It’s
\njust about the time thinks become desparately busy here.. the new Undergraduates
\nand Postgraduates arrive. Before they do I have make sure that I’ve got all
\ntheir accounts set up, all the undergrad PCs are updated and fixed and everything’s
\nready for the fresh faced youths to think that everything works and hence
\nnothing has had to be done. Such is the life of a SysAdmin.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I’ve got the undergrad computers done now, the user accounts have
\nbeen set up, including the three dropped on me earlier this morning that
\nthe admin types forgot to tell me about. Now I’m just waiting to go and give
\nthe new account details to the new students and get their university ID card
\nnumbers from them for our security system as they queue up witing for their
\nphoto to be taken.<\/p>\n
Monday afternoon I have to teach these 1st years how to log into our system
\nand set up their e-mail. This is going to be painful as those who think they
\nknow how to use computers will race ahead and do it all wrong. This is dispite
\nbeing told at the outset that it would not be wise to do so. C’est la vie.<\/p>\n
Anyway, getting away from work issues, tomorrow I’ve a busy day. In the morning
\nI’ve got to do all the normal weekend jobs before going off into London to
\nmeet up with people for the last BTG (By the Gods) meeting. It should be
\nfun as it will include lunch, wandering aimlessly around central London for
\na few hours, probably drinking lots of coffee, followed by a celebratory
\nfinal event at Page’s Bar in Westminster. So, anyone who likes Xena: Warrior
\nPrincess (which I find as fun, but I’m not a fanatic over) or likes to watch
\nlots of lesbian women being bawdy and generally laddish, turn up and have
\na fun time. It starts at 6pm and costs £3 to get in. \ud83d\ude42 (Note: not
\nall the women are lesbian or bawdy and there are some reasonably normalish
\npeople there too.)<\/p>\n
Hmm.. maybe bawdy isn’t quite the right word as they aren’t really overtly sexual, more boisterous.<\/p>\n
Anyway, tat’s the plan for the weekend.<\/p>\n
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