Oops. (new job, day two)

[da]

I was just cleaning my office phone. One of the buttons links me to the voice-dial directory. I apparently hit that, and the sound of me cleaning the phone sounded sufficiently like a name, and dimly through the earpiece I heard something like, "Do you wish to talk to Kim Chopper?"

Thanks but... not really.

My old office is just as I remember. Except it's missing a filing cabinet. Which could leave me room for a comfy chair, though I think that might be politically tricky since nobody else in CSCF has a comfy chair. *pout* (Murphy bed in file cabinet? Hmmm.)

I have a brand new iMac, with a wide-screen extra monitor (2x1680x1050 desktop yay), and I've got a project to start with, making improvements to the department's DHCP services. Also: I have coworkers! They make geeky jokes and are glad to see me!

It's good to be back.

Challenges on day one: my work calendar (Oracle Calendar) isn't compatible with gmail calendar, iCal.app, or my phone. [ETA: maybe. I can manually import/export .ical files, and maybe there's a way to subscribe to Oracle's data. But probably not.]

My personal task-tracking system isn't compatible with the hacked-up version of RT we use. I have no idea how I should record my work tasks, since our RT isn't exactly compatible with the "Getting Things Done" method of making a new item for everything that will take longer than a few minutes.

Comments

[dawn-guy.livejournal.com]

Morlock, denier of network services, is curious about this non-centralised DHCP service of which you speak. Locally tweaking something which probably can be run centrally (I am aware of network installs as an exception) strikes me in the bindi and makes my eyes go all crossly looking for the hammer.

[da-lj.livejournal.com]

Oh yay! My first political mouth-foot operation! ;)

The DHCP is populated by our Equipment and Inventory Database. For a bit more information, https://www.cs/twiki/view/CF/DHCPInCS appears to be a public document...

[dawn-guy.livejournal.com]

Serbia and Montenegro?

I'll read it at work and review the Maintain3 pseudo-APIs. There should be an opportunity for chatting about DHCP and automation over a warm beverage during working hours, but not this week for me.

I can put some of my foot in my mouth, but the whole thing is kinda big.