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So, work IT went from 'oh, right, we have free-range internets around here somewhere' to "We are watching YOU! 2+2=5" in the space of about two days. (Webnanny settings used to be REALLY tame - blocked social sites like myspace, and keywords like 'adult' or 'lingerie' or 'games'. Simple, logical. Now I can't even get into things like Google Documents because they've included the keyword 'personal' in there, but Calendar and Mail are fine. Bizarro. The unit manager even said that we may have to email to have things un-blocked for WORK purposes. How is this process improvement, again? o.O: [Snide note: I know which department has/had the worst offenders, and they have the highest turnover already, not to mention the most infractions of other parts of the handbook. I may try and check a few forums on my breaks, but I'm not streaming video and music and wearing jeans on a Tuesday and generally making the corporate office look like a high school gone wrong.] )
Clearly, they are a bit sheepish about putting in a national-company-wide VoIP system (among other modern technologies) and not upgrading the capacity of the lines (this plus a planned scanning-to-the-network plan, going paperless, etc... and we're still using a single T1? Seriously?) and instead getting Very Stern at us instead of just quietly fixing the problem. Huh.
Which means that now I can't even check stuff at lunch breaks. Boo. (I rather liked my mid-morning break for wecomics and coffee. It was quite pleasant, and reduced the miserable monotony of clerical stuff that comes across my desk. Not to mention the much-needed dose of humor to make it to lunchtime, some days.)
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Also, I had some Nifty and Deep Thoughts about seeing Liza Dalby on Tuesday evening, but for now I'll sum up: I looked pretty kimono-HIME fierce, I thought, and I DIDN'T make a complete and utter fool of myself (just a bit of an idiot, the usual stuff, like babbling too much). Also, I wasn't the only person in kimono. Just the only person who qualified for the 'before' part of the Kitsuke What Not To Wear (Kimono Purists' Edition). :D (I also got home just before 2am and had to get up for work by 7am, so I'm not really entirely coherent at this point.) Buying the hi-tops was TOTALLY worth it. :D
Pictures later - they're still on the camera and my computer is having a LOT of trouble tonight. I wonder if buying another 500MB RAM card would be an investment to stave off this poor thing's death just a little longer... I've got 720 total right now, but not a lot of disk space. It's a bit hit-or-miss, I think.
Clearly, they are a bit sheepish about putting in a national-company-wide VoIP system (among other modern technologies) and not upgrading the capacity of the lines (this plus a planned scanning-to-the-network plan, going paperless, etc... and we're still using a single T1? Seriously?) and instead getting Very Stern at us instead of just quietly fixing the problem. Huh.
Which means that now I can't even check stuff at lunch breaks. Boo. (I rather liked my mid-morning break for wecomics and coffee. It was quite pleasant, and reduced the miserable monotony of clerical stuff that comes across my desk. Not to mention the much-needed dose of humor to make it to lunchtime, some days.)
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Also, I had some Nifty and Deep Thoughts about seeing Liza Dalby on Tuesday evening, but for now I'll sum up: I looked pretty kimono-HIME fierce, I thought, and I DIDN'T make a complete and utter fool of myself (just a bit of an idiot, the usual stuff, like babbling too much). Also, I wasn't the only person in kimono. Just the only person who qualified for the 'before' part of the Kitsuke What Not To Wear (Kimono Purists' Edition). :D (I also got home just before 2am and had to get up for work by 7am, so I'm not really entirely coherent at this point.) Buying the hi-tops was TOTALLY worth it. :D
Pictures later - they're still on the camera and my computer is having a LOT of trouble tonight. I wonder if buying another 500MB RAM card would be an investment to stave off this poor thing's death just a little longer... I've got 720 total right now, but not a lot of disk space. It's a bit hit-or-miss, I think.
