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Fri, 19 Aug 2005

alright!


since BOFH-stuff ain't happening these days (everybody's on vacation)
i decided to rename my blog from BOFH-log to BORING-log. this has two
advantages: first of all i do not disappoint anybody when not blogging
about BOFH-stuff only, and secondly i can write about whatever i like.

but since this "whatever" will be related to my everyday life, i'm sure
it will be boring. so, "BORING-log" seems just perfectly fitting!

so, have fun...

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Fri, 05 Aug 2005

yo!


i phoned IKEA yesterday and they had an answering-machine guiding me through
the entire request i had. so it was like "for which IKEA-shop do you want
infos? press 1 for ..." - i punched "4" for the nearest IKEA-shop. then on
and on, punching numbers on my mobile. after 1 minute and 52 seconds i got
my question answered without even talking a single word, just pressing numbers.

ok, no big deal, but i thought, hey, what a good service for users?
like a user is calling because s/he's having troubles. the answering-
machine could ask things like...
*  "do you have windows installed? if no, press '1', if yes, press the
    'hang-up'-button" or
* "do you want to print? if yes, press '1'" [...]
  - "is the printer turned on? if no, press the 'hang-up'-button, ..." or
* "do you want to worship your sysadmin? if yes, press '666', if no press
    the 'hang-up-button" or
* "are you sure your minor problem is worth wasting precious time of your
    sysadmin? sure you are sure it is NOT! so press the 'hang-up'-button
    NOW!"

hm... i think this would really make my live easier and more peaceful!
i will propose this to my boss...

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Mon, 01 Aug 2005

patchsee...


well, nothing to report from my office for today. about 75% of my co-workers
are on vacation. so there's not much ranting and even less emails with
requests - good for me.
the only things that still prevents me from having a great time at the office is the broken air-conditioner. it's now broken since thursday, and we're having the hottest days since ... guess what - thursday. i hope they'll fix it soon!
well... i was watching this picture today, and a few hours later i was pointed to this link. i think patchsee is pretty cool. maybe i'll propose this stuff to my boss one day, if our server-room looks just as shown on the pic above.

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