to figure out what options I have available. Any comments in respect to the site look, layout, improvement suggestions, etc., are always welcome (note : spammers will be treated with the (lack of) respect they are due).
Anyways, to get started, work is driving me mad. I have a new guy that I have to train up to my level. He’s a very nice guy, and really on the ball. But I have to dump 2 years of information to him in a structured way so as I don’t miss anything. WHILST still doing everything else I have have to do. No taking the entire day to deliver a planned training session. Nope, I have to fit it in around everything else. FUCK ME!
Today was the perfect example. We’re about to implement a new system, and I had part 1 of the training telconference this morning. 3 hours. Straight.
That finished at 1pm. At 1pm, the NEXT teleconference on a different subject begins. And in amongst this, answering emails, instant messages and mobile phone calls.
How this new guy is going to get trained (up to my level is the expectation), I’m starting to wonder. I hope he’s a sponge….