Karinthy and Milgram

4 08 2007

are two early theorists linked to the ‘Six degrees of separation‘. I am slightly disappointed that it does not seem to work on Facebook - maybe the population is too small or too specific, but each group, be it social, geographical or based on interest, seems to exist in a vacuum. Hmmm… I shall go on thinking.





At work again

12 11 2006

Sundays at work are generally the best day. No phones ringing, far fewer customers than usual. A slightly unusual sense of calm across the shop as a whole. And, more importantly, it allows me the time and freedom to get around to the mindless maintainence tasks that are the bane of the network admin’s life. Without having to wait for everyone to leave. The joy of running disk defragmenters. And network traffic tools. And anti-virus scans. Now, if every day could be like this…





IT

4 10 2006

Spent 5 hours today trying to fix issues caused by the stuff we were doing last night. Fortuntely the piece of string can be used as a noose. Aretha is currently seeking to soothe my soul. Feeling the urge to watch some Bergman or read some Camus.





A piece of string

3 10 2006

Still at work. Working on mail server. What we are doing may not work. Or it may. No idea when we will leave.