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11/30/2002 Archived Entry: "Busy week, busy weekend"
Lots going on this week...at work: learning VBA, and catching up on a hundred plus projects that have been left behind for a good while. We've had such a horrible run of bad luck there in the Systems department that all the high hopes and big plans we wanted to do got left behind. We've had everything from unrelated servers die in the middle of crucial time-critical upgrades to software packages that we were counting on having monstrous huge bugs that caused us to run back and forth to users' workstations patching the problems temporarily (ie. "You can have collation OR correct margins, but not both!"). We've now got the ugly problems solved, now we are doing the things that a Systems department should be doing. And now I don't have administration and lawyers yelling at me saying that I am not doing my job and saying that my boss sucks. Either one makes me feel awfully trapped.
At home: Lots to get done...we need to clean up the house, unpack boxes, and more...but we really have to get some more storage space first. Cleaning out the storage room is one big thing, but we need more shelving and a wardrobe/armoire for my stuff in the bedroom. It makes much more sense for Jen to have the closet. I'm wondering if I can't build something myself though. Maybe buy a couple tools and borrow a wood router.
On the side: An hour of contracting today. I'd love to build that up a bit more. We are taking Pico in to get his stitches removed today. Kiss Jen. Batten down the hatches. Find some time for guitar, relaxation, meditation.
......late addition:
Defending against the DMCA
Shows very clearly that the DMCA is being threatened in cease-and-desist letter where the DMCA would not actually be useful to the complainants in stopping the actions of the recipients. I think it may be time we all spread the word that abuses of the law should not be tolerated in order for corporations and individuals to gain financial or political footholds where they do not deserve them.