Cleaning Crew Update

They are now doing a much better job. Yay.

Cleaning Crew

We got a new cleaning crew at work and so far I am anything but impressed.
They don't seem to bother to properly fill the paper towel or toilet paper dispensers, instead they just leave it next to the dispensers, which in my opinion is very unprofessional.
They also apparently left some sort of garbage in one of our stair wells for a few days, instead of actually disposing of it properly, giving the stair well a wonderful new smell.

On the slight plus side, they got me to completely clean my desk, but for the wrong reasons. I found things moved from where I had left them, and some other people have had change go missing. So, I cleaned my desk off so that I could make sure everything is locked in my drawers and cabinets before I leave now.

We never had these problems with our previous cleaning guy. He actually did his job and didn't touch our desks.

G+

So far, I can't tell how Google+ and Blogger will coexist. Any predictions?

Google+

Will Google+ kill Blogger/Google Blogs? Will they be merged or even coexist?

Lunch

Left over pizza is nice.

Winter's Back

Well winter's back. It's a cold and very windy day. Not very fun for going shopping in this wind. We already lost power once, wouldn't be at all surprised if it goes out again.

Winter Bbq

Beautiful night for a Bbq

App follow up

When is Google going to release a proper Google Docs app for Android? They have apps for most of their other products, the Google Maps and Earth apps work better on my phone than the Windows versions do on my comp. I want my Google docs on my phone. Please Big G?

Blogger App

Just installed the new Blogger Android app from Google. So far so good. Maybe I'll actually get back to regularly updating now.

Merry Christmas

Snow

It's a snowy night here, first snow of the season though :).

We actually got a half decent amount of snow for the slushy flurries in the forecast.

COFFEE!!!

We finally have coffee in the office again.
We've been out since last Wednesday.

Black Friday

Wow, we have 34 people off today.
Why aren't I one of them?

Job update

It's not really a new job anymore.

But, so far it's going very well.

Just a quick post to say that I still live.

New Job

Well, after looking for a long time. I finally got a new job, woohoo.
Out of the library and into the hospital field, luckily doing hospital IT work, not actually medical stuff.
It's nice at the library, but being a library the pay just isn't very much, not enough to actually live off of around here. Now, I'll have a longer commute, but be making twice as much, so yay.

Another plus, it looks like my boss is a good guy, so I should fit in pretty well, or at least as well as I can hehe.

Hobbit Happiness

I just saw this article online

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080328/ap_en_ot/people_ian_mckellen

McKellen hopes for role in `Hobbit'

1 hour, 41 minutes ago

Ian McKellen, who played Gandalf the Wizard in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, is hoping to reprise the role in another tale from Middle Earth.

A fan asked McKellen on the actor's official Web site if he would play the role of Gandalf in "The Hobbit," which is being produced by Peter Jackson, director of the "Rings" trilogy.

"Yes, I will, if Peter Jackson and I have anything to do with it, he being the producer and me being, on the whole, a very lucky actor," McKellen, 68, said in a reply dated Wednesday.

Jackson reached a deal with New Line Cinema late last year to make two films of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit," a planned prequel to the blockbuster "Rings" trilogy. Jackson will serve as executive producer for the "Hobbit" movies.

Another fan asked: "Have you been approached yet by Peter Jackson or anyone else" to play the ancient Wizard?

McKellen replied: "Encouragingly, Peter and (partner) Fran Walsh have told me they couldn't imagine `The Hobbit' without their original Gandalf."

"Their confidence hasn't yet been confirmed by the director Guillermo del Toro, but I am keeping my diary free for 2009!" he said.

Del Toro's manager, Gary Ungar, told The Associated Press on Friday that del Toro, director of "Pan's Labyrinth" and "Hellboy," is being considered for the "Hobbit" films.

"It's still under discussion, (but) yes," he said.

He declined to give any details, but when asked about an announcement timeline, he said: "I hope it resolves soon. .... Everybody has to agree in everything."

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Associated Press Writer Sigal Ratner-Arias in New York City contributed to this report.

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New Line is a unit of Time Warner Inc.