WTFs

Facebook thinks I'm from Jenny's block

Yeah, Jenny from mah block! Uhh, no.

Infrequenty Asked Questions II

Ah, time for another happy installment. User: Hi, are you a helpdesk person? Me: Yes …. User: There’s a wasp in Level 2 Computer room … can you get rid of it for me? Me: Um.  I’ll call security. User: Hi are you IT support? Me: Yes …. User: My the tap in my kitchen [...]

Error'd: OrCAD knows what's best for my Vias

Oh, OrCAD.  If it weren’t for these little gems of error messages, I’d throw it out the window.

Infrequently Asked Questions

Some of the wonderful questions I get asked at helpdesk: Hi, I just got a printer with my laptop and it doesn’t work.  Does it have anything to do with the University Website? (In the Library) Where are the books? User: Printer 1 is jammed! Me: Um, no it isn’t.  What’s your username? User: *** [...]

Talking into mobiles

This is a trend I’ve noticed, mostly whilst working in the Library. I’ve seen people talking on a mobile phone, and actually move the phone away from their ear and in front of their mouths when they speak.  I don’t quite understand what the point of this is – and it kinda spits in the [...]