Idiot Wind: Another Great Day

Another Great Day

It's been a great learning day! I didn't do a single thing in the office today. Spending the whole f%#king day learning VBScripts.

The only programming language I ever learned was FORTRAN, that was 26 years' ago. I have not even written a single code in Basic. But I have to learn a little VBScripts and perhaps SQL before I can make some more meaningful uses of this ASP. Cant go very far with cut and paste.

I feel great. I have learned something new.

Work has become very dull and uninspiring. My boss probably thinks that I may quit. He just gave me a raise today. It's the second raise in 6 months and it's a good 15% increase in take-home. I must be doing something right; I didn't even ask for the raise. Ok boss I will keep reading VBScripts at work or simply playing online Chess? Internet Spades is fun too. No no no. These may not be remote enough from the job I am supposed to do. I will start trying Corel Draw. It should do.

Why would I need a laptop? My boss just asked one of the girls in the office to buy me a laptop. An incentive? A gift? Well, I used to carry an expensive laptop while I was sleepwalking. It was an essential part of the dress code. Its importance was no doubt second only to a Rolex and no less than a Valentino suit.

I know things have changed but a laptop is still more than twice the price of a similar desktop. It is still a lot more clumsy to use. And most important of all, I only wear jeans to work these days.

I decided to do some homework myself (I have had enough VBSripts today anyway) after returning home. Afterall, the laptop is for my use and I know the girl whom he has entrusted this highly technical task still has some difficulties in making out the difference between LCD and LSD.

Now this is again something new. I just found out this evening that there's no way for me to buy an IBM notebook here. There is a IBM website for Ireland alright but if I want a IBM notebook, the site keeps referring me to the UK site. I couldn't even do a search on dealers in Ireland (apparently there is NONE but I hope I am wrong).

Maybe I should start looking for a Mac-X.

Posted on September 6, 2002 12:57 AM
Categories: General ,Work

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