No pipe news today, but there IS news of import - After a hard drive screw-up cost us our Windows disc, we finally bit the bullet and bought a separate laptop for Emily, to put all her accounting records on, so we're not dependent on one computer. It just arrived, and this means that the website is going to be quiet for probably a few days as we work to install everything we need onto the laptop. This is a bit more complex than it may sound, as we'll have to re-activate our accounting software (in French), replace our old ADSL ethernet modem with a new wireless model that can handle multiple connected computers, figure out how to make that work in French, and install something like 500 patches, firewalls, and other safeguards needed to keep a freaking Windows computer operating in relative safety. Not to mention transferring a bajillion files off the current computer and getting an XP system and an Ubuntu system to happily talk to each other. In French. Think kind thoughts for me....
Hey, there are some great job opportunities in IT on this side of the Atlantic, in English. Shall I have my recruiter contact you?
ReplyDeleteSorry you have to go through the hassles.... Hope all goes well.
Digital Sisyphus
Wasn't it doing IT work on this side of the Atlantic that drove you to make pipes in France in the first place?
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear on the PC Forum that the madness that ensues is sorting itself out!
Persevere my friend.