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They're advertisting for my replacement here. They've toned the job down to Trainee Network Manager and the salary starts at 16,595 for term time only plus two weeks (that figure is after pro rata-ing). Advert is here if you're interested...

Advert here - closing date 20th April

Smart trousers, shoes and tops for me. Shirt and tie for the boss. I go for jeans and trainers in the holidays though - I spose that will be one thing I miss about this job...

This is our list: Administrative Software Change Application or Operating System Help Computer Problem Computer Upgrade Equipment set-up Handheld problem Hardware Problem Hardware purchase Infrastructure Maintenance Infrastructure Upgrade Misuse New User Account Needed Office Disk Request Printer Problem Research and Development SIMS Problem Software Bug Report Software Request Stock Control User Account Problem Video Conferencing

Apparently he's on a date today: Fridge Froggy

The Head said he'd hoped I'd be here longer. The NM thinks it's a good escape tunnel. The SMT member with responsibility for the network stopped me in the corridor and said he'd heard something on the grapevine and did I have something to go to(!) Several individual teachers have been very crestfallen when I told them...

I saw a shortcut to eTrust AV on a presenter's machine at the MS TechNet Roadshow on Tuesday. I believe it is their enterprise choice for AV...

Just wanted to say a big thank you to Edugeek for being here when I needed you I'm moving on at the end of the month to take up a position on the helpdesk at the LA - doing a subset of what I do here for two grades more money. Crazy, no? Anyway, thanks for everything guys

We use http commander for all students and staff.

I suffered a radial head fracture in a smash on my motorbike* a couple of years ago. I argued with my doctor and came back to work after a couple of weeks off, I was going mad. Couldn't type for weeks though, it was excruciating. I did invent something neat though - I needed to test all our projectors but couldn't climb up to switch them on. So I got all Blue Peter and took a bamboo pole, a piece of Blu-Tak and one of those rubber-finger-endy things and made myself a remote projector turner-onner... *just taking the opportunity to remind readers that despite appearances to the contrary (including apparently the fact that Dr Zoidberg is male) I am, in fact, female...

We don't allow LA rights. Not even for the guy who really wanted them: 'But I don't know enough to break anything!'

We rolled our own - it's an HTA.

We have a monitoring machine which sits in the corner of Mission Control and displays a map of the school with information overlaid semi-transparently at relevant points e.g. list of usernames associated with each WAP, low toner levels on networked printers, alarms if an unauthorised machine tries to connect to our wireless network, and alarms if any of the WAPs goes down (usually because one of the little darlings has pulled out the POE lead). This little setup has helped us locate lost PDAs (which will contact the nearest WAP to renew their IP even if apparently switched off), challenge unauthorised attempts to connect to our wireless network, keep our toner stocks up to date and maintain the reliability of the wireless network by dashing off to plug the POE lead back in (apart from the time they yanked the whole unit off the wall and trashed it comprephensively...)

Our office says 'Store' on the door...