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Every day is a new experience at the Ballet….
Yes, you can quote me on that. I don’t know if other organisations suffer from the same thing, but in the past 2 weeks i’ve discovered a number of paid services which have not been used in 4 years. This just comes down to lack of documentation about those services so when departments changed hands,…
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Time to make an office a usable space
Thursday looms as the big I.T. cleanup. Over the past 3 weeks i’ve cleaned up and given away about 35 retired desktop and laptop computers from the Ballet which has certainly created some breathing space in my office. This time we’ll attack the server room and the rest of the office and actually finish the…
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Shanghai, city of lights..
The Shanghai Grand Theatre is where we are located in Shanghai. The offices are located downstairs as per the norm but are pretty much concrete rooms. The cabling for phone & power have been an afterthought in most of the rooms. Pick a cable, any cable….After getting one of the points made live, and the…
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Hello highrise.
Well, I’ve now arrived in Shanghai, China.I have never seen firsthand such a big city with so many highrise buildings. On the bus from the airport, the first ones we saw were about 10 – 20 highrise apartment blocks. The first thing they reminded me of were the pod tower things from the Matrix. (partly…
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Auckland at night
I’ve just spent about 2 hours walking around the city. It’s a strange mix of old and new. There are many vacant blocks and many multistory carparks. It’s kinda weird.The Civic Theatre in Auckland is a 2000 odd seat venue where our show is based this week. I have not been in the auditorium yet…
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Auckland, NZ
Well, I’m in Auckland at the moment.It’s a really really tough life when you’re forced overseas for business. There were just a few of us heading out of town with the Ballet Company.. It’s fantastic, the amount of times I’ve been asked if I’m a lead dancer is great! If only they knew I can’t…
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Whoa…
Well, a few weeks ago I started working for national arts company based in Melbourne, rolling out new PC’s across the network. (yes I.T. is my real job)I’m now virtually running the place. 3 weeks people! 3 weeks! What the?Hey, don’t get me wrong, It’s kinda cool. I have a Blackberry, a place to hide…