Mondayitis

I spent a couple of hours setting up VOIP (Voice Over IP) for us to trial in the Shop at work. It is very clear and sound quality is probably better than our conventional telephone line. Don't know if it (VOIP) will be as big as people say it will be though.

On another note, I would urge anyone ever considering a Kyocera Laser printer purchase, to reconsider. The parts are outrageously expensive. Over 500 bucks for a Processing Unit. Ouch!

Work today was kind of dull. A few jobs were a challenge, but overall, not all that interesting. On the lighter side, I was looking forward to knock-off.

Something happened today that made me think….It amazes me how people take a ‘thing’ with a specific function (that is absolutely required to perform a certain task) and then disable or throw away that task completely whilst expecting a process to take place that is solely and implicitly dependent on that very task that they have taken away. I think that it really demonstrated a complete lack of understanding about the actual workings of the very thing they are trying to achieve. In short… Incompetence. - We all deal with it on a day to day basis. You especially encounter it in the repair service sector, but whilst trying to remain humble and non judgemental, we are all challenged by having to deal with the ridiculously incompetent as well as the regular punters and those that are quite smart in their given field of expertise. But as I say, there is no amount of training that will teach you plain old common sense. I think you either have it or you don’t. Sure we have a lapse from time to time and do something completely ridiculous, but generally, the majority of us have our wits about us. Unfortunately, it seems that not all of us are blessed with an abundance of grey matter.

Somehow, I fear, technology is dumbing us all down too. There are all sorts of things that we no longer have to do for ourselves; that is making us lazier as a general rule. Hands up everyone who goes nuts when they cant find the TV remote, spending hours turning the house upside down to find it? We know that in fact, it only takes a few seconds to walk to the TV and press the channel select button.
Here’s a thought, for some people, high speed internet is a must… Communications are imperative. For all the great things internet give us, by far the most important to many businesses (and individuals) is electronic mail. For most, the greatest thing about high speed internet is the speed at which you get your electronic mail. For others, it’s the fastest known way on Earth to get junk mail delivered to your home or office. Of course, with wireless internet now available, it means that you can get junk mail anywhere. The Spam Revolution is here! Now you can get your Penis Enlargements and breast enhancements at the airport, or keep in touch with that Nigerian dude with all the cash while you eat brekky at the local McDonalds. The best thing you can have is a good spam filter I reckon- They’re the online equivalent of mans best friend. Anyhow, enough for today.