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patentdragonAh good...
Today, I slipped the clutches of The Fucking System for the rest of the year, and into the latter stages of January. You usually get a "week off" at this time of year, and the next appointment happens to come right in the early stages of my next period of employment, when I will be beyond their reach - Oh. What. A. Shame.
As far as January's employment goes, things have definitely improved - the pay has gone up considerably, the venue this time is easier to get to, even the orientation/training meeting was surprisingly enjoyable.
Gotta love the way the BBC have made the latest Internet Explorer vulnerability a "big story" - what about all the other times? We just got a bunch of updates, and one of the biggest, as usual, is a patch for IE7. And out of the woodwork come all the smug Mac and Linux users, boasting about how none of these threats affect them...
In more tech-news, it transpires that it would cost £15 billion pounds to install a fibre-optic network UK-wide, allowing us a quantum leap in internet speeds. Pity we don't have the money to put that in place before the economy picks up again, putting us in an excellent position to exploit the upturn. Thanks again, Gordistair...
On the development front... MoN-201 "Mane-of-Night And The Dark Child's Descent" continues its passage through the creative processor, and the story keeps on growing - five chapters, and things have still got quite some way to go. Thankfully, the posting date should be about the end of Q1, 2009...
This time next week... My last appointment of the year, and the CSI Miami season finale!
And finally... Screw you, Russia - I'll use ;-) where and whenever I like, and I will not pay your copyright pirates a single penny. You lost the Cold War; LIVE WITH IT.
Today, I slipped the clutches of The Fucking System for the rest of the year, and into the latter stages of January. You usually get a "week off" at this time of year, and the next appointment happens to come right in the early stages of my next period of employment, when I will be beyond their reach - Oh. What. A. Shame.
As far as January's employment goes, things have definitely improved - the pay has gone up considerably, the venue this time is easier to get to, even the orientation/training meeting was surprisingly enjoyable.
Gotta love the way the BBC have made the latest Internet Explorer vulnerability a "big story" - what about all the other times? We just got a bunch of updates, and one of the biggest, as usual, is a patch for IE7. And out of the woodwork come all the smug Mac and Linux users, boasting about how none of these threats affect them...
In more tech-news, it transpires that it would cost £15 billion pounds to install a fibre-optic network UK-wide, allowing us a quantum leap in internet speeds. Pity we don't have the money to put that in place before the economy picks up again, putting us in an excellent position to exploit the upturn. Thanks again, Gordistair...
On the development front... MoN-201 "Mane-of-Night And The Dark Child's Descent" continues its passage through the creative processor, and the story keeps on growing - five chapters, and things have still got quite some way to go. Thankfully, the posting date should be about the end of Q1, 2009...
This time next week... My last appointment of the year, and the CSI Miami season finale!
And finally... Screw you, Russia - I'll use ;-) where and whenever I like, and I will not pay your copyright pirates a single penny. You lost the Cold War; LIVE WITH IT.
