Mickey just bit the soft flesh of my knee pit. I don't think I've ever squealed so loudly so early.
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They say it's hard to make friends in your 30's / 40's.
2 exceptions.
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Eating food at the dog beach..
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Federal emergency warning system.
A very attractive police woman complemented my vehicle last night during a booze bus stop. File under: โCommunity engagementโ
Also I managed to crack into a laptop I had trouble opening before. Turns out there were screws UNDER the rubber feet. I know companies do this sometimes but this is the first I encountered it myself, not great for repairability as they probably expect you to buy more rubber feet of them to replace the ones you ripped off.
Reminds me of the dungeons in Elden Ring where you'd get stuck and it turns out the rest of the area is UNDER one of the lifts.
Get to work, computer says no. IT says do this x 8. Don't know, fuck it bring us the hardware. I foresee very little getting done today.
Last time I came to work to no computers, (well no internet and no PoE phones), I identified the issue as the Network switches being down.
I couldnโt call IT because the phones were down and I couldnโt email IT because the internet was down.
(With my managers permission) I went into the Server room, identified the problem (20 year old UPS died) and fixed it. (Bypassed the UPS by connecting the racks directly to the GPOs).
With computers back cup, I emailed IT what happened.
Nek minit, The IT manager has complained to HR, claiming that we had compromised the business IT security and we must both be fired.
We didnโt get written up, but the UPS still hasnโt been replaced 2 months later, the server room locks have not been changed and no one is allowed to turn the lights off.
If we have a power outage, we need to wait for head office to send an IT tech out to flick the circuit breaker. If a contractor or Safety inspector comes out, they need to be escorted by an IT technician at all times.
We have already failed a Fire Audit and the electricity bills are through the roof, but no one has called out the new IT manager for being a Dick.
It's alarm day ๐คช
I'm looking forward to seeing what superpowers I get from the activation of my Covid chip. You don't think I'll miss out because I haven't had a booster for a few years, do you?
I've set a gentle alarm to go off a couple of minutes beforehand to remind myself... but except I'll still jump through the roof when it happens!! I'm surprised by the amount of people who don't know about it.
Silversun Pickups tonight letssgooo! Went to the Q/A and acoustic set last night - it was fantastic.
My new driving glasses worked well. It's nice being able to read those adjustable speed signs over the freeway a bit sooner.

Today's jam.
James Iha's guitar stuff is fucking awesome.
yay, belgian waffle maker will be delivered tomorrow along with new keyboard covers, this will help with all the typos I've been making recently
Back in the office after the almost week off. Fortunately there isn't too much to catch up on. A lot of emails are just from head office Sharepoint. They don't seem to realise not everyone in the organisation needs to know about when the local cafe is doing 30c off coffee
Bill Oddie has dropped off the twig. Much missed.
Discombobulated in general
Ugh. Pants.
BEEP BEEP ๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅญ๐๐ฅฅ๐ฅฆ๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅฌ๐ฅ๐ฝ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ง ๐ฅฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฅจ๐ง๐ง๐ฅ๐ง๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅฉ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ฆช๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ชผ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฅฎ๐ข๐ก๐ง๐ฐ๐ง๐ฅง๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ฅโ๏ธ๐ต๐บ๐ถ๐ฅค๐ง๐ง๐ฅ๐ท๐ฅ๐ธ๐น๐ง๐
A large popcorn please.
Earplugs and a large whiskey and soda please chef.
Onigiri with exciting and unusual fillings?
Some extra beeps please
There's a price update meeting I'm straight up keeping out of. We had a price increase a few months ago where it's quite complicated to have that reflected in a catalogue. We're doing it again and it seems like no one has learnt from last time. I don't need to be part of these conversations that retread the same ground.
This is what prompted people to ask if AI could reconcile the price differences between a spreadsheet and a PDF. The answer was no then and it's still no now
There it goes
I keep my old phone charged without a sim as a spare google device, it also went beep.
That is very scary. The only explanation I can thing of is that govt. colluded with google to hack your phone over wifi.
Anyone want to tell me a tale about why this bus is so sticky?
Off in the distance I hear sick d&b beats being dropped; it's the perfect soundtrack to an inner Melbourne evening.
Awaiting superpowers ...



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