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Boo Hoo!

Don't think I've got a jobsie that I was confident about... someone scored better on some technicial questions asked...   Got asked about repairing laptops and stuff... which I don't often do at work and I managed to repair a machine (after some prompting to look at the front of it - even though I got it to boot up fine)   They liked the fact I was confident and they said I would fit in well... but there was a bit of apprehension because I was female   Hopefully a guy will get back to me ab

Joanne

Joanne

When is a HDMI graphics card not HD?

When it's not got HDCP (High Defintion Content Protection) as a feature on the chipset. I recently upgraded my GeForce 7300 low profile HDMI graphics card for the newer 8500GS version from the same company (MSI NX8500GT MTD256EH). Once installed I could never get the BIOS or boot screens to show until Windows (Vista 32bit) had loaded up the drivers when connected via the HDMI interface. After a little asking around and digging I had found that unless the card has HDCP onboard (as my last one

Dos_Box

Dos_Box

Linux is almost there!!

Well, one of the methods I use to decide whether or not Linux is getting to a state of almost flawless beauty and usability is hardware compatibility - or more specifically, webcam and wireless compatibility.   I own a cheap, no brand webcam from ebay. Absolutely nothing amazing about it in any way, other than it costing me £4. Every Linux distro I've tried in the last few years has failed to accept it, and no amount of fiddling, faffing or poking could get it to work.   However, it now works

localzuk

localzuk

KDE 4 on Kubuntu 8.04

As many people will already know, Ubuntu, and therefore Kubuntu and the other *buntu releases, will be releasing version 8.04 (aka. Hardy) in just under 2 weeks.   Now, if you're like me and prefer KDE over Gnome and also want to have a play with the new KDE4 version, you may need to know one thing:   Scim interferes badly.   Now I hope they have it fixed by release date, but if they don't, then here is what happens.   Every single KDE related application takes 40 seconds or more to open. Re

localzuk

localzuk

Creative Suite 3 Review

http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/images/cs3_family_boxshot_713x154.jpg   I know its a pain for us a network admins, but the software itself is actually quite impressive.   Photoshop is now seventeen years old. Yes, Seventeen.   I first started using photoshop at version 5, and its useablility and stability shocked me then. I've upgraded to every new version as soon as I've been able to, and I've never been disappointed.   Until CS2.   CS2, to me, felt like a s

Domino

Domino

People attacking fire crews!

I just have to say one thing about people attacking fire crews - WTF????   These people are trying to save lives! What is wrong with these people?!?!   I don't know about the police being given tasers, or cs gas, but the fire crews seem to need them in certain areas!   Truly sickening. I'm a lefty liberal and I'd give any little prat engaged in this behaviour a good kicking.

localzuk

localzuk

On demand services causing trouble?

The 'new' concept of on demand TV shows via your broadband seems to be upsetting ISPs in the UK due to its ever growing bandwidth usage.   ISPs are claiming that the cost of needed infrastructure improvements, estimated at £830m should be paid for by the BBC due to its iPlayer service being the main culprit.   I don't understand this. Why should a company, which pays to host its servers like everyone else does, have to pay to upgrade infrastructure for other companies who have done everything

localzuk

localzuk

Holiday. What's that?

So, here I am, every other person in the school is on holiday but I'm still at work. Supervising people installing projectors until 7pm.   Yet people have the nerve to comment when I promptly leave at 4:30 during term time.   What I wouldn't give to be able to see 'Easter Holiday' or 'Summer Holiday' on the school calendar and not have to think 'well, I'll need to take down X to update Y' and 'I hope no muppets are in messing with things when I'm trying to recable the core cabinet'.   Ah, tha

localzuk

localzuk

Jobs Jobs

Got an interview for "IT Repair Technician" at a local firm tomorrow. Same money, but hopefully more job progression prospects. Can't stay a tekkie forever!   Just hope I get something before the holidays are up! Then I can hand in my notice. Might actually speak to someone about that today to see what I do... and what to do if nobody is in school!   Unfortunately that will mean I'm not an official "Edugeek", but I'm sure nobody will mind me hanging around!!

Joanne

Joanne

Foolish Fool Fooler

Got through the day without being got. However, I didn't get anyone either   Saw someone being got though... which was most amusing!   aaaaaah go home now and tend to Chirpies... he needs powdering and then I think i'll clean him out. He hates it when I hold him... sulks at me for ages afterwards!! Hehe... silly birdy!   Rar.

Joanne

Joanne

Monday +1

I hate it when the clocks go forward... was rudely awakened by the alarm this morning... and I didn't want to get up.   On account of me being disorganised I have failed to buy any breakfast things for myself and I am currently starving to death. Luckily colleague will be nipping to Lidl in an hour or so.   I could go to tesco express but I'm just too lazy! Mmmm potato cakes.   I like food.

Joanne

Joanne

Coffee + Work = stress

I think coffee makes me more stressed... I swear I could kill some people today.   Lots of people.   I want to quit but I can't because there are bills to pay   I need to get my sky cancelled on account of it being a total RIP OFF.   Don't get sky!       GAH!

Joanne

Joanne

Let there be light..

....or not in this case. One of my UPS' overloaded with perfect timing on Thursday night, taking the Web Server and the Citrix farm with it. So we had 4 days of downtime on the VLE. But it could of been worse, it could of been coming up to GCSE exams.   Now I'd like to fix this properly, I really would. But the particular place we've chosen to install this server rack has some issues with power distribution. Basically even if I did sort out the UPS I would have no where to run power to it.

Geoff

Geoff

Sky and their incompetent salesmen

So got sky installed on Monday. Thing is salesman insisted that we didn't need a bt line and that you didn't have to pay £11 a month... it's like £4... (lie)   "You have a BT Line", I'm pretty sure we don't... but whatever. (We don't have a BT line)   So gonna ring BT up and see how much it would be to activate a line. Is it £85??   Hope not.   Anyone know anyone who works for BT in the Burnley area?! hehe.   Actually there is a BT place round the corner from work... might pop in and see if

Joanne

Joanne

IT Teachers

Year 7, 8 and 9 I was taught by IT Teachers who only knew about MS Office applications, well they knew as much as the book they was reading from told them. I was disgusted that someone could call themselves an IT Teacher but when asked "How do I fix this problem?" they knew nothing, absolutely nothing, they not even know how to install RAM.   I moved into Year 10 and decided to do BTEC ICT, I thought that I would be taught by teachers who knew about hardware and have looked inside a PC. For a c

My220x

My220x

I hate you!!! grrrr!

I thought today - if I had a blog, I'd say how much I hate these damn Chelsea Taxis everywhere (4x4 off road baby buggies), having travelled behind a couple straining like tractors down our quaint local rural roads.   So there it is.

MkII

MkII

Gaming news - Battlefield Heroes

Here begins my weekly/monthly/whenIcanbearsed-ly gaming news updatey blog thingy. On to the gubbins...         Battlefield Heroes Format: PC Price: £0   http://www.bfheroes.org/images/Battlefield-Heroes-Screen-5.jpg   Battlefield Heroes is a new shooty shooty fighty fighty game from BF2 developers [ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Illusions_CE]DICE[/ame], published by gaming monolith [ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Arts]EA[/ame], due in Summer 2008.   The early premis

Ryan

Ryan

Grow Up

It amazes me even though I am in Year 10 how many people in my ICT Class are so immature. Doing things such as:   Causing error messages on your computer Turning of the computer when you are doing important work Modifying your startup folder so "Gay" pops up Calling you "Gay" Just being themselves.   I am guilty to the modifying startup folder but come one most of these things are what you do in Year 7. I can imagine them when they are like 30 years old still calling people Gay ju

My220x

My220x

Stupid Prices

Got my Gas and Leccy statement through yesterday.   Spent 1100notes on the stuff in the last year. Ooops.   Turning things off at the plug now and putting the heating on a timer.   And I thought the new boiler would make a difference. Maybe I should get it checked out.   Saving the planet is hard work!

Joanne

Joanne




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