ThatBoringBloke Posted June 26, 2006 Posted June 26, 2006 Howdy, I'm new. Not New to IT, or Schools, or Internet Forums. Just new to this place!
NetworkGeezer Posted June 26, 2006 Posted June 26, 2006 Hi Simon, Pull up a wheel chair BTW is that Sunderland, Wyoming you're from
speckytecky Posted June 26, 2006 Posted June 26, 2006 Been on the Forum a while now - failed to introduce myself before! I'm finding the Forum invaluable and thanks to several contributors who have helped me with private messages - particularly Ric. I evolved into a Primary School ICT post after the school went for a computer suite build in what was redundant courtyard space. I started off helping in classes with reading then went on to helping with ICT lessons on standalone computers in classrooms. So, when the suite was built I was offered 10 HPW on contract to keep things up to date. That turned into 35 HPW this year. I love the work and find I learn lots about the job everyday.
bossman Posted June 26, 2006 Posted June 26, 2006 Gone blind with old age (didn't see post)bit late now but will introduce myself as an irrate oldie with quite an attitude towards disrespectful people. i don't mind the ones who are straight talking but those that go all the way round the doors (PC) totally do me nut in!!. You can probably say that i am rather blunt and from t'northeast. have been in education for 5 years having gone through a very steep learning curve am now MCSE 2003 MCSA 2003 and MCP with CCNA just around the corner. Have done various other qualifications but head stove in at the mo. Used to be a sewing machine technician for 26 years before the rag trade collapsed. I am the Network Manager at a middle sized comp for my sins, 8 servers nearly 300 workstations all running on RMCC3 connect helped by my intrepid friend and colleague who is somewhere about on the forum called Webman who introduced me to this wonderful forum. hope to meet you all one day(perhaps in person when we get video linking on the forum)
tickmike Posted July 6, 2006 Posted July 6, 2006 Hello all. Well I finally got around to registering, It was not as painful as I thought!. A bit about me. I worked as a Research Scientist on the railways for 28 years, Then ran our village shop for 11 years then sold it 2 years ago and now continuing building my own house / garage and a self catering holiday flat, that we hope to rent out during the season. For the last 8 years I have been involved with the local Charity Run school in my spare time and when my daughter went there I was the caretaker, health and safety rep, maintenance and gardener etc. as a parent at the school you do all this for free. The school was shut down by the local council 19 years ago with only 9 children there (they have about 40 now) and taken over by the parents almost strait away, the school buildings belong to the community, set up by a local gentry 200 years ago on a trust. The parents have to raise all of the funds to run the school, which has 3 teachers. Being interested in electronics / computers etc. I could see the school had only 3 very old computers (8 years ago I think one was a 'bbc' and two 386's). So we were running the local shop at the time and I started asking my customers if they had any old computers and a villager owned one of the local Skip hire firms, so I went along to his yard and recovered some more old computers. Did all these up and learnt myself about computing. When I set these old 486's up in school they were delighted. Two years ago I got one of the local firms to donate 25 redundant pc's (Compaq Deskpro's). What a surprise when I went along to collect them, they supplied base unit, crt monitors, keyboards and mouse with all the leads the full kit and they had all been serviced . Being from a firm they had no cd-rom drives so I got one of my customers at my shop to sponsor an up grading of them, so I fitted cd-rom drives and lot more ram. This anonymous Donor spent thousands of pounds on the school during the time I was there as a parent. I still Volunteer to look after the school computers even now my daughter has moved on to a senior school in the nearby city (and its one of the I. T staff there that I have to thank for telling me about this site just after it started up last year. ). I have set the computers up on a network (and I had to learn myself about that first!) and they only have ISDN (64kbps)at the school (I hope to get them on broadband soon) They are set up as individual workstations with w2k on them at the moment, but I had a HP Netserver donated with w2k server on it (I have been working out how that all works) and will get around putting the school on a domain one day, because looking after all the workstations, just doing the updates on the AV / anti spy ware/malware etc.. Is a major job, which I do on a Saturday afternoon. I'm also building a 'smoothwall' box but that will not talk to the BT Highway ISDN TA. Well the school are very pleased with all this effort I have put in (it must be thousands of hours of work and I have raised thousands of pounds for the school) and the Ofsted inspectors gave me a personal thank you for all my work setting up the network for the school at a cost of £0.) I could write a book about all this. By the way I still look out for any free items for the school network. I'm brain dead now. Bye. Michael.
ITWombat Posted July 6, 2006 Posted July 6, 2006 Hi Michael, Wilkommen in den EduGeek! That's quite a CV you have there but only your wardrobe can tell us if you had half as 'interesting' a life as GrumbleDook
beeswax Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 .. Is a major job, which I do on a Saturday afternoon. I hope you rested on the 7th day! Pull up a swivel chair. beeswax
contink Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 Tempted to give the long version but I'm not that bored.. Hi, my name's Martin and I'm actually not based in a school per se but fell in to providing tech support and numerous other computer services to a school in the village of Hemingbrough (North Yorkshire) a few years back. Since then I've handled everything from procurement, long term budget plans and building, installing and mastering everything.. Along the way I discovered Continuous Ink Supply systems (CISs) for inkjet printers when I was looking for a way to solve the schools mothballed printer facilities (ie: dust over printers that no longer work). Weirdly saving £3k in 2 years seemed like a good idea So, now my expertise in inkjet printers, refilling, cis's, etc.. is expanding and I run a few forums and program.. heck I even cook.. but can't iron a shirt for toffee.. Ok... just be glad this is the short version...
beeswax Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 .. but can't iron a shirt for toffee.. oh no, someone had to mention ironing!
mac_shinobi Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 These are my views. You have the right to agree with them, you have the right to disagree with them, and you have the right to remain silent, but that's not going to move us forward, is it? But the right to remain silent and actually keeping them silent are 2 different issues lol btw thank god for tumble dryers and hanging them up straight afterwards Call me lazy lol
GrumbleDook Posted July 8, 2006 Posted July 8, 2006 .. but can't iron a shirt for toffee.. oh no, someone had to mention ironing! How can I not respond after that last comment is dangled in front of me ... @gecko: heretic ... I do hope you are not talking about tumble drying shirts that you are going to iron. They should be hung in a warm, humid room to slowly dry, allow for the weight of moisture to drop most of the creases, but just until they are touch dry ... ie, with a little bit of moistore left in them. Try not to hang them on the line to dry, the wind removes the moisture too quick, making then difficult to iron ... and under no circumstances should you wash and tumble dry smart trouser (cotton, wool, nylon or mixtures) Wash and hang ... iron whilst damp. And before anyone says anything ... I will get a life ... probably during the summer hols (holidays now booked ... a few days in Belfast and a long weekend in London)
beeswax Posted July 8, 2006 Posted July 8, 2006 have to agree with Tony on most of that. We very rarely use our tumble drier. in summer I'll pop them in for 5 minutes or so, just to take the harshness out of towels which have hung in the sun (well, this is Rochdale) too long. And please, don't use fabric conditioner with towels either, they may feel soft but they lose up to 23% of their ability to absorb moisture. Fact. Unlike Tony, I do hang my shirts out on the line because I like the smell of freshness that no conditioner can give. Though I do like to bring them in and iron them while damp. They probably won't look as crisp as Tony's shirts, but it's a compromise I'm happy to make. Is there an ironing wiki?
beeswax Posted July 8, 2006 Posted July 8, 2006 @Mark: I think you mean well, but my thoughts are that a sub-site will lead to an ironing "ghetto", where we can be hidden away for fear of causing embarassment. In fact, I'm getting all steamed up about this. strike while the iron is hot, I say...and this is where it all dribbles away as I run out of steam. I don't want to leave you board, but creased with mirth. You may say that we shouldn't hang our dirty washing out for all to see, though you're probably thinking that now is a good time to strip the wallpaper from the back bedroom. Now then, who sits down to iron, and who stands? do you have a favourite time to do it? Saturday afternoons listening to the football commentary on the wireless suits me.
russdev Posted July 8, 2006 Posted July 8, 2006 to be honest i am very bad at ironing often end up doing it on morning i need the clothes... i know it's bad Also i stand up god help us know... EduGeek.net where geeks know how to iron Russ
beeswax Posted July 8, 2006 Posted July 8, 2006 Russ, it's nothing to be ashamed of. I think you should come out of the closet all fresh and ironed. beeswax
beeswax Posted July 8, 2006 Posted July 8, 2006 Thanks Ric, I appreciate your kind and generous support. It is wrong, but I liken our plight to the female suffragette fighting for emancipation in England, or the coloureds of America in the '50's and '60's, and later their soul mates in apartheid South Africa, striving for equality. Of course, there are some people who will never concede that we are equal under the law, but hopefully, the weight of our argument will sway the doubters. As Cole Porter said, "They all laughed at Christopher Columbus, when he said the world was round." (please, I know it wasn't Christopher Columbus, but cut the man some artistic slack). I think our next task is to contact bob Geldof and Bono....
Ric_ Posted July 8, 2006 Posted July 8, 2006 I think our next task is to contact bob Geldof and Bono.... So we can all sing for our ironing rights?
webman Posted July 8, 2006 Posted July 8, 2006 Perhaps we could have some sort of "Iron Aid" to raise awareness of the highly political issues surrounding ironing?
beeswax Posted July 8, 2006 Posted July 8, 2006 So we can all sing for our ironing rights? to quote Snow White, "Just whistle while you work"
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