New Present at the Office
Well I still am in a slight state of shock but after almost one and a half years I have joined the legions of ALTs with internet access at their desks! When I came into work this morning, there waiting for me on my desk was a new notebook computer already hooked up to the network! No more walking down the hall to use the old “Win Me” rust box anymore. Although that was a source of new scenery on “desk work” days.
Now the question is: will I join the legions of ALTs who use their blog as a way to stay sane / awake on said office days? Well so far so good…
However, on the downside of all this I have found myself downgraded to lowly “user” status on a brand new XP Active Directory Service controlled network. No longer free to install useful (read superior) programs like Mozilla Firefox nor am I able to just shove in my USB pendrive and have access to it. As a former Administrator though, I do admire the ability of this little town to have come up with these permissions and set up. I wonder if they stayed ‘in house’ for the complete setup or if they had contractors come in to do the permissions. Regardless, I can remember the days back at “The Lab” when permissions and security were introduced and I definitely don’t envy whoever it is taking care of complaints from people today. 