http://www.theatreperson.com Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:58:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's awards night season for the theatre community in Melbourne. The Music Theatre Guild Awards are tonight followed by the Victorian Drama League Awards tomorrow night. I have representation in both. I have two lighting design nominations and am also part of a nominated ensemble group. On top of that I'm directly related to ... http://www.theatreperson.com/2009/12/live-from-the-music-theatre-guild-awards-2009/ I'm on the way back to Melbourne now from my trip to Sydney. Waiting at the Qantas Club waiting for my flight, I'm using a public computer to logon and check my email. (Laptop battery flat because I surrendered my power pack to a staff member who forgot theirs) it's interesting (but ... http://www.theatreperson.com/2009/11/the-things-people-leave-behind/ Well it's November and I'm in Sydney again setting up at the Opera House. My theory with the weather here is that it's halfway between the great sunshine in Queensland and the unpredictable Melbourne. It's staying true to that, with yet another trip of low 20's and drizzle. (And it's 30's ... http://www.theatreperson.com/2009/11/another-day-at-the-office/ I've beening running training sessions for my staff on Windows 7. I recently recorded one for those that were not able to attend. Enjoy this brief introduction to Windows 7. http://www.theatreperson.com/2009/11/introduction-to-windows-7/ Well I think it’s day 4 of laptop rollout. 16 units imaged, configured and ready to start going to staff tomorrow. Steps so far 1) Pxe boot & image 2) Install Altiris client off USB key 3) Post Image script ... http://www.theatreperson.com/2009/10/day-4/ I've been at a client's place doing software upgrades on all his pc's. To make life easier, I thought I'd reconfigure a printer to use it's network ability, but was short a network cable. The nearest place at 4:30 on a Saturday of course was DSE. $15 for a 1m network cable! Actually, I ... http://www.theatreperson.com/2009/10/dick-smith-electronics-rant/ Well, he new computers have finally arrived. My office now looks like a child’s cardboard fort creation.   This is only half of the boxes. There’s still the docking stations, notebooks stands and external monitors down in the loading dock. I have managed to create a universal ... http://www.theatreperson.com/2009/10/my-cardboard-fort/ Laptops were due for replacement at work this year so that gave me a few choices when it came to OS. Stick with Windows XP, take a chance with Vista or bite the bullet and go straight to 7. After playing with both Beta editions and ... http://www.theatreperson.com/2009/10/windows-7-in-the-enterprise/ For the past two days I've been working in Sydney. I shipped the old HP R3000xr UPS from Melbourne and bought 30 new batteries to suit. After reassembling the battery packs and making a quick hack saw assisted modification to some rack rails, it was mounted and running. (Tip of the ... http://www.theatreperson.com/2009/09/sydney/ I've moved to a new rental property much nicer than my last. I've also resetup my office (obviously) and found enough parts in the move to build a new computer. thanks to Stephen, Phong and a few others for assistance with the 6m lazy susan. And, final got Wordpress on the Blackberry. Thanks ... http://www.theatreperson.com/2009/09/a-new-physical-home/