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Jun. 22nd, 2012 11:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tvordljThat baffling mystery at work from Monday finally got solved yesterday. Now we have to deal with the solution but we've got some clever people in this office. If only my service desk request would be sorted out it would make things a lot easier but i have a workaround (i.e. asking someone else to connect using their credentials until mine get sorted). It happens to be the worst week for trying to get anything done through the Service Desk because they changed the email over to a new program and they're being inundated by calls for help. On top of that, i couldn't log into the network this morning and even without the network, i couldn't get into anything. A change was made last night and it affected certain ports and lines. Mine was one of them. Thankfully it was early enough to get hold of the Service Desk before it got busy and they said there were others having the same problem too.
Took about an hour but i was finally back in and online.
As i said, they changed over the email at work. We were accessing it via a web browser and i really didn't like it much so i got the instructions to install the client and got it configured. There's still bits of Outlook i really don't like much but that's too bad. It's here, no going back. I don't use Outlook at home, either because i'm not as keen on it. I'm a Firefox/Thunderbird girl. I do use Chrome but i'm used to FF so that's what i mainly use. I like Thunderbird for email because it's less vulnerable to viruses than Outlook. I use my gmail a lot too, which is configured to pick up my home email account as well.
Gonna be a wet weekend. Might try to get to see the Pixar animated Brave. Got a new ebook from one of my favourite authors, Debora Geary, too. I know i'll be diving into that. Oh i suppose i should keep my 2012 books up to date as well.
46 - Still Life - Joy Fielding
Wasn't as keen on this one as another JF book i'd read. This one is about a woman in a coma that can hear everything and finds out the accident that put her in hospital was an attempted murder. More here.
47 - Bringing up the Bodies - Hilary Mantel
Sequel to Wolf Hall, continuing on the story of Thomas Cromwell and the downfall of Anne Boleyn. You'd think after reading so many novels about that, that it would be old and boring but this is from the point of view of Cromwell and it is very well written.
48 - Drums of Autumn - Diana Gabaldon
the fourth book in the Outlander series. I'm in the process of rereading the series over the course of this year. Not my favourite of the books but it sets it up for the rest of the series. Jamie and Claire are now settled in North Carolina in the years leading up to the War of Independence. Claire's daughter Brianna comes back in time and Roger follows her.
49 - The Custom of the Army - Diana Gabaldon
A novella about Lord John Grey. It takes place in Canada just before and during the battle for the Plains of Abraham at Quebec.
50 - The Leopard - Jo Nesbo
I mentioned this a few days ago here. There's a serial killer on the loose and the disgraced detective is Harry Hole, an addict, who has successfully found at least one serial killer in the past, The Snowman. (I didn't read that one first, I'll have to go back and read it now as it was referred to a lot through this book). Harry is a total screw up but he's very good at what he does. He doesn't always go down the right roads and pick up the right clues. I'm usually not that good at figuring out the killer. In this case, there are definitely a few twists and red herrings. Nesbo is a good writer, and i did enjoy this book. Good characters, good descriptions and action.
Took about an hour but i was finally back in and online.
As i said, they changed over the email at work. We were accessing it via a web browser and i really didn't like it much so i got the instructions to install the client and got it configured. There's still bits of Outlook i really don't like much but that's too bad. It's here, no going back. I don't use Outlook at home, either because i'm not as keen on it. I'm a Firefox/Thunderbird girl. I do use Chrome but i'm used to FF so that's what i mainly use. I like Thunderbird for email because it's less vulnerable to viruses than Outlook. I use my gmail a lot too, which is configured to pick up my home email account as well.
Gonna be a wet weekend. Might try to get to see the Pixar animated Brave. Got a new ebook from one of my favourite authors, Debora Geary, too. I know i'll be diving into that. Oh i suppose i should keep my 2012 books up to date as well.
46 - Still Life - Joy Fielding
Wasn't as keen on this one as another JF book i'd read. This one is about a woman in a coma that can hear everything and finds out the accident that put her in hospital was an attempted murder. More here.
47 - Bringing up the Bodies - Hilary Mantel
Sequel to Wolf Hall, continuing on the story of Thomas Cromwell and the downfall of Anne Boleyn. You'd think after reading so many novels about that, that it would be old and boring but this is from the point of view of Cromwell and it is very well written.
48 - Drums of Autumn - Diana Gabaldon
the fourth book in the Outlander series. I'm in the process of rereading the series over the course of this year. Not my favourite of the books but it sets it up for the rest of the series. Jamie and Claire are now settled in North Carolina in the years leading up to the War of Independence. Claire's daughter Brianna comes back in time and Roger follows her.
49 - The Custom of the Army - Diana Gabaldon
A novella about Lord John Grey. It takes place in Canada just before and during the battle for the Plains of Abraham at Quebec.
50 - The Leopard - Jo Nesbo
I mentioned this a few days ago here. There's a serial killer on the loose and the disgraced detective is Harry Hole, an addict, who has successfully found at least one serial killer in the past, The Snowman. (I didn't read that one first, I'll have to go back and read it now as it was referred to a lot through this book). Harry is a total screw up but he's very good at what he does. He doesn't always go down the right roads and pick up the right clues. I'm usually not that good at figuring out the killer. In this case, there are definitely a few twists and red herrings. Nesbo is a good writer, and i did enjoy this book. Good characters, good descriptions and action.
