Don't let on...

Whatever you do, don't let your work mates know you have upgraded your work computer with a cd burner. All of a sudden the word "favor" means, "Hey, do something for me with something that is yours."


I just thought I'd share.

"Deleted Items" is now a storage facility

Yes, if you can believe this...
I just changed out a work mate's laptop for a new one (no, I am not part of the IT department but we won't get into that.) Made a successful backup of all files, outlook .pst, the whole 9 yards.

He called me on the phone, "Hey bubba, I used to have 2 spots for deleted items."

Cryptology is my strong suit.

"In email?" I query.

Affirmative.

Turns out the guy was using his "Deleted Items" as a storage folder. I don't know what he had in there but he is devastated. I explained what a deleted items folder is for and he said he knew that, he often manually deleted items from it and kept what he wanted in there.

Sounds a lot like he was storing stuff that maybe he shouldn't have been but who am I to judge.


Incidentally, from now on I will not let it be known in any of my future jobs that I understand computers any more than the next guy.

e=mc2

I had a work mate ride home with me last evening. I've been listening to the audio book A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. Among many other things it discusses Einstein's theory of relativity. This was a subject matter I never grasped until recently and honestly thought I would never get a handle on and resigned myself to that. Bill Bryson make comprehension of it simple and short and I was amazed that I understood it so quickly. Regardless the book was at this stage when it was playing on the ride home. My work mate had never heard of this ubiquitous equation. Ever. Never heard of it. I'm stymied. I am by no means the shiniest apple in the barrel but I had assumed everyone had at least heard of e=mc².

You learn something new every day. Whether you want to or not.