Contractural Obligation

Just won some subcontract work for a major IT service provider...
Start an orientation on Thursday.
Should keep me busy, although, it is working in the same area of IT that I have spent my whole IT Career in, the Retail and Financial sectors, so I am very conversant, so to speak...
I'll still be doing the PC repair / upgrade and ADSL Sales side of my business as the sub-contract work is going to be in varying amounts, due to sharing the workload, for the equivalent of 6 months of the year, with another local sub-contractor.
Should get me out of the Princess Brides hair a bit more often!!!!

hasta la VISTA baby

...sorry , couldn't think of any thing else or more appropriate to call this post.
I am currently exploring "windows vista", discovering its nuances etc. A necessary evil in my line of work as an IT tech.
I have installed it twice now, onto my trusty "testbed" PC, first time upgrading from XP Pro to Vista and then a performing a clean install...
hmmmmm, my initial recommendation....don't bother trying to upgrade...back up your files and start with a clean install...
Why?..While Vista managed the upgrade reasonably well, and no files were lost, it took a long long long time to do it! and the end result was a little sus. I did run the Vista ready program beforehand so i had some idea what to expect it would have a problem with both hardware and software wise. What I didn't count on was a few little driver errors that seemed to relate to hardware my PC just did not have!!!
I then tried a clean install and by comparison it was heaps quicker and the end result was much much better...no apparent issues (as yet!) ..other than it trying to "hibernate" my PC , which it did... but I could not wake it up.!!!....well yes I did...with a power reset.@#$%!!!..have to look into that one...I've dissabled that function temporarily..lol.

AND concurrently with all this, (dual booted) on the same box I have installed the latest Ubuntu Linux 6.10 (Edgy Eft), which by comparison has been blissfully simple and no-fuss.....say no more!

Hit em high, hit em low....again

Back in May I had a stab at "low irritant" fly spray ......
Today it's "fast knockdown" fly spray....
What's the go with THAT!... Again I say, if the li'l bastards are annoying you, you don't want them to have a quick death....let 'em suffer I say!! ...a long, drawn out, painfull cessation of life will serve the buggers right for pestering you!
AND...how do they know you've gone and got the spray?????, I mean the minute you leave the room to get it and come back, THEY'VE GONE!!!!!, nowhere to be seen!!!! Damn annoying that!
I must be warped..but there is something amusing about that blowfly you just sprayed desperately trying to get out through the window, buzzing incessantly, banging its head continually on the glass etc..............lol............
I'll get you , you little b@st@rds!!!!

Rain

Good to see some good soaking rain , the grass was looking a little worse for wear, and not growing anywhere near its usual spring rate. Can't complain about the lack of mowing though !!